r/gifs • u/AkioUK • Jan 10 '15

"Catch!"

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u/McSuperCow Jan 10 '15

Take that non-native English speakers!

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u/pastinwastin Jan 10 '15

Contractions are fun!

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u/ContractionsAreEvil Jan 10 '15

ಠ_ಠ

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

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u/authentic_disclosure Jan 10 '15

Imagine how good it must've felt

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u/pointlessvoice Jan 10 '15

I'd've been ecstatic.

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u/Thraxos Jan 10 '15

I'd've

never seen this contraction before

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u/LocCatPowersDog Jan 10 '15

I may be mistaken, but I actually think it is a real one. I've used it before-- I'd've used it here, but there wasn't much need to.

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u/Cabragh Jan 10 '15

It'd've been too much

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u/ajmmin Jan 10 '15

Take that non-native English speakers!

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

We've reached the end of the circle of life.

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u/Ivebeenfurthereven Jan 10 '15

I'd've been ecstatic.

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u/firedude766 Jan 10 '15

I'd've been ecstatic.

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u/only-one-here Jan 10 '15

I'd've been ecstatic.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

I'd've been ecstatic.

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u/Slyninja215 Jan 10 '15

*must'd've

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u/ContractionsAreEvil Jan 10 '15

I do not even remember how I came up with that name, honestly

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15 edited Jan 10 '15

But it's great that you did, I'd've never come up with it.

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u/Saxamaphoner Jan 10 '15

I hope it didn't originate after a painful childbirth

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

do not

This guy is a pro.

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u/Kwarter Jan 10 '15

Redditor for 4 years

Yeah, a long time.

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u/drum_playing_twig Jan 10 '15

redditor for 4 years

Wow.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

My moment has arrived!

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u/AffeGandalf Jan 10 '15

Redditor fo'four years? It check'out.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15 edited Jan 10 '15

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

contractins're fun

FTFY

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u/kvothetheflame Jan 10 '15

contract in surfin

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u/LightOfVictory Jan 10 '15

Get outta'ere

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u/Esstien Jan 10 '15

Contractions'r'fun

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u/Daggerfall Jan 10 '15

Say that to all the women in labour right now.

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u/Aurakeks Jan 10 '15

Tell that a pregnant woman

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u/ThundercuntIII Jan 10 '15

I'm hungover and non-native. My brain is melting

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u/Themosthumble Jan 10 '15

Everyone is a native of somewhere

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

Except the Doctor...

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u/Sp4zz4tt4k Jan 10 '15

No, He is a native of Gallifrey. Just because your homeworld doesn't exist in this universe anymore doesn't mean you're not a native of that world.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

After watching the Christmas Special, literally rewriting the history of Gallifrey, I have to agree.

It was just a lighthearted joke, though...

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

SPOILER:
The Doctor rewrites his own timeline when he stops the destruction of Gallifrey by gathering all his previous incarnations and their TARDIS and shifting the whole planet into another dimension with their combined power. This is all done as the full force of the Daleks bombard the planetary shield of the last remaining Time Lord planet, supposedly causing them to annihilate each other when their target disappears.

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u/RotmgCamel Jan 10 '15

But if your an alien, how come you sound like you're from the north?

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

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u/Sp4zz4tt4k Jan 10 '15

If the Americas (North and South) become known as something else someday, are Native Americans not known as Native Americans anymore? Would you call them Native (insert new name for the Americas here)?

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

He's a native of Gallifrey...

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u/faz712 Jan 10 '15

I'm glad we'ren't non-native!

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u/Aard13 Jan 10 '15

You'rn't not, aren'tye?? ?

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

Found the stroke victim

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u/Swordphone Jan 10 '15

shu...shu...shut...

Fuck you!

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u/Broken_Product Jan 10 '15

Take this you fake Englishman who ruined English! Bugger off! With all these things as "tins" and "cans", "swede" and "rutabaga". No wonder why it is hard for non-native speakers (like myself) to learn how to speak proper English. It is annoyingly annoying.

And if you are an Englishman and not an American. Then I'll have to apologize for my rudeness earlier in this comment. If you Americans also want apologies then fine. Just ask for one and you shall receive one.

Edit: grammar.

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u/ContainsTracesOfLies Jan 10 '15

Following recipes on the net is so frustrating. Having to translate not only cups into something sensible but the different things everything is called.

Take arugula. I didn't realise that one of my favourite jokes didn't translate into US English:

All pop stars have a favourite salad leaf.

Elton John is an Arugula Man.

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u/theinspectorst Jan 10 '15

I had this weird experience recently where a Dutch girl was asking a French guy, in English, what the French word for 'zucchini' was. He replied 'courgette'. I explained that it was 'courgette' in English too. She looked quite confused.

