People often say something is “funny” meaning it’s “peculiar,” but when something is very peculiar they don’t say it’s “hysterical;” for something only a bit peculiar, they don’t say it’s “amusing.”
“Funny” adjectives don’t vary with the amount of peculiarity, which is...ya know...peculiar.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Oh Henri
Hang on...you change the letter "y" from the name "Henry" to an "i" and it changes the pronunciation, but NOT in the letter you changed. You go from "Hen-ree" to "On-ree." You change the "ree" part but the pronunciation changes in the "Hen" part. That's just stupid.
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