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Postby poohcarrot » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:26 pm

....or even fun-e-tik :lol:
"Disliking Carrot would be like kicking a puppy."
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Postby Kladivo » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:53 pm

Batty wrote:why isn't the word phonetic spelt fenetic? :?:


Because 'fenetic' would be just as bad :D
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Postby Tina a.k.a.SusanSto.Helit » Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:24 am

Because you pronounce the long O sound followed by the short E and I
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Postby poohcarrot » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:26 am

Americans and Brits actually pronounce the word differently. :lol:

/fəʊ ˈnet.ɪk/ = UK

/foʊˈnet-/ = US
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Postby Kladivo » Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:14 am

And still none of them (you :P) get it right :twisted:
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Postby Ponder Stibbons » Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:52 am

because the crazy brits that came up with the word cant spell (like shakespeare), or because we arent as crazy as we seem.

Why is the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia so long?
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Postby Batty » Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:53 am

Ponder Stibbons wrote:Why is the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia so long?

Because it has a lot of letters in it...Image
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Postby CrysaniaMajere » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:37 pm

This is not a question worthy of this thread, i know, but what does PMSL means? I've tried to guess but my head started to smoke...
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Postby Batty » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:33 pm

PMSL means P*ss My Self Laughing.

Don't try this at home - unless you have a mop and bucket at the ready! :wink:
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Postby Sjoerd3000 » Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:51 pm

Why is it Khrushchev ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruschev ) in English and Chroesjtsjov in Dutch :?:
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Postby CrysaniaMajere » Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:09 pm

And why in italian it's Chruscev or Krusciov? Maybe it's because Russian have very 'strange' letters (although fascinating) and you must translate it in some way easy to understand so that people can at least try to read it right.. if they want to..
Chroesjtsjov is much more difficult to me than Krusciov.
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Postby Sjoerd3000 » Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:14 pm

actually Krusciouv sounds easier to me too than Chroesjtsjov :lol:
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Postby Ponder Stibbons » Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:14 pm

What does yellow taste of?(I know it's not very good but tehre you go)

Edit: Actually maybe "what is your favourite author?" is a better one
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Postby gwebbie » Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:30 pm

Why is it called a funny bone when it hurts like hell?
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Postby Penfold » Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:03 pm

Gwebbie Wrote:

Why is it called a funny bone when it hurts like hell?


I think it's because every other bugger laughs when you hit it! :lol:

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