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He does NOT say "General Direction"

posted 3 years ago by avortac4 (3720)
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Subtitles, youtubers, reactors, etc. are ALL WRONG.

"I fart in your general direction"?? No. Absolutely not!

I always wondered why everyone seems to think he says 'general direction', when he CLEARLY says "GENO direction" (at least phonetically speaking - I am not sure how to write the phonetical 'geno' in english. 'Jeno'? 'Zeno'?)

What he says doesn't have enough syllabels or long enough length to form the word 'general', and I can't understand why people hear it wrong. Listen to it carefully and repeat it in a loop if you have to. It's CLEARLY "Geno direction", not "General direction".

I wonder if this goof will ever be rectified..

[–] Roguemail (1595) 3 years ago

Firstly, why would he say geno...what does that even mean?

Second, he clearly pronounces it as 'genral', as many people often do.

Yes technically it's a 3 syllable word, but we often shorten such words when speaking in everyday life.