Yeah? And how about “vehicle!” The first time I heard it, I got tickled (I guess, because phonetically it sorts of sounds like “tickle”), and I thought the guy who said it was kidding me, and I didn’t believe that it was a real word. So I asked my dad, and he confirmed that it was, indeed, a real word, and I marvelled at that. Since then, there have been a plethora (heh) of words that, when I think about them, sound really weird — like most of them?
margueritem about 13 years ago
’Tis a bit silly…
Llewellenbruce about 13 years ago
Broomie probably doesn’t even know whata blog is.
MORNING MARG!
Sisyphos about 13 years ago
Ha! Sweet Broomie, how true it is. Sounds like a big old bullfrog with indigestion. Blog! Blog! Blog!
NE1956 about 13 years ago
In spite of myself, I’m actually laughing at this. I think it’s Broomie’s cute expression and childlike behavior that has me paying attention.
Sherlock Watson about 13 years ago
She later spent the day Googling, and by that I mean she chugged beer; google, google, google…
Cameloo about 13 years ago
“Smock” is another silly word to say http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/06/23
primalcoach over 10 years ago
Yeah? And how about “vehicle!” The first time I heard it, I got tickled (I guess, because phonetically it sorts of sounds like “tickle”), and I thought the guy who said it was kidding me, and I didn’t believe that it was a real word. So I asked my dad, and he confirmed that it was, indeed, a real word, and I marvelled at that. Since then, there have been a plethora (heh) of words that, when I think about them, sound really weird — like most of them?