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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 19 of 47 1 2 … 17 18 19 20 21 … 46 47 Go to page... #209966 - 03/11/13 02:11 PM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: wofahulicodoc]   Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK OK, I agree that we don't need no steenkin' roolz but - over this side of the pond, the general practice, even in 'street-talk', is that words starting with a vowel sound are preceded by 'thee' and all others by 'thuh.' That is not what your colourful example, above, shows (as Buff rightly says.) I'm immortal until proven otherwise #209968 - 03/11/13 03:12 PM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: wofahulicodoc]   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont The "rule" I learned was "thee" before a vowel, "thuh" otherwise, with, of course, a few exceptions. (There are always exceptions...) As RC says. Last edited by Buffalo Shrdlu; 03/11/13 03:12 PM. Reason: I missed the next page... formerly known as etaoin... #209970 - 03/11/13 03:23 PM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: Rhubarb Commando]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando OK, I agree that we don't need no steenkin' roolz but - over this side of the pond, the general practice, even in 'street-talk', is that words starting with a vowel sound are preceded by 'thee' and all others by 'thuh.' That is not what your colourful example, above, shows (as Buff rightly says.) I've always subscribed to the same, except "thee" when used in emphasis: "That was the (thee) best dinner I've ever had". ----please, draw me a sheep---- #209971 - 03/11/13 05:00 PM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Well now boys, is not sectional diversity wonderful? How rigid are the (pronounced thuh) uh, arbitrary rules over in England and how richly is the (pronounced thee or thuh according to whim) English Language used here in the ever-evolving southern South. Here, you see, we drawl but conserve our words. Nuance, pitch, so forth, and et cetera are all incorporated into a mishmash of meanings and this is why our words are alive and yours are becoming dead. #209973 - 03/11/13 07:01 PM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: jenny jenny]   Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague how richly is the (pronounced thee or thuh according to whim) English Language used here in the ever-evolving southern South. That's why the rest of the world some little once in a while has a hard time reading you. TRUMP-TRYST #209984 - 03/12/13 01:03 PM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: BranShea]   Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Maybe, Branshe. Or perhaps they are just stolid. Jump Donald Trump you are slipping in the ratings Find a frump Donald Trump the ratings are abating Tryst her hire her Admire her fire her Hump Donald Trump the whole wide world is waiting HEIRESS - HEPCAT #210046 - 03/17/13 12:02 AM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: jenny jenny]   Joined: May 2010 Posts: 958 Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 958 Alaska There once was a world-famous heiress Who flew off to party in Paris. She fell in with a hepcat Who pampered her, 'cep' that His acts were designed to embarrass. COOKIE – COPILOT #210075 - 03/21/13 07:40 AM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: Tromboniator]   Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi The Copilot was the vet the pilot was the rookie Their mission: Bomb the munitions plant at Kwazooki The pilot had a boxlunch; a chicken and a cookie The co-pilot's lunch was to bomb the plant at Kwazooki He said: "Lookie, Zero, nine oclock!" and stole the rookie's cookie. FARMER - FATALITY #210076 - 03/21/13 02:49 PM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: jenny jenny]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,917 Land of the Flat Water Loverly. ----please, draw me a sheep---- #210115 - 03/26/13 06:37 AM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: jenny jenny]   Joined: May 2010 Posts: 958 Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 958 Alaska There was once, in a rustic locality, A sodbuster of utmost banality. Thought himself a great charmer, This troglodyte farmer. His results were cupidic fatality. AD LIB – ADROIT Page 19 of 47 1 2 … 17 18 19 20 21 … 46 47 Go to page... 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. 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