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Clearly the various news organization are fuzzy and unthorough. The Captain Jack theory makes the most sense - everybody's right!
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According to the subtitles, he was saying "oestrogen." I don't know what that is, but maybe that's why it sounded different?
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Apparantly estrogen is a group of molecules, and oestrogen is a specific molecule that has the biggest share of that group.
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Blayne, that is not necessary and is a terrible, terrible spoiler with insufficient warning. Please remove it.
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Lisa: He says EEEEEstrogen instead of Eh-strogen. It was right in the first episode. One of (if not THE) first thing out of his mouth. He's standing in the rain complaining about how he can taste all the EEEEEEstrogen falling on him.
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What's the point of it, Blayne? It's not in context, and you're not discussing it. If people already know, it's redundant, and if they don't, it's mean.
I think you should post a paragraph or two on what you think it implies for the interactions in the previous series.
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Oestrogen is simply the British spelling of estrogen.
It also appears that both the "eestrogen" and "ehstrogen" pronunciations are used in Britain, while only the latter is used in the US.
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When this is how Israelis act on a "search and arrest mission", I'm not particularly surprised that this guy lied to try and hide. If he actually was associated with terrorism, it wouldn't be surprising at all. This guy's lie is no reason to continue to detain or reject people who need medical care that is not possible in Gaza. There are many sick and dying, and the sewage treatment isn't working.
quote:Originally posted by The Pixiest: Captain Jack is American. Except when he says "Estrogen." Then he's british.
Why "estrogen"? Does he pronounce it Britishly? How do you pronounce it Britishly? Hard "g"?
The same emphasis rules apply, however commonly British people break emphasis rules for certain words, placing the emphasis incorrectly on the second syllable- this is technically inconsistent with British pronunciation rules, but it is commonly practiced.
examples are: "Controversy," sometimes pronounced "ContrAHversy," and "Aspartame," often pronounced "AsPARtem."
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Captain Jack had spent more than a hundred years in Wales by then. Most people's accents change a bit depending on where they live. It's only surprising he wasn't talking like he came from the Valleys.
And there is no one 'correct' way to pronounce anything. Especially not in Britain, which has more accents than you've had hot dinners.
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I've noticed that "truck" tends to be pronounced "lorry" by my British friends. Even when typing online. Strange.
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quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: if they spent the money on development instead of weapons...
You have a point, but you're ignoring some unfortunate realities in the situation there. Regular people don't have the money you're talking about, it's all in the hands of powerful individuals that do what they want. Saying "they" suggests that everyone would choose a gun over a working sewage system, which I think is an incredibly wrong idea.
Still, that argument certainly applies to their leaders.
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quote:Originally posted by Orincoro: The same emphasis rules apply, however commonly British people break emphasis rules for certain words, placing the emphasis incorrectly on the second syllable- this is technically inconsistent with British pronunciation rules, but it is commonly practiced.
examples are: "Controversy," sometimes pronounced "ContrAHversy," and "Aspartame," often pronounced "AsPARtem."
There are rules for British pronunciation? Who knew?
Meep! Who enforces them? Is there a cape-twirling Holmesian figure who pounces on the felonous mis-pronouncer and whisks them off to durance vile?
We should be told...
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They really will do anything to make Israel look bad.
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