How many "a"s in "aaargh"?

[kedrys]

I usually spell it with 3 "a"s, but I'm feeling a tad bit frustrated right now and might go up to 6 or 7. :P

[SeattleGirl]

1. I was going to say that it depends on how frustrated one is

I have been known to use up to 15, but that is extremely rare. :hi:

[Ladyhawk]

3. But what if it's a proper noun, as in the "Castle Aaaargh (sp?)"? n/t

[kedrys]

6. Then there's at least 20, I think.

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. According to the script, it's

"The Castle Arrrggh. Our quest is at an end!"

[Ladyhawk]

12. Wow, you have the script? :) n/t

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. I had it in book form

...long before it was available on the internets: http://arago4.tn.utwente.nl/stonedead/main.html

[Ladyhawk]

15. Cool! I love that movie. n/t

[Moochy]

23. Isn't there a St. Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh's in Cornwall?

[kedrys]

5. wow!

that's a lot of aaaaaaas! :D :hi:

[Gold Metal Flake]

2. Same as in aaaaaaaaaaaardvark

...or Joan Van Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark.

[kedrys]

7. ROFLMAO!!!!!

:rofl:!

[Shine]

4. lots and lots

plus, when I'm really pissed, I like to capitalize them, i.e.,

AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

like that.
:)

[kedrys]

8. That can get loud

:D I've been online so long that reading all caps makes me wince from too much loudness...and I'm a lifelong headbanger... :rofl:

[Shine]

10. That's funny.

well, on my end, when you're dealin' with two school-age kids, there's always CAPITAL LETTERS (yelling) involved.

I'll have entire conversations in CAPITAL LETTERS.....comes with the territory. I'm used to it.

hehehe.
:)

[TheBaldyMan]

11. as many a's as o's in Ooooooohkay

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. Ask Rabrrrrr

He's the resident expert on redundant letters.

[qnr]

20. That was my thought tooooooo n/t

[XemaSab]

16. E-mail Howard Dean and ask.

:hide:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

17. Here's a discussion that may possibly have some bearing

Although the conversation concerns a different word, a case could perhaps be made that the similarities are greater than the differences.

I give you:

Monty Python And The Holy Grail

Scene 34

KNIGHT: There! Look!
LAUNCELOT: What does it say?
GALAHAD: What language is that?
ARTHUR: Brother Maynard, you're our scholar!
MAYNARD: It's Aramaic!
GALAHAD: Of course! Joseph of Aramathea!
LAUNCELOT: Course!
KNIGHT: What does it say?
MAYNARD: It reads, 'Here may be found the last words of Joseph of
Aramathea. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail
in the Castle of uuggggggh'.
ARTHUR: What?
MAYNARD: '... the Castle of uuggggggh'.
BEDEMIR: What is that?
MAYNARD: He must have died while carving it.
LAUNCELOT: Oh, come on!
MAYNARD: Well, that's what it says.
ARTHUR: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't bother to carve 'aaggggh'.
He'd just say it!
MAYNARD: Well, that's what's carved in the rock!
GALAHAD: Perhaps he was dictating.
ARTHUR: Oh, shut up. Well, does it say anything else?
MAYNARD: No. Just, 'uuggggggh'.
LAUNCELOT: Aauuggghhh.
KNIGHT: Aaauggh.
BEDEMIR: You don't suppose he meant the Camauuuugh?
KNIGHT: Where's that?
BEDEMIR: France, I think.
LAUNCELOT: Isn't there a Saint Aauuuves in Cornwall?
ARTHUR: No, that's Saint Ives.
LAUNCELOT: Oh, yes. Saint Iiiives.
SEVERAL: Iiiiives.
BEDEMIR: Oooohoohohooo!
LAUNCELOT: No, no, aauuuuugh, at the back of the throat. Aauuugh.
BEDEMIR: No, no, no, oooooooh, in surprise and alarm.
LAUNCELOT: Oh, you mean sort of a aaaagh!
BEDEMIR: Yes, but I-- Aaaaagh!
KNIGHT: Oooh!
KNIGHT: Oh, no!

MAYNARD: It's the legendary Black Beast of aaauuugh!
ARTHUR: Run away!
ALL: Run away! Run away!

NARRATOR: As the horrendous Black Beast lunged forward, escape
for Arthur and his knights seemed hopeless. When, suddenly, the
animator suffered a fatal heart attack. The cartoon peril
was no more. The Quest for the Holy Grail could continue.


http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/mphg/mphg.htm#Narrative%203

[kedrys]

18. Pie Iesu Domine

Dona eis requiem



:rofl: :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. *bonk*

[tuvor]

19. Check the Aargh Page, tracking various spellings of "aargh" on the Web

http://osteele.com/words/aargh

[Blue-Jay]

21. Two.

Not one, unless it is followed one more. Not three. Four is right out.