The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

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[Sam Cree]

Just read that thread attacking the USCG. What a bunch of ignoramuses come out of the woodwork sometimes! On this site.

BTW, while we're at it, someone should start a thread on how to spell "definitely." Where in the world do they get this definately from?

[HairOfTheDog]

You're definitely right.... ;~D

They'll never get that one, Sam.... it's a toughie... half of FReepers can't differentiate between lose and loose ;~D

[ExGeeEye]

Same place they get "stuned" or "hugh" or "series". Question is, is it deliberate, or still ignorant?

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

And he called Guiseppe Verdi "Joe Green".

That's funny...! I wonder if he came up with that before or after "Mean" Joe Green played for the Pittsburgh Steelers?

[RMDupree]

Or "irregardless". *smile*

Any updates, Bear?

[RosieCotton]

*sigh*

Every time I see someone say they want to loose x number of pounds, I can't help imagining someone dumping a pile of fat and saying "You're loose, little one! Run free, run free!"

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Where in the world do they get this definately from?

I have trouble with that one myself. I have to remind myself that "definitely" contains the word "finite", and spell it that way.

In my case, I think I want to put an "a" in place of the second "i", because that's how I pronounce it when I speak... as if there was an "a" there.

[RMDupree]

LOL!

And now that mental imagery will pop up when we see it too!

[RosieCotton]

Sorry... ;-)

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Any updates, Bear?

There's a host on the sun...

[ExGeeEye]

Funny that...for me it's

Deaf
Fin
It
Lee.

Dialects...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

The ones that bug me are the people who use an apostrophe-s when they want to make a plural...

[HairOfTheDog]

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

For me it's

Deaf
in
et
lee

(I'm not sure why, but the "et" sound there is spelled "ate" in my brain.)

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

That's a cool pic!

[Sam Cree]

I took me awhile to figure out how to spell "unfortunately."
Females can just look things like that up in a dictionary, but guys don't ask directions, so I had to keep writing it until I got it right.

I think the "loose/definately" misspellings are sincere rather than intentional.

[ecurbh]

I've seen Victor Borge's spoof, too. There was also one show where he had a soprano guest star on to sing a Verdi aria. He was just PAINFULLY rude to her - a joke, of course, but making fun of sopranos. It was hilarious.

Heh, I remember that one. He would stop playing every time she touched his piano.

Amazon has a bunch of his stuff on DVD

[RMDupree]

LMAO!!

Do you have green eyes?

[HairOfTheDog]

I will never in my life be able to spell "guarantee" without the help of a spell checker.

In fact, sometimes I foul it up so bad the spell checker can't even guess what I mean.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

That's why I want to spell "definitely" with an "a"... because I pronounce the last two syllables the same way I pronounce them in "unfortunately".