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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Cool! How in the world did you do that with the mouse hover trick?
ReplyDeleteI liked the army guys - great costumes.
I give my top award to the army guys. That's the best group costume I've seen for a while.
ReplyDeleteMario and Luigi...well...I've seen better.
Um....you don't know me but I found your blog from Stef's site. Actually, I take that back. I've met you once. You came to my apt. to pick up Stef's stuff when she went to Jerusalem.
Great costumes! Thanks for taking and sharing the pix with us! I love that hover feature too and am envious!
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