funniest word
funniest word
It's not about 'fiddlesticks' and 'brouhaha' or any of that - that's US collegiate 'funny'.
Choose two.
Choose two.
Re: funniest word
Good Kid Wenceslas wrote: Whelk Relocation Unit
Can't find it! One of their funniest moments...
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Re: funniest word
Good Kid Wenceslas wrote:CAT COCK wrote:Good Kid Wenceslas wrote: Whelk Relocation Unit
Can't find it! One of their funniest moments...
I only have to think of that while I'm sat on a bus before people start to move away from me
I googled "Whelk Relocation Unit" and only got this:
http://www.bcb-board.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=90496&start=20
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I voted arse and whelk. Frankly, arsewhelk is one of the great lost words of English.
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Re: funniest word
"thrust" and "George". Not necessarily juxtaposed.
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JingleBelle Lettre wrote:"thrust" and "George". Not necessarily juxtaposed.
Allow me to juxtapose them in one image:
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Can I not see it because I'm at work?
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JingleBelle Lettre wrote:Can I not see it because I'm at work?
It's not obscene, if that's what you mean.
It's this:
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Good Kid Wenceslas wrote: Whelk Relocation Unit
*adopts John Peel voice*
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Re: funniest word
Years ago, there was a televised panel discussion, filmed at a British university, with Alan King and other American comedians, like Carl Reiner and such, about the nature of comedy. One of the topics discussed was what made a word funny. It was interesting to see these veteran comics debate and discuss what made a word sound funny and how to use it in comedy bits.
I picked carrot and whelk, but I don't even know what whelk means.
I picked carrot and whelk, but I don't even know what whelk means.
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Re: funniest word
sloopjohnc wrote:Years ago, there was a televised panel discussion, filmed at a British university, with Alan King and other American comedians, like Carl Reiner and such, about the nature of comedy. One of the topics discussed was what made a word funny. It was interesting to see these veteran comics debate and discuss what made a word sound funny and how to use it in comedy bits.
Words that end in 'k' are funny, and words that begin with plosives ('b', 'p' etc.) tend to be funny.
I tend to find words with flat vowel sounds funny, too. The shorter the better. 'Cat', etc.
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Where I come from, a whelk is a wulk.
I've always been fond of discommode and discombobulate.
I've always been fond of discommode and discombobulate.
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Not much support for bra, I see?
Dunno what whelk is but it has something. New Zealanders probably pronounce it as 'felk'.
Dunno what whelk is but it has something. New Zealanders probably pronounce it as 'felk'.
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Six White Boomers wrote:Dunno what whelk is but it has something. New Zealanders probably pronounce it as 'felk'.
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Billybob with sleighbells on wrote:'Moist' is an amusing word.
It's a great word. Probably too US collegiate funny though
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