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So I see the word Parler for the fuck face assholes who got banned at every other web board they tried, and I read it as Par-lay... as in the french word for "bloviating". But I heard it pronounced on the radio as Par-lur... as in the French word for "this word isn't French", So is this a French derivation that is Anglicized or does Parler have some other origin? Or should I really not care?

Or am I just wondering how many other people thought it was Par-lay and enjoyed a mild ironic sense of people whose Fuck Everything That Isn't True American Web Board named with a French word?
 
The intended pronunciation is French, but the user base isn’t primarily composed of Francophiles
 
Parler was founded by John Matze Jr. and Jared Thomson in Henderson, Nevada, in August 2018. The company's name was taken from the French word "parler", meaning "to speak".
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Cannot verify the truth of this, but there ya go.
 
Should have invoked the right of parlay against Amazon.
 
There might be a word better at confusing low information Americans.

But I'm not sure what it would be.
 
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There might be a word better at confusing low information Americans.

But I'm not sure what it would be.

Possibly democracy.

Tom
 
The correct pronunciation of a word in a particular area is however the majority of people who say it, even if it's a loanword with a different pronounciation in the original language and even if the creator intended something else.

That's why the correct pronunciation of Ikea in Australia is "eye-KEE-ya" but in parts of Europe the correct pronunciation is "I-kee-ya"
 
I honestly thought it referred to a sitting room where you can speak freely among friends. Cross-indexed with the fact that Americans seem able to either spell or express hate, but not both.

Didja hear whut Jedediah said in the parler?
 
TomC said:
There might be a word better at confusing low information Americans.

But I'm not sure what it would be.

Possibly democracy.

Tom
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References to Constitution, Bible, 1984 made by people who never read any of them.
 
The correct pronunciation of a word in a particular area is however the majority of people who say it, even if it's a loanword with a different pronounciation in the original language and even if the creator intended something else.
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Rather reminiscent of "Trump".

In some vernaculars, a trump is a huge flatulence. In others, it's God's announcement of arriving. In others it's a musical instrument of brass. In others it's a playing card, useful in gambling.


One thing Trump and Parler have in common is the ability to confuse people who aren't interested in meaning as much as validation. People like that will demonstrably believe any meaning for the word that most closely resembles their previously held beliefs.

It's right out there in front of anyone who is looking for truth.

Tom
 
The correct pronunciation of a word in a particular area is however the majority of people who say it, even if it's a loanword with a different pronounciation in the original language and even if the creator intended something else.
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Yeah, but it is still French, which automagically makes people using such a site into pants wetting losers that can't defend themselves if a bunch of Germans come over

Keith&Co. said:
I honestly thought it referred to a sitting room where you can speak freely among friends. Cross-indexed with the fact that Americans seem able to either spell or express hate, but not both.
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Keith&Co. said:
Didja hear whut Jedediah said in the parler?
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That'd need an 'o'.
 
Yeah, but it is still French, which automagically makes people using such a site into pants wetting losers that can't defend themselves if a bunch of Germans come over
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The well established term is "cheese eating surrender monkeys".

Check your dictionary.

Tom
 
ideologyhunter said:
Which makes me wonder...how do the rubes who dine at the Mar-a-Lago Club pronounce bouillabaisse, boeuf bourguignon, and clafoutis?
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Since the club has an initiation fee of US$200,000 and annual dues of $14,000, I'm pretty sure any member of the club has fuck off money and doesn't care what you think about their pronunciation.
 
Actually, I believe people off the street can drive up and dine at the Club. (That's from reading some of the reviews on Google -- some from vacationers who bitched about driving up and facing a two hour wait to be seated, and quite a few of them commenting on mediocre food and surly wait staff.)
 
ideologyhunter said:
Actually, I believe people off the street can drive up and dine at the Club. (That's from reading some of the reviews on Google -- some from vacationers who bitched about driving up and facing a two hour wait to be seated, and quite a few of them commenting on mediocre food and surly wait staff.)
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That makes sense.
Trump probably is disappointed in those reviewers because they didnt note the quality decor.

For his airline, he demanded luxury. Carpeting so thick the stewards couldn't push the cart across it. Time after time they asked commuters what they want from an airline, and got weird answers like arriving on time and convenient schedules. Trump turned around and pumped up the luxury.

You'd think diners would want quick service, obsequious servers, food to match the price. Trump probably responds, "Do they not know how much I spent on the landscaping?"
 
Keith&Co. said:
I honestly thought it referred to a sitting room where you can speak freely among friends. Cross-indexed with the fact that Americans seem able to either spell or express hate, but not both.

Didja hear whut Jedediah said in the parler?
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Me too.
 
It's an illiterate spelling of parlor.

Wiktionary.org said:
Alternative forms
. . . parlour (British)

Etymology
. . . From Anglo-Norman parlur and Old French parleor, from the verb parler (“to speak”).

Noun
. . . parlor (plural parlors)

1. The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room
2. (archaic) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.
3. (archaic) A comfortable room in a public house.
4. (chiefly Southern US) A covered open-air patio.
5. A shop or other business selling goods specified by context.
6. A shed used for milking cattle.
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I've not had my morning coffee yet, so you'll have to work on your own punchlines. You might want to start with definition (6.).
 
I just assumed it was a typo and was intended to be "Paler" to signify it's prevalence of white supremacist users.
 
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