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From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:14 PM

John, I thought it was

Hate the tout,love the touter. J.C.??:-)

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From: John Hardly
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:22 PM

Just name one GOOD thing that rhymes with "tout". It's all negative. And in a world where rhyming determines destiny -- a world of my own seriously warped imagining -- I think that the following make my case against "tout" self-evident. Well, except that I am pointing them out...

Pout
Out (after three strikes or a caught fly ball)
Gout
Lout
Rout
Flout

Face it -- tout is a very bad word.

But I don't hate all banjos. Just the ones that don't stay in their case.

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From: John Hardly
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:23 PM

"POGLRF"

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From: Georgiansilver
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:27 PM

John!!!! What's all that ABOUT????

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From: Jeri
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:34 PM

'Stout' - how could you forget the Guinness!?

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From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:34 PM

Mudcat is extremely difficult for people named Farquahr, but nowhere near as difficult as middle-school.

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From: Backwoodsman
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:36 PM

......Backwoodsmen. And Fenswomen. At least when Diane's about. :-) :-)

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From: Amos
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:44 PM

While hugging my Martin's lower bout
I thought of words that rhymed with "tout"
And while I figured such things out,
A joyous cry, haloo and shout
Came in and struck me on the snout!
I leaped from inside to without
To see what this was all about!
A giant bale of sauerkraut?
Some rabble rousing soapbox lout?
But then I learned, and have no doubt
'T was just Barack, acquiring clout.

A

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From: John Hardly
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:45 PM

"'Stout' - how could you forget the Guinness!? "

If I hadn't I mightn't have.

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From: gnu
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:46 PM

John.... trout. I love brook trout for breakfast. It's a good thing.

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From: Bill D
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:48 PM

If George Farquahr Graham were alive today, he'd be welcome here!

...while *I*, who is proud of his vocabulary, am un-loved because I flaunt 'tout' and spout doubt.

Fie on you, Mr. Hardly, sir!

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From: John Hardly
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:49 PM

I just LOVE having my rabble roused.
I don't even much care the route.
But I think that you meant to say "Gravitas"
When instead you gave Barak "clout".

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From: John Hardly
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:50 PM

I used to wear troutsers but I just couldn't stand the fish in my pants.

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From: maeve
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:51 PM

Flout them trout, gnu!

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From: Charley Noble
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 04:12 PM

Mudcat is also difficult for us father-rapers. There's not even a Group W bench for us to roost on.

Charley Noble

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From: Little Hawk
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 04:22 PM

If you ask me, it's getting more difficult by the minute around here.

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From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 04:29 PM

Transpond pronunciation ALERT !!!

Americans pronounce route like we do rout.
Now go back and read John Hardly's doggerel again.

Giok ¦¬]

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From: John Hardly
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 04:37 PM

If one were to wear troutsers, wouldn't that strike a new image of fly fishing?

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From: gnu
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 04:40 PM

???? Route = root, en Yankeé la.

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From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 04:45 PM

Yes g, and while you're at it, can you tell them that buoy is pronounced BOY, not BOOEE.

Hee hee

G


I'll get my coat

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From: John Hardly
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 04:51 PM

I was adrift in the harbor. I floated past a depth marker and noticed it was covered with what seemed to be writing -- but I couldn't decipher a single word of it. Then a small boat came to my rescue. Above the small boat on a large banner was a sign that said:

Read Here: Bouy

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From: Megan L
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 04:55 PM

MacKenzie as a Glaswegian thons the pot miscryin the kettle when it comes tae pronounciation

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From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 05:00 PM

Hee hee

Read Here: Bouy

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From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 05:02 PM

Shhh Megan, nobody knows you're a Glaswegian, now you've let the cat out the bag.

G.

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From: Megan L
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 05:03 PM

Scunner

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From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 05:11 PM

So now we must know, is Mudcat difficult for Glaswegians?

