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 were funny :) I especially liked the diaper change and the massage. :)
ReplyDeleteMy friend has the book from which most of those illustrations were taken. It also had a spinner to decide whose turn it was to get up in the middle of the night. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your concern for me in these final months. I'll definitely heed the advice on break dancing and back dives, I liked Clearing Baby's Nose and Putting Baby to Bed. These were really funny!
ReplyDeleteHilarious and so thoughtful of you, Bryan! I'm sure Heather will be much better off for having digested them! :)
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