Hink pink

[magid]

Salamander footwear: newt boot.
A woodsman's musical instrument: root flute.
Unable to enjoy one's unearned spoils: moot loot.
Idea of liquid: drink think.
Water out of cartography: map tap.
Fruit recording: grape tape.


Current mood: why not?
Current date: 20 Shvat

Comments

Regional pronunciation rears its ugly head

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Whoa. Making "root flute" rhyme hurts my ears.

Re: Regional pronunciation rears its ugly head

[magid.livejournal.com]

... rut flut...?

ow

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

It's making the "oo" in root rhyme with flute. Ow.

Re: ow

[magid.livejournal.com]

What does root rhyme with?
All I can think of that might have the same vowel sound for you would be roof...

Re: ow

[cnoocy]

I assume that hrafn is from that part of the country where root and soot rhyme. This didn't bother me when I was there, except during math class. "&sqrt; 3" does not rhyme with "foot glee" in my dialect.

Re: ow

[magid.livejournal.com]

In my dialect, root and soot don't rhyme (Just as well, I suppose, since I can't seem to come up with anything that ends up with root soot, or soot root.).

Was your math teacher from "away"?
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Re: ow

[cnoocy]

He was from Minnesota, like many of the other people at my Northfield, Minnesota college.

Re: ow

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Yes - "root" and "soot" rhyme, and "roof" has pretty much the same "oo" sound. I grew up in eastern Oregon, but my parents are from northwestern Minnesota (Mom) and Chicago/LA (Dad moved to LA at 14).

[magid.livejournal.com]

Chocolate: mood food.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

how come bubblebabble looks at me funny when i say things like that?

[magid.livejournal.com]

It's only when you say things like that? Sounds like you're doing ok...

A family full of bratty kids: rude brood.
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[bitty.livejournal.com]

"You're weird, sir."

[magid.livejournal.com]

Sir?
Otherwise I'd just say thank you :-)

Cat royalty: fur sir.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

Sir?

Think Peanuts.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. Peppermint Patty.
I notice that I am the one with extremely bad eyesight, however, and I have no athletic capability whatsoever.

Result of certain vegetative humor: tree glee.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

It's Marcie who says it, though.

try fry - waitron's advice
fly dry - pilot's advice
fleet treat - ice cream on a hot day
skinny minnie - lean years at disney
man span - the next stage in e-books: c-span; c-span run; run, span, run! c-man; c-man run; run, man, run!
man span - the height of a room
sly spy - job security

[magid.livejournal.com]

Marcie says it... to Peppermint Patty. Which makes me one of my favorite candy bars (if one can describe a cylinder as a bar...). Hrm.

eye drops: blink drink