NationStates Jolt Archive

I think there is an untapped resource here for silliness.

More specifically, I think there are small alterations in grammar, spelling and context that can make words and language more fun.

I have a lot of good ideas. But I'll start with my first and one of my favorites:

Dictator. This word has such negative connotations. It's hard to find anythng fun about the word. However, if you spell it 'Dicktater', the word becomes a veritable treasure trove of fun. :)

Any other ideas for fun with language?

Master Debator :)

"Well, you know 'manure'.. it's not such a bad word, 'cos you got 'Ma', which is a good word, in front of 'Newer', which is another good word. Ma-Newer, it's not so bad."

"I don't think we should see each other anymore."

ever have one of those moments where its almost like they are speaking in a different language but you understand what is being said. all the words just sound so weird

Master Debator :)

And, as anyone who has ever been on a debate team knows, Master Debators -do it orally.

Cunning linguist that you are LG, I would have to say that another choice might be puns...

For instance do you know the difference between a band of clever pygmies and a women's track team?

Answer: One is a bunch of cunning runts...

Norwegian amuses me. Specifically, the sentence, "er det det det er?" which means "is that what it is?"

Master Debator :)

I prefer Maths Debators myself.

I prefer Maths Debators myself.

Mass Debate.

Or how about Master Baker?

Mass Debate.

Or how about Master Baker?

Did you know that Innuendo is pronounced "In your end, ho?"









oh right, subtle.

I prefer cunning linguists.

I prefer Uncyclopedia's article on Sexual Innuendo.

I'd just like to know who took the fun out of funerals. :(

I'd just like to know who took the fun out of funerals. :(
'Twasn't me. *nod nod*

I'd just like to know who took the fun out of funerals. :(

I'm sorry :( But to make up for it I put the laughter back into Slaughter :D :mp5:

ever have one of those moments where its almost like they are speaking in a different language but you understand what is being said. all the words just sound so weird
only with certain words. Like squirrel.

Ever look at a word, and go that can't be spelled right. Like, is that really how "shoe" is spelled?? So bizarre.

I'm sorry :( But to make up for it I put the laughter back into Slaughter :D :mp5: :p

I'm sorry :( But to make up for it I put the laughter back into Slaughter :D :mp5:

Bamboocha :D

I'm sorry :( But to make up for it I put the laughter back into Slaughter :D :mp5:
And how!

http://www.world-of-smilies.com/html/images/smilies/gewalt/ultima.gif

*evil laugh*

Master debator is a good one..I wish i was one..All i am is just a master baster..

And how!

http://www.world-of-smilies.com/html/images/smilies/gewalt/ultima.gif

*evil laugh*

lol Owned.

lol Owned.

:D

Norwegian amuses me. Specifically, the sentence, "er det det det er?" which means "is that what it is?"

Similarly, in Japanese there exists the infamous sentence: "Niwa niwa ni wa niwa niwatori ni wa." (There are two chickens in the neighbors garden.)

only with certain words. Like squirrel.

Ever look at a word, and go that can't be spelled right. Like, is that really how "shoe" is spelled?? So bizarre.

I had that feeling with the word "might" yesterday. That is how it is spelled, right? :confused:

You all may be shocked to learn that Genitalia is not the national airline of Italy.

Nor is Cunnilingus the national airline of Eire.


Once I had a student in class who always came in eating. What made it more irritating was that he tended to talk while eating, so food specks flew all over the classroom.
I finally got him to stop by threatening to tell his parents that I had caught him masticating in class.


I've also often been tempted to tell parents that their girl is a practising thespian and that I've caught her on several occasions trying to persuade other female students to gesticulate wildly with her together in front of crowds of paying students.


Maybe on my last day of work. Which, let's face it, would be.

only with certain words. Like squirrel.

Ever look at a word, and go that can't be spelled right. Like, is that really how "shoe" is spelled?? So bizarre.
Often. I always go with the spelling that seems least odd. Usually works.

I've also often been tempted to tell parents that their girl is a practising thespianThat would be awesome. :p

I'd just like to know who took the fun out of funerals. :(
On that note, Orange (the mobile phone company) make little shorts that get screened in cinemas before the films, where a group of studio execs screw up plans for various actors/directors film ideas by trying to make mobile phones the centre of the film. Their slogan is "Putting the 'ding' back in 'funding'".

Makes me chuckle...

There's this famous example of how grammar can change a sentence:
A woman without her man is nothing.
A woman. Without her, man is nothing.

Ever had a boss haul out the tired old cliche, "There is no 'I' in 'team'"? I've always been tempted to reply, "Yes, but there is a 'U' in 'stupid'." Never quite had the nerve to do it, but I've come close. :p

I was also once in a meeting with a manager who switched cliches in mid-sentence. He said, and I quote: "You can lead a horse to fish, or you can teach him to fish." That also tempted me to point out the "u" in "stupid". (Our team's graphic artist immediately drew a project logo featuring a horse sitting in a boat with a fishing pole.)

There's this famous example of how grammar can change a sentence:
A woman without her man is nothing.
A woman. Without her, man is nothing.
If we're doing the importance of correct punctuation, this is the all-time classic:

Dear John:
I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, and thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy--will you let me be yours?