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From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 05:14 PM

Ha! That cat came out wid clawz a lang tie agoo (or something like that! Wish Alba were here!)**bg**

We Westerners say "rowt" unlike the Yankee who do say root as in fruit!

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From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 05:18 PM

Aye, there's a thocht an aw, ony news aboot that wee Jude, ah miss her oan here so ah dae. Wi her bit Glesca craic, an aw yon gallus patter.

G.

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From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 05:27 PM

I say "Route 66" as "root", but "Route 1" as "rout". Don't ask why. It just sounds right.

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From: John Hardly
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 05:33 PM

I got in a long discussion with my dog about how to pronounce "roof".

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From: Georgiansilver
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 05:48 PM

It's pronounced 'woof' you fool!

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From: John Hardly
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 05:56 PM

So, I guess you're taking the dog's side?

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From: artbrooks
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 06:47 PM

Route=rOWt. Everybody knows that.

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From: Bill D
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 06:53 PM

Hey...I have to ask, 'cause I really don't know - in Glasgow, or anywhere in Scotland, do the books and newspapers ever spell stuff like this?:

"... thons the pot miscryin the kettle when it comes tae ..."
and
"...thocht an aw, ony news aboot that wee Jude, ah miss her oan here so ah dae. Wi her bit Glesca craic, an aw yon gallus patter."

If so, is there a standard...and if not, why here? Little John Cameron used to do it...and Cuillinon (?sp?)...and I had to squint.

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From: Morticia
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 07:03 PM

dogs named Jack. Has anyone seen the little scumbag recently?

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From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 07:04 PM

It's phonetic spelling Bill. No it's not used in the daily papers except for cartoon strips.
Like Oor Wullie and Lobby Dosser.{No longer published}

G

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From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 07:10 PM

Skarpi has him in Iceland.

G

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From: Bill D
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 07:20 PM

*Bill sits wondering if he should use phonetic spelling to indicate his combination Southern drawl & Kansas twang*

naaawwww....

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From: Donuel
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 07:51 PM

Its difficult for anyone who is lacking in social graces which results in being not well liked, off putting and when one tries to overcome this handicap with wit which is sadly deficient in being sincere and spontaneous, ones words merely come out as a bunch of mixed metaphors.

Is that whats troubling you bunky?


well maybe not, but that has been my experience anyway.

However if I wear a suit or an expensive ensemble there is no social handicap what so ever. People seem to then enjoy my remarks as if they are the wit of a well to do, wry cad.
People do tend to believe the cover of a book or a dinner's presentation over real content and flavor. Its all marketing baby, its all marketing. ;<]

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From: Amos
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 08:22 PM

I am not one, sir, who will brook trout gladly.


A

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From: John Hardly
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 08:55 PM

And I will not brook babbling, dam it.

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From: Bill D
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 09:08 PM

I will Brooke Shields....

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From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 10:20 PM

...and I will Brooke Burke.

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From: Slag
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 10:51 PM

Save the Anchovy!

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From: Little Hawk
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 10:54 PM

I like the way this thread rambles along with no clear end in sight. It's a perfect Mudcat thread, and it's nae political.

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From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 10:58 PM

Anyone seen the Brooks Brothers? Nice threads....

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From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 11:04 PM

On the other hand, I resolutely refuse to Kilgore Trout.



By the way, exactly which hand is the other hand?

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From: Slag
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 11:09 PM

...as for mudcats, I ketches 'em, skins 'em, fries 'em up and eats 'em. A good Muscotto de Canelli goes great with them!

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From: Amos
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 11:22 PM

The other hand is always the one you don't see quite as clearly -- that's how to tell them apart. It is usually the one that does not know what the right hand is doing. And it gets put down for not being as handy as the first hand, and less valuable with things in it than first-hand things are. But if you are down on your luck, you quickly learn there are bargains to be had at an Other Hand store. On the other hand, no-one knows what's in store...


A

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From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 05:06 AM

Amos and Handy?