Completely Random Thoughts

[Darth Geek]

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why is SEVEN the only one with two syllables?

It got the second one after it ate 9.

[UncleDesmond]

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why is SEVEN the only one with two syllables?

It got the second one after it ate 9.

Even the crickets went silent

[Tripe]

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why is SEVEN the only one with two syllables?

You must be one of those weirdos who says "zed" instead of "zero"... 

Okay the title of that Peter Greenaway film makes sense now.

[Raven]

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why is SEVEN the only one with two syllables?

Just noticed this recently aside from the "zero" because my 16 month old daughter is starting to count 1 to 10 and she always skips 7.  I theorized it was because of the multiple syllables.  Another possibility is she likes it when we correct her as she starts laughing everytime we say 7. 

Side note-Oddly, she says 10 with a southern accent.  Not sure where that came from. 

[Raven]

That's close. It's almost a syllable and a half when she says it.  It's a cross between
"tin" and "t-yen."

[LucasM]

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why is SEVEN the only one with two syllables?

Just noticed this recently aside from the "zero" because my 16 month old daughter is starting to count 1 to 10 and she always skips 7.  I theorized it was because of the multiple syllables.  Another possibility is she likes it when we correct her as she starts laughing everytime we say 7. 

Side note-Oddly, she says 10 with a southern accent.  Not sure where that came from.

She says "tin"? I HATE that they can't fucking distinguish that vowel down here.  And that they say "Oal" instead of "oil."

And of course, the ever popular /nuke-you-lar/... weren't the people who say this taught to sound out words when they read?  N-U-C-L-E-A-R - there is no vowel between the 'C' and the 'L', and there is an 'E' after it.  Hell, even if these people said /new/-/clear/ it'd at least have some relationship to the spelling.

[EDIT: Maybe this belongs in the grammar thread....]

[goflyblind]

aluminium. that is all.

[ScottotD]

Enjoy basking in the glory of 'The World's End' Americans!

[goflyblind]

this grand theft auto game is somewhat violent, but at least it's teaching me how to drive in a busy city.

[UncleDesmond]

aluminium. that is all.

The story of how the second "I" was added after the fact is a bit convoluted, but interesting to we history fans.  Long story short: Americans pronounce it the way the guy who named it pronounced it.  Pretty much everywhere else, everyone uses the extra "I" so that it conforms to the names of other elements.

So, Americans as non-conformists...  Who'da thunk?

Not me. The I is actually missed off aluminum so that the names of all the oxides conform to the parent metallic elements.

Beryllium -> Beryllia
Yttrium -> Yttria
Aluminum -> Alumina

[UncleDesmond]

Just learned that in Boise, a former Mormon is called a "Jack Mormon"

[Kete]

It's more like someone who identifies as Mormon, but doesn't really follow it.

[UncleDesmond]

My buddy Pat says "If you go fishing with one Mormon, he will drink all your beer."

[Tripe]

Or coffee come to that.

[Lembach]

And marry your wife.