Say the first word that comes to mind... (Page 47 of 66)

Spicy creme brule

The Germans allow us to replace an umlaut with a trailing 'e'.  The Dutch allow us to replace a double-dotted 'y' with 'ij'.  But the French?  Oh, the French! They've got so many decorations on their letters, it would take another row-and-a-half on the keyboard to accommodate them, and they give us no alternative way to spell them.  Of course, since they change their spellings every generation or so, maybe that's a good thing.

Anyway, it's hard to find parts for all those imported words.

Brule it is then.

Yup Memfis. Thatz jus wunnerful. Wordsmiferry.   

I understand; it's the 11th amendment to the Amerrycan bill of rights. 'The right to write any old bollocks and still be right.

Where did we leave off with our game? Oh, yes, krem brewlay.
I suggest we resume with: teerameesoo.

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In his cups ...

Et tu, Brute?

All sailors should danse the hornpipe!

Another misspell? Surely you mean -- Et tu, brule?

Be serious: typing "creme brule" is the same as typing "rayneboe." Sure, it communicates the message, but it's slovenly. And then you blamed your phone! No! Don't let technology take the heat! It was you! I had no idea how to spell crème brûlée, either (having never had need of the word before), but for goodness sake, what does it take? Two seconds to look it up? Have some pride, man. If you're going to use the word, spell it correctly. Lead the pack! Be a writer not a blotter!

Just my two cents, to be taken or tossed.

(I must address this "Where did we leave off with our game?" dismissal of a dear friend of mine: I smell a whiff of possession in that "our." Let us not colonize the thread, please. Pardon me if I've read that line wrong (dangers of online communication), but I began this game to continue one I'd been playing for years with Dill. So you know. I wouldn't point it out (what do I care? It's a community thread, and you're certainly welcome to play), except that I sense a "you are excluded" in that "where did we leave off with OUR game," which I cannot let pass unremarked. As for your comportment in the thread Dill cited a few pages back, I most definitely stand in solidarity with him. Your detachment in the conversation he cites, truncated to text language, speaks volumes about your relation to the world around you. If that isn't the message you intended with your WTF and LMAO, it might be a good idea to take the feedback seriously? That's up to you of course.)

Listening is a skill, sir. We are not all so well endowed as our neighbor.

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