In the wake of all the climactic events happening around me, I made a tremendous personal decision to STAY IN PROVO. I'll find a job and hopefully find something more.
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...
Dear Bryan, Glad to be the first to reply to this blockbuster post. A job and staying in Provo both? Wow! I look forward to catching up. "something more?"
ReplyDeleteWe are excited to have a signed purchase and sale agreement for the house. Now for the inspection on Tuesday and the financing contingency and then we are probably home free.
Love you. Dad
Oh my goodness! Staying - that IS a big decision. We'll send extra kid prayers your way (that's a most effective tool I've found) to finding full-time employment.
ReplyDeleteI'm super-duper excited for you!
Love, love, love to chat with you sometime soon.
Ow ow! "There's something sweet, and almost kind...there's something there that wasn't there before." :) Can't wait to see how it all turns out! Best of luck. Wuv you.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is, Please keep us posted with that kind of intro!
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