I was surprised, frankly. The quiz was lighthearted , for heaven's sake! And, fun! How can we say some post is a waste of time when much of what we do is fun. Is 6-Letters a waste of time? Or the Anagram game or whatever it's called now? Or the Bluffing game? What about all our beer posts? Or our jokes? We have fun here too.
CJ, there is no need to apologize to us. I, however, apologize to you. OTOH, Jo makes a great point and funny, too! A week's debate as to whether we should use a ellipsis or an em dash, when clearly the Chicago Manual of Style says it is a matter of style?
Or, when discussing limericks , being worried if we are politically incorrect when writing about women's gonads? I keep saying to them, "These are limericks after all! Strolin: First off, thank you Caterwauler and Kalleh for taking the poll in the spirit in which it was intended. And cross-threading, there's nothing wrong with an ellipsis to indicate a pause, particularly a faltering one. You GO with your ellipsis if you want to, Kalleh! Awww, Cat, he missed you! That's probably because that naughty old CJ never posts here anymore because he is too good for us now, with his big project and all.
You and Caterwauller are relatively new to him, and he probably thought you were one and the same. Some of us miss him. I did not say it was a waste of time.
I said that it wasn't really a valid poll. Like most polls I see, it tells me way more about the pollster than it does about me or my peers. I then went on to answer the poll in the only way I felt comfortable answering it on my terms.
I gave the pollster the information he requested. Nor did I say that my pronunciation was the one and true holy grail RP way, thank you very much.
Other people may have had other things to say. For my time and effort I was rewarded with a snooty and peevish times two if I include youse in too Ms K. Last edited by: jheem , October 22, I said that it wasn't really a valid poll Well, then, jheem, I wasn't talking about you. Some people did say "waste of time," though. And, really, do we ever have a valid poll here? I can't imagine how it would turn out if we polled for the presidential election! Sorry you felt that I was "snooty and peevish," but I was a little taken aback by some of the replies here.
CJ was just trying to post a fun poll in his own style. We all have our individual styles here, right? That happens to be his!
Look, you come strollin' in with yer polls at a gallup, elevatin' gimcracks to a national poetic form, and I'm from Fort Deviltakeye? Now, how could anyone call our jheem "stodgy" with posts like that! You crack me up! Sorry if I offended anyone here; and, since I had better cover all my bases, Tinman, I am sorry for apologizing. I said it was a waste of time, and I still think so. CJ posted a poll and I doubt that anyone could honestly choose any one answer because of the excess baggage included in the answers.
It was therefore a waste of time for CJ as he didn't get what I assume he wanted; some sort of consensus on how the word is pronounced. It was also a waste of time for those who read the post. If CJ posted it with solely humorous intent it could be said that it was less of a waste of time, as a couple of people found it funny, but not many.
Gottcha, arnie. The Churchill facies definitely fit with that post! I have always enjoyed CJ's humor. I thought the "excess baggage" was funny. However, my kids have always accused me of having a warped sense of humor I just felt a little bad for CJ. He hadn't been here in awhile , and I was glad to see him back. Those of you who have posted with him before must admit that this post was no different from his other posts here when he used to post with us.
Last edited by: Kalleh , October 22, As has been said many times previously, humour does not always cross borders and this seems especially true in the case of US and UK humour - we even spell the word differently for goodness' sake! I have found myself in trouble many times for posting a British-style joke on a US board. To post a poll it is definitely better to leave it as a poll and to eschew any humorous adjuncts since they will always detract from the poll's value.
The question that this poll needs to address is whether word such as "fire" have one syllable and a pure vowel sound "fahr" , one syllable with the vowel sounded as a dipthong, "fi-er or two syllables fi-yer" - as in Bugs Bunny-speak. To me the difference lies in the stress. The syllables in the word are ow-ls. The word about has two syllables. The word apotex has three syllables.
The syllables in the word are a-po-tex. There are three syllables in the word taxation. The syllables of the word are tax-a-tion. There are two syllables in the word cupcakes. The syllables in the word are cup-cakes. The word burnol has two syllables. The syllables in the word are bur-nol. The word prophets has two syllables.
The syllables of the word are pro-phets. There are two syllables in the word Easter. The syllables of the word are Ea-ster. The word mitten has two syllables. The syllables in the word are mit-ten. The word tycoon has two syllables. The syllables in the word are ty-coon. The word anyone has three syllables. The syllables in the word are an-y-one. There are three syllables in the word candlestick. The syllables of the word are can-dle-stick.
There are two syllables in the word concern. The syllables of the word are con-cern. The word Guiana has three syllables.
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