The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #66856   Message #1112721
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
09-Feb-04 - 02:29 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'rant here' thread #2
Subject: RE: BS: 'rant here' thread #2
What pops MY cork is probably where the excess from your rationed E's is going. It's something I often see in chat rooms, exemplified by "awesomeeeeeeeeee". I suppose such a writer means to extend the "mm" sound, not to make an extended vowel at the end that isn't present in the pronunciation of the base word.   But if they've saved up all those E's, they have to squander them somewhere!

Dave Oesterreich