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Xanfor
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Hey, I had dibs on that!
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Shiny
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It sounded like "Zanthor" to me, too (or "Xanthor," the "X" sounds the same and makes it cooler )...but many other PEELers (and folks on other forums) have "personalized" a character name by varying the spelling, so I don't see why you can't, too. Maybe you heard it with a Cockney accent...
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Xanfor
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Ha, ha. Well, I thought maybe DXC had a hand in it. You know, he legally changed his middle name to X. Thanks for your agreement! Signing my post today, no particular reason...
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Turanga, A
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If we do want to check what would be the "accurate" spelling of the name, would anyone be able to put subtitles on their dvd? I think that that might solve totalnerduk's dilema.
As for Katrina, well she seems to be your standed fairy tutu and wand. No idea who she is.
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David A
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Originally posted by Professor Zoidy: Wikipedia might be able to help you... I don't see how. A Wikipedia search for "Zanthor" only turns up this result. Other spellings of the name turn up no results. The entry for Futurama doesn't seem to mention him at all. Wikipedia entries are fan created anyway, so it wouldn't be any more reliable a source than PEEL in any case.
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transgender nerd under canada
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Originally posted by Turanga, A: If we do want to check what would be the "accurate" spelling of the name, would anyone be able to put subtitles on their dvd? I think that that might solve totalnerduk's dilema. It's not my dilemma. I know what I'm talking about. It's not even a dilemma, since a dilemma is a choice with two unfavourable outcomes. Go watch the episode on DVD. Listen to the name. There's a th sound in it, meaning that the spelling is either Zanthor or Xanthor, but can't be - Xanfor,
- Zanfor,
- Xanphor or
- Zanphor,
because all of these have a ph or f sound, which is not[/u] what the Professor says.
If I have to make a screen grab of the fucking subtitles to prove it to you, then I will. However, if I have to do this, then I ought invoice you for my time. Therefore, should you require me to post the screen grab, I will require you to wire me £75.00 in GBP. If you would like instructions on how to do this, then please email me, and I will let you know. Then, once I have the money in my bank account, I will post the screen grab. Following this, you will shut the hell up, having been thoroughly owned.
Or, you could take the cheaper option. You could pay me nothing, and just take my word for it. Your choice.
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Shiny
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It would prove nothing, TNUK. Subtitles are notoriouslly unreliable.
I think it sounds like a "th" too, but is it really important enough to get all worked up over? It's not like finding out will feed the world's hungry or put an end to genocide.
We could find a script, or write DXC and ask, but to me finding out would simply satisfy my intellectual curiosity. Whether he's "Xanfor" or "Xanthor," he's still a pretty neat guy to have on the forum, and is that not what really matters in the end?
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Xanfor
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Hmm... A 'Xanfilosopher'... Hee hee hee... Does anyone know DXC's address? It's probably somethig like 'David X Cohen, c/o F*X,'... etc. Anyway, whoever made some of those transcripts on the internet out there messed me up. I trusted them that I made a mistake in my hearing, and they turned their backs on me. Eh, oh well. I'm happy. We're all happy.
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Xanfor
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The optimist believes that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
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Xanfor
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Hey, what about Xan4?
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Shiny
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I kinda like Xan4...you just make that up? It's cute.
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i_c_weiner
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Nerd-o: He gave his e-mail on the Roswell commentary.
I always thought it was Xanfor. It sounds better, to me, when you say it.
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i_c_weiner
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Xan42: Both "icy weiner" and "I see weiner" are both accepted pronounciations. Pretty much however you feel like pronouncing it.
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Xanfor
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« Reply #68 on: 06-15-2006 21:48 »
« Last Edit on: 06-15-2006 21:48 »
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Originally posted by Pedro La Loco: What about scruffy and katrina? For Scuffy, check here. For Katrina, keep looking at this thread. It's about her as well.
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Shiny
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Originally posted by David A: But the other part is always pronounced like "whiner" not "weener". It would have to be spelled "wiener" otherwise. Only to people with European educations. To us folks Stateside, it can be pronounced either way (which we pronouce "eether" most of the time). Ee-ther, Eye-ther, Nee-ther, Nigh-ther... Potay-toe, potah-toe, Tomay-toe, tomah-toe, Let's call the whole thing something from the class we missed that day because we snuck off to the library to get online and talk about a science fiction action comedy drama cartoon.
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Xanfor
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I believe 'either' can be pronounced two ways: 'ee-ther' or 'eye-ther'. Much how 'the' is pronounced with a long 'e' before a vowel and a short 'e' before a consonant.
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Shiny
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« Reply #73 on: 06-16-2006 18:46 »
« Last Edit on: 06-16-2006 18:46 »
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But "either" and "neither" have the same vowel dichotomy as "weiner." That is, their old English pronunciation was, in fact, "ee." When the current English royal family was first imported from Germany, they brought their "eye" pronunciations with them, and thus "eye-ther" and "nigh-ther" became the posh way to pronounce them. However, "eether" and "neether" are still correct.
Thus, while "Weiner" may be correctly pronounced "whiner," the phonics of the letters suggest the "weener" pronunciation as an alternate. Since there is, indeed, a word that is pronounced "weener," the confusion becomes even more...uh...pronounced.
You may not have been educated in Europe, but I suspect some teacher or other of yours was a strict traditionalist, to have taught you to distinguish so sharply between ie and ei, when so many words in English (especially American English) break the rules.
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David A
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Originally posted by Shiny: But "either" and "neither" have the same vowel dichotomy as "weiner." That is, their old English pronunciation was, in fact, "ee." When the current English royal family was first imported from Germany, they brought their "eye" pronunciations with them, and thus "eye-ther" and "nigh-ther" became the posh way to pronounce them. However, "eether" and "neether" are still correct. Um, great. I'm not sure how any of that is relevant, though. "Wiener" is a German word; therefore it follows German pronunciation rules. By transposing two of the letters, i_c_weiner has changed the pronunciation (in German) from "weener" to "whiner", thus making himself an icy whiner. See, it's a joke about the misspelling of his username. But hey, thanks for trying to turn it into a debate about something that I wasn't even talking about. That never gets old. You may not have been educated in Europe, but I suspect some teacher or other of yours was a strict traditionalist, to have taught you to distinguish so sharply between ie and ei, when so many words in English (especially American English) break the rules. You're 0 for 2. I don't think that any English teachers ever tried to teach me the diference between how to pronounce "ei" and "ie", but if they did, I'm sure that I wouldn't have bothered to pay attention. I don't think that there really are any rules about how to pronounce vowels in English. If there are, there are just as many words that break the rules as follow them. Spelling rules in English are the same way. Plenty of words break this one: I before E, except after C, or when sounded as "ay" as in neighbor and weigh. I guess by that rule, his username would be pronounced "icy wayner".
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