The BDOTGNZA are back...

[Virago]

Huh? You can say it but I can't?

No, but you can quote him saying it.



Sorry, what were we talking about again?

[Maha]

How is BDOTGNZA pronounced?
I have tried and it sounds like a German/Japanese amalgamation.

[Oakie]

Huh? You can say it but I can't?

But you just typed it. I spoke the words and then typed my quote which allows me to use speech marks. You just didn't hear me say "Hitcher's Law". (We are just having fun here aren't we? God I hope no one thinks I'm this anal in real life.)

[Oakie]

How is BDOTGNZA pronounced?
I have tried and it sounds like a German/Japanese amalgamation.

The 'B' 'T' and 'G' are silent.

[bogan]

They are definition quotes, and both versions of syntax are correct. I had to research it a few weeks ago.

[Maha]

The 'B' 'T' and 'G' are silent.

Which makes it Donza?..

[Virago]

...both versions of syntax are correct...

I always thought that syntax was something that Catholics paid.

[steve_t]

But you just typed it. I spoke the words and then typed my quote which allows me to use speech marks. You just didn't hear me say "Hitcher's Law". (We are just having fun here aren't we? God I hope no one thinks I'm this anal in real life.)

LOL. I think we should refer to them as quotation marks rather than speech marks so we're not gonna confuse people into thinking they must be spoken words

They are definition quotes, and both versions of syntax are correct. I had to research it a few weeks ago.

This page (second on google search) seems to agree with you, Bogan.

http://universitywriting.shu.ac.uk/p...e/s_double.htm

[davebullet]

Does BDOTGNZA abhor poorly spoken English, such as the use of "sh" as in shtreet, shpeak or Aushtralia?

[ducatilover]

Does BDOTGNZA abhor poorly spoken English, such as the use of "sh" as in shtreet, shpeak or Aushtralia?

That's fun to do though. I often do it to irritate the irate people I do not rate.
Excessive emphasis on the 'h' sound is also fun.

I have a fantastic social life...

[Hitcher]

If it could be pronounced, it wouldn't need to be fully capitalised, as are scuba, radar, and Lufthansa.

If words are needed, then "The Brave Defenders" should suffice.

[Madness]

How is BDOTGNZA pronounced?
I have tried and it sounds like a German/Japanese amalgamation.

Similar to how the MTA is pronounced "Emm-tee-ay" I would assume. Bearing in mind we haven't yet reached general concensus on how to spell the spoken word "Gixxer" last time I checked, so BDOTGNZA is probably open slather for a while yet.

[steve_t]

Bee-Dot-Ginza?

[Oakie]

Which makes it Donza?..

Yep ... oops. I mean yes.

If it could be pronounced, it wouldn't need to be fully capitalised, as are scuba, radar, and Lufthansa.
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As demonstrated above it can indeed be pronounced by silentising (C) the appropriate letters.

[MSTRS:Me]

...Bearing in mind we haven't yet reached general concensus on how to spell the spoken word "Gixxer" last time I checked...

Oh god, don't get me started. Too late...

The pretentious gits (with a hard 'g') who say it as 'g(hard g)ixxer' should be taken aside and put out of our misery. They don't use the hard g when sounding out GSXR, do they? So there's a clue as to their error.