• Binzy_Boi
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    752 days ago

    I think he was trying to say “gagged” but it does sound like “gay” lol

    • @Taniwha420@lemmy.world
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      302 days ago

      … You might be right. He has a weird accent, and if he pronounced the ‘a’ like an American and swallowed the ‘gg’ …

      Or maybe that’s the secret do defeating the Conservatives? “We can totally make an LNG pipeline to the coast, but … err … that would make you all pretty gay.”

      • Binzy_Boi
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        152 days ago

        Re-watching it, and yeah, has to be gagged. If you listen closely, there’s a small “click” after what at first sounds like “gay”, which is likely an “ed” sound.

        • @Taniwha420@lemmy.world
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          121 hours ago

          No… Not at all. “gae” Vs “gahgged”. Gay has a hard A, gagged had a soft A. Plus gagged had a ‘gg’ sound in the middle, and also a D sound at the end. Actually, the only thing they have in common is starting with a G.

          Do they sound the same to you?

      • @bricklove@midwest.social
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        82 days ago

        It reminds me of my teacher from northern Wisconsin that would say words like “bag” and “flag” as “bayg” and “flayg”. She would say “back” and “flack” like you’d expect but for some reason “-ag” words got the different vowel