[-] Mick_Endzy@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

And if anyone reading this wants to get a better understanding of pronouncing Māori words, it's got some similarity with Japanese. Here's a tip:

a = ah
e = eh
i = ee
o = aw (as in hawk, but not USA's 'hock')
u = oo (as in ew but less of the 'e')
wh = f
The r consonant rolls a bit, so it's like a very soft d sound.

And when vowels are close together they tend to kind of mesh into one, like 'ai' into 'eye.'

So the word whanau (family) is pronounced fah-know, and kaimoana (seafood) is k'eye'-maw-ah-nah. And the Māori word itself is maah-aw-ree, but we'd let you off if you said mow-ree (as in mowing the lawn) because you're at least making an attempt.

[-] Mick_Endzy@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

foocking

Think you mean fahckin' there, ya dumb dog

[-] Mick_Endzy@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It'll be in reference to Putin's press releases (?) where he was super-imposed onto a greenscreen background to look like everything was normal in the Kremlin.

In some of the videos/livestreams you could occasionally see for example his hand phase through something that should be in the foreground.

This pic will be a photoshopped joke about that.

(I'm not an expert in Russian affairs or memes)

[-] Mick_Endzy@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Ahem, Buds Light*

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