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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread embiggens? cromulent? #149509 10/29/05 06:13 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA According to the television programme "The Simpsons," the city motto of the town of Springfield is "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man." In this TV-land town, there is a statue of the city's founder Jebediah Obediah Zacharia Jebediah Springfield, under which a smal plaque quotes him to this effect. In an episode of "The Simpsons", the following dialogue occurs between two schoolteachers: Jebediah: [on film] A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man. Edna: Embiggens? I never heard that word before I moved to Springfield Ms.Hoover: I don't know why. It's a perfectly cromulent word. Father Steve: Embiggens? Cromulent? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: embiggens? cromulent? #149510 10/29/05 06:17 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont embiggens-like emboldens, but with big. cromulent-hmmm. don't know about that one... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: embiggens? cromulent? #149511 10/29/05 06:38 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Quote: According to the television programme "The Simpsons," the city motto of the town of Springfield is "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man." In this TV-land town, there is a statue of the city's founder Jebediah Obediah Zacharia Jebediah Springfield, under which a smal plaque quotes him to this effect. In an episode of "The Simpsons", the following dialogue occurs between two schoolteachers: Jebediah: [on film] A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man. Edna: Embiggens? I never heard that word before I moved to Springfield Ms.Hoover: I don't know why. It's a perfectly cromulent word. Father Steve: Embiggens? Cromulent? Simpson's speak according to Wiki. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: embiggens? cromulent? #149512 10/29/05 06:45 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass oh, and cromulent itself is a perfectly cromulent word. -ron (irony? whas dat?) obvious Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: embiggens? cromulent? #149513 10/29/05 07:02 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I don't believe anything I read in the Wikipedia... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: embiggens? cromulent? #149514 10/29/05 07:07 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass thas right; anything you read there jes undisambiguates the matter. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: embiggens? cromulent? #149515 10/29/05 09:06 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA I don't believe anything I read in the Wikipedia... Nice crossthreadian referism, eta. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Nuclear? #149516 10/30/05 03:20 PM Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 203 Homo Loquens enthusiast Homo Loquens enthusiast Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 203 That Wiki link to the Simpson's gloss was worth clicking. Funny stuff. But with regards this : .................................................................... "Nucular" Homer's mis-clarification to his navy officer on the pronunciation of nuclear. The word has also been used in the television show Family Guy. In the "Da Boom!" episode, after Lois chides Peter for scaring the kids with his "nuclear-holocaust nonsense", Peter replies, "You said 'nuclear'. It's 'nucular', dummy. The 'S' is silent." Current President George W. Bush, in an amusing side-note, also pronounces 'nuclear' this way. Perhaps he is also a Simpsons fan? Or perhaps not... .................................................................... Where do you stand? I used to say "new-clear" but was then corrected by someone who said "ah, it's "new-kyu-lah" and now, well, I'm just confused. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Nuclear? #149517 10/30/05 04:04 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Quote: Where do you stand? I used to say "new-clear" but was then corrected by someone who said "ah, it's "new-kyu-lah" and now, well, I'm just confused. It's so hard to detect irony on a message board. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Nuclear? #149518 10/30/05 10:01 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 270 Israel Logwood enthusiast Logwood enthusiast Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 270 Israel I saw that episode of family guy, but pronunciation can go either way according to my babylon dictionary. 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