transcription: you’ve heard of be gay do crimes, now get ready for, be trans throw hands. be queer instill fear. be bi go for the eye. be pan end it with a bang. be ace punch face.

  • TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world
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    “Be gay, do crime” rings right because it doesn’t rhyme. It’s four one syllable words each starting with a plosive. That forceful plosive sounds lends to the commanding sentence structure.

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      Throwing hands means fighting. You’re essentially throwing your hand at someone when you punch them.

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        hmmmm. – but it sounds kindsa … weird…

        cuz like - … then it sould be called “throwing fists”… throwing hans sounds like ur jus slappin ur hans all over someone else without any force… like literally throwin them on them as dead bodies… even tho they r not actualli dead, they jus appear that way.-.-

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          What is a fist but a closed hand? And the more I think of it, throwing hands is inclusive of karate chops too!

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            Ever been hit with a palm strike? That shit hurts! Its like a slap with the force of a punch

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        hm… i duno if id lik that…

        how about instead i jus bake som muffins n i bring tea n we have a comf lil tea party? <3

        mhmmmm i feel thad be way mor fun ~

        • JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org
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          Nope, the bi prefix meaning ‘two’ is almost always pronounced ‘bye’. Bicycle, bipolar, bisect, binary, bilingual, etc.

          Bicycle is extra messed up because you don’t pronounce the ‘cycle’ like ‘sigh cull’, you pronounce it ‘sickle’. So instead of ‘bee-sigh-cull’ it’s ‘bye-sickle’.

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      In typical North American and UK English dialects, “bi” and “eye” are pronounced the same. “Bi-“ prefixes are almost never pronounced as you would in some French, Spanish, or Italian dialects (ex “bicycle” vs “bicyclette”) where you would rhyme “bi” more with “bee” as in a honey bee.

      I could be wrong. My knowledge of Spanish isn’t profound, and my Italian is even worse (although I do speak with my hands a lot) but I am a French Canadian and speak with a lot of French people (both Parisian and non-Parisian) so you can bet your baguette on that part.