But you haven’t marked the pitch; Mandarin uses pitch to distinguish the meaning of two words that otherwise are pronounced the same. Quite a few other languages work that way, also.
@BobG – True, but given the number of ways the same phrase was pronounced in the series, no matter how you mangle it, you can just claim you were quoting Firefly .
“Americans are purchasing firearms and ammunition in record numbers, not because they believe 2009 will offer unusually good duck hunting, but because they fear the fallout from the coming economic storm and the state's reaction to that fallout.” by Michael Gaddy
I like “Da-shiong bao-jah-shr duh la-doo-tze.”
A day early, but… shun-sheng duh gao-wahn!
But you haven’t marked the pitch; Mandarin uses pitch to distinguish the meaning of two words that otherwise are pronounced the same. Quite a few other languages work that way, also.
@bluesun – It does have an eloquence to it…
@Dixie – Like the title said…
@BobG – True, but given the number of ways the same phrase was pronounced in the series, no matter how you mangle it, you can just claim you were quoting Firefly
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Like the title said…
D’OH! (hangs head)