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(DIR) Post #B1D7I50JbKROkznSts by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-13T15:58:01Z
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How do you say "ambulance" ?"bue" here rhymes with "hue"
(DIR) Post #B1D7Tj5wstwmHXz9v6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-13T16:00:06Z
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I think "am ball ance" is AAVE maybe? I know it's not standard but "am bue lance" sounds overworked and overproper to me.
(DIR) Post #B1D7gxcECyzt57OW4u by slothrop@chaos.social
2025-12-13T16:02:30Z
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@futurebird I say “am bue lance”. But then I am indeed frequently overworked, so this checks out.
(DIR) Post #B1D7nZcPpKlIgQdSIC by mpark@mathstodon.xyz
2025-12-13T16:03:40Z
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@futurebird I think it comes out more like am byuh lance when I say it.
(DIR) Post #B1D7pAouzuaSLsFL1c by rk@mastodon.well.com
2025-12-13T16:03:58Z
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@futurebird In my head “am bue lance” sounds “right” but when I say it aloud it comes out as “am byuh lence”Now I’m going to overthink this all day.
(DIR) Post #B1D7r8HTPUKB3TXLpg by jimr@fosstodon.org
2025-12-13T16:04:19Z
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@futurebird - am-byuh-lince
(DIR) Post #B1D7x0emfXFl9BF6hc by wmd@chaos.social
2025-12-13T16:05:19Z
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@futurebird bus
(DIR) Post #B1D7yg24Jy4zlDvenQ by silvermoon82@wandering.shop
2025-12-13T16:05:41Z
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@futurebird I say "am-bue-lance" (or "-lunce", like someone else mentioned), but "am-ber-lance"/"-lunce" is also fairly common here (Ontario, Canada; lots of Irish and Scottish descendants right around here).
(DIR) Post #B1D8YenKOsuSLZBt3o by fondoffawns@nerdculture.de
2025-12-13T16:12:10Z
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@futurebird As in the act of ambulating or as in an emergency vehicle? I use 2 different pronunciations
(DIR) Post #B1D8d9oN1SWJhap9v6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-13T16:13:03Z
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@fondoffawns I was thinking of the loud and flashy car with the lights on.
(DIR) Post #B1D8rxontWKIqm5T2u by PalmAndNeedle@norden.social
2025-12-13T16:15:42Z
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@futurebird Also Sani, RTW (Rettungswagen), or Sanka, depending on the context.
(DIR) Post #B1D9EbMJZ3lnqzYXZ2 by miblo@mas.to
2025-12-13T16:11:39Z
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@puf @futurebird Yeah, same. That vowel sound in "lance" / "lunce" is the same as in "the" (in my Mancunian accent). Known as a "schwa", pretty sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel
(DIR) Post #B1D9EcyHZNjcr2KNNo by picard@mas.to
2025-12-13T16:17:27Z
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@miblo @puf @futurebird same here the "la" rhymes with "the"i've heard the "ball" variant in some british accents too though i reckon
(DIR) Post #B1D9EdyfpPdryXWCdE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-13T16:19:39Z
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@picard @miblo @puf If you mix the "amb bue lense" some of the brits are talking about with the "ball" you get "am ball linse" which to me sounds VERY brooklyn in a way that would get you a side glance in the bronx. (as in why'd you come up here?)
(DIR) Post #B1D9GFRq02nKTevOKm by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-13T16:20:05Z
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@goaty uh oh
(DIR) Post #B1D9Jim9PtnCIv59LU by SkylarkDuquesne@mas.to
2025-12-13T16:20:42Z
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@futurebird Am' blenceIs this a California thing, dropping the middle syllable of weird words? I similarly say "Feb' Wary" :blobcatthinkingeyes:
(DIR) Post #B1D9NywZFKzNbfzCEa by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-13T16:21:27Z
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@SkylarkDuquesne In NYC it's febber awry
(DIR) Post #B1D9Wu6GckKZBtmFd2 by maco@wandering.shop
2025-12-13T16:23:04Z
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@futurebird ambyalintz
(DIR) Post #B1D9aqjj4UsHuw7D0a by miblo@mas.to
2025-12-13T16:23:48Z
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@futurebird @picard @puf Oh cool. This whole "ball" pronunciation is totally new to me, btw. Suppose I'd have to get out more to hear it.
(DIR) Post #B1D9duNI09p24N4yPo by jf_718@mas.to
2025-12-13T16:24:21Z
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@futurebird "am bue lance" for me, mostly because my first language is French and that's the closest option to how I originally learned the word.
(DIR) Post #B1D9vTrPJryj38Xu3E by log@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-12-13T16:27:30Z
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@futurebird In Chicago or Indianapolis, it might be closer to "amble lambs" or "amble lants", depending on neighborhood, on the AAVE side of the language and "ambü lanz" on the German/Pole side.
(DIR) Post #B1DAgiHXWCeFO5I7I8 by fondoffawns@nerdculture.de
2025-12-13T16:36:02Z
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@futurebird 😁gotta admit, I can’t remember ever using the word in reference to ambulation.
(DIR) Post #B1DAkeYfIzKMzrBErQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-13T16:36:48Z
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@fondoffawns And thus the truth comes out!
(DIR) Post #B1DAmjpoeqhDwPCG0G by GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org
2025-12-13T16:37:08Z
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@futurebird This way.
