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Word For The Day, Thursday, September 26, 2013 – shibboleth
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| 26 September 2013
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Posted on 09/26/2013 4:26:21 AM PDT by secret garden
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:27:26 AM PDT
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secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
Would the Kennedy pronunciation of Harvard (Hahvahd) be considered a shibboleth?
To: secret garden
How about Obbama’s pronunciation of Pahkeestahn?
To: afraidfortherepublic
Yes, and an A for each! Good morning.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:40:37 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
“Aluminium” has the rather odd sound of a deliberate affectation, but “nukular” drives me up a wall.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:58:55 AM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Modesty compels me to brag only about my modesty, at which I excel.)
To: secret garden
Good morning. I am so sick of Fox & Friends and their ridiculous “games” in the AM! Who cares whether Elizabeth “beats” the boys?
To: secret garden
According to the Book of Judges in the Bible, the Gileadites used the Hebrew word shibboleth (ear of corn; stream) to identify the fleeing Ephraimites who couldn't pronounce the sh sound.And more recently, THE TEST that the terrorists gave to the hostages in Kenya -- can they speak in Arabic and do they know the name of Muhammad's momma?
To: NicknamedBob
“al yu min ee um”...
And just where are you getting that last “i”, limey?
:)
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posted on
09/26/2013 5:04:39 AM PDT
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MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: MrB
They are getting it from the way they spell the word. It’s not just the pronunciation that differs.
To: MrB
"And just where are you getting that last “i”, limey?" Same place they get the "i" in Germanium, Strontium, Barium, and others. They will presumably claim they are being consistent.
Maybe we should compromise and call it "Alco-um".
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posted on
09/26/2013 5:12:17 AM PDT
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NicknamedBob
(Modesty compels me to brag only about my modesty, at which I excel.)
To: NicknamedBob
Compromise?! Who won the war?
To: secret garden
shibboleth (SHIB-uh-lith, -leth) noun
1. The use of a word or pronunciation that distinguishes a group of people.
2. A slogan, belief, or custom that's now considered outmoded. Is the word "PATRIOT" becoming a shibboleth?
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posted on
09/26/2013 5:29:58 AM PDT
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Old Sarge
(Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
To: secret garden
As Ted Cruz entered hours past the twentieth
Using language some might call a shibboleth
Words like honesty, freedom
How seldom we see them
Since Obama became King Elizabeth
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posted on
09/26/2013 5:43:02 AM PDT
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TruthShallSetYouFree
( July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: secret garden
42,000 Ephraimites were slaughtered because they said “thibboleth?”
That’s some tough thit for the Ephraimites.
To: SoothingDave
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posted on
09/26/2013 6:18:30 AM PDT
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hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Its sad, but the morning news sucks.
In NJ, I go between F&F and Ch.5 channel 5 is cute, and I like Rosanna, but the 9:00 hour is retarded. Bad music and or pop culture guests.
F&F has apparently taken to playing down to the culture.
Better to come here, and read Drudge while waiting for posts.
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posted on
09/26/2013 6:22:42 AM PDT
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hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
If they thaid thibboleth, the should have moved to Fire Island.
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posted on
09/26/2013 6:23:40 AM PDT
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hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
To: hobbes1
No, I was thinking of Basil Fawlty trying to make nice with the Germans.
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