OT Humour - Written & Spoken English

I believe it was pronounced "Root 66"..

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"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
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Sally,
The American Heritage Dictionary does not have 'e' for that usage. Pati is
correct on the pronunciation on that one though, IMO. Here is what AHD
says.

rout: disorderly retreat, etc. (rhymes with out)
route: road, course or customary line of travel, etc. (1 rhymes with boot;
2 rhymes with out)

So, it appears that most Americans, when talking about roads use the
second pronunciation. Around here, that is the custom, especially when the
word Route is a proper name, included in the name of the road. Sometimes I
hear the first pronunciation for the common name, or generic route.

Trivia question: in the old T.V. show "Route 66," how was the word Route
pronounced?

PAT in VA/USA

Sally Swindells wrote:

Pati Cook wrote:

Depends on definition. VBG
You can live on a "rural route" (pronounced "root")
But a ball game can be a total "route" ( rhyming with "out") with a
score of many to zero.




In my dictionary it hasn't got an 'e' on the end if its 'utterly
defeated', but does rhyme with out.

It is all complicated, isn't it.

Howdy!

;-D

St. John, which we might say is "Saint John" but then be told is
pronounced "SIN Jihn"== well, of course it is! VBG

R/Sandy--
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On 5/7/07 2:42 AM, in article , "Patti"
wrote:

very, very near ...!
.

In message , Sandy Ellison
writes
Howdy!

Why do y'all say it wrong, anyway?
VeryBigTrouble-MakingGrin
Of course it's that silent "f"--gets us every time!

R/Sandy--quilting near the edge... ;-D

In article . com,
Sunny wrote:

Sunny, hoping all of you are 1337 and loving it!


What's 1337???

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In article ,
"Carolyn McCarty" wrote:

I'm with you, Cheryl! And while we're at it, who's the (pardon my language,
please! but it's a common word in American English now) dip**** who
initiated the expression, "My bad." Can we hang that individual from the
yardarm?

--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo


Oh, please, YES! Where's Wendy when we need her?

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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
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http://www.sandymike.net

Except in SC, where it IS Saint John!
LOL
Barbara

Pat in Virginia wrote:
Sally: Here is a surname I've read in books: RUTHVEN. One time the book
actually explained the pronunciation, but I've forgotten. Now I've come
across it again, and would like to know the way the English say it.
Ta, PAT, avoiding the laundry room today!

Sally Swindells wrote:


And all the place names too that are pronounced completely differently
to their spelling. This part of England is especially confusing for
strangers - some of the pronunciations bear no resemblance to the
spelling at all!


My favourite has to be Happisborough in Norfolk - pronounced Hazebruh.


Apparently they prefer 'Riven' (but remember to roll your 'r's at the
beginning as its a Scottish name!) but I've never actually met anyone
with that name.

My father had two friends who were brothers (but not on speaking terms!)

One's surname was Heathcote - pronounced Heath-coat
the other was Heathcote pronounced Heth c't

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"~KK in BC~" wrote in message
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They text me with the information they want me to know and I text back
with the real information and directions! LOL

~KK in BC~

KK, this is NOT a personal attack on your post. Parents at work on cells to
their kids and who knows who else has become so very common. Several
companies around here have started trying to ban personal cell phones at
work because of disruptions and productive down time. I'm pretty much, with
few exceptions, on the side of the employer on this one.

I drove a truck working heavy construction and any phone calls to me went
through my dispatcher and were conveyed over the open company radios. Any
sort of personal communication devices where absolutely forbidden on the job
sites. This company wasn't cold hearted BUT there was a job to get done, you
were getting paid to do it, time IS money and superfluous outside
interruptions weren't tolerated for long. If there was an about to deliver
pregnant wife or serious family illness or crisis you let them know when you
got to work and they would patch these private calls directly to the
foreman's cell, he'd find you, hand his cell to you out on the job and
usually say...park your equipment, get in my truck, you need to go home,
hospital or where ever while you were talking and he was driving you to your
personal vehicle. You knew when most people were getting a phone message
delivered when the dispatcher said "land line your half" (spouse) or "land
line your 4" (call home). It didn't take too many of these to be looking for
another job if those calls damned well weren't emergencies. We were being
paid to work. If your family could not be left on a regular daily basis
without supervision you had the choice to hire a sitter, get a caretaker,
put them in daycare or find alternate employment. Men getting constant calls
from wives or significant others weren't tolerated either. My first dispatch
message to call my '4' required having to park my truck, get the foreman's
pick-up, drive to the company trailer office phone and call home only to
find out that the party of the first part wanted to know if he could go have
dinner at the home of the party of the second part. "NO! We'll talk when I
get home." *CLICK* When I got home I let them know I was WORKING. At work
I am NOT a parent unless there is an EMERGENCY. This clearly printed sign
was then posted on the kitchen bulletin board above the chore lists.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EMERGENCY** CALLS ONLY!! (for your own health, well being and longevity read
this carefully and often)

Dispatch.....### - #### (phone number)

** Emergencies are only; hard labor, gun shots, broken bones, bleeding,
fire, flood

HARD LABOR pertains to ''child birth" not chore disputes.....not applicable,
NOT an emergency

GUN SHOTS.......call 911 and stay low.

