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21 March 2006

BOOK It's a funny word, isn't it?

post by: flopsy at: 16:12 | 15 comments

No. Rubber is a funny word. as is contraption.

posted by jonmc 21 March | 16:13

It's better than bppl.

posted by chewatadistance 21 March | 16:16

It's better the way the Irish pronounce it, with the 'oo' pronounced somewhat as in 'food.' 'Book' like 'look' is boring in America.

Is there a word for it, when you think about a word too long and it suddenly sounds unfamiliar and strange?

posted by shane 21 March | 16:17

Is there a word for it, when you think about a word too long and it suddenly sounds unfamiliar and strange?

that happens to me all the time!

posted by flopsy 21 March | 16:23

Orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange, orange.

posted by Divine_Wino 21 March | 16:27

phlegmatic. smegma. yes. liquid. mellifluous. contrarywise. spendthrift.

I got a million of 'em. So do you!

posted by WolfDaddy 21 March | 16:38

*smacks wino to stop him from skipping*

posted by jonmc 21 March | 16:40

You think book is funny, you should try... maga-teehee-muh-mahahahaha -- hold on, lemmme get it -- MAGAZINE!

There, i said it. Buh-woooooooo-wuh wuh-haaaa-hahahah! Aw-ha!

posted by Hugh Janus 21 March | 16:55

The way the martians from sesame st. said "book" was what I loved the most about that sketch.

Youtube link, natch.

posted by Space Coyote 21 March | 16:59

...and Hugh brings up those words that one intentionally mis-pronouces affectionately. "Mazageen" is how it's pronounced in my family. It's also "speederwibers" instead of spiderwebs.

And rendezvous is pronounced 'rezendevus".

posted by WolfDaddy 21 March | 17:03

what about the verb "to book," as in to run fast?

posted by drjimmy11 21 March | 17:21

I was once bitten by a dog named 'Book' pronounced the way shane describes. This was in Italy though, so it probably means something different over there.

posted by jonmc 21 March | 17:25

wolfdaddy: my mother has an endless supply of those. My favourite is picturesque as "picture-skew".

posted by nomis 21 March | 17:56

What? How is it really pronounced? Wait, I'm thinking of picturesqueue aren't I? I always get those mixed up.

posted by WolfDaddy 21 March | 18:25

What story had a boy named Pictorial Magazine? Poor kid is un-googleable.

posted by StickyCarpet 21 March | 18:56

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