WARNING: Nerdier-that-usual humor may follow

Yes, more than normal. It is possible, trust me. Don't believe me? Read on.

I was having a conversation with my IA friend Amy when she sent me a link to BlahBlahFish, a site that lets you enter a phrase, translate it into another language, and translate it back. (Although some of the top-rated ones are funny, many are not so kid-friendly, so be warned.) In response, I showed her this post. Then (with a few inserted links to help you follow along and some slight re-ordering to account for the fact that we were talking so fast that many a train of thought was interrupted):

Amy: i am glad she tells people not to insert words thoughtlessly into essays

Me: :)

Amy: literal translation is a big pet peeve of mine
Amy: *continues reading*
Amy: haha
Amy: so you could have made blahblahfish if you had been quicker
Amy: though i thought German ch was more like Russian kh?

Me: idk russian
Me: it can be
Me: velar
Me: or palatal

Amy: very nice

Me: :)
Me: i kn consonants
Me: i figured id try it
Me: most ppl just think im tryin to make them look dumb
Me: but i figured u might kn
Me: more likely than most

Then the 'creative discussion' began:

Amy: but i'm afraid "sh" is alveopalatal
Amy: not palatal

Me: no
Me: its post alveolar

Amy: alveopalatal
Amy: meaning behind the alveola, near the palate

Me: its the closest thing we have
Me: so we hear 'front ch' as sh

Amy: so you're saying that it is different, we just can't differentiate as speakers of English?

Me: yep
Me: well
Me: as uninformed speakers of english

Amy: ok
Amy: just didn't want to let you continue being wrong :P

Me: yeah yeah
Me: and its post alveolar
Me: ask wikipedia

Amy: technically
Amy: sh is a voiceless alveopalatal fricative
Amy: :P

Me: no

Amy: mhm
Amy: Phonology book > Wikipedia
Amy: :P

Me: its a voiceless postalveolar fricative
Me: OR
Me: if u wanna b RLY fancy
Me: SIBILANT
Me: ftw
Me: wikipedia>whatever it was u said

Amy: both are used

Me: o fine

Amy: the postalveolar and alveopalatal
Amy: means the same thing
Amy: *mean

Me: i is not able conjugating?
Me: jk jk
Me: lol
Me: (Here I did this cool huge laughing smiley that tries to hold itself back but fails)

Amy: i really should have gone to bed 4 minutes ago
Amy: i have to get up at 6:00 tomorrow
Amy: i'll ttyl
Amy: night

Me: ok well
Me: go get some voiced alveolar fricatives
Me: gn

Amy: haha
Amy: nice
Amy: night

Me: :)
Me: nerd humor