And now for something completely silly

[neadods]

And for a complete change of pace, one of the new jokes from the Shakespeare Scum production of "Richard III - Just Misunderstood."

JOEY THE FLUNKY: "Gweetings, Lord of Glow-che-se-shu-seh-sester..."

RICHARD III, DUKE of GLOUCESTER: "It's pronounced Gloh-ster."

JOEY, boggling at the message: That is pronounced Gloh-ster?"

RICHARD: They're all silent letters.

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

As a former native of Glow-cest-er-shire, I'll have you know I properly respect all efforts to conserve letters unlike those Americans who insist on ditching them at every opportunity !! ^_~






(I stress, I'm joking here... I'm not Anti-American at all...)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

We threw all those extra "u"s into Boston Harbor along with the tea!

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

So I've heard !! ^_^

[maypanic.livejournal.com]

As a native speaker of American Southern, I hold firmly to the school of Less Letters, More Syllables.
Except when it suits us to do otherwise, of course.

(Honey, what good are cultural differences if’n we can’t trade some good-natured joshin?)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Exactly ! As GBS said, "We're two countries separated by a common language"...