Just for a laff...
Kalmia
"Oh, the 'rudabaker", one answered. I wonder when they'll get a
spellchecker. Their reporter is obviously not spending much time in
the produce section.
That's my cahtrabueshun too the frakchured spelin catuhgory for today.
Piet de Arcilla
> My local paper interviewed people about favorite Thanksgiving dishes.
> "Oh, the 'rudabaker", one answered. I wonder when they'll get a
> spellchecker. Their reporter is obviously not spending much time in
> the produce section.
I find the substance of the response more disturbing than the
spelling...
Tasha Miller
I found out recently the exotic sounding rutabaga is just the
common-or-garden swede. I was quite disappointed.
Peter Moylan
Oh, so that's what it is. I was too embarrassed to ask what a rudabaker
was. I thought it was a car.
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Leslie Danks
> Tasha Miller wrote:
>> Kalmia wrote:
>>> My local paper interviewed people about favorite Thanksgiving
>>> dishes. "Oh, the 'rudabaker", one answered. I wonder when they'll
>>> get a spellchecker. Their reporter is obviously not spending much
>>> time in the produce section.
>>>
>>> That's my cahtrabueshun too the frakchured spelin catuhgory for
>>> today.
>>
>> I found out recently the exotic sounding rutabaga is just the
>> common-or-garden swede. I was quite disappointed.
>
> Oh, so that's what it is. I was too embarrassed to ask what a rudabaker
> was. I thought it was a car.
I thought it was someone who, when asked for bread, told you to fucka off.
--
Les (BrE)
Jerry Friedman
wrote:
Some of us Americans have a similar reaction when we find out the
literally exotic-sounding swede is just the rutabaga.
Next: Mangel-wurzels.
--
Jerry Friedman
R H Draney
>
>On Nov 20, 4:46=A0am, "Tasha Miller" <tashamill...@gEEEmail.com.invalid>
>wrote:
>> Kalmia wrote:
>> > My local paper interviewed people about favorite Thanksgiving dishes.
>> > spellchecker. =A0Their reporter is obviously not spending much time in
>> > the produce section.
>>
>> > That's my cahtrabueshun too the frakchured spelin catuhgory for today.
>>
>> I found out recently the exotic sounding rutabaga is just the
>> common-or-garden swede. I was quite disappointed.
>
>Some of us Americans have a similar reaction when we find out the
>literally exotic-sounding swede is just the rutabaga.
>
>Next: Mangel-wurzels.
I was a little disappointed when a recent episode of "The Venture Brothers" had
supervillain The Monarch incapacitated by an allergic reaction to an
exotic-sounding salad of "rocket and sunchoke", only to find that it was just
arugula and Jerusalem artichoke....r
--
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An optometrist asks whether you see the glass
more full like this?...or like this?
Nick
What's odd is that Branston Pickle includes "rutabaga" in the list of
ingredients. I think that's the only place in BrE that I've ever seen
it used.
Coming next: Swede vs Turnip - you decide.
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James Hogg
> "Tasha Miller" <tasham...@gEEEmail.com.invalid> writes:
>
>> Kalmia wrote:
>>> My local paper interviewed people about favorite Thanksgiving dishes.
>>> "Oh, the 'rudabaker", one answered. I wonder when they'll get a
>>> spellchecker. Their reporter is obviously not spending much time in
>>> the produce section.
>>>
>>> That's my cahtrabueshun too the frakchured spelin catuhgory for today.
>> I found out recently the exotic sounding rutabaga is just the
>> common-or-garden swede. I was quite disappointed.
>
> What's odd is that Branston Pickle includes "rutabaga" in the list of
> ingredients. I think that's the only place in BrE that I've ever seen
> it used.
>
> Coming next: Swede vs Turnip - you decide.
There's a neep in the air tonight.
--
James
Roland Hutchinson
> "Tasha Miller" <tasham...@gEEEmail.com.invalid> writes:
>
>> Kalmia wrote:
>>> My local paper interviewed people about favorite Thanksgiving dishes.
>>> "Oh, the 'rudabaker", one answered. I wonder when they'll get a
>>> spellchecker. Their reporter is obviously not spending much time in
>>> the produce section.
