The "Rummikub" Pronunciation Debate Affirmative Constructive: "Cub" For years, I have been a firm advocate and defender of the pronunciation, Rummi-"CUB". The game box I grew up with spelled it, Rummicub on the box. However, other productions of the game have variant spellings: Rummykub , Rummy Kube , Rummy Tiles , etc. Based solely on box spelling, the game's true pronunciation is open to interpretation. Therefore, Rummi"cub" is equally acceptable to any other given pronunciation. Negative Constructive : "Cube" My opponents argue that since the game originated over seas, we ought to respect and maintain its original pronunciation. Affirmative Rebuttal: Americanization of the Term When the game was brought to America and given Americanized rules, its name was also Americanized. Pronunciation loyalists then counter my rebuttal with, "there are lots of adopted foreign words that have retained their original pron...
Those are hilarious, I especially like the jugo de naranja one. :) So true, we saw that all over Asia. (but it was much more impossible for me to interpret the difference.)
ReplyDeleteWho would want to kiss those prune lips anyway? I loved the angry hornet - thanks for finding and posting these!
ReplyDeleteWhen it rains, it pours with multiple posts! Great signs! Where did you find them? I liked the screen printing one-I'll bet he's sold many of that particular shirt!
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