In my grandfather's case the issue was an occasional tel-e-VI-sion rather than the way US speakers (and he himself) would usually stress it, TEL-e-vi-sion -- the first example that comes to mind, though there were plenty of others. And the dialogue in the movie reflect speech patterns of the central...

I'm familiar with the Gullah dialect but didn't bring it up here, since it's confined to a population. It's also called Geechee. There is a very good novel called I've Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots, by Susan Straight, that deals with the Gullah-speaking people. There's also a...

I haven't paid any fees as yet. Remember I live in one of the "istans".

Canuckistan? Blogistan?

Dristan?? Couldn't resist

Missish sounds like it could have been an ancient tribal group, always being drawn into fighting against -- and losing to -- Hittites!

I recall as a kid hearing Wilma Flintstone use shameless hussy to refer to some woman she thought was after Fred, and having no idea what she was talking about. Of course this was a few years after the series' original run.

(Lest displeasure be wreaked upon us all...) Shouldn't that be wrought ? :? At a now-defunct message board I used to frequent and, eventually, moderate, someone posted a thread about the effect of certain recording artists on forms of music outside their area. After I responded by mentioning that s...

One I stopped using ages ago, as a Gmail signature: Do not regret growing old, it is a privilege denied to many. I'm not sure where I got it from... :oops: Another abandoned one: Some people have everything, and other people don't, But everything don't mean a thing, If it ain't the thing you want --...

His name was not "Lastname", I just put that in for privacy purposes. Just thought I'd let you know. That one had me confused. :? In my mind I was putting together a Who's On First type routine: Last name? Yes. Yes, what? That's my last name. What's your last name? No, not What , Lastname...

I always thought "Fuchs" was an odd one too. We have a manufacturing company with that moniker here. Since someone mentioned rappers: There was a producer/record company owner in the 80s and 90s named Aaron Fuchs. Apparently he got tired of comments, because towards the end of his company...

Dolly Salvador!! I may have to use that one later.

I've wondered why benign rather than "benignant" is the opposite of malignant, with benign being the opposite of malign. But don't mind me, I'm just being "ignant."

When I saw "inosculate," the first thought that came to mind was "...unkiss?!" Something we probably all wish we could do, alas...

I love this word, even though sometimes it seems like a regional pronunciation of wrinkle. Currently it brings to mind a couple of current coworkers, shambling around the office in rumpled clothes and perpetual scowls -- "rankled" in more ways than one

OK. If you don't like mooter as a verb, then what about a subdivision called Moote Pointe ? I seem to remember seeing moot (actually "mooted") used as a verb, meaning "made unnecessary, redundant" somewhere online. It may have been a humor column, though, which of course doesn't...

Little known fact--"curglaff" is actually the sound one makes when the cold frigid water reaches a certain point of the anatomy.

Related note -- I read long ago, in some book related to language, that the Old Irish word for testicle was uirgge.