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Old 01-07-2004, 11:35 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Why is abbreviation such a big word?

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Old 01-07-2004, 03:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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also why is palindrome not a palindrome ????
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Old 02-07-2004, 09:28 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Why is dislexia, dyslexsia, dyslecsia

I mean Dyslexia so hard to spell.

As in the old joke Dyslexia Rules KO.

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Old 02-04-2008, 08:10 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Where are basic words like bread from, originally I mean
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Old 03-04-2008, 01:05 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Bungalow ----> because they bung a low roof on it?

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Old 03-04-2008, 01:12 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I've just been told that there's no Ryme in the english language for the word MONTH

I'm racking my brains now to see if it's true.

Any connection between your reality and mine is completly coincidental
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Old 03-04-2008, 01:31 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I've just been told that there's no Ryme in the english language for the word MONTH

I'm racking my brains now to see if it's true.
According to Wikipedia there are quite a few more
Non-rhyming English words
almond angry angst anxious aspirin bachelor breadth -
bulb—although the OED lists culb, a retort
bulbous calumny cannabis caveat chaos chimney chocolate
circus citrus citizen condom denizen depth diamond
different eighth elbow else empty engine fifth film
foible fugue galaxy glimpsed gulf golf hostage husband
justice laundry luggage monster month mulcts ninth
neutron obvious office olive orange pint pedant
penguin pizza plankton plinth promise purple reptile
sanction sandwich shadow silver transfer twelfth
vacuum width wolf

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Old 03-04-2008, 01:45 PM   #8 (permalink)
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well for a start gulf golf rhyme with each other

To err is human. To ARRR is pirate.
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Old 03-04-2008, 01:53 PM   #9 (permalink)
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well for a start gulf golf rhyme with each other
I find Wikipedia is often wrong.

Nutty is your avatar a picture of a spider? A Trantula maybe? Thought you were an arachnaphobe like me?

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Old 03-04-2008, 03:17 PM   #10 (permalink)
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