Comments on: I before U, except after T

By: Mike Snow

Mike Snow — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:17:37 +0000

Whoâ€™s this Sexton fellow?

I don’t know, but the name sure rings a bell. I think he pretty much dug his own grave, though.

By: TranquilPsychosis

TranquilPsychosis — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:55:46 +0000

Another reason I donâ€™t miss you, Richie Sexton!

Who’s this Sexton fellow?

By: Gerald

Gerald — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:22:30 +0000

Another reason I don’t miss you, Richie Sexton!

By: Mike Snow

Mike Snow — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:11:08 +0000

Also, we have a winner! Congratulations to fwbrodie in the AFL championship game thread, the first person to get a comment moderated on account of this rule.

By: TranquilPsychosis

TranquilPsychosis — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:40:02 +0000

*Laughing heartily at the “civil rights” infringement.*

Jeff, you can be a rather amusing fellow from time to time.

By: Jeff Nye

Jeff Nye — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:31:47 +0000

I’d say it falls more along the lines of “barely tolerated because none of the mods feel like having a three-page argument with someone who feels their civil rights are being infringed”.

By: TranquilPsychosis

TranquilPsychosis — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:18:33 +0000

Donâ€™t forget the Dave approved GMZ for Zduriencik.

I was under the impression that Derek pretty much banned GMZ from it’s inception. Now Dave is approving it? I find that to be highly doubtful.

By: SonOfZavaras

SonOfZavaras — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:10:30 +0000

…unless I’m really off-base and it really is “TRUE-en-fel”.

Which wouldn’t be my number one guess, I admit.

By: SonOfZavaras

SonOfZavaras — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:04:57 +0000

Fiftyone,
you spelled “Spiezio” right. Trust me, I have to spell Italian-ancestry names all the time.

With “Triunfel”, I’ve never had a problem spelling it. The pronunciation, though, I’m still not sure about.

“Tree-UN-fel”? “TRY-un-fel”? I wonder which syllable gets the emphasis.

But I’ve always had foreboding that it resonates with similarity to “try and fail”.

By: wabbles

wabbles — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:49:38 +0000

They have a valid point, especially since with that Interweb thingy, you can either look up the name or cut and paste it from somewhere.
By the way, didn’t there used to a handy spelling guide link for some of these names on the home page?