Wednesday, July 11, 2007

NAACP buries the wrong word !!

So the other day the NAACP (National Association of African-American People) had a mock funeral and 'buried' the N-word. Really.

(I'm sure Whitey McPale dug it up three seconds later)

But anyhow...

The real word that should have been buried is:

MASKS.

The plural of mask.

Say it out loud....masks. Make sure you say the plural. Masks.

Notice at the end of the word you have that little skip that doesn't sound correct...the ska-ska sound?

I said say it out loud. Dumbest word ever. Ska-ska. It should flow like other plural words but it don't. Masks. Drives me nuts. Mask ska ska.

Where the heck is the NAACP (National Association of American Afirican-American Associated Society Of Non-White Colored Black Negroes) when you really need them.

Masks ska-ska.
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27 comments:

  1. Cake10:49 AM EDT

    If you spell it the Canadian way, you avoid the extra "sk" sound at the end...it's pretty cool, actually.

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  2. Anonymous10:51 AM EDT

    Just "masks?" she asks, as she basks with her casks.

    Myrna "Seussasks Fifth Avenue" Loy

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  3. I Ain't No Oprah10:57 AM EDT

    Yes, just masks. The others don't have the ska-ska sound skip at the end.

    Oh wait...they do!

    We're gonna need a bigger boat...ummmm....graveyard.

    ska-ska.

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  4. Cake10:58 AM EDT

    You might also wanna toss in a few other words with similar problems.

    Wasps, rasps, gasps...

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  5. Anonymous11:16 AM EDT

    Hey, kids! With our handy new kit, you can make your own, "official" plural forms! For a whole lotta pennies, we will turn masks into mesk for you. As long as we're at it, we'll turn houses into hice for ya. Please send your check for $8,000 plus a SASE to:

    Myrna "Words 'R Us" Loy
    Elf Bench #9
    Word Workshop

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  6. Anonymous11:47 AM EDT

    And what, exactly, is the posessive of "Nick and Nora Charles"?

    Charles'?

    Charles's?

    Not that we should bury the Charles/Charles'/Charles's themselves... just come up with a suitable plural.

    Charles'z?

    Myrna:

    Are those casks flasks? Is basking with them a hobby, or one of your tasks, he asks.

    -- Lamont "Ballad of the Thin Man" Cranston

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  7. Anonymous12:07 PM EDT

    Excellent question, Lamont! The following are all acceptable possessives for Nick and Nora Charles:
    bathtub gin grinners'
    astafarians'
    whaddyameanteetotalers'
    makemineadoublers'

    For more answers, please send $6,500--plus a SASE--to address above!

    Myrna "Thanks for Ask-ska-SKAin'" Loy

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  8. I Ain't No Oprah12:15 PM EDT

    >>>>>For more answers, please send $6,500--plus a SASE--<<<<<

    Don't get SASE with me Bernaise....

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  9. Anonymous1:26 PM EDT

    Myrna:

    Not to give away trade secrets, but I wanted to make sure you also included:

    spiritsindisguises'
    wrytumblers'
    movers n martinishakers'

    and, of course

    Orthodoxboozes'

    -- Lamont "Looking Askaskance" Cranston

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  10. Cake1:32 PM EDT

    "Don't get SASE with me Bernaise...."

    10 min in the punalty box for that one, IANO.

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  11. Anonymous2:56 PM EDT

    Whoa...I didn't even know about those, Lamont! Cheers! *clink*

    Confession: I lost my license to pun last year. I spun out of control across four lanes of fast-moving repartee. Parts of speech flew everywhere. It got ugly...some claimed it was a PUI, but really I just fell asleep at the spiel.

    Myrna "Spoonerist" Loy

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  12. Cake3:33 PM EDT

    "...really I just fell asleep at the spiel."

    Into the punalty box with IANO, Myrna. And YOU'RE sitting the rest of the day out!

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  13. Anonymous3:42 PM EDT

    It's beyond punalty box, Cakie. I'm afraid I deserve the punitentiary.

    Ouch! Ouch! Eek! Not the hair! Not the hair! I'll stop! I promise! I'm punitent...fully punitent! I mean, I've repunted! Oh, rats. Sorry. :-)

    Myrna "Scofflaw" Loy

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  14. Anonymous4:53 PM EDT

    OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!
    How you feeling today???
    http://wbztv.com/topstories/local_story_192130845.html

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  15. Anonymous4:56 PM EDT

    HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    ANSWER ME!!!!!!!!!!

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  16. Anonymous4:57 PM EDT

    OH NO!!!!!

    I THINK WE LOST HIM!!!!!!!!!

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  17. Cake5:09 PM EDT

    I suspect he's going to put his nose in the air and say something like, "pancakes made from mixes are not REAL PANCAKES!"

    I betcha $1.

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  18. I Ain't No Oprah5:17 PM EDT

    Pancakes made from mixes?

    Pancakes are made from the loving hands of my wife.

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  19. bacon ace5:17 PM EDT

    Of course pancakes are made from mixes. That's not a formation found in nature.

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  20. Anonymous5:19 PM EDT

    "the ska-ska sound"

    What's wrong with the ska sound?

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  21. Anonymous5:29 PM EDT

    "Pancakes are made from the loving hands of my wife."

    Cannibal!

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  22. Anonymous5:31 PM EDT

    Hey good point! What is wrong with the ska sound??

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  23. Anonymous5:39 PM EDT

    pick it up
    pick it up
    pick it up

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  24. Anonymous5:43 PM EDT

    Ska-phobe

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  25. Cake5:44 PM EDT

    I see we've lost control of the blog to the ska crowd.

    p.s.
    Spud: you owe me a dollar.

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  26. Anonymous6:13 PM EDT

    Cake:

    Cananian or American?

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  27. Cake11:47 PM EDT

    Spud:

    US, of course...only make it one of those nice dollar coins, dollar bills are so last decade.

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