Channel 4's new 'adult' channel
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Brainaddict
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let me guess - mixture of greek and latin?Phototropic said:
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
telly, ffs!
because you just know some dimwit will read "tele" and think "isn't that a sort of a duck?"
because you just know some dimwit will read "tele" and think "isn't that a sort of a duck?"
Phototropic
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Belushi said:tele is just wrong
No it isn't? I mean I know my spelling is bad, but surely it isn't 'telly'? That is werid.
Nowt wrong with 'tele'
EDIT: Congrats to Brainaddct your 20Kg of potatos will be delivered within the week.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Telly is how it's spelt in my Collins dictionary. Tele looks like it should be pronounced telé.Phototropic said:
The word's all wrong anyway cos it mixes Greek (tele) with Latin (vision) - is this why it is 'interesting'?
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I've NEVER seen it spelt 'tele' til todayPhototropic said:No it isn't? I mean I know my spelling is bad, but surely it isn't 'telly'? That is werid.
Nowt wrong with 'tele'
Phototropic
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Nah I am sticking by my guns here.
It is 'tele' as all it is is lopping off 'vision' and keeping the same sound.
It is 'tele' as all it is is lopping off 'vision' and keeping the same sound.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
But then it would be pronounced 'telé' not 'telly'!Phototropic said:
Brainaddict
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Phototropic said:
I don't even know any greek or latin and couldn't have told you which bit was which - it just seemed the kind of random thing that a very bored person would find interesting
Phototropic
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Orang Utan said:
Oh bollocks you're right on that one
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Aren't I always?Phototropic said:Oh bollocks you're right on that one
kyser_soze
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I take it that we've run out of cheap puns, generic U75 criticisms and stuff about the teaser campaign and the potential of More4 then?
Phototropic
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Now I am sitting alternating between saying 'tele' and 'television' and looking like a proper loon.
They sound bloody similar.
One last question though, spell telé phonettically.
They sound bloody similar.
One last question though, spell telé phonettically.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
The 'e' sound is definitely a different sound in television and telly. You could far more easily argue for 'tellie', though you'd still be wrongPhototropic said:
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Tel-ay
Phototropic
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Brainaddict said:The 'e' sound is definitely a different sound in television and telly. You could far more easily argue for 'tellie', though you'd still be wrong
No, no, no, the 'e' is the same. It is the 'le' and 'ly' that are different.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
That is spelt phonetically!Phototropic said:
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Phototropic said:
Wot?
Phototropic
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Orang Utan said:
Brainaddict said: The 'e' sound is definitely a different sound in television and telly. You could far more easily argue for 'tellie', though you'd still be wrong which I think is wrong as it is the second two letters where the sound changes not the first.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
s'what I meant. which was why I refered to the 'e' sound, not just 'e'. keep up, keep upPhototropic said:
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
I've already answered it fules...
tel-ay
tel-ay
Phototropic
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Brainaddict said:s'what I meant. which was why I refered to the 'e' sound, not just 'e'. keep up, keep up
Oh sodding hell!
I though you meant the sound of the 'e' not the 'e' of the sound.
Brainaddict
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do you come from the north pole or something? I was trying to work out what accent would pronounce it like that and that's the best I can do...kyser_soze said:
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
well putting on a French accent would do the trick...
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
but the French are wrong, almost by definitionkyser_soze said:
Phototropic
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Ooo just found a pic of someting siliar to my telly
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Can I just give this thread and everyone on it an award for the least interesting thread derail EVER?
*pins medal on thread*
*pins medal on thread*
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
That's not bad is it? 40+ posts on 'telly/tele/telé'...
