In my Cultural Truths That Bear Repeating file:
"I don't want to make a nucular case out of all this, but to be pacific--I, too, get expecially flustrated when people mispronunciate words. I think I'll just go unthaw me some deli meat and make me a samwich with chipulltay and manayze. Sounds good, if you axe me." -Doug Meeker
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You said that good, Ralph....
ReplyDeleteThanks alot, Monica.
ReplyDeleteThat's what happens when you take schoolin for granite.
ReplyDeleteIn the immortal words of Don Heron (aka Charlie Farquarson on HeeHaw), "No one wants to read writin', when it's written rotten ..."
ReplyDeleteDon't be goin all nukular bout this!
ReplyDeleteYou made me laugh out loud with that "alot" Ralph...I have a permanent and vivid memory of Mrs. Davidson in 7th grade English writing "ALOT" across the board and saying: "This is pronounced 'A-Lut'...A Lot are TWO words, NOT ONE!!!"
ReplyDeleteCurrent pet peeve, because the esteemed members of Congress practice this lazy talk: "Sosh Security." Apparently, the two syllables of the word "social" are just too lengthy.
ReplyDeleteAt an ice cream store my dad would ask the server, "What's this?" Pointing to a type, he'd get the server to identify it: "That's Sherbert." And you can guess what he would then say. "It's spelled with only one 'r'. Why do you add another?" The response was usually a dull sort of stare and, "What?" He'd then say, "It's a sure bet it's pronounced Sher-bet."
ReplyDeleteThat's hilarious!
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