Comment on Do you want me to heat that up in the "Michael Wave"?

OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Routhinator@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    We’ve been sharing this one

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  • abfarid@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Dang, that labtop is so old it has a dialup modem built-in.

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    • undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      When I was a kid we had a Compaq Presario 9500 that came preinstalled with voicemail software that supported having multiple voicemail boxes with speech recognition.

      I really thought that was going to be the future and wanted my parents to use it so bad at the time. 😅

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      • abfarid@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It still might be, don’t give up hope!

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• klemptor@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My husband says pobcorn just to fuck with me, I hate it so bad but I can’t help laughing

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  • Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Pumkin

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yoink!

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• Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Wot. That’s crazy. “Labtop” is harder to pronounce (minimally so but still) with voiced b immediately followed by voiceless t. Everything I know about linguistics (not that much, tbh) tells me that, if anything, a thing called “labtop” should over time evolve to be called “laptop”*, because it’s easier on the speaker with voiceless p and t.

  ^* … maybe even lappop…?^

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  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah it blew me away too. I had though I’d heard a b sound a few times while talking to people but it wasn’t until someone sent in their device with a note attached that I realized it was a real thing. I’ve seen it a few more times since then (email, etc)

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    • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      This means it’s time for you to change the next letter until you’ve made a completely different word.

      I suggest changing the o to an a

      Labtap.

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      • MutilationWave@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Least tech informed Minnesotan.

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  • monotremata@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Clearly something is pushing in the direction of voiced instead. The ultimate form is presumably “lambdop.”

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• Mickey7@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It is interesting how some terms over time are mispronounced and spelled incorrectly. And those doing it have no clue as to the actual term and how it is spelled

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  • JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Trying to politely correct everyone is like hurting cats.

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    • crapton_america@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Please don’t hurt the cats.

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