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Mickey Richaud

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The word <span style="font-style: italic"> homage </span> - used to be pronounced OM-idge. Now, all of a sudden it's oh-MOJ???

Why wasn't I notified???

SHEESH!!
 
Mickey Richaud said:
The word <span style="font-style: italic"> homage </span> - used to be pronounced OM-idge. Now, all of a sudden it's oh-MOJ???

Why wasn't I notified???

SHEESH!!
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probably because they were OM-ophobic :jester:
 
OH, and got this from my sister today

abdicate: to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach
adultery: more fun than infantry
Advocaat: a Dutch drink made from lawyers
alarms: what an octopus is
archaic: what we can't have and eat it too
barium: what you do with dead chemists
Bathing beauty: a girl worth wading for.
bidet: two days before the Allied invasion of Normandy
carmelite: a nun who loves toffee
carte blanche: A Streetcar Named Desire
castrate: the hotel rate for actors
Circumvent: an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men
colic: a sheep dog's tongue
copper nitrate: police overtime
coup de grace: French lawnmower
crick: The sound that a Japanese camera makes
decadent: having ten teeth
disclexia: inability to keep your DVDs organized
euphony: what you say to a hypocrite
Freudian slip: when you say one thing but mean your mother.
haggard: witch protector
hallmark: graffiti
hallow: greeting to a clergyman
hamper: what happens when you stroke a pig
hardship: teak boat
harlot: where used hars are sold
harmonize: to wax a barbershop quartet
harmony: fee paid for a good joke
harum-scarum: Arabian horror film
 
Those are great!

Now, how about I-Z?
 
It's the French influence.
Came about with Kerry.
Whatreya, new?
 
crick..... 'Bout lost another keyboard with that one.
 
I'll have a couple of them hars, please. Always liked th' looks of 'em. :jester:
 
DrEntropy said:
I'll have a couple of them hars, please. Always liked th' looks of 'em. :jester:
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I'M TELLIN' 'SMITS! :smirk:
 
buzzkiller
 
:angel:
 
I never could figure this out, the "R" is replaced with an "L", giving "Flied Lice", but the "L" is replaced with an "R", giving "Crick". Something wrong with that picture! Crick!
 
.....& some guy named Dan told me that there's no "e"
at the end of "potato" anymore.

- Doug
 
AngliaGT said:
.....& some guy named Dan told me that there's no "e"
at the end of "potato" anymore.

- Doug
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you think that's bad - you should have seen how he wanted you to spell quail.
 
AngliaGT said:
.....& some guy named Dan told me that there's no "e"
at the end of "potato" anymore.

- Doug
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Don't you mean there is no "e" at the end of "potato" anymor? :wink:
 
I once read a report that stated that almost 50 percent of Japanese doctors have Cataracts.




the rest drive Rincolns.....
 
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