Strategic usage of boring hobbies for the uninteresting person in all of us

[Swarmfly]

The conversation has became all too lively, something has to be done to maintain the balance. Someone is watching you all too keenly, you must assert your dominance by doing something totally lame.

As for me? I'd bring up my negligibly exciting interest of human speech sounds, and can demonstrate to no one's enthusiasm the myriad of mildly perceivable differences between very similar sounds of different languages that may actually be dialects of each other.

Surely some of you folks must have something comparable of great disinterest!

[Stranger]

Gad accens?

[Swarmfly]

Stranger původně napsal:

Gad accens?

Too interesting. It has to be genuinely boring. Try again.

[Morkonan]

Zubovnikov původně napsal:

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As for me? I'd bring up my negligibly exciting interest of human speech sounds, and can demonstrate to no one's enthusiasm the myriad of mildly perceivable differences between very similar sounds of different languages that may actually be dialects of each other...

AHA! I am going to put your skills to use!

OK, so, with English speakers, typically of the UK sort, they do this thing where "f" sounds replace "th" sounds in a lot of words.

"Thing" becomes "Fing."

What region does that come from? I was thinking maybe Welsh/Scottish areas, but I don't really know. (I'm 'Murican)

These speakers also have a number of other bits of... patois?

"Specific" sometimes becomes "Pacific" for some ungodly reason.

There are others that are more frequent than that, but I can't quite remember them atm.

Thanks in advance! :)


For myself, I need a weird hobby that has a small following that I can really get into so that I can then find a few people that are very happy to talk all day about it and are excited to see me. :)

[Swarmfly]

Morkonan původně napsal:

Zubovnikov původně napsal:

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As for me? I'd bring up my negligibly exciting interest of human speech sounds, and can demonstrate to no one's enthusiasm the myriad of mildly perceivable differences between very similar sounds of different languages that may actually be dialects of each other...

AHA! I am going to put your skills to use!

OK, so, with English speakers, typically of the UK sort, they do this thing where "f" sounds replace "th" sounds in a lot of words.

"Thing" becomes "Fing."

What region does that come from? I was thinking maybe Welsh/Scottish areas, but I don't really know. (I'm 'Murican)

These speakers also have a number of other bits of... patois?

"Specific" sometimes becomes "Pacific" for some ungodly reason.

There are others that are more frequent than that, but I can't quite remember them atm.

Thanks in advance! :)


For myself, I need a weird hobby that has a small following that I can really get into so that I can then find a few people that are very happy to talk all day about it and are excited to see me. :)

Ah, a fellow th-fronter! I used to be one once, but I learned to correct my speech for the better. That being said, your proficiency in accents is still too interesting for the purpose of this topic. Shame!

[Morkonan]

Zubovnikov původně napsal:

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Ah, a fellow th-fronter! I used to be one once, but I learned to correct my speech for the better. That being said, your proficiency in accents is still too interesting for the purpose of this topic. Shame!

Well, I've never had that issue myself. But, I've noticed that quite a few speakers from the UK seem to adopt that affectation, specifically with mixing the "f" sound in place of "th."

Weirdly, they don't always do it, like with "there." "Is it there" usually comes out perfectly fine. So, I was thinking it might be something coming from a second language or regional patois.

[Fajita Jim]

I can palm a whole pack of cigarettes in such a way that should someone grab the one I have between my fingers and throw it away (girls like to do this) I can make another magically appear in the exact same place nineteen times with a quick flick of my wrist.

It's a hoot. Skills from muh poker days.

[Dracoco OwO]

I can throw boomerangs and knives with a certain accuracy. I'm not really fun at parties.

[Fajita Jim]

Dracoco OwO původně napsal:

I can throw boomerangs and knives with a certain accuracy. I'm not really fun at parties.

I've got a friend that can flip a penny into the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wall.

We didn't get that damage deposit back.