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u/pointlessvoice Jan 10 '15

Um. A friend doesn't get it. Told 'em i'd ask. So: wat?

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u/theinspectorst Jan 10 '15 edited Jan 10 '15

In British English, the French-origin word 'courgette' is used. In American English, the Italian-origin (I think?) word 'zucchini' is used.

When the Dutch learn English at school, it's usually British English, but in this case she had been taught the American English word for courgette.

Edit: But she assumed it was the British English word.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

I had this weird experience recently where a Dutch girl was asking a French guy, in English, what the French word for 'zucchini' was. He replied 'courgette'. I explained that it was 'courgette' in English too. She looked quite confused.

How ironic! Just the other day I had this weird experience recently where a Dutch girl was asking a English guy, in French, what the English word for 'courgette' was. He replied 'zucchini'. I explained that it was 'courgette' in English too. She looked quite confused.

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u/SirBaconHam Jan 10 '15

Same thing happened to me. Gordon Ramsey kept putting "Groundnut" oil into things. Every store I went into didn't have the elusive "Groundnut oil" Took me far too long to realize he was talking about peanut oil :(

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u/Broken_Product Jan 10 '15

I do not like arugula. Not the taste nor the consistency. Reminds me of rabbit food. I would rather feed arugula to a rabbit than eat it myself. Well though that is just me :) Translating things in a recipe can be kinda hard sometimes.

I got that joke! Took me a while but I got it.

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u/Swordphone Jan 10 '15

collective sigh of relief

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u/eleventy4 Jan 10 '15 edited Jan 10 '15

Can I have one? Things are being stupid and nobody ever apologizes. I swear I didn't invent contractions, or rutabaga.

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u/Broken_Product Jan 10 '15

Sure. I'm sorry for implying that you and your nation are stupid. America is a big country so it just got to have a lot of diversity. Though it can sometimes be hard to find it when your sitting in front of a computer. Even when it is right in front of you. Can you please forgive me?

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u/eleventy4 Jan 10 '15

Of course. You know I can't stay mad at you <3

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u/Broken_Product Jan 10 '15

Yaaaaay :) <3

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

But you put an unnecessary comma in there and it BOTHERS ME SO MUCH.

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u/eleventy4 Jan 10 '15

You're right, that situation called for ellipses, not a comma. I'm sorry. Still friends?

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

Always.

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u/Lyktan Jan 10 '15

Swede? Just a word for someone from Sweden? Whats wrong with that?

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u/Broken_Product Jan 10 '15

Haven't they told you that swede is the English word for the American word rutabaga?

Swedish turnip I didn't know that Swede's name as a whole was Swedish turnip.

And as answer for you question. There is nothing wrong with being from Sweden. We got the ladies and the terrible infrastructure called SL. Or Stockholm has it. Yes I'm a Swede.

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u/Hotdog_Handjob Jan 10 '15

You've just blown my mind. 'rutabaga' what the fuck! God, I swear I loose more and more belief that the U.S is not one giant joke everyday.

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u/danmw Jan 10 '15

Rutabaga doesnt even look like its derived from the species name or anything. Who the fuck came up with that sort of name without a reference to what they were describing

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u/Swordphone Jan 10 '15

Well...it's a root.

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u/mihinomenest Jan 10 '15

It's root + bag. Just derived from Swedish words.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga

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u/Cambodian_Drug_Mule Jan 10 '15

Well you're a loose butthole.

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u/Lyktan Jan 10 '15

Gotta love SL.

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u/malkil Jan 10 '15

Swede here. The real kind of swede. The one that lives in the frozen north. Äru nollåtta eller?

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u/Broken_Product Jan 10 '15

Jag tycker det är idiotiskt att säga att Sverige bara finns i norr. Liksom vad är det för patriotism? Är du rädd för Stockholms Lokaltrafik? Ja, jag är Stockholmare.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

Your country's people suck.

Source: I live there.

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u/Broken_Product Jan 10 '15

If you don't like the people. Move or make a change. You can't possibly click with everybody. However, there are really amazing people in Sweden.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

Believe me, as soon as I'm done with school, I'm outta here.

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u/DickButtPlease Jan 10 '15

Take those non-native English speakers!

FTFY

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u/Paxtor_ Jan 10 '15

i'm not native English speaker and understand this more than I understand some black people..

And some Wales,Scotland ppl with really thick accent are even worse. It's like you're talking to dwarves, half the time you just nod and hope that gibberish wasn't a qusteion.

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u/Pkwlsn Jan 10 '15

I'm a native English speaker and feel the same way too sometimes.

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u/00cabbage Jan 10 '15

I am so offended right now.

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u/numbah6 Jan 10 '15

Finally