When I was in first or second grade, I was really annoyed at the way "comb" is spelled.
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
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tommyrot - Jan 31, 2005 8:13:17 am PST #2365 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
beathen - Jan 31, 2005 8:16:25 am PST #2366 of 10002
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
Also, why is "climb" spelled C-L-I-M-B instead of C-L-I-M-E?
DavidS - Jan 31, 2005 8:18:07 am PST #2367 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
When I was in first or second grade, I was really annoyed at the way "comb" is spelled.
Also, why is "climb" spelled C-L-I-M-B instead of C-L-I-M-E?
What? No love for the silent "B"?
It allows you to mentally say "Clim-buh" and "com-buh."
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2005 8:18:09 am PST #2368 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Also, why is "climb" spelled C-L-I-M-B instead of C-L-I-M-E?
You start worrying about that now, you'll never be done.
cf: ghoti.
Nutty - Jan 31, 2005 8:19:37 am PST #2369 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
What is really weird is that rhyme and rhythm do not use "rhy" in the same way.
My tempo by myself isn't hot -- I gather that most people, given their druthers, speed up in the middle of a song -- but I can follow someone else's tempo just fine. I think that the general populace believes that enthusiasm trumps actual ability, even in topics so basic as "when to clap".
Sort of like all those people who don't understand that we do not have their headphones and even if we did, we would not care for any sing-along assistance, especially not from the tone-deaf.
Steph L. - Jan 31, 2005 8:21:33 am PST #2370 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
It allows you to mentally say "Clim-buh" and "com-buh."
Only if you're mentally illiterate.
Of course, I was the annoying friendless pedantic second-grader who RAILED against my classmates' pronunciation of "PUH-sketti" and "crown" (for "crayon").
And I still don't understand people who say "Missour-UH" and "Cincinnat-UH." There's a freaking I on the end of the names, people.
t edit ....and this is Buffista Conversation #562, isn't it? Time for the Groundhog Day thread!
Topic!Cindy - Jan 31, 2005 8:22:19 am PST #2371 of 10002
What is even happening?
It's because you climb with your limbs, although limb rhymes with rim, unlike climb, which rhymes with...well...rhyme.
beathen - Jan 31, 2005 8:22:39 am PST #2372 of 10002
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
You start worrying about that now, you'll never be done.
I wonder why I ever started. Stupid brain.
beathen - Jan 31, 2005 8:23:50 am PST #2373 of 10002
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
Also, what is the correct way to say "Arkansas"? I always say "are-can-saw".
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2005 8:25:21 am PST #2374 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I was the annoying friendless pedantic second-grader who RAILED against my classmates' pronunciation of "PUH-sketti" and "crown" (for "crayon").
When everyone knows the correct pronunciation is "puh-SKE-ti."