The Alphabet Game

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Complete the phrase. "I post on this thread because I...

...really, geniunely like playing this game, or other similarly dumb games."	16%	[ 75 ]
...really, geniunely like playing this game, or other similarly dumb games."	16%	[ 75 ]
...want to raise my post count."	11%	[ 51 ]
...want to raise my post count."	11%	[ 51 ]
...want to escape from reality."	7%	[ 34 ]
...want to escape from reality."	7%	[ 34 ]
...love muffins. Just don't ask what that has to do with this thread."	9%	[ 43 ]
...love muffins. Just don't ask what that has to do with this thread."	9%	[ 43 ]
...started posting for one of the above reasons but now I CAN'T STOP!! !"	4%	[ 20 ]
...started posting for one of the above reasons but now I CAN'T STOP!! !"	4%	[ 20 ]
...am motivated by something else, which I will post."	4%	[ 18 ]
...am motivated by something else, which I will post."	4%	[ 18 ]

Total votes : 482

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20 Dec 2007, 6:55 pm

Very nice if they can stick with the program...

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20 Dec 2007, 7:46 pm

What could be more simple than putting things in alphabetical order?

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20 Dec 2007, 9:20 pm

Xa...nothing?

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20 Dec 2007, 11:37 pm

Yogi bear told me that maybe people post so extraordinarily fast that by the time another person writes in a word, the game has already gone ahead 5 letters. i dunno.

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21 Dec 2007, 5:59 am

Zoot! I don't know.

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21 Dec 2007, 7:02 am

Adamantium was used to reinforce Wolverine's skeleton and create his retractable claws. He could rival a Wookie. What a battle that would be.

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21 Dec 2007, 11:33 am

Back when I was young, 'bad' meant good. Now I hear that 'sick' (or is it sic) means good. I think that this has something interesting to say about the development of society and language.

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21 Dec 2007, 1:04 pm

Could be that wicked means awesomely good in New England. My favorite bumper sticker says, "Wicked Cool Bumpah Stickah!"

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22 Dec 2007, 12:42 am

During an English lecture once we were talking about how certain words in the English language have evolved to change their meanings and he commented on how this generation(those of us now 30-40) is the first to use the word "party" as a verb instead of a noun.

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22 Dec 2007, 5:19 am

English is an ever changing language. As is any language. In fact, it's evloved so much that you get two words that mean the same thing. Which one you use depends on whether you're American or not.

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22 Dec 2007, 6:34 am

Found this little gem by lau that shows how idiosyncratic (and idiotic) English can be:

lau wrote:

We must polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
The soldier decided to desert in the desert.
This was a good time to present the present. (And this last could mean "gift" or "era of time ")
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
I did not object to the object.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
The bandage was wound around the wound.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
They were too close to the door to close it.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
After a number of injections my jaw got number.
Upon seeing the tear in my clothes I shed a tear.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp645605.html#645605

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23 Dec 2007, 7:27 am

Good for lau. It looks really complicated.

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23 Dec 2007, 8:24 am

Homonyms make English complicated enough....But what does one call words that are spelled the same
but sound different.

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23 Dec 2007, 10:18 am

I think they are called heteronymns

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23 Dec 2007, 12:06 pm

Just what we need, another comedian..... BaDa bing..... :roll:

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23 Dec 2007, 12:27 pm

Kill me, this is the strangest game I've ever played.

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