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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: "H for dropping" #57073 02/20/2002 1:55 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 dat's right! dat's roight? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "H for dropping" #57074 02/20/2002 1:58 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Rubrick addict Rubrick addict Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York dat's roight? = Dublinese dat's right! (usually pronounced 'das riiiiiiggghhh') = everywhere else Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "H for dropping" #57075 02/20/2002 2:04 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 dat's right! (usually pronounced 'das riiiiiiggghhh') = everywhere else tanks fer clearin dat up, Rubrick! [ungrin] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "H for dropping" #57076 02/20/2002 4:14 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Also, the hard "th" sound like in "the" becomes "d", so "the" is "duh", and "there" is "dere". So too here in Chicago, among certain groups who happen to be of particular politcal power. Thus the mayor of our city is oft referred to in the press as Hizzoner Da Mayor, and Mike Ditka, when coaching our football team Da Bears, was nicknamed Da Coach. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "H for dropping" #57077 02/27/2002 10:22 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 387 Hartsville, New York. jimthedog enthusiast jimthedog enthusiast Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 387 Hartsville, New York. My dictionary spelled it aitch while explaining the etymology of Amazon. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "H for dropping" #57078 03/01/2002 4:14 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia I finally worked out why the title of this thread - "H for dropping" - was bothering me so. The emotional part of me (wherever that may be) was reading "H-bomb for dropping". Anyone else have that problem? [thinking-this-highly-unlikely-e] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "H for dropping" #57079 03/01/2002 8:22 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England I finally worked out why the title of this thread - "H for dropping" - was bothering me so. The emotional part of me (wherever that may be) was reading "H-bomb for dropping". Anyone else have that problem? [thinking-this-highly-unlikely-e] Sorry, the flash blinded me, and I'm still trying to deal with the noise pollution caused by the clicking of the Geiger counter ... I just thought that spring had arrived early! The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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