Iraq-Information of Ministry struck-HUGH EXPLOSION!

[cygy2k]

CNN: Showing video of major, major explosion on the Information of Ministry building in downtown Baghdad...

[dufekin]

Time for a spelling lesson:

HUGH is the name of a male, or rarely, a surname.

HUGE is an adjective synonymous with "enormous," or meaning "of exceedingly great scope or nature."

SERIES is a mathematical operator summing a sequence of numbers, which may be finite or infinite but usually follow a pattern. This word may be applied more generally but still means "the sum of a sequence."

SIRIUS ranks second only to the Sun as the brightest star in the sky, located in the constellation Canis Major, 8.6 light-years from earth (that's very close in astronomical terms).

SIRIOUS is an adjective synonymous with "bad," "not joking," "needing attention," "determined," or "extreme."

EXPULSION is a noun meaning "the act of forcing [one] to leave," related to the verb "to expell."

EXPLOSION is a noun synonymous with "burst," "emotion," "increase," or "prove false," related to the verb "to explode."

REPLICATIONS are copies.

[an amused spectator]

I came in here thinking they might have gotten ABC or The New York Times.

[an amused spectator]

Am I the only one who got the pun? ;-)

[an amused spectator]

In an unrelated story, the first Taco Bell in Iraq opened in downtown Bagdad today.....

OK - I admit that I laffed.

[an amused spectator]

Think the twins are OK? ;-)

[mgc1122]

How a truck bomb can bring a similar size building to near collapse, and a direct hit by one of our bombs, and it's still standing.

[cygy2k]

Just so you know, that spelling of Huge as Hugh was on purpose. Just 'cause I registered on that date doesn't mean I wasn't here longggg before that date.

[southernnorthcarolina]

I can't help you on "HUGH". :)

Nor can I, except to note that "hugh" for "huge" one of the most commonplace spelling errors on the net, and not just at Free Republic. It's not just a typo; the "h" key is nowhere near the "e"; and it can't be explained by identical pronunciation (as "their," "there," and "they're," or "your" and "you're"). The hugh/huge thing baffles me.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Errr - did you have your spell checker on? I'm serious about that.

[Redcloak]

It's a hugh porblem. And vey series.

[catpuppy]

Was it a nucular bum?

[MonroeDNA]

A moose bit my sister once.

Moose bites can be very nasty, ya know.

[Eala]

We also have the variant "vey series"? Where did that come from?

[Eala]

SIERIOUS is an adjective synonymous with "bad," "not joking," "needing attention," "determined," or "extreme."

Oh dear. A hugh, vey series, spelling error embedded in a spelling "flame."

[Eala]

My bad. An HTML error. LOL.

[Tennessee_Bob]

I think I'm going to go take a shower - seriesly

[Gamecock]

NO!, IT'S HUGH-MONGUS

[Some hope remaining.]

Are you shower that Hugh've been around long enough to pass judgement on the series nature of the jokes behind the usage of these intentionally misused words?

[Gamecock]

There must have been pandelerium!

[Chi-townChief]

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