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That's a really interesting perspective. I grew up around when adventure games were popular, and I learned a lot about the grown-up world (and in fact, American
by wenc 2y ago
That's a really interesting perspective. I grew up around when adventure games were popular, and I learned a lot about the grown-up world (and in fact, American world) through adventure games.
Sam and Max had so much Americana that, playing as a non-American, got me into the deep cuts of American culture. I think a lot of it was contextual. I didn't get all the references at first (e.g. who's John Muir for instance), but the context made it possible for me to figure it out.
- nanna 2y agoI got completely stuck in the Beavis and Butthead adventure game when one of the voice acted characters told me to get a "vee-hickul". As a teenager sitting at my family PC in London, I had no idea what the hell the Texan (?) was saying. Only several years later would I figure it out. The only other thing I remember from that game is the hock-a-loogie minigame, which I mastered. I wonder if my parents had any idea what I was up to on the computer?
- dgfitz 2y agoAnecdote: the word ‘vehicle’ is referenced aty day job a lot. I had a PM who always, always said ‘vee-hickle’ and I honestly always thought he was full of shit. On day when he was really mad about $(thing I predicted) he just comes out and says ‘vehicle’ like it’s spelled. I don’t remember feeling smug or annoyed, mostly just kind of bummed at the farce.
- kaashif 2y ago> he just comes out and says ‘vehicle’ like it’s spelled What do you mean by this? In what what is "ve hicle" not pronouncing it as it's spelled but "ve icle" is? Isn't the one including an h more faithful?
- praptak 2y agoI'm a non-native speaker I remember I couldn't figure out how to pronounce "vehicle" just from how it's spelled. It's not like I pronounced it wrong (as is often the case with other words), I just couldn't figure out how to pronounce it at all until I looked it up. Edit: I guess my point is that "as it's spelled" may be non obvious in case of vehicle.
- kaashif 2y agoThat's partially my point too: pronouncing something "as it's spelled" is meaningless in English - most of the time there's more than one "obvious" pronunciation. And the right one could be a less obvious one.
- fknorangesite 2y ago> the right one One of the many right ones.
- moomin 2y agoI insist on calling Roblox “rob-l-ox” when talking to my kids. It’s a dumb joke, but it also emphasises to them that spelling is a guide and not always a useful one.
- dgfitz 2y agoI meant he pronounced it two different ways when he was too angry to fake it. Was that not apparent in the post, or were you just being a prick?
- porbelm 2y agoI learned "vee-hickle" from the TV show M.A.S.H
- fknorangesite 2y agoAre you aware that both pronunciations are correct? 'Cause boy are you going to be surprised when you find out about "accents".
- dgfitz 2y agoIt wasn’t the annunciation, It was the em-phasis.
- fknorangesite 2y agoMy point stands.
- SamBam 2y agoReading your comment I had no memory of ever playing that game, until I remembered mastering the hock-a-loogie minigame. Thanks (I guess?) for the memory!
- filoleg 2y ago> As a teenager sitting at my family PC in London, I had no idea what the hell the Texan (?) was saying. Only several years later would I figure it out. I recommend King of the Hill for more of that. The show aged well, very thick americana that is genuinely funny and somewhat insightful. The more “adult” I became, the more hilarious and somewhat “deep” I started finding all their slice of life premises. There is even one character who speaks so fast and with such thick texan accent (Boomhauer), it is almost impossible to understand him half the time. One interestint part about it, the show was created and written by Mike Judge, who (among a few other legendary shows) also did Silicon Valley (from mid 2010s).
- mrob 2y agoDay of the Tentacle is also very American, in both style and content. I'm glad I didn't play it as a child because I wouldn't have understood or appreciated it, even though I knew it existed and I played Maniac Mansion. Day of the Tentacle was completely different than what I imagined and much better.
- wenc 2y agoDOTT was great and yes also lots of American references like the George Washington story and the Pony Express. But in Asia we were immersed enough in American culture through books and Saturday morning cartoons that it didn’t feel that foreign.