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chridd wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 5:49 amI don't know; ask her, not me!

LingEarth wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 11:56 amGood morning!

Ling, do you eat?

Hmm... Is that a multiple choice question?

There is no choice.

Seems like a yes/no question to me (which is multiple choice with two choices).

True!

Boolean!

Don't bully me!

*plop*

I didn't bully you! I booleaned you! Completely different!

Or the same.

*wonders if ratammer speaks a dialect where 'boolean' sounds like 'bullying'*

No, but she frequently talks to Americans online.

Good morning.

Afternoon!

ratammer wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:50 am No, but she frequently talks to Americans online.

Wait, are you saying they're less similar in your dialect?

I'm saying I see Americans spell it "booly" sometimes, and I assume it's to represent an odd pronunciation.

I haven't seen that. Are they using that spelling for "bully" or for "boolean"? And if they're representing an odd pronunciation, presumably it's odd to them, i.e., they don't pronounce it that way and heard someone else who does. (Unless they're spelling it phonetically, and you think it's odd they're spelling it that way?)

Anyhow, for me
boolean = /ˈbu.li.ən/
bullying = /ˈbl̩.i.ɪiŋ/ or maybe /ˈbɤl.i.ɪiŋ/
which have completely different vowels in the first syllable.

chridd wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 7:33 pm Are they using that spelling for "bully" or for "boolean"?

Bully. And I guess I just assumed that it would come out that way if they exaggerated the pronunciation and that's why they did it?

I don't know. I haven't seen this so I don't know the context.