BROKEN BONES......call 911 then call dispatch or have ER call dispatch. I'll
meet you at the ER.

BLEEDING.....arterial bleeding only.....veins flow (apply firm direct
pressure and mop up the floor) arteries pump, apply VERY firm direct
pressure, call 911 then call dispatch.....in that order. If blood is flowing
faster than you can mop, refer to 'arterial bleeding'. I'll meet you at the
ER.

FIRE......if you can't put it out in less than 5 seconds call 911 and leave
the house, call dispatch from the neighbor's house.......if you can put it
out clean things up before I get home.

FLOOD.....you know where the main water line shut off valve is, USE IT! Mop
up the mess before I get home. If flooding is from a source other than our
home call 911 and grab something that floats and hang on until I get home or
the choppers pick you up.

Emergency calls do NOT begin with or include phrases such as....Can I....He
said.....He did.....How do I.....I wanna.....Where did you put.....I can't
find....Need bail money....etc.

You have been blessed by emerging from a gene pool of exceptional
intelligence......Deal with it!

All off home ground activities will be approved 24 hours before said
activity....approval for "I forgot to ask/tell you" activities is NOT an
emergency.

Unless you have approval to receive mail at this address you do not have
approval to be at this address while parent is not at home unless prior
approval has been granted.......requesting approval is NOT an emergency.

All minors better be on home ground and chores done when parent arrives home
unless missing minor was abducted. (Abductions: call 911 then call
dispatch.)

Any and all violators of these rules will be dealt with accordingly when
your VERY ticked off mother gets home from WORK. It will NOT be pretty.

I Love You ALL very much, Mom
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In the years after this sign was posted I got only two phone calls during
work....one from the school telling me my child was on his way to the ER;
skate boarding down an outdoor stair railing; broken arm. I immediately left
work, legitimate emergency. THE boss-man even offered to drive me to the
hospital if I was too upset. Like I said, they weren't without heart. The
second was from the local Seattle PD precinct with a laughing desk Sgt.
telling me the boys had ridden their bikes (big no-no since leaving the home
ground property for recreational purposes without prior permission was
STRONGLY discouraged) through a car wash and were in tears (these are 3
young teen-age boys, mind you), practically on their knees praying and
begging to just be locked up in jail but pullllll-eeeeeeze DON'T call Mom at
work. I was then assured they were safe and sound, even being fed and
sitting in the day room. I could pick them up after work....which I
did.....no charges were filed and the officers where still laughing about
them when I got there. These kids actually grew up to be healthy, well
adjusted, responsible, resourceful, educated, contributing adults without
the use of ubiquitous 'umbilical cord' cell phones. And the companies I
worked for got a full day's work for their full day's pay. Imagine that.
However,I'm just an old fogy with old fashioned high standards for work
ethics and self reliance and intelligent responsibility and believe, as a
parent, you should pass this on to your children, but what do I know.

Well, so much for *that* vent session.....
Val

I REALLY enjoyed reading your post, VAL!

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"Val" wrote in message
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"~KK in BC~" wrote in message
news:qEH%h.10459$au6.9952@edtnps90...
They text me with the information they want me to know and I text back
with the real information and directions! LOL

~KK in BC~

KK, this is NOT a personal attack on your post. Parents at work on cells
to their kids and who knows who else has become so very common. Several
companies around here have started trying to ban personal cell phones at
work because of disruptions and productive down time. I'm pretty much,
with few exceptions, on the side of the employer on this one.

I drove a truck working heavy construction and any phone calls to me went
through my dispatcher and were conveyed over the open company radios. Any
sort of personal communication devices where absolutely forbidden on the
job sites. This company wasn't cold hearted BUT there was a job to get
done, you were getting paid to do it, time IS money and superfluous
outside interruptions weren't tolerated for long. If there was an about to
deliver pregnant wife or serious family illness or crisis you let them
know when you got to work and they would patch these private calls
directly to the foreman's cell, he'd find you, hand his cell to you out on
the job and usually say...park your equipment, get in my truck, you need
to go home, hospital or where ever while you were talking and he was
driving you to your personal vehicle. You knew when most people were
getting a phone message delivered when the dispatcher said "land line your
half" (spouse) or "land line your 4" (call home). It didn't take too many
of these to be looking for another job if those calls damned well weren't
emergencies. We were being paid to work. If your family could not be left
on a regular daily basis without supervision you had the choice to hire a
sitter, get a caretaker, put them in daycare or find alternate employment.
Men getting constant calls from wives or significant others weren't
tolerated either. My first dispatch message to call my '4' required having
to park my truck, get the foreman's pick-up, drive to the company trailer
office phone and call home only to find out that the party of the first
part wanted to know if he could go have dinner at the home of the party of
the second part. "NO! We'll talk when I get home." *CLICK* When I got
home I let them know I was WORKING. At work I am NOT a parent unless there
is an EMERGENCY. This clearly printed sign was then posted on the kitchen
bulletin board above the chore lists.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EMERGENCY** CALLS ONLY!! (for your own health, well being and longevity
read this carefully and often)

Dispatch.....### - #### (phone number)

** Emergencies are only; hard labor, gun shots, broken bones, bleeding,
fire, flood

HARD LABOR pertains to ''child birth" not chore disputes.....not
applicable, NOT an emergency

GUN SHOTS.......call 911 and stay low.

