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chuckv97 - Posted - 08/21/2026: 20:54:29
These are things that keep me awake at 3am
Bill Rogers - Posted - 08/22/2026: 00:07:18
My favorite “Hangman” word: cwm. No one has gotten it. I note that my iPhone spell checker tagged it. So whatever that base dictionary is doesn’t know it either.
Owen - Posted - 08/22/2026: 06:47:02
Now let me think for a minute* minute .......... think about the intricacies of English during the nite? ...... or think about getting up to urinate for the nth time? Man this is a toughie. 
* not to be confused with a regular minute or a New York minute.
Wet Spaniel - Posted - 08/22/2026: 18:00:31
quote:
Originally posted by Bill Rogers
My favorite “Hangman” word: cwm. No one has gotten it. I note that my iPhone spell checker tagged it. So whatever that base dictionary is doesn’t know it either.
Technically a welsh word rather than English (they're a rightly so nationalistic lot are the Walsh) but it is a great scrabble word.
Bill Rogers - Posted - 08/22/2026: 20:56:40
Yeah , but American English is replete with “foreign” words that are long since part of the language.
STUD figmo Al - Posted - 08/23/2026: 05:54:00
quote:
Originally posted by chuckv97
These are things that keep me awake at 3am
You think it drives ..you..nutz...!
Makes me crazy.... :0/
STUD figmo Al - Posted - 08/23/2026: 05:54:43
quote:
Originally posted by Bill Rogers
Yeah , but American English is replete with “foreign” words that are long since part of the language.
Well..we are a melting pot... :0)
Owen - Posted - 08/23/2026: 06:46:39
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Originally posted by STUD figmo Al
You think it drives ..you..nutz...! Makes me crazy.... :0/
I figure ^^ calls for a round of our man Waylon's "I've Always Been Crazy."
[Heck, I even noticed that one person mentioned it as a "favorite" in the other thread. 
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Edited by - Owen on 08/23/2026 06:53:37
janolov - Posted - 08/23/2026: 08:25:34
I just remembered this old story:
How do you pronounce "ghoti"?
- gh makes an f sound, just like at the end of tough or enough.
- o makes a short i sound, just like the middle sound in women.
- ti makes a sh sound, just like the middle sound in nation. [1, 2]
Put those three parts together, and ghoti spells "fish"
chuckv97 - Posted - 08/23/2026: 12:48:45
Canada, UK, Oz, Kiwi, not sure about Bermuda, Bahamas, or South Africa : centre, metre, labour, favour, catalogue, Trawnna
USA : center, meter, labor, favor, catalog, Toronto
banjonz - Posted - 08/23/2026: 15:05:27
quote:
Originally posted by Bill Rogers
My favorite “Hangman” word: cwm. No one has gotten it. I note that my iPhone spell checker tagged it. So whatever that base dictionary is doesn’t know it either.
When I first saw that word Bill, I instantly thought of the Welsh language!
Owen - Posted - 08/23/2026: 15:29:34
You think Engllish is weird?!?? I tells ya, it's got nuthin' on French!!
When we were running a dairy, I used to phone the house to call our 8 or 10ish (?) y.o. son out to pail fed calves after I'd done the milking. One time I told him to pay particular attention, as I was going to tell him in French,... and followed up with: "Da milk, she's red-ee." Later, at supper, he commented that he could understand the French okay because, "... it's almost the same as it is in English."
Edited by - Owen on 08/23/2026 15:32:41
