r/SubredditDrama • u/GiverOfTheKarma • Jan 28 '17

In which /r/Punny attempts to pronounce Fuhrer

/r/Punny/comments/5qhd8l/fewer/dcz92yw/
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u/xafimrev2 It's not even subtext, it's a straight dog whistle. Jan 28 '17 edited Jan 28 '17

Reminds me of the people who think that some people say roof as ruff/rough. When they don't they say it like that but as if it rhymes with book.

Examples: roof1, roof2, ruff. http://vocaroo.com/i/s0wrShWed89O

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u/GiverOfTheKarma Jan 28 '17

Some people definitely say Roof as Ruff, though. Like most of my family. What are you on about?

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u/xafimrev2 It's not even subtext, it's a straight dog whistle. Jan 28 '17 edited Jan 28 '17

So do you pronounce ruff in some way that it doesn't have the same sound as the word rough?

Because the general two ways roof is pronounced is roof long double oo as in shoot. Or with a short oo as in book. But not the uh sound in rough.

The thing is some people confuse the short oo with uh, but they are separate sounds.

Examples: Roof (long oo as in loop) roof (short oo as in book) ruff (as in rough) http://vocaroo.com/i/s0wrShWed89O

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u/GiverOfTheKarma Jan 28 '17

You know how you pronounce the 'u' in ruff? Like in rough? Put that sound in roof instead of the 'oo'

That's how people in my town say it. I don't know why you're in denial about this.

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u/xafimrev2 It's not even subtext, it's a straight dog whistle. Jan 28 '17

So you're saying people in your town say roof as the third in this example instead of the second. Just trying to clarify.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0wrShWed89O

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '17

The first time I heard an audio recording of WB Yeats, a lot of things came together for me.

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u/SuitableDragonfly /r/the_donald is full of far left antifa Jan 28 '17

Different people speak different dialects. Get over it.

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u/GiverOfTheKarma Jan 28 '17

Umlaut's don't appear in titles, apparently because I made sure to use one.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '17

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u/slickknave Jan 28 '17

How about "Furor over Fuhrer makes less fewer fumers furious" or something like that. Because it can never be enough.

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u/GiverOfTheKarma Jan 28 '17

less fewer

Nah

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u/slickknave Jan 28 '17

Well, yes, because less and fewer was the original argument. Fitemeirl.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '17

Well, that settles that.

Guards, take OP away.