This is a job for Professor Irwin Corey! It’s been said that he was once a school principal, which means that he would have had principles in such matters….
For certain words that can be both a verb and a noun, the noun is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable, and the verb is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable.
salakfarm Premium Member 12 months ago
Only Noam Chomsky could properly interpret this mess.
ChukLitl Premium Member 12 months ago
If you’s watched crows field-strip a pigeon, you know why the dove dove for cover.
BJShipley1 12 months ago
So how old is Boog supposed to be today?
Dirty Dragon 12 months ago
Only Norm Crosby could properly interpret this mess.
The man always had a talent for his vast storehouse of vocabules.
iggyman 12 months ago
The nose knows!
duggersd Premium Member 12 months ago
The doctor wound the bandage around the wound.
Darryl Heine 12 months ago
Every week there should be an extra box in the Sunday Gasoline Alley strip with Boog and the talking bear giving a “WORDS ARE FUNNY” word of the week.
stu1nyrf 12 months ago
Today, in our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/749970695820441
Gasoline Alley “years ago today” for July 23:
100 (1923) – With Walt out of gas, Avery and Emily pass him and Skeezix
80 (1943) – Nina clocks into work (See what I did there?); plus, war news from this date
75 (1948) – Blunt’s hen once again gets into the Wallets’ garden
60 (1963) – Doc and Walt look for Joel
BONUS: 45 (1978) – Rufus tries to free Joel from the cabin’s basement window
BlitzMcD 12 months ago
This is a job for Professor Irwin Corey! It’s been said that he was once a school principal, which means that he would have had principles in such matters….
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member 12 months ago
Veddy interestink but schtupit .
Old Bashful 12 months ago
He is lying, he still steals the attention even when he is lying still on a steal beam.
JPuzzleWhiz 12 months ago
If there was a footrace among metals, would lead take the lead?
Ricky Bennett 12 months ago
For certain words that can be both a verb and a noun, the noun is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable, and the verb is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable.