D&D 5E Pedantic pet peeves

[Sacrosanct]

As Sacrosanct ripostes, it depends on who you talk to. And non-pilots outnumber pilots...

Besides, y'all are going to have a tough time "correcting" everyone after Ahhhhnold yelled, "Get in dah choppa!!!"

Yeah, I know non aviation outnumbers aviation. Pardon the extreme example and bit of a false equivalency (just using it to illustrate the point), but it comes off like white people telling people of color what terms are acceptable for them. I mean, aviation people should be able to say what they prefer and don't prefer when it comes to aviation terms more than someone who has nothing to do with aviation, right?

 

[Nevvur]

Yeah, I know non aviation outnumbers aviation. Pardon the extreme example and bit of a false equivalency (just using it to illustrate the point), but it comes off like white people telling people of color what terms are acceptable for them. I mean, aviation people should be able to say what they prefer and don't prefer when it comes to aviation terms more than someone who has nothing to do with aviation, right?

But they make this "chopchopchop" sound...

 

[neobolts]

That’s not even *old* English. It’s perfectly current.

Everything in Europe is old. There's buildings over 300 years old, just sitting around on streetcorners. As an American, I really enjoyed my trip to Dublin, London, and Paris earlier this year. The history was all around you.

Also, whenever I see "gaol" I picture a dyslexic soccer announcer....

"He's made a break, he got a shot........GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL!"

 

[neobolts]

And we are Brits, therefore US pronunciations are not acceptable, especially Minotaur and Satyr.

Wait, there's another pronunciation!? How DO British folks say those words?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Certainly!

Just know that somewhere out there, I will still call them choppers...unless I'm at a Harley Davidson event.

 

[Morrus]

Everything in Europe is old.

Are you calling me old?

 

[Morrus]

Wait, there's another pronunciation!? How DO British folks say those words?

I only heard the American pronunciation recently.

But it’s “Mine-oh-tore”. I find out recently you people say “Minn-uh-tARR”.

I don’t know how you say Satyr. I say “Sat-ear”. I guess you say “Sate-uuuurrr” or something?

 

[neobolts]

Are you calling me old?

I'm calling you immortal.

 

[JonnyP71]

I only heard the American pronunciation recently.

But it’s “Mine-oh-tore”. I find out recently you people say “Minn-uh-tARR”.

I don’t know how you say Satyr. I say “Sat-ear”. I guess you say “Sate-uuuurrr” or something?

Correct, they do.

And the US pronunciation of Satyr makes my ears bleed.

It's where the word 'satire' comes from.

 

[lowkey13]

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