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I'm confused

  • 11-05-2006 10:55AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭


    Why is 'monosyllabic' such a big word?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,270 ✭✭✭singingstranger


    Why isn't phonetically spelt phonetically?

    Why does 'lisp' have an s in it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,743 ✭✭✭Archeron


    swiss wrote:
    Why is 'monosyllabic' such a big word?

    same thing applies for abbreviation.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    But not for abbr


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,561 ✭✭✭Rhyme


    Why is the abbreviation for World Wide Web (WWW) longer to say than the full version.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,137 ✭✭✭homah_7ft


    Because it's typed more often than it's spoken.


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  • Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 18,832 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    homah_7ft wrote:
    Because it's typed more often than it's spoken.
    Getting into the spirit of TCN.

    Why is dyslexic so hard to spell?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,137 ✭✭✭homah_7ft


    I felt like a change.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Why do you say "drink like a fish" when fish don't actually drink the water? Or do they?


  • Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    If vegetable oil is made from vegetables, and corn oil from corn- what is baby oil made from?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,561 ✭✭✭Rhyme


    If vegetable oil is made from vegetables, and corn oil from corn- what is baby oil made from?
    Shhh...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,270 ✭✭✭singingstranger


    Why was Larry so happy, and who decided that he was fit for use in a simile?


  • Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Exactly how many roads must a man walk down before he realises he's going in the wrong direction?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    What's black and white and lives in a tree?


  • Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Blush_01 wrote:
    What's black and white and lives in a tree?
    A very confused panda?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭kittenkiller


    Who was the cruel person that christened it 'stammer'?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Alter-Ego


    Its always the last place you look......well duuuh.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Alter-Ego


    That wasnt really on topic, i know, but i'm at a loose end.....em looser than a.....eh....a hookers Bra Strap!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,743 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Rhyme wrote:
    Why is the abbreviation for World Wide Web (WWW) longer to say than the full version.
    unless you say weh weh weh, which I do. Randomly. At strangers on buses.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭amp


    How many birds in the hand do you need in order to get a bush?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,561 ✭✭✭Rhyme


    Depends on the quality of bird feather and consistency of the bush... oh wait... i see


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  • Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Rhyme wrote:
    Depends on the quality of bird feather and consistency of the bush... oh wait... i see

    Hah.

    I'm just going to copy and paste a load of crazythoughts .. mm.. sex.

    Why is it when two planes almost hit each other it is called a "near miss"?
    Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
    Why is it when a door is open it's ajar, but when a jar is open it's not adoor?
    Why is it so hard to remember how to spell MNEMONIC?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    I'm waiting for my laptop battery to die so I can leave the room. Need a dysfunctional alphabet. Any spares?

    When did we all get so old? (Go on...)

    Amp - just the one will do.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 193 ✭✭pantar_dubh


    Tintinnabulation sounds my laptop battery alarm. Find a plug fast!


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