Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hint as in “Bach”
I carry a knife specifically to stab people who pronounce my name that way (the Achmed way). ... yes, this is a joke.
... the knife is very dull and purely for ritualistic purposes!
Honest Ahmed (2011)
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Re: Honest Ahmed (2011)
#52I'm getting warnings on an old Macbook Air that the Firefox CA certs are going to expire... except the OS is too old to update to a newer version. Oh noes!
Do I really care? That would imply I trusted CAs in the first place... all of them.
Re: Honest Ahmed (2011)
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
This sound, to be precise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_pharyngeal_fricative It is indeed closer in terms of its place of articulation to English 'h' than either variant of the German 'ch' sound.
I suppose the point is that it's not the voiceless glottal fricative? To my ears [ħ] sounds closer to [x] and [χ] than to [h] (even though the place of articulation is closer to [h]), but I'm sure it's different for people who (natively) speak a language with all three.
Yeah, I imagine it's an interesting question which of these sounds is more perceptually similar to the target sound. It may well depend to some extent on the native language(s) of the person who is listening.
Re: Honest Ahmed (2011)
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
I carry a knife specifically to stab people who pronounce my name that way (the Achmed way). ... yes, this is a joke.
... the knife is very dull and purely for ritualistic purposes! ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirpan )
Another variety: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambiya
Re: Honest Ahmed (2011)
#55why trust the others and not Achmed?
See comment 13.
Re: Honest Ahmed (2011)
#56Meta question: where do people find these kinds of funny stuff??
I’d say this one is a classic.
Re: Honest Ahmed (2011)
#57why trust the others and not Achmed?
> why trust the others and not Achmed?
Because, "trust us". Seriously, Google, Microsoft, Cloudfare, etc. at the same level as Achmed. The only thing Achmed lacks is marketing.
Re: Honest Ahmed (2011)
#58I'm getting warnings on an old Macbook Air that the Firefox CA certs are going to expire... except the OS is too old to update to a newer version. Oh noes! Do I really care? That would imply I trusted CAs in the first place... all of them.
> Do I really care?
Firefox will not connect to web sites when certificates are expired.