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Words that Amuse You
#25re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 12:30pmboink, just a very silly word
judy_in_disguise
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/31/04
#28re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 12:48pmKnob and keen. Knob's just great, where keen is just quite cool to say...along with swell, malt shop, and Archie and the Gang.
ShineOn
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
#29re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 12:50pmmonkeypants!
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#30re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 12:50pm
oh, Judy, I have to disagree. From my friend in Toronto, I have heard the words aboot, oh-oot (for out), tomorrow (like too-more-oh), and mum. :)
It's like people from Missouri swearing they don't say Missour-uh. IT's there, you just can't hear it in yourself. Wait until I say y'all. Laugh all you want. Embrace yo' he'tige, guhl!
And let me cross-pollenate on these threads. www.shirleyqliquor.com. She may be playing a lovely Southern African American woman, but that accent is pure south. Go. Imagine life with my grandmother.
#31re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 12:55pm
Bwaysinger...
You could have opened a big can of worms with Shirley’s website (I am glad you did though) -- I think it is hysterical, but I know some people are offended by it - she was supposed to play a club in NYC a couple years back and there was such a protest over her black face, it actually did not go on (I was upset because we had tickets to see her
#32re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 1:00pm
Read what RuPaul has to say about Shirley. Also, do a quick search on the Shirley Q. Liquor thread, upon which I posted. Some of her fiercest fans in the south are black. It's like many things; it's not derogatory when it comes from a firsthand life. He also does Betty Butterfield, a charmless white lady from the south. They're very similar.
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#33re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 1:05pmI read the RuPaul article and have heard many of her fans support -- I am right there with you...
#34re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 1:07pmPhuket...just the way it looks like it should be pronounced.
#35re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 1:50pmthe word waffle always sounds funny to me...and pubic or puberty...i have a relative who says "poo-bic" and "poo-berty" it grosses me out..
#36re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 1:55pmIt's the name of a town, but Cheboygen(MI), I think another variation is Cheboigan(WI).
#37re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 2:30pm
as a science geek, then, you should know it's "genitalia", dahlin'. 
#38re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 2:39pm
Matt_G - Were you watching Never Been Kissed again?
Geschnetzeltes - ok, it's German, but it's funny. I always order it when I see it on a menu.
#39re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 2:42pm
and speaking of das deutsch, who *doesn't* think "schnitzel" is funny? I mean, really. I'm secretly convinced that it *really* means "weird word we invented to make Americans titter"
Fried meat, anyone?
(How you durrin?)
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#41re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 2:50pm
I can't stand the word 'picnic'. It annoys me so much, because it's a really funny word.
And, my favorite words ever: cattywampu and gogmagog
#42re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 2:55pmAntidisestablishmentarianism
Broadwaygirl4life
Broadway Star Joined: 1/8/04
#43re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 2:57pm
Belly and
Dick- I know thats, well... everytime I walk into the store I just chuckle a bit. Wow I'm such a child.
#45re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 3:41pmit doesn't really amuze me, but who came up with the spelling for the word "aisle"? seriously... i don't get it.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#47re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 4:00pm
pul·chri·tude ( P ) Pronunciation Key (plkr-td, -tyd)
n.
Great physical beauty and appeal.
Very cool. I shall have to use this forever. Thank God for dictionary.com
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Joined: 12/31/69
#48re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 4:11pm
Pulchritude fascinates me b/c it sounds so guttural when spoken, yet means beauty. Funny story about that word: I was at an improv show where they asked for suggestions. I yelled at pulchritude... the entire audience and actors stopped and all eyes were on me. They ended up using it and the scene went over well.
Another one of my favorites is lugubrious (which means sad, but to an intense degree).
#49re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 4:23pmshuttlecock and tampon amuse me. so childish. . .
Zola Q. LaPlaya
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/25/04
#50re: Words that Amuse You
Posted: 8/10/04 at 4:30pmwww.hamstersforkerry.com cracks me up
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