Gloria

Dear John:
I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, and thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?
Yours,

Gloria

Normally I'd pace these out a bit, but seeing as it's getting to 2.30am here I'll deliver them all in one fat load:
A Self-referential Story
The purpose of this paragraph is to show you how easy it is to make a self-referential story such as this one. The purpose of this sentence is to inform you that each sentence of this paragraph contains a word signifying the number of the sentence within the paragraph (such as first, second, third, four, five, six, or last). This is the third sentence of this paragraph. This, the fourth sentence, is not very interesting. The purpose of the fifth sentence is to prepare you for the sixth sentence. The seventh sentence contains six different numbers (assuming that "first") is considered a number. The second sentence reads "The purpose of this sentence is to inform you that each sentence of this paragraph contains a word signifying the number of the sentence within the paragraph (such as first, second, third, four, five, six, or last)". The purpose of the eighth sentence (this one) is to inform you that the last sentence contains no numbers greater than six. The last sentence is identical to the sixth sentence but not the ninth. This tenth sentence precedes the last sentence. The second sentence reads "The purpose of this sentence is to inform you that each sentence of this paragraph contains a word signifying the number of the sentence within the paragraph (such as first, second, third, four, five, six, or last)".

This is the first sentence of the final paragraph. This sentence is referred to by four sentences. This sentence follows the second sentence. This sentences precedes the fourth sentence. The purpose of this sentence is to inform you that that the purpose of the following sentence is to inform you how long this sentence is. This sentence informs you that the previous sentence is longer than any other sentence in this paragraph. The purpose of this sentence is to refer you to the second sentence. This sentence is not the last sentence of the last paragraph. This sentence is.

How I Met My Wife
- a story using nonstandard negations.
Jack Winter/The New Yorker

It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate.
I was furling my wieldy umbrella for the coat check when I saw her standing alone in a corner. She was a descript person, a woman in a state of total array. Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way.
I wanted desperately to meet her, but I knew I'd have to make bones about it since I was travelling cognito. Beknownst to me, the hostess, whom I could see both hide and hair of, was very proper, so it would be skin off my nose if anything bad happened. And even though I had only swerving loyalty to her, my manners couldn't be peccable. Only toward and heard-of behavior would do.
Fortunately, the embarrassment that my maculate appearance might cause was evitable. There were two ways about it, but the chances that someone as flappable as I would be ept enough to become persona grata or a sung hero were slim. I was, after all, something to sneeze at, someone you could easily hold a candle to, someone who usually aroused bridled passion.
So I decided not to risk it. But then, all at once, for some apparent reason, she looked in my direction and smiled in a way that I could make heads or tails of.
I was plussed. It was concerting to see that she was communicado, and it nerved me that she was interested in a pareil like me, sight seen. Normally, I had a domitable spirit, but, being corrigible, I felt capacitated--as if this were something I was great shakes at--and forgot that I had succeeded in situations like this only a told number of times. So, after a terminable delay, I acted with mitigated gall and made my way through the ruly crowd with strong givings.
Nevertheless, since this was all new hat to me and I had no time to prepare a promptu speech, I was petuous. Wanting to make only called-for remarks, I started talking about the hors d'oeuvres, trying to abuse her of the notion that I was sipid, and perhaps even bunk a few myths about myself.
She responded well, and I was mayed that she considered me a savory character who was up to some good. She told me who she was. "What a perfect nomer," I said, advertently. The conversation become more and more choate, and we spoke at length to much avail. But I was defatigable, so I had to leave at a godly hour. I asked if she wanted to come with me. To my delight, she was committal. We left the party together and have been together ever since. I have given her my love, and she has requited it.

A sentence containing the nine ways the combination "ough" can be pronounced:
"A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

You can't spell slaughter, without laughter!

Incidentally, there's apparentally a language (can't remember which) in which the word King is translated as Kong.

Therefore, in that country, the film King Kong is Kong Kong.

Normally I'd pace these out a bit, but seeing as it's getting to 2.30am here I'll deliver them all in one fat load:
A Self-referential Story
The purpose of this paragraph is to show you how easy it is to make a self-referential story such as this one. The purpose of this sentence is to inform you that each sentence of this paragraph contains a word signifying the number of the sentence within the paragraph (such as first, second, third, four, five, six, or last). This is the third sentence of this paragraph. This, the fourth sentence, is not very interesting. The purpose of the fifth sentence is to prepare you for the sixth sentence. The seventh sentence contains six different numbers (assuming that "first") is considered a number. The second sentence reads "The purpose of this sentence is to inform you that each sentence of this paragraph contains a word signifying the number of the sentence within the paragraph (such as first, second, third, four, five, six, or last)". The purpose of the eighth sentence (this one) is to inform you that the last sentence contains no numbers greater than six. The last sentence is identical to the sixth sentence but not the ninth. This tenth sentence precedes the last sentence. The second sentence reads "The purpose of this sentence is to inform you that each sentence of this paragraph contains a word signifying the number of the sentence within the paragraph (such as first, second, third, four, five, six, or last)".

This is the first sentence of the final paragraph. This sentence is referred to by four sentences. This sentence follows the second sentence. This sentences precedes the fourth sentence. The purpose of this sentence is to inform you that that the purpose of the following sentence is to inform you how long this sentence is. This sentence informs you that the previous sentence is longer than any other sentence in this paragraph. The purpose of this sentence is to refer you to the second sentence. This sentence is not the last sentence of the last paragraph. This sentence is.
Is that by Douglas R Hofstadter?

I'd just like to know who took the fun out of funerals. :( I'm sorry :( But to make up for it I put the laughter back into Slaughter :D :mp5:

You can't spell slaughter, without laughter!

:D

Norwegian amuses me. Specifically, the sentence, "er det det det er?" which means "is that what it is?"
We've got that to. And, of course, "Hördududu", which means something like "hey there" (though literally "Hearyouyouyou"). The norse languages are really weird imo.

Incidentally, there's apparentally a language (can't remember which) in which the word King is translated as Kong.

Therefore, in that country, the film King Kong is Kong Kong.
Danish. (Possibly other languages too.)