BROKEN BONES......call 911 then call dispatch or have ER call dispatch.
I'll meet you at the ER.

BLEEDING.....arterial bleeding only.....veins flow (apply firm direct
pressure and mop up the floor) arteries pump, apply VERY firm direct
pressure, call 911 then call dispatch.....in that order. If blood is
flowing faster than you can mop, refer to 'arterial bleeding'. I'll meet
you at the ER.

FIRE......if you can't put it out in less than 5 seconds call 911 and
leave the house, call dispatch from the neighbor's house.......if you can
put it out clean things up before I get home.

FLOOD.....you know where the main water line shut off valve is, USE IT!
Mop up the mess before I get home. If flooding is from a source other than
our home call 911 and grab something that floats and hang on until I get
home or the choppers pick you up.

Emergency calls do NOT begin with or include phrases such as....Can
I....He said.....He did.....How do I.....I wanna.....Where did you
put.....I can't find....Need bail money....etc.

You have been blessed by emerging from a gene pool of exceptional
intelligence......Deal with it!

All off home ground activities will be approved 24 hours before said
activity....approval for "I forgot to ask/tell you" activities is NOT an
emergency.

Unless you have approval to receive mail at this address you do not have
approval to be at this address while parent is not at home unless prior
approval has been granted.......requesting approval is NOT an emergency.

All minors better be on home ground and chores done when parent arrives
home unless missing minor was abducted. (Abductions: call 911 then call
dispatch.)

Any and all violators of these rules will be dealt with accordingly when
your VERY ticked off mother gets home from WORK. It will NOT be pretty.

I Love You ALL very much, Mom
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In the years after this sign was posted I got only two phone calls during
work....one from the school telling me my child was on his way to the ER;
skate boarding down an outdoor stair railing; broken arm. I immediately
left work, legitimate emergency. THE boss-man even offered to drive me to
the hospital if I was too upset. Like I said, they weren't without heart.
The second was from the local Seattle PD precinct with a laughing desk
Sgt. telling me the boys had ridden their bikes (big no-no since leaving
the home ground property for recreational purposes without prior
permission was STRONGLY discouraged) through a car wash and were in tears
(these are 3 young teen-age boys, mind you), practically on their knees
praying and begging to just be locked up in jail but pullllll-eeeeeeze
DON'T call Mom at work. I was then assured they were safe and sound, even
being fed and sitting in the day room. I could pick them up after
work....which I did.....no charges were filed and the officers where still
laughing about them when I got there. These kids actually grew up to be
healthy, well adjusted, responsible, resourceful, educated, contributing
adults without the use of ubiquitous 'umbilical cord' cell phones. And
the companies I worked for got a full day's work for their full day's pay.
Imagine that. However,I'm just an old fogy with old fashioned high
standards for work ethics and self reliance and intelligent responsibility
and believe, as a parent, you should pass this on to your children, but
what do I know.

Well, so much for *that* vent session.....
Val

: They text me with the information they want me to know and I text back
: with the real information and directions! LOL
:
:
: KK, this is NOT a personal attack on your post. Parents at work on cells
to
: their kids and who knows who else has become so very common. Several
: companies around here have started trying to ban personal cell phones at
: work because of disruptions and productive down time. I'm pretty much,
with
: few exceptions, on the side of the employer on this one.
:


Oh I don't take it personal at all! I happen to be on the side of the
schools here when they tend to take away cell phones when the kids are
texting each other or making calls or playing games on them. It does
interfere. I guess I didn't really put my words clearly here. I don't use it
daily when I am at work, nor do I text my kids daily in school. I am talking
about things like directions to a cadet function and times, or reminders to
head to the dentist or doctor after school and what have you. It is not a
multiple daily task to disrupt them during school hours and for the most
part, I text them on my coffee break and lunch and they text me back at
lunch or after school. I agree they are a distraction for the most part but
I do have to say I enjoy the knowledge that I can contact my children when I
need to in a matter of seconds.

I have taken away their phones from them on a few occasions and they do know
the rules and the schools enforce the rules as well. It has even come down
to some days when teachers check phones and texts on them randomly and if
the name isn't mom or dad or emergency, then usually they will lose the
phone for the day to the office.

~KK in BC~ who has also taught her kids to not call work for trivial stuff,
they better be bleeding or calling from an ambulance for the most part.

Val wrote:
A vent worthy of a standing ovation!
Liz