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Also, rather than saying “Google it” maybe we can now say “Duck it”.
by electrograv 8y ago
Also, rather than saying “Google it” maybe we can now say “Duck it”.
- JacKTrocinskI 8y agoHaha, yes!
- vackosar 8y agoDuuckle it!
- dweekly 8y agoSuggested title of blog post announcing change: "Duck Yeah!"
- barrow-rider 8y agoI rarely use the term "ducking" in conversation, though auto-correct thinks otherwise. Maybe now I will. "I was ducking around and found a few good resources for fixing the OSPF problem."
- Arkdy 8y agoIn Trinbagonian dialect, "ducking" is the act of skipping work/school. See: https://youtu.be/2qunog47EVo https://youtu.be/2qunog47EVo for musical reference.
- owaty 8y ago"Ducking" is also a term used in audio mixing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking
- faiz7412 8y ago"Are you good at ducking mate? Let's party!"
- ljf 8y agoAlso is in the UK - esp 'Duck Out' - to step out of a meeting or situation.
- rhplus 8y ago"duck" is also used often in the context of not giving an answer (e.g. "duck the issue"), which is an unfortunate connotation for a search engine.
- verelo 8y agoFinally auto correct of "ducking" from the ruder alternative will make sense. "I spent the day ducking around on the internet"
- mindgam3 8y agoThis is the best ducking thread on the internet today. Well done all.
- Vektorweg 8y agoIf you use !bangs, its a duck hunt.
- mrtnmcc 8y agoD and F are are a little too close for comfort on the 'ol qwerty.
- androidgirl 8y agoThat's absolutely hilarious and I love it. In casual conversation, "DeeDeeGee it" is so much more clunky.
- dctoedt 8y agoIn U.S. Navy and NATO jargon, "DDG" is the designator for guided-missile destroyers (warships) [0]. So you could say "destroy it" .... [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_missile_destroyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_missile_destroyer
- androidgirl 8y agoInteresting! I had no idea.
- genericone 8y agoSome might be partial to "I'd Duck that"
- sorenjan 8y agoThe best Ducking search engine available.
- kethinov 8y agoI just say "web search it." Same syllables as Google. Devoid of any brand preference.
- ummonk 8y agoSame syllables sure but there has to be a hard stop between the two syllables since b and s can’t be strung together.
- balnaphone 8y agoThe two words can be strung together just fine in English. Think of the word "rub", then "rubs", then "rubs search", then "rubsearch". The final 'b' in "web" is indeed pronounced differently when linked to the word "search". For more discussion see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assimilation_(phonology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assimilation_(phonology) Page 10 of http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/faculty/donegan/Papers/201Xhistphon.pdf http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/faculty/donegan/Papers/201Xhistph...
- tspike 8y agoThey can but it's more difficult on a muscle level. You have to change the position of your tongue quite a bit to alter the airflow transitioning from the bilabial plosive to the sibilant, versus "Google" where you can almost say the G-L transition without moving your mouth; just a very slight adjustment of your uvula and tongue can produce an understandable sound. Try saying "web search" without moving your mouth. Now try saying "google" without moving your mouth.
- ummonk 8y agoIt is not normal English for a "b" at the end of a word to get assimilated into the "s" at the start of the word. (Note also that when you say "rubs", the "b" is not getting assimilated - it's the "s" that is getting assimilated into a voiced "z")
- duckit 8y ago
- nickjj 8y agoI can't wait to start saying "Go Duck yourself", and have it meant to be a request / complement to search your own name.
- vanadium 8y ago"Let me duck that for you" might get a few doubletakes.
- singularity2001 8y agoLet's start saying "duck off" to the ill-informed duck.com will surely inspire the sick dolan[0] crowd [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed3-vC2z7hI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed3-vC2z7hI
- zem 8y ago"ducking the issues" would finally be a good thing
- beeskneecaps 8y agoI’m feeling ducky
- zellyn 8y agoI came here for this. Not disappointed.
- BerislavLopac 8y agoMy phone's autocorrect would love this. :D
- dylan604 8y agoI’ll Duck Hunt it
- austincheney 8y agoI can how that would be abused, as in: go duck yourself Edit: somebody beat me to it.
- auiya 8y agoThe obvious auto-correct problems on iOS devices will be amazing for marketshare expansion.