# The Decemberists were losers- mini rants. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515 "2016-12-01T03:55:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/161 "2016-12-25T20:35:47Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > ? As opposed to, oh, rumplefumble? I know a guy named Auden who goes by Audi, pronounced “Oddy”. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/162 "2016-12-26T00:57:15Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I know a guy named Auden who goes by Audi, pronounced “Oddy”. And that is how this TV ad is pronouncing it. I’m old enough to remember when the pronunciation of Renault was changed from the “US way” to the French, so is this how the Germans want the word pronounced? Oddy or owdi? ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/163 "2016-12-26T01:58:31Z")
I don’t deal with European car manufacturers, so I’m not sure how people at Audi pronounce it, but the Brits in our company who deal with the European business pronounce it more like “odd” than “awed”. … then again, knowing how they say “Jaguar”, I’m never sure if their pronunciation is some sort of elaborate joke. > [@Helena330](#): > > I know a guy named Auden who goes by Audi, pronounced “Oddy”. I work with an Adrian who goes by Ad, pronounced “Odd”. It makes the jokes so obvious that I try to avoid them. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/164 "2016-12-26T05:18:47Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > I don’t deal with European car manufacturers, so I’m not sure how people at Audi pronounce it, but the Brits in our company who deal with the European business pronounce it more like “odd” than “awed”. > > … then again, knowing how they say “Jaguar”, I’m never sure if their pronunciation is some sort of elaborate joke. Well that explains it - everyone knows that all words are best pronounced in a British accent! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/165 "2016-12-26T05:33:32Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > And that is how this TV ad is pronouncing it. I’m old enough to remember when the pronunciation of Renault was changed from the “US way” to the French, so is this how the Germans want the word pronounced? Oddy or owdi? The Germans, /audi/ ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/166 "2016-12-26T05:38:28Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > The Germans, /audi/ Ow (as in, I hurt myself) dee (like the letter)? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/167 "2016-12-26T08:02:03Z")
People from different English dialects actually say different things when hitting themselves and read “ow” differently when they encounter it in writing. So since I don’t know which variation you use, I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/168 "2016-12-26T09:48:38Z")
It’s like “howdy” without the “h”. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/169 "2016-12-26T18:35:18Z")
YES you have it all figured out. The music teacher deliberately seated the tall girl in front of your shorter son playing in the back row of the Christmas recital so you could not get a good shot of him. FURTHERMORE how dare the girl put on a hat during his solo to try and further block him from your scary camera shot. The nerve of this teacher to not take into account 12 and 13 year old girls are taller than the boys and not meeting you before the concert to set up the band to position themselves to set the perfect shooting angle with you. After all surely you are the only parent that was taping the recital and hey, forget the endless rehearsal hours, at the last minute well just rearrange all the seats: JUST FOR YOU. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/170 "2016-12-26T18:47:26Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > It’s like “howdy” without the “h”. Yes - that! ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/171 "2016-12-26T23:53:31Z")
Damn you, beets. Damn you for being so delicious when roasted, then sprinkled with goat cheese. Damn you a million times over for staining pee pink and making all the interested parties have a major freak out over a possible miscarriage. … Technically, this is probably a First World Problem mini-rant. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/172 "2016-12-27T22:58:34Z")
OK, it’s two days after Christmas. Can we quit with the bald children and abused dog/cat ads? I mean, they have only been going on for weeks and I’m REALLY tired of looking at them. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/173 "2016-12-28T06:16:43Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > It’s like “howdy” without the “h”. > [@curlcoat](#): > > Yes - that! Then yeah, like that. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/174 "2016-12-28T07:11:34Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > OK, it’s two days after Christmas. Can we quit with the bald children and abused dog/cat ads? I mean, they have only been going on for weeks and I’m REALLY tired of looking at them. I imagine they’re more tired of being bald and abused than you are, of looking at them. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/175 "2016-12-28T16:07:40Z")
. Being a military brat, then marrying an oil and gas engineer I’ve travelled quite a bit. Multi hours on planes , airports, train stations etc. no problem. Now I’m get anxious …for no reason I can think of:confused:… ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/176 "2016-12-28T18:45:12Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I imagine they’re more tired of being bald and abused than you are, of looking at them. :rolleyes: They are probably even more tired of being used to raise money for the various organizations. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/177 "2016-12-28T23:40:34Z")
Seeing billboards in Sacramento area, telling me that Jesus is Alive is [Beyond Reasonable Doubt](http://sdgln.com/news/2016/12/02/another-conservative-christian-billboard-appears-over-hillcrest). Yes, something that must be taken\* on Faith\* is beyond reasonable doubt. I’m not sure if they know what words mean. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/178 "2016-12-28T23:53:31Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Seeing billboards in Sacramento area, telling me that Jesus is Alive is [Beyond Reasonable Doubt](http://sdgln.com/news/2016/12/02/another-conservative-christian-billboard-appears-over-hillcrest). > > Yes, something that must be taken\* on Faith\* is beyond reasonable doubt. > > I’m not sure if they know what words mean. They do, they just don’t understand that their definitions aren’t the only ones out there. And certainly not the only right ones. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/179 "2016-12-29T00:21:06Z")
Why is everyone posting “FUCK YOU 2016” on Facebook? You do realize generally speaking the same amount of celebrities die each year, right? And that 2016 represents an arbitrary collection of dates we use to measure the Earth’s orbit of the Sun? Four numbers did not kill your favorite movie or pop star. And guess what? When January 1 rolls around theres no guarantee that suddenly Hollywood idols are going to stop suddenly drop like flies or your personal life os going to get any less shittier. Have Jews been posting “FUCK YOU 5777!”? Doubt it. Get a life and stop crying over rich people who you’ve never met and wouldn’t give 2 shots about you if you went toes up. Stop being a bunch of whining babies. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515/180 "2016-12-29T00:57:38Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > Why is everyone posting “FUCK YOU 2016” on Facebook? You do realize generally speaking the same amount of celebrities die each year, right? And that 2016 represents an arbitrary collection of dates we use to measure the Earth’s orbit of the Sun? Four numbers did not kill your favorite movie or pop star. And guess what? When January 1 rolls around theres no guarantee that suddenly Hollywood idols are going to stop suddenly drop like flies or your personal life os going to get any less shittier. Have Jews been posting “FUCK YOU 5777!”? Doubt it. Get a life and stop crying over rich people who you’ve never met and wouldn’t give 2 shots about you if you went toes up. Stop being a bunch of whining babies. > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I’m just pissed off that the ones who are dying aren’t the ones on my Death Pool list. Fuck my poor selection! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decemberists-were-losers-mini-rants/773515.md?page=10)