The humor thread (formerly Sunday funny)

[Mark_Rocka]

Well, you should come hang out more often.

[Dragonslayer]

You guys have been busy while I was away

Yep! Glad to see you back

[Dragonslayer]

[D_HRRFan7303]

[MissMaggie]

WOW WOW WOW

[Dragonslayer]

[MissMaggie]

Unless the ‘c’ is part of a ‘sh’ sound as in ‘glacier’
Or it appears in comparatives and superlatives like ‘fancier’
And also except when the vowels are sounded as ‘e’ as in ‘seize’
Or ‘i’ as in ‘height’
Or also in ‘-ing’ inflections ending in ‘-e’ as in ‘cueing’
Or in compound words as in ‘albeit’
Or occasionally in technical words with strong etymological links to their parent languages as in ‘cuneiform’
Or in other numerous and random exceptions such as weird atheists forfeiting science and reinventing protein at their leisure.

[Mike_R]

Or occasionally in technical words with strong etymological links to their parent languages as in ‘cuneiform’

Do you prefer cu-NEE-uh-form, cu-NAY-eh-form or CU-neh-form?

[MissMaggie]

Do you prefer cu-NEE-uh-form, cu-NAY-eh-form or CU-neh-form?

Stop it

[MissMaggie]

cu-NEE-uh-form, cu-NAY-eh-form or CU-neh-form?

Honestly, I had to look the word up.

But this reminded me of something interesting I saw recently regarding how the meaning of something changes based on where the emphasis is.

“I NEVER SAID SHE STOLE MY MONEY”

I never said she stole my money - Someone else did

I never said she stole my money - I would never rat her out like that

I never said she stole my money - I merely implied she stole my money

I never said she stole my money - I just said someone stole my money

I never said she stole my money - She’s just taking a really long time to pay it back

I never said she stole my money - She stole someone else’s money

I never said she stole my money - But I’m pretty sure I had the nuclear launch codes on me because I’m a moron and now she’s standing next to the launch controls with an evil grin on her face.

[Mike_R]

That’s good! It reminds me of a little Benny Hill thing that has cracked me up for about 40 years…
“What’s that in the road… aHEAD?”

[Mike_R]

I was curious, and it does still exist…

Benny Hill is not appropriate for all ages, so I didn’t embed it here. However, for any who wish to seek it out, search for “benny hill what’s that in the road ahead” on uTube.

[D_HRRFan7303]

, I always learned the rhyme It is ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’. Guess there’s more to it than I thought! Anybody up for a go at The letter c says ‘sss’ before e, i, or y ?

I learned those too, we used All about Spelling, did you?

[Archie]

I always learned the rhyme It is ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’. Guess there’s more to it than I thought! Anybody up for a go at The letter c says ‘sss’ before e, i, or y ?

There are some exceptions @theChristiancowgirl Here’s a quote from the internet that gives a couple of examples.

“I before e, except after c when the sound is ‘ee,’" as one formulation would have it. Or, “I before e except after c, or when sounding like A, as in neighbour or weigh.” But these formulations, too, have their exceptions. “Species” or “financier” for the former, for example, or “being” or “counterfeit” for the latter.2"

The Scot’s have a hard time understanding English at the best of time and we have them as neighbours. Those rules on spelling and grammar used to drive me crazy at school. Now I just write whatever comes into my head and ignore all the rules…

Check out this fun poem

I have a spelling checker,
It came with my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.

Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it’s weigh.
My checker tolled me sew.

A checker is a bless sing,
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when eye rime.

Each frays come posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o’er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.

Bee fore a veiling checker’s
Hour spelling mite decline,
And if we’re lacks oar have a laps,
We wood bee maid too wine.

Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
Their are know fault’s with in my cite,
Of nun eye am a wear.

Now spelling does knot phase me,
It does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped word’s fare as hear.

To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should bee proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaw’s are knot aloud.

Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
Such soft wear four pea seas,
And why eye brake in two averse
Buy righting want too pleas.

[JohnM]

Anybody up for a go at The letter c says ‘sss’ before e, i, or y ?

That sounds right, Ceiylon or Ceilon or Ceylon (The country Sri Lanka) for example.
How about Ceili (kay-lee as in Ceili Rain). OK that is Irish.
Let me see… Sceptic (ok at least it is skeptic in American), but soccer

[MissMaggie]

That’s a favorite poem of mine and is entitled Ode To The Spell Checker

[Mark_Rocka]

[Dragonslayer]

Apparently Honda had a jump on the market, but in a huge oversight they only made one accord that everyone shared

[BanjoBen]

Haha, I saw that and thought about changing it…then I didn’t.

[D_HRRFan7303]

I caught a photo of my dog sleeping with my mandolin and my banjer. I have a feeling she would sound worse than “a bedpan strung with bailing twine” if I tried to play her.

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