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...
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ReplyDeletewow i had so many thought i cant pick one to comment on!!! I guess I'll just go with, thanks for the prarie dog tribute. I would FREAK OUT! And, Im already nervous that my dreams tonight may include one of those giant human-eating beaks.
ReplyDeleteDid he really have his beak around the boy's head or was that an Adobe specialty number?? As for being on the ball - or NOT being on the ball, all I can say is, Truth is stranger than fiction! That arthropod looks just like one I knew intimately in the Yanztse Gorge in China!
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