tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post4012097977351961459..comments2024-03-18T01:21:42.225-05:00Comments on Preachers and Horse Thieves: Adventures in the English LanguageDaddy Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-10936993566155428152014-03-17T05:09:28.110-05:002014-03-17T05:09:28.110-05:00Kymber, I'm not so sure it's slamming word...Kymber, I'm not so sure it's slamming words as it is her brain getting ahead of her mouth. Daddy Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-56082578309060088642014-03-17T05:08:30.947-05:002014-03-17T05:08:30.947-05:00Kymber, I can relate. The Queen, being originally ...Kymber, I can relate. The Queen, being originally from California, used to put "the" in front of all highway designations. "The 20" instead of just 20 or I-20 as most people here in Texas do. She seems to have dropped tht in recent years though. Daddy Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-3659633229280533532014-03-14T21:19:11.452-05:002014-03-14T21:19:11.452-05:00people here on the island have been slamming words...people here on the island have been slamming words together for so long that they actually think they are words! like "dja-eet-jet" which is 'did you eat ye't? oh they also slam people's names together like dan aleckson is "duhnaleck" and john morgan is "jamorgan". then they simply just don't know how to pronounce their own names. john james is called "johnjaymus" and renee, which should be pronounced reh-nay, is pronounced "rainy". oh it is a hoot talking to the people around here. and then the place names. they murder them. one local place here is "L'Ardoise" pronounced properly as "Lard-wah"...but they call it lordways. oh man, sometimes it kills me!<br /><br />but The Queen is awesome. and that is all.<br /><br />your friend,<br />kymberkymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-195300246068664082014-03-14T21:10:45.843-05:002014-03-14T21:10:45.843-05:00oh my. medical terms. we sat at one of our friends...oh my. medical terms. we sat at one of our friends kitchen table when he explained that one of our friends had recently become sick with "the organized eee-monia". they tend to put the word "the" in front of all sicknesses. i knew that he meant organized pneumonia and was just mis-pronouncing it. while we were there about 5 other people dropped by and were all told about the organized eee-monia as well. the funniest part was on the drive home when jambaloney said "we'll have to look up organized eee-monia when we get home - i've never heard of it". i laughed the whole way home - a full 15 minute drive. it took another 15 minutes of laughing before i could explain to jambaloney that he meant pneumonia. oh gosh it was funny!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-43550686823218724092014-03-13T13:18:54.659-05:002014-03-13T13:18:54.659-05:00HH, I had a high school history teacher who lectur...HH, I had a high school history teacher who lectured about Alexander the Gay (pun fully intended on her part (HER nickname was Little Ceasar...funny story about that one). <br /><br />Auntie J, I think every family has their "Spoonerisms" so to speak. My mother skipped Spooner and went straight to "Thingie". Daddy Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-74065355709814029492014-03-12T22:12:35.230-05:002014-03-12T22:12:35.230-05:00HH, Spooner's traditions live long and well in...HH, Spooner's traditions live long and well in my family (Daddy Hawk, I was going to suggest the same thing as HH). I have freaked out friends because I can spoonerize words by syllables, not just first-consonant blends. Sometimes it kicks in even stronger when I'm tired and/or loopy, like the night I told a friend he had widerspebs up in his entryway corner.<br /><br />It's so rampantly done in my family that I have a series of phrases that I have to think VERY carefully about before I say them, because I have to remember which is right, and which is family lexicon, and which I should then use. To wit: "never yet," which usually starts as "yever net," (that one's my sister's fault); "fell swoop," for we always said "swell foop," which is how I always think it's supposed to go.<br /><br />I was both delighted and proud the day I heard one of my kids inform my husband that she needed to go to the kitchen to get some "san hanitizer."<br /><br />I don't think she even recognized what she did.Auntie Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291024186455331856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-75175071646956192622014-03-12T20:56:26.399-05:002014-03-12T20:56:26.399-05:00It definitely causes such. I had a professor call...It definitely causes such. I had a professor call Dickens's work A Tale of Two Cities "A Sale of two Titties." Odysseus had a teacher in high school do something similar with Huck Finn...<br /><br />Laughter is almost always the result.Heroditus Huxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-37263105261056360552014-03-12T20:41:46.013-05:002014-03-12T20:41:46.013-05:00HH, it's a mark of something alright...usually...HH, it's a mark of something alright...usually uncontrollable laughter. Daddy Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-23017775780232818382014-03-12T19:59:38.640-05:002014-03-12T19:59:38.640-05:00It's a mark of intelligence. Have her look up...It's a mark of intelligence. Have her look up William Archibald Spooner, Oxford Don from the turn of the last century. Heroditus Huxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-33874161727574117362014-03-12T18:10:21.713-05:002014-03-12T18:10:21.713-05:00GunDiva, The Queen appreciates your sympathy. She&...GunDiva, The Queen appreciates your sympathy. She's got nothing on a lovely 70 something lady who provides The Queen with certain health related services that I am not at liberty to discuss. I never knew certain medical terms could be so tortured. Daddy Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-83688201597534038952014-03-12T16:32:09.525-05:002014-03-12T16:32:09.525-05:00I hate it when words get stuck and I can't fix...I hate it when words get stuck and I can't fix them. Tell The Queen I feel for her :)GunDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02965363044411500380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-39350177629760287902014-03-12T11:43:25.715-05:002014-03-12T11:43:25.715-05:00Stephen, the secret is to give her editorial overs...Stephen, the secret is to give her editorial oversight. Nothing gets published about The Queen without her express permission though changes have been made on occasion when the Royal Whim changed. Daddy Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-46523760505453031952014-03-12T11:09:42.213-05:002014-03-12T11:09:42.213-05:00You're a hoot....if I were to write such about...You're a hoot....if I were to write such about SW she'd kick my butt.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.com