(DIR) Post #B1DBQW1RQpFWgZbMUS by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-12-13T16:44:19Z
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@futurebird ambulance = am byu lince
(DIR) Post #B1DBadsH5n3zw08uOG by Still_Nimmy@starbase80.wtf
2025-12-13T16:46:04Z
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@futurebird When I'm calm: am-bue-lanceWhen I'm not calm, like if an ambulance is needed: am-blance
(DIR) Post #B1DDLGUjw13azLviG8 by deusfigendi@troet.cafe
2025-12-13T17:05:47Z
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@futurebird I chose "am bue lance" but I am not sure if it's a problem that I'm no native speaker
(DIR) Post #B1DDVEYK0j7vrQMIds by bitprophet@social.coop
2025-12-13T17:07:34Z
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@futurebird voted option but realistically for me it’s “am byoo lince” (rhymes with spam blue prince)
(DIR) Post #B1DDzBnmnltU18sN3w by debcha@saturation.social
2025-12-13T17:12:29Z
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@futurebird Sitting here in a coffee shop mumbling to myself because neither of these. Something like AM-yeh-lance? The ‘yeh’ is _very_ short, and the ‘a’ in ‘lance’ is halfway to a short ‘e’.
(DIR) Post #B1DF8grcmdyWullX04 by hazelnot@sunbeam.city
2025-12-13T17:25:55Z
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@futurebird similar to am bue lance but I tend to pronounce the second a in ambulance differently than the a in lance 😅Like in "lance" it's a very clear "a" kinda sound? Like in "lack"? But in "ambulance" it's more of an "lunce"
(DIR) Post #B1DHhQeTFfOig3IzuS by MossyQuartz@social.vivaldi.net
2025-12-13T17:54:33Z
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@futurebird sorry, in my thoughtless moments the word I speak sounds more like: amble ants.
(DIR) Post #B1DIEDtJiSFKeot3nk by cy@fedicy.us.to
2025-12-13T18:00:15Z
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hue hue hue
(DIR) Post #B1DL97HBBQ5gYVIyWm by exchgr@mastodon.world
2025-12-13T18:33:14Z
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@futurebird blamblance
(DIR) Post #B1DMJfKZWVRB1ZUCIK by samnabi@spore.social
2025-12-13T18:46:19Z
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@futurebird @mayintoronto Oooh black Betty, ambulance
(DIR) Post #B1DQWg2MblWmnQQfB2 by Tattie@eldritch.cafe
2025-12-13T19:30:34Z
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@mpark same. I'm trying to think of other words with a "byuh" sound in them and can only think of Björk 😂@futurebird
(DIR) Post #B1DQWhJlqX2ulha4wq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-13T19:33:31Z
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@Tattie @mpark call an amBjörklance?
(DIR) Post #B1DRfMcMHK1n80yHei by Tattie@eldritch.cafe
2025-12-13T19:46:16Z
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@futurebird Shhhh, ShhhhIt's, oh, so quietShhhh ShhhhIt's, oh, so stillShhhh ShhhhYou're all aloneShhh ShhhAnd so peaceful until...NEE-NAW NEE-NAW@mpark
(DIR) Post #B1DTOMGQXYI915jRVA by maxleibman@beige.party
2025-12-13T20:05:36Z
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@futurebird Sort of the second one, but closer to amb ya lance. (From Nebraska originally, for whatever that’s worth.)
(DIR) Post #B1DTczvDtCqe4GnKVs by bradr@infosec.exchange
2025-12-13T20:08:17Z
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@futurebird It is pronounced "medical bankruptcy".
(DIR) Post #B1DTqPBFI4QkAbgMMK by bradr@infosec.exchange
2025-12-13T20:10:43Z
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@futurebird (My kingdom for a schwa)
(DIR) Post #B1DUmbFwYDzyPzd3b6 by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-12-13T20:21:12Z
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@futurebird You neglected the ever-popular pronunciation: ambumblance 😆 https://archive.org/details/kids-in-the-hall-ambumblance
(DIR) Post #B1DYeYzjTVHKu8TBui by timtfj@mastodon.social
2025-12-13T21:04:35Z
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@futurebird AMB-yə-ləns.(FWIW, the Welsh spelling, and pronunciation, is "ambiwlans")
(DIR) Post #B1DbCdss0EN7p3dbRA by emeb@society.oftrolls.com
2025-12-13T21:33:07Z
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@futurebird More like am byuh lance.
(DIR) Post #B1DbOFSWdj6tXqqjKq by faerye@pie.gd
2025-12-13T21:35:09Z
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@futurebird I grew up and live in a state with a small black population* (Oregon) and have never heard ‘ambalance’ in the wild that I can recall, so, anecdotally?*(I swear I am used to hearing Oregon called the whitest state in the union but playing with the Wikipedia data table, it looks like we aren’t even the least % black (#10) and we are #22 for percentage white. So I guess there are lies, damn lies, and vibestistics?)
(DIR) Post #B1DcaPt5nCPdJkds6i by jadp@mastodon.social
2025-12-13T21:48:39Z
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@futurebird AMB-yule-ans
(DIR) Post #B1DccKuHHZ4IRt6zya by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-13T21:49:03Z
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@jadp Is Santa unwell :(
(DIR) Post #B1Dcs99kjnkIdftC9g by jadp@mastodon.social
2025-12-13T21:51:48Z
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@futurebird one of the reindeer is feeling a bit old today
(DIR) Post #B1E0ujmRwGfZhol21o by pauamma@mstdn.social
2025-12-14T02:21:15Z
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@futurebird I think closer to "am bull ance" than "am ball ance".
(DIR) Post #B1E9AIl0yeCyA51EiO by twipped@twipped.social
2025-12-14T03:53:36Z
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@futurebird am-buel-ence.Buel as in bueller
(DIR) Post #B1EMo97bWKOdGSulhQ by kludgekml@sunbeam.city
2025-12-14T06:26:34Z
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@futurebird London: byuh
(DIR) Post #B1Fzs5yVFjTw29UXo0 by algebraicyclist@mathstodon.xyz
2025-12-15T01:18:59Z
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@futurebird not too far from “am bue lance” but more like “amb-yuh-lence”