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What is a "nyeeerrrrrff"?
« on: February 11, 2009, 06:10:09 PM »
Okay, there's something that's been bothering me since forever.  I just can't take it anymore!

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<Jake, Tobias, and I watched and waited outside Cassie's barn.  As you know, Jake suspected David might have decided to turn against us.>

"That weasel!  That slimy nyeeerrrrrff."

My tongue had shrunk rapidly in the middle of telling Ax what I thought about David.  Probably for the best.  Ax would have asked me to define the word I was about to use, and that wouldn't have been a good idea.

What I want to know is, what the heck was Rachel trying to say that would have been mispronounced 'nyeeerrrrrff' by her morphing tongue?  I can't think of a single swear word that even comes close, and I've got a pretty big vocabulary.

P.S. I apologize if this has been discussed before.

Last note: if a word you want to suggest is particularly offensive, put it in a spoiler so that easily offended people don't have to see it.  Or maybe just give me hints.  Or do both, even; put the hints in a spoiler.  I only want to satisfy my curiousity, not start any riots, 'k?
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Re: What is a "nyeeerrrrrff"?
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2009, 06:13:58 PM »
well it kinda seems like 'yeerk' but that wouldn't work coz she wouldn't have to explain to Ax.
Um..maybe it's not supposed to sound like anything, just a swear word in general?
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Re: What is a "nyeeerrrrrff"?
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2009, 07:06:25 PM »
Lol it could be anything, who knows lol :P

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Re: What is a "nyeeerrrrrff"?
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2009, 07:31:59 PM »
I always presumed it was 'Yeerk'. *shrug*
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Re: What is a "nyeeerrrrrff"?
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2009, 08:07:24 PM »
yeerk was what i always thought.

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Re: What is a "nyeeerrrrrff"?
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2009, 08:12:40 PM »
i figured it was dick or ****, yeerk wouldn't make sense since ax does not need a definition
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Re: What is a "nyeeerrrrrff"?
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2009, 08:17:31 PM »
Oh!!!!

 :o

Umn... mother*beep*er. M becomes N on a nasal. As the mouth stretches, the vowel becomes E, and the F is audible.
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Re: What is a "nyeeerrrrrff"?
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2009, 08:27:10 PM »
highly possible, but it doesn't seem a little short to be that?
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Re: What is a "nyeeerrrrrff"?
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2009, 09:09:18 PM »
Ningleberry?

 ???  Other made-up funny-sounding word?
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Re: What is a "nyeeerrrrrff"?
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2009, 09:22:13 PM »
Yeah, "Yeerk" was always the only thing I could think of that it might be, but I knew that couldn't be right.

Quote from: Estelore on February 11, 2009, 08:17:31 PM
Oh!!!!

 :o

Umn... mother*beep*er. M becomes N on a nasal. As the mouth stretches, the vowel becomes E, and the F is audible.

Estelore, you might be right.  And, goom, the reason it seems too short to be that might be because Rachel stopped talking when she realized her mouth was changing?  I dunno.

Quote from: ChimichangaChupacabra on February 11, 2009, 09:09:18 PM
Ningleberry?

 ???  Other made-up funny-sounding word?

Hmm, Rachel doesn't strike me as the sort of person who would make up words when she gets angry.
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Re: What is a "nyeeerrrrrff"?
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2009, 09:31:44 PM »
Psh.  Rachel doesn't get angry.  Rachel gets stabby.
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