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Pedants' corner

Does anyone actually say 'sixth'?

72 replies

PrettyCandles · 23/09/2008 14:13

rather than 'sikth'?

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Pushpinia · 23/09/2008 14:40

We could just call it 'Midweek' I suppose...

MarlaSinger · 23/09/2008 14:41

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skyatnight · 23/09/2008 14:46

dd, 3, says 'peppery' for 'February'.
HTH!

Iklboo · 23/09/2008 14:47

Bugger - someone calls it Wodenstag (or did once upon a bright and sunny Wednesday I think). Maybe it's just on my planet?

Pushpinia · 23/09/2008 14:48

It is probably scandinavian Ikl.

NotDoingTheHousework · 23/09/2008 14:48

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Iklboo · 23/09/2008 14:50

NEW DAYS OF WEEK

Oh-crap-it's-back-to-work-day
Jeez-is-it-still-so-early-in-the-week-day
Middle-of-the-week -day
Nearly-weekend-day
Mine's-a-pint-day
Oooooh-me-head-day
Oh-crap-it's-back-to-work-tomorrow- day

Iklboo · 23/09/2008 14:53

Yay - I'm not going mad

"WODENSTAG"

Etymology
Old High German

[edit] Noun
Wodenstag m.

(archaic or dialectal) Wednesday

[edit] Synonyms
Mittwoch
Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wodenstag"

skyatnight · 23/09/2008 14:53

V. good but not very pronounceable. Are there any pedants around to instruct?

SaintGeorge · 23/09/2008 14:54

Wodenstag is old German, pre-christian.

SaintGeorge · 23/09/2008 14:55

Which of course if I had refreshed before posting I would have seen you had found out

Iklboo · 23/09/2008 14:55

Crapday
Jeezday
Middleday
Nearlyday
Pintday
Ooohday
Crapmorrowday

FluffyMummy123 · 23/09/2008 14:55

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skyatnight · 23/09/2008 14:55

Oh, Old High German. Yes, but that was before the Old German was lowered and before you changed it to 'Middle-of-the-week-day' so they did too: 'Mittwoch'.

Pushpinia · 23/09/2008 14:56

PMSL!

I think we could have:

'don't-try-to-ring-anyone-corporate' day

'bored-already-thank-fuck-it's-holby-city' day

'Fuck-it-I-always-forget-the-sodding-lottery-ticket' day

'so-dull-it-barely-exists-but-at-least-that-means-it-goes-fast' day

'hardly-worth-going-in' day

'town-is-full-of-hoodies-and-dads' day

and finally

'there-is-nowhere-open-when-you-most-need-to-escape' day.

Pushpinia · 23/09/2008 14:58

voh-dens-targ

Mitt-vok

Ich Hoffe daß das hilft

theNaughtiestGirlKeepsaSecret · 23/09/2008 14:59

I have never heard anybody say sikth!!

Is that an English thing, like Aks instead of Ask??

skyatnight · 23/09/2008 15:00

Zer iss sum kross-possting goh-ing onn hier!
Or is it X-post'ng?

Pushpinia · 23/09/2008 15:01

Do you think in Germany if we had a pedants corner, anyone would even know the right answers? it's so bloody complicated!

Pedants airfield really. Rather than corner. The rest of MN would be tiny.

Pushpinia · 23/09/2008 15:02

Skyatnight I am almost crapping myself at your interesting German dialect!

sorry tmi!

georgimama · 23/09/2008 15:02

OK then, how do you say "research" and "finance"?

TheUNITUBER · 23/09/2008 15:03

Gasp! "Aks" is not English! It is American. Jerry Springer show American to be precise. It's just being imported by morons.

skyatnight · 23/09/2008 15:08

Sich (Sikth) Krappen (reflexiv)

  • ein sehr interessantes Verb (der. low German)
oggsfrog · 23/09/2008 15:08

Schedule - Skejool or shedule?

Pushpinia · 23/09/2008 15:13

Stop it!

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