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At last, an air freshener for the rest of us. |
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You know you can get high sniffing old moldy books? |
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Hey, don't bogart that War 'n Peace! |
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<sneezes> "Olde" books makes me think of dusty libraries. |
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//You know you can get high sniffing old moldy books?// |
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Fungi, my dear. We owe them our lives. |
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[spacer]: leave your car windows partially open as it rains and I promise you, as soon as the water starts drying, your car will smell just like those ancient libraries. |
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Question: Why the "e" in the end of the word "old"? That's something I had never seen before -forgive me, I'm not a native english speaker- Is there a difference in the meaning of the word by attaching or detacching that last letter? |
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I think that's an "Old English" (not sure if that's the proper term) sort of spelling. One would generally see it in names of businesses like "Ye Olde Book Shoppe" to lend some sort of air of antiquity. It's common enough, but only used for effect. A linguist might be able to give you more information. Do a search on the phrase "Ye Olde" if you want to see more examples. That might help give you a sense of the usage. |
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[Pericles] - it's simply an archaic usage, from the times when there were far more 'e's around. |
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It must be noted, however, that 'Ye Olde Book Shoppe' is pronounced in exactly the same way as 'The Old Book Shop. |
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i beg to differ. i think the usage of the word 'olde' in conversation is pronounced phonetically (oldy) if there is an air of lampooning which is quite common in depicting the 'olde' world. whenever i seem to pass a store or product that has the phrase (usually pre-empted by a casual Ye) the sing song 'oldy' is never far from my lips. maybe this doesnt happen in england where such things might have more meaning/? |
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In days of yore, English spelling was not standardized, and many writers used different spellings for the same word, sometimes even in the same passage. It was, however, common to use a terminal E, as in 'olde worlde'. This would originally have been pronounced just as 'old world', but, as [benfrost] says, the modern jocular use, indicating twee fakeness, is pronounced 'oldy worldy'. |
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You said it [ben], I stand by the statement and [angel]'s affirmation |
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Actually, I just happened to have an extra 'e' and needed a home for it. |
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//Fungi, my dear. We owe them our lives.// |
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That's the best thing I've read all day. |
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//Fungi, my dear. We owe them our lives.// |
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We do, [pericles]. And stop calling me "Fungi". |
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Yeah, you fungal, stop calling wagster a fungi or fungus will show up. |
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from the Grapevine Newsletter 1999 |
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Reuters: CLINTON DEPLOYS VOWELS TO SERBIA, BOSNIA
Residents of Sjlbvdnz, Grzny To Be First Recipients. |
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Before an emergency joint session of Congress today,
President Clinton announced US plans to deploy over
75,000 vowels to the war zone. The deployment, the
largest of its kind in American history, will provide the
region with the critically needed letters A, E, I, O and
U and is hoped to render countless names more
pronounceable. |
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"For six years, we have stood by while names like
Ygrjvslhv and Tzlynhr and Glrm have been horribly
butchered by millions around the world." Clinton said
Citizens of Grzny and Sjlbvdnzv eagerly await the arrival
of the vowels. |
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"My God, I do not think we can last another day," Trszg
Grzdnjkin, 44, said. "I have six children and none of
them has a name that is understandable to me or to anyone
else." Said Sjlbvdnzv resident Grg Hmphrs, 67: "With
just a few key letters I could be George Humphries. This
is my dream." |
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The airdrop represents the largest deployment of any
letter to a foreign country since 1984. During the
summer of that year, the US shipped 92,000 consonants to
Ethiopia, providing cities like Ouaouoaua, Eaoiluae, and
Aao with vital life-giving supplies of L's S's and T's. |
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There is no truth to the rumour that Clinton's next
target for assistance with pronunciation is Wales. |
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Finnish, with words like banaani, tee, viisi, soolo, ruusu, puu, päivää and joo, could spare a few vowels. |
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