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Some favorites of mine are derived from writing what one has only heard spoken .
Perhaps this is classic enough not to be new to you and may take you a minute.
When referring to something that is costly, it can be said to cost a nominal egg.
The question is "How much is a nominal egg?"
Two more and then I'll leave
Also fun are the ones that totally change the meaning of the sentence.
These are again, right from City Data.
In my life I have had many close calls as far as dyeing. (Did she almost color the cat?)
That type of thinking is exactly why we have the right to bare arms (Is that why it's possible to buy sleeveless shirts?)
Some favorites of mine are derived from writing what one has only heard spoken .
Perhaps this is classic enough not to be new to you and may take you a minute.
When referring to something that is costly, it can be said to cost a nominal egg.
The question is "How much is a nominal egg?"
To decipher, say it with a heavy Boston accent.
That was hilarious. It took me a few tries to figure out what you meant.
I have been struggling recently with something I hear on the radio every day while driving. This voice comes on and says, "And now, the Metro PCS wireless varole" and then it goes on with "Hello Hello Hello" in three different electronic voices.
This has been driving me CRAZY. I looked up the word "varole", but it doesn't exist. I've tried other spellings. I've listened to this commercial over and over again straining to hear what I am missing. Finally I just did an exact Google search on "The Metro PCS Wireless" and I got back..."The Metro PCS Wireless For All." And then I listened to the commercial on the radio again, and it STILL sounds like "varole" to me.
Some favorites of mine are derived from writing what one has only heard spoken .
Perhaps this is classic enough not to be new to you and may take you a minute.
When referring to something that is costly, it can be said to cost a nominal egg.
The question is "How much is a nominal egg?"
Some favorites of mine are derived from writing what one has only heard spoken .
Perhaps this is classic enough not to be new to you and may take you a minute.
When referring to something that is costly, it can be said to cost a nominal egg.
The question is "How much is a nominal egg?"
To decipher, say it with a heavy Boston accent.
Hilarious!
I knew straight away what was being said, but that's because one of my best friends is from near Boston.
That was hilarious. It took me a few tries to figure out what you meant.
I have been struggling recently with something I hear on the radio every day while driving. This voice comes on and says, "And now, the Metro PCS wireless varole" and then it goes on with "Hello Hello Hello" in three different electronic voices.
This has been driving me CRAZY. I looked up the word "varole", but it doesn't exist. I've tried other spellings. I've listened to this commercial over and over again straining to hear what I am missing. Finally I just did an exact Google search on "The Metro PCS Wireless" and I got back..."The Metro PCS Wireless For All." And then I listened to the commercial on the radio again, and it STILL sounds like "varole" to me.
There are some things that are just too weird to understand when spoken even when they are pronounced correctly.
A local museum been running a jingle lately on a radio station that was about a new exhibit featuring what sounded like "a world two shark". For the life of me, I couldn't understand what was being sung.
After I checked the museum's website, I learned a recent shark fossil that had a bottom jaw that looked like a circular saw blade had been recently uncovered. Archeologists called it a 'whorl-toothed shark'. Very strange critter. A world two experience for sure!
There should be an award for the most creative use of the apostrophe
In the Charleston forum there is a discussion of the relative merits of several residential areas.
One is I'on.
One poster's comment:
Local MTP joke. Why is I'On spelled that way? Because I'Pretentious was to difficult to spell.
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There should be an award for the most creative use of the apostrophe
