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Cellar Scribblings
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Sason on February 18, 2017, 05:04:18 pm ---If you put your lips in a kissing position, and blow out air between them, you'll get a little taste of what the sound is.
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Eww. I just tried that. Sounds gross. :(
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Sason on February 18, 2017, 05:04:18 pm ---If you put your lips in a kissing position, and blow out air between them, you'll get a little taste of what the sound is.
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If I do that, spit comes out. :laugh:
Sorry, I don't mean to make fun of your language -- I'm probably just doing it wrong. Wish there were an audio function at BetterMost!
serious crayons:
OK, here are a bunch of pronunciations I found online:
This one makes no sense at all:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82CuWG4K80E[/youtube]
This one's kind of gross:
http://vimeo.com/4154529
Here's a Minnesotan going on way too long about it. It's a classic Minnesota pronunciation of the word -- in fact, she has a pretty standard Minnesota accent in general -- but the weird thing is, I don't feel like she defines "uff-da" properly, at least not the way it's used here. She describes it as an expression of strong feelings, positive or negative, like "Yee-hah!!" or "Shit!" But actually, I feel like people here use it in milder circumstances, something like "Wow." "It's supposed to snow six inches on Saturday." "Uff-da!" or "I'm having the entire family for Thanksgiving, so I'll be cooking for 18 people." "Uff-da!"
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8uebax5eX4[/youtube]
And finally, here's the most useful one; you can scroll down a list and hear how to pronounce uff-da in every language. But would, say, an Italian person ever even say uff-da?
http://www.pronouncekiwi.com/Uff-da
Sason:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on February 19, 2017, 06:41:17 pm ---Eww. I just tried that. Sounds gross. :(
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Then you probably didn't do it right! ;D 8)
Sason:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 19, 2017, 07:12:38 pm ---If I do that, spit comes out. :laugh:
Sorry, I don't mean to make fun of your language -- I'm probably just doing it wrong. Wish there were an audio function at BetterMost!
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Well, since we don't spit while talking, you must have done it wrong! :laugh:
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