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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ReplyDeleteEasy choice. Much, much better without!
ReplyDeleteNO facial hair. "no way!"
ReplyDeleteAlthough I'm usually a fan of facial hair, I'm gonna vote with the crowd on this one. I vote without.
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge fan of facial hair, but you, my friend, look better without it.
ReplyDeleteOK. No one liked the facial hair (outside of Logan). I am forced to conclude that the few, young ladies who influenced me to decide to grow it out for November only did so because it definitely made me look older. They needed me to look older so that they would have a physical reminder not to date me, as I am 7 years older than most of them.
ReplyDeleteI actually liked it better than I used to; but you are still much more handsome without it-as you are without the cap!
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