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...
Que interestante, I'll be interested to check out number four...
ReplyDeleteI was interested, but didn't have a picture ready of the two to plug in and reveal the results: did you take care of that for us, if so, where do i see it? Very fun links, I loved the 100 body facts; and I actually guessed Raiders of the Lost Ark (or Holy Grail) because of #5 and 6, but I didn't remember a few of the others) What interested me most was the Ballroom dance night you organized. I think that is so cool and am glad you all had such a good time. I would have LOVED something like that as a BYU coed. It looks like you are making some real nice new friends!:)
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