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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
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[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Who the hell pronounced nougat as new-git?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

American here: I've never heard it pronouned any other way.

[–] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Do you also hear Caramel pronounced as Carmel? I hate that one...

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

That one depends on the person. Sometimes it's "care-mul" but others sometimes annunciate the word "carAmel" properly. Especially those in and around Carmel. Because it is not candy.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

carmel is a pretty little town... didn't they elect clint eastwood as mayor or something?

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

That's a regional thing in the US. I've always pronounced the second a.

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I figured it'd be america tbh. Not a single word there is pronounced correctly

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Not a single word there is pronounced correctly

Not true. We have exactly one word that is pronounced that way. 😌

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Huh. I guess correctly is pronounced correctly lol

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago

I hate this weird mix between IPA and Latin letters. It's not how this works

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

You're joking, right? Under what standard are words in American English pronounced incorrectly? I mean, let's just take this example:

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seriously. It's new git. Why the hell have a t if it's silent? And I was taught by candy commercials, the only time we really even hear the word is in reference to candy.

[–] s@piefed.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

taught

Why the hell have a gh if it’s silent? English is screwy

[–] Dravin@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To distinguish it from taut which is pronounced the exact same way. :)

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

We didn't bother with wind, wind, live, live, etc.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Milky Way candy bar commercials in the US?

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can we just disconnect the whole country from the internet? Too many weird things coming out of there /hj

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did you just offer me a handjob?

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 3 points 11 months ago

I like to save the handjobs till at least the first date uwu

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Americans. Probably Canadians, too. Although it's more "-gut" than "-git."