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"Oi" words and the double "oi" word challenge
Many people pronounce the particle "er" and similar others as "oi", as in, for instance, "univoisity", or "distoibance".
I'm rather fond of this type of regional accent and call these words "oi" words.
I sometimes play the "Oi" game with my kids while on a long road trip - we look for objects whose names have the sound, as, for instance, "Dad, watch out for that coive ahead".
But to date I have found only one (and I won't tell what it is right now) double "oi" word, that is, a word with two "oi" sounds in it.
Can you find some for me, or is this a total waste of time without any useful poipose at all?
Bob G
I'm rather fond of this type of regional accent and call these words "oi" words.
I sometimes play the "Oi" game with my kids while on a long road trip - we look for objects whose names have the sound, as, for instance, "Dad, watch out for that coive ahead".
But to date I have found only one (and I won't tell what it is right now) double "oi" word, that is, a word with two "oi" sounds in it.
Can you find some for me, or is this a total waste of time without any useful poipose at all?
Bob G
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[nq:1]Many people pronounce the particle "er" and similar others as "oi", as in, for instance, "univoisity", or "distoibance". I'm rather ... " A form of solidified lava that is undulating or billowy in form and has a shiny appearance.
- [nq:1]Many people pronounce the particle "er" and similar others as "oi", as in, for instance, "univoisity", or "distoibance".
- I'm rather ...
- " A form of solidified lava that is undulating or billowy in form and has a shiny appearance.
- 1864 R.
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[nq:1]Many people pronounce the particle "er" and similar others as "oi", as in, for instance, "univoisity", or "distoibance". I'm rather ... Can you find some for me, or is this a total waste of time without any useful poipose at all?[/nq]
Perhaps "pahoehoe," the geological term from the Hawaiian language, pronounced "pah-HOI-HOI." Here is the definition from the with illustrative quotations
Perhaps "pahoehoe," the geological term from the Hawaiian language, pronounced "pah-HOI-HOI." Here is the definition from the with illustrative quotations
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[nq:1]Many people pronounce the particle "er" and similar others as "oi", as in, for instance, "univoisity", or "distoibance". I'm rather ... Can you find some for me, or is this a total waste of time without any useful poipose at all?[/nq]
Toigivoisation
Moimoiration (of starlings)
John Dean
Oxford
De-frag to reply
Toigivoisation
Moimoiration (of starlings)
John Dean
Oxford
De-frag to reply
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[nq:2]Many people pronounce the particle "er" and similar others as ... total waste of time without any useful poipose at all?[/nq]
[nq:1]Toigivoisation Moimoiration (of starlings)[/nq]
poivoididly
[nq:1]Toigivoisation Moimoiration (of starlings)[/nq]
poivoididly
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[nq:1]Toigivoisation Moimoiration (of starlings)[/nq]
Thanks, John, that's terrific!
My own was "poivoisity".
Bob G
Thanks, John, that's terrific!
My own was "poivoisity".
Bob G
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[nq:1]Many people pronounce the particle "er" and similar others as "oi", as in,for instance, "univoisity", or "distoibance". I'm rather fond ... you find some for me, or is this a total waste of time without anyuseful poipose at all? Bob G[/nq]
poifoivid
Cheers, Sage
poifoivid
Cheers, Sage
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[nq:1]But to date I have found only one (and I won't tell what it is right now) double "oi" word, ... Can you find some for me, or is this a total waste of time without any useful poipose at all?[/nq]
Poitoibation
Revoiboirate
Katy Jennison
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Poitoibation
Revoiboirate
Katy Jennison
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[nq:1]Many people pronounce the particle "er" and similar others as "oi", as in, for instance, "univoisity", or "distoibance".[/nq]
If you mean the vowel in some of the vulgar dialects of New York City & environs, then that is not the same as the diphthong "oi" of standard English. Its first element is not an o of any kind, but an r-colored schwa. I think the IPA symbol for it is a sort of sma
If you mean the vowel in some of the vulgar dialects of New York City & environs, then that is not the same as the diphthong "oi" of standard English. Its first element is not an o of any kind, but an r-colored schwa. I think the IPA symbol for it is a sort of sma
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[nq:2]Toigivoisation Moimoiration (of starlings)[/nq]
[nq:1]Thanks, John, that's terrific! My own was "poivoisity".[/nq]
That works for the purposes of your original point but in actual speech people who substitute "oi" for "er" would say "puh-voisity". I like John Dean's "moimoiration" but it would really be pronounced "moimuh-ration". I really can't think of any situation where these spe
[nq:1]Thanks, John, that's terrific! My own was "poivoisity".[/nq]
That works for the purposes of your original point but in actual speech people who substitute "oi" for "er" would say "puh-voisity". I like John Dean's "moimoiration" but it would really be pronounced "moimuh-ration". I really can't think of any situation where these spe
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[nq:1]Many people pronounce the particle "er" and similar others as "oi", as in,for instance, "univoisity", or "distoibance". I'm rather fond ... it. Can you find some for me, or is this a total waste of time without anyuseful poipose at all?[/nq]
The replies were very entertaining, but moidoiusly doesn't seem to fill the bill. Is it because it would be normally (?) spoken as "moiduh"?
The replies were very entertaining, but moidoiusly doesn't seem to fill the bill. Is it because it would be normally (?) spoken as "moiduh"?
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[nq:2]Many people pronounce the particle "er" and similar others as "oi", as in, for instance, "univoisity", or "distoibance".[/nq]
The usual claim in full is that many people pronounce the particle "er" as "oi" and the particle "oi" as "er". The conventional response to that claim is that the same sound is used for both "oi" and "er", that it's not really one or the other, and that listeners
The usual claim in full is that many people pronounce the particle "er" as "oi" and the particle "oi" as "er". The conventional response to that claim is that the same sound is used for both "oi" and "er", that it's not really one or the other, and that listeners
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