Do you ever suddenly realize what a word is? [Archive]

abcdefz

01-03-2007, 01:22 PM

Newark. Newark.

"New ark."

Huh? Did the city founders think another flood was coming, but the city would float off with its inhabitants two-by-two?

New ark.

Freebasser

01-03-2007, 01:24 PM

Maybe it was named by a disabled Scotsman?

marsdaddy

01-03-2007, 01:26 PM

Maybe the founder left Arkansas?

Newark is actually a proper noun, not simply a lil' ol' word.

abcdefz

01-03-2007, 01:28 PM

Even proper nouns start out small.

Unless it's a teenager naming her baby or something.

01-03-2007, 01:30 PM

I didn't know what PETSMART was because our sign is done completely in red text. So it could have been Pet Smart or Pets Mart. I thought it was Pets Mart until I saw the official website. (http://www.petsmart.com/ps/main.jsp) I was blown away.

marsdaddy

01-03-2007, 01:32 PM

Do you think Allentown derives from the wrench or furniture empire?

What is a ton of Hous?

Did Anthony achieve Sainthood by feeding ribs to the calorically challenged?

beastiegirrl101

01-03-2007, 01:33 PM

Newark is the HOLE of the east coast.

but Satriale's is there if you need some pork.

abcdefz

01-03-2007, 01:35 PM

Do you think Allentown derives from the wrench or furniture empire?

No -- that's where Allen Konigsberg was born.

What is a ton of Hous?

Well... a ton. :confused:

Did Anthony achieve Sainthood by feeding ribs to the calorically challenged?

...to get to the other side.

monkey

01-03-2007, 01:37 PM

pronounce it with me "noo-rk"

abcdefz

01-03-2007, 01:38 PM

Nork.

steve-onpoint

01-03-2007, 01:50 PM

i've definitely been more conscious these days of the root word(s) in common terms.

abcdefz

01-03-2007, 01:51 PM

Yeah. Like, "common" is from a Jamaican term for beckoning a fellow. True story.

marsdaddy

01-03-2007, 01:53 PM

Well... a ton. :confused: :confused: You, too, eh?

What about Jackson Hole?

abcdefz

01-03-2007, 01:54 PM

What about Jackson Hole?

That's a spot in Neverland where the little children are said to disappear.

Take that as you wish.

marsdaddy

01-03-2007, 01:58 PM

Take that as you wish.Too bad I can't edit your posts.

I was watching an Undergod DVD with the 4 year old yesterday. Clever use of language, not just in the protagonist, but really overall. Too advanced for a 4 year old -- hence why I was watching it with him -- but clever. Simon Sinister. Riff Raff. Polly Purebred.

abcdefz

01-03-2007, 02:01 PM

You should check out Dundergod sometime. That wacky diety!

marsdaddy

01-03-2007, 02:05 PM

You should check out Dundergod sometime. That wacky diety!Hey...blasphemous typo!

skinnybutphat

01-03-2007, 02:30 PM

I was shocked it took me so long to realize cigarette was little cigar.

A-Z, is 'Player' with Tim Robbins any good?

marsdaddy

01-03-2007, 02:31 PM

A-Z, is 'Player' with Tim Robbins any good?I'm not a-z, but I like Player. It's by Altman, right?

abcdefz

01-03-2007, 02:33 PM

Yeah, it's Altman.

I like it a lot. Plus Gretta Scatchi is something to behold. (y)

Robbins is great in it. Peter Gallagher is great. It's probably the most accessible thing Altman's ever done.

If you have no idea who all's in it, you're going to crap yourself when you see all the cameos.

Loppfessor

01-03-2007, 02:34 PM

Nork.

Nah-noo Nah-noo......oh wait that was someone else nevermind

skinnybutphat

01-03-2007, 02:34 PM

Whoopi is something I don't want on my screen though.

abcdefz

01-03-2007, 02:37 PM

Whoopi is something I don't want on my screen though.

Oh, lordy. She's good in this one, tough. The tampon/questioning scene alone is priceless.

She's probably got ten minutes of screen time, all together. You'll live.

skinnybutphat

01-03-2007, 02:39 PM

I say she should stay her ass in the center square.