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Comedy: July 19, 2023 Issue [#12073]




 This week: That's Weird
  Edited by: Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon
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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
         —Mark Twain

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
         —Edgar Allan Poe

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
         —Robin Williams


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Letter from the editor

A noun is a part of speech.

A pronoun is a part of speech.

A verb is a part of speech.

But a proverb is a whole speech.

This occurred to me recently, and it got me thinking more about some of the strangeness of the English language. Also, it got me thinking about the inherent humor therein.

I'm not just talking about puns here, which are certainly amusing... for the punster, not so much for their victims. But a few other examples:

The rule we learn in school for spelling is "I before E, except after C." And this works well for words like "friend" and "fiend," but not for words like "stein" or "weird." So why is it a rule? Well, it seems to be true more often than not. But the nots can trip you up. Or the knots can tie you up. Something like that. And yet, I keep seeing people misspelling "thief" (which follows the rule) as "theif" (which doesn't, though that may be appropriate since a thief doesn't follow rules).

It's certainly possible to loose an arrow, but if you misplace it, that means you lose it. If you do the former, and it hits the intended target, then that person is a loser, not a looser, though they might find themself at loose ends.

And don't get me started on the different pronunciations of words like through, tough, cough, and thorough.

Also, what does a knight do during the day?

Yes, English can be weird, partly because we stole words from many other languages, at different times in history, often inheriting inconsistent spellings and pronunciations.

What other oddities can you come up with? Feed us some feedback in the box below.


Editor's Picks

Some words, in the manor of comedy:

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This poor dear boy from France.
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When proving a point went horribly wrong
by Joan Author Icon


 
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A fun limerick for a contest.
by BlueJay Author Icon


 A to Zinc Open in new Window. [E]
A difference of opinions
by QueenNormaJean maybesnow?! Author Icon


 
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Idle Hours Open in new Window. [E]
On feeling lazy.
by Don Two Author Icon


 
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Toss it for good luck.
by Jatog the Green Author Icon


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One approach to dieting.
by Teargen Author Icon

 
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Ask & Answer

Last time, in "Inder the Unfluence" Open in new Window., I expounded upon the manifold benefits of alcohol.

NaNoNette Author Icon: New Job Guy (NJG) should have gotten a new acronym after that. How about DnD for dine and dash? That would actually be too cool for him. You should retcon his lore to fix his nickname to something that hints at the disaster to come to your credit card. Like Bernie Madoff, who promised a lot and made off with everything.

         In the spirit of this week's newsletter, I'll note that it amused me for several days when I discovered that "Madoff" was pronounced "made off."

🌕 HuntersMoon Author Icon: Sorry to break the news to you, Bob. There is NO humor in wine, only beer. *Laugh* "In vino veritas"

         Hey, now, the truth can be funny. Sometimes.

So that's it for me for July! See you next month. Until then,

LAUGH ON!!!



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