Doesn't everyone sort of speak different languages to an extent?

[HamburgerBoy]

So I was drinking with my family and I said that lagers are my favorite types of beers, but my pronunciation of lager (lay jer (rhymes with pager)) was met with prefuse hilarity. Then reading threads like where people were arguing over seasons vs series and other such things it made me realize that we all sort of speak our own language as it means to us in our own way. I mean, I can understand where grammar Nazis are coming from and all to prevent a total collapse of intelligent spoken conversation, but why isn't it more permissible to experiment?

 

[eldorado99]

Hahahahaha "lay-jer"!!!!

Edit: Your family was right to make fun of you for that.

 

[busydude]

When did you start drinking?

 

[PottedMeat]

(lay jer (rhymes with pager))

what the shit?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Seasons vs. series is a US vs. UK English thing. I know that with Top Gear for instance, they have two series each year. "Season" doesn't make a whole lot of sense anyway; a TV season usually spans at least two actual seasons (fall and spring).

"Lay-jer" is just incorrect and they were right to laugh at you for it. It's like when people pronounce "Porsche" with one syllable, not pronouncing the "e" at the end. It's simply incorrect.

 

[lxskllr]

My ex MiL said "lagger" It really grated on my ears.

 

[rudeguy]

what the shit?

I'm with you

OP is a moron. New thread topic:

Did Betty White kill off the rest of the Golden Girls to get their share of royalties?

Discuss

 

[BurnItDwn]

The thing with lagers is that they generally taste pretty much all the same, and the flavor isn't really anything too interesting usually...

The diversity within Ales is much much more interesting to my palette.