>>>
>>> That's my cahtrabueshun too the frakchured spelin catuhgory for today.
>>
>> I found out recently the exotic sounding rutabaga is just the
>> common-or-garden swede. I was quite disappointed.
>
> What's odd is that Branston Pickle includes "rutabaga" in the list of
> ingredients. I think that's the only place in BrE that I've ever seen
> it used.
I think we did this already. My opinion (whether previously held or
acquired as a result of the earlier thread, I cannot remember) is that it
is done so that the manufacturer can pretend you won't know that you are
buying a jar full of swede. The same principle applies to shampoos
consisting chiefly of "aqua".
> Coming next: Swede vs Turnip - you decide.
Turnip definitely doesn't work in "Turnip, mystery of life, at last I've
found you!"
--
Roland Hutchinson
He calls himself "the Garden State's leading violist da gamba,"
... comparable to being ruler of an exceptionally small duchy.
--Newark (NJ) Star Ledger ( http://tinyurl.com/RolandIsNJ )
Peter Moylan
> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:39:32 +0000, Nick wrote:
>
>> "Tasha Miller" <tasham...@gEEEmail.com.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>> My local paper interviewed people about favorite Thanksgiving dishes.
>>>> "Oh, the 'rudabaker", one answered. I wonder when they'll get a
>>>> spellchecker. Their reporter is obviously not spending much time in
>>>> the produce section.
>>>>
>>>> That's my cahtrabueshun too the frakchured spelin catuhgory for today.
>>> I found out recently the exotic sounding rutabaga is just the
>>> common-or-garden swede. I was quite disappointed.
>> What's odd is that Branston Pickle includes "rutabaga" in the list of
>> ingredients. I think that's the only place in BrE that I've ever seen
>> it used.
>
> I think we did this already. My opinion (whether previously held or
> acquired as a result of the earlier thread, I cannot remember) is that it
> is done so that the manufacturer can pretend you won't know that you are
> buying a jar full of swede. The same principle applies to shampoos
> consisting chiefly of "aqua".
>
>> Coming next: Swede vs Turnip - you decide.
>
> Turnip definitely doesn't work in "Turnip, mystery of life, at last I've
> found you!"
>
musika
Roland Hutchinson <my.sp...@verizon.net> typed:
> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:39:32 +0000, Nick wrote:
>
>> "Tasha Miller" <tasham...@gEEEmail.com.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>> My local paper interviewed people about favorite Thanksgiving
>>>> dishes. "Oh, the 'rudabaker", one answered. I wonder when they'll
>>>> get a spellchecker. Their reporter is obviously not spending much
>>>> time in the produce section.
>>>>
>>>> That's my cahtrabueshun too the frakchured spelin catuhgory for
>>>> today.
>>>
>>> I found out recently the exotic sounding rutabaga is just the
>>> common-or-garden swede. I was quite disappointed.
>>
>> What's odd is that Branston Pickle includes "rutabaga" in the list of
>> ingredients. I think that's the only place in BrE that I've ever
>> seen it used.
>
> I think we did this already. My opinion (whether previously held or
> acquired as a result of the earlier thread, I cannot remember) is
> that it is done so that the manufacturer can pretend you won't know
> that you are buying a jar full of swede. The same principle applies
> to shampoos consisting chiefly of "aqua".
>
>> Coming next: Swede vs Turnip - you decide.
>
> Turnip definitely doesn't work in "Turnip, mystery of life, at last
> I've found you!"
Alternatively, "That's a swede for the books" doesn't work either.
--
Ray
UK
Don Aitken
wrote:
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for "Life" magazine. There is a story that someone who had to meet him
at an airport came out with this line. It sounds apocryphal, but if
they had been waiting long enough, and were a dedicated punster, it
might be possible.
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Earle Jones
<a3305cc7-88f7-43ab...@k19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>,
Kalmia <tween...@mypacks.net> wrote:
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In talk.origins there's a guy who calls himself "All-Seeing I" who uses
the spelling "Chiwawa".
Broke me up!
earle
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