Comments on: Big Word Wednesday-Week 7

By: Mr Lady

Mr Lady — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:22:37 +0000

Oh, piss off. I checked it, too. With my husband. Who apparently blew $40K on a useless Princeton education where they sure did teach him how to drink, but clearly skimped on the whole “Spelling” bit.

Anyway, now my comment isn’t funny anymore and I am going to go sulk. Thanks, day-ruiner.

(NukeDad) Ouch! Throwing rocks again, I see.

By: Jon D (Graco)

Jon D (Graco) — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:19:58 +0000

Really like this big word Wed. idea….first I’ve happened upon it.
will definitely keep up
Plus – laughed out loud at the Rick Astley crack!

(NukeDad) Thanks, Jon! Hope to see you around!

By: Manager Mom

Manager Mom — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:52:14 +0000

My 7-year old daughter was reading the ingredients on her bubble bath last night and she found a 7 syllable word. I was mighty impressed. she asked me how they could put something that I couldn’t prounouce in her bubble bath. then I got mighty scared.

(NukeDad) Don’t be scared, Manager Mom, that’s what we’re here for! Send us the word and we’ll break it down into the sum of it’s parts and defeat it’s hoity-toity-ness once and for all!

By: Big Sis

Big Sis — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:00:01 +0000

Oh I hate to give away family secrets, but I do recall a time when the main Rock and Roll fan in the family was almost embarrased to admit that he “kinda” liked a Rick Astley song. Of course I’m setting myself up for some mild retaliation, but I think I can handle it.

(NukeDad) It is true, that in a moment of weakness, I did, in fact, listen to a Rick Astley song in it’s entirety. When it was over, I felt dirty; unclean. I immediately showered and vowed to never let it happen again. Now, let’s talk about your Gary Puckett and the Union Gap fandom

By: Momo Fali

Momo Fali — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:24:20 +0000

Dude. Why you gotta go picking on Rick Astley like that? What did he ever do to you?

(NukeDad) He put Barry White’s voice into a skinny white man’s body. That just ain’t right.

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:47:53 +0000

Oh, and I don’t claim to have perfect grammar skills either. As displayed above, I don’t.

(NukeDad) I must not either, then, cuz I can’t see what you’re talking about. Shhhh! (haha)

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:46:30 +0000

Bated breath was one of Shakespeare’s favorite phrases, in fact, we were taught in high school that he invented the word himself. Something to chew on.

I also wrote a blog article about this a while back (on a different blog) as it was a pet peeve of mine that people got it wrong with ‘baited’. It was the same with people who say “for all intensive purposes” instead of “for all intents and purposes”, “on a count of” instead of “on account of” or, my own personal devil, “persay” instead of “per se”. People hear the word or phrases and don’t bother to look them up before they use them.

I’m going to go crawl back into my hole in the wall now and nurse this killer migraine that’s been attacking me for three days now. But before I go, did I ever tell you how much I enjoy BWW? I do.

(NukeDad) Great examples Sue, thanks for the insight. Glad you’re enjoying it! See folks, it is possible to have fun while learning! Now, if I can just convince the kids.

By: tom

tom — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:07:03 +0000

You were right about “bated breath”. Unless you’re trying to lure a rainbow trout or possum into your mouth, in which case it could be “baited”. I try not to engage in debait (debate) over word spelling in blogger’s comment sections.

(NukeDad) Agreed. But you forgot to double space after the end of your sentence! Sheesh!