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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:34 PM Original message |
Things are not always as they appear at first glance... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Is this a veiled expression of your opinion of DU'ers? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Huh? How did you get that from my post? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. Don't |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. when i was very little, i remember the word teenager sounded like teen-ah-ger in my head. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yah...we all have those stories, don't we. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Sure, like tanager. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. conscience. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Very good. A great example of a word that is confusing. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Your knot making any scents n/t |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. There's no there in their reality. They're confused. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. There, there. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. There's nothing wrong with homonyms or homophones. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. It's the homophobes that create the problems. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. That is most certainly true. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Hier stehe ich. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Exactly. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Ich auch bin kein Lutheraner. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. For me the word that was my downfall was sophisticated |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That's a good one. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. When I was a kid my mother was shocked when I told her I was going to a whore movie. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Great example! |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Something like that happened when I learned English |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That's a wonderful one. Sounds like an old car horn. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Oh, no, I've created a monster! nt |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. What about mysled? |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. Things also aren't what they sound like |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Blessed art thou, |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. quick spell this word correctly YERP |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. In Russian, it's pronounced yev-ROPE-a. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. Well, You Certainly Followed Will Strunk's Advice |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Great story. E. B. White is my hero, with Will Strunk close behind. |
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BillyJack (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. My "word" was Macabre...... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Perfect example! |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. I still have trouble with gauge |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. That word is misspelled. No question about it. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. good one, MM :) |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. I'm always getting at something. Sometimes I even know what it |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. Fra- gEE- lee |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Hey! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Pfffft! A classic indeed. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. LOL! |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. My problem was moving to Ohio when I was young (12) and trying to pronounce the names of |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. That's a big stumbling block for new news anchors here in |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. You can always tell when they've outsourced the talent for commercials |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
43. Yosemite |
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