I'm going to buy two of these t-shirts tomorrow. Help me decide which ones. Also, can you catch all the references? (I think "Lone Pine" is the most obscure.) Here they are, ordered favorite to least favorite:
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...
I get the Lone Pine one but the shirt is kinda boring. The Overwhelming one reminds me of a Dilbert I keep on our fridge. I vote for that one, the Business one, and the Haters one.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing like a good memento mori, so I'm with jeff on "overwhelming," but follow it with our favorite fake movie in movie "keep the change."
ReplyDeleteSong of Storms and Haters. No doubt.
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