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Hey there fellow wordsmiths. This caught my eye recently and I "thought" you mIght appreciate it:

Which reminded me of this Dr. Suess title, struggling to find a rhyme:

Oh, and Mike – I would venture to say that the majority of my memories would fall into your category of being random and mostly meaningless. Now ain't that a caution?

01/09/23 06:04 PM

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Mark: synchronicity. somebody gave me a coffee cup with that through thing on it just last week.

01/10/23 02:09 AM

#12037

Mark,

Curious to know if any of the rain and flooding has hit your area?

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And Mike, I remember that play. I was a courtroom lawyer and had all of maybe two lines. I seem to recall that I was questioning Clare (playing Tammy - the lead) on the "stand" in the courtroom and she was talking abut her pet turtle. My big line was (questioning her statement)

"I see, Myrtle the Turtle?"

I thought Clare had posted some of the photos from that play somewhere here on the Forum -???

01/10/23 07:31 AM

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Theresa Zeyen (Kucsma)

Our Eglish language is a phonetic puzzle for sure.
Ghoti could spell fish. Anyone want to explain how?

01/10/23 11:21 AM

#12039

Theresa! Thank you for this!

It is indeed a very strange fish in the c.

You have hooked me on this one.

If nobody else bites on it I will.

Meanwhile, have you noticed how people are starting to use exclamation marks as decoration for otherwise lame-ass declarative sentences?

Like, "We will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible!"

I honestly think it's a form of illiteracy. Or something worse. Also:

It makes me so mad!!!!

01/10/23 03:33 PM

#12040

Dave – Although the weather has been ferocious throughout California, luckily the area in which I live has been spared from anything serious happening. A lot of rain, to be sure, but no flooding or trees uprooting, etc. But then again, as soon as one storm passes, another appears on the weather radar maps. So this may go on for a while yet. Thanks for asking.

Also, regarding your "Tammy Tell Me True" reminicence, I too was in the courtroom scene. I was a cab driver called to testify named "Cruickshanck," or something like that, but unlike you, no memorable lines have stuck in this old brain.

Theresa – regarding your Ghoti = fish, I could see that "f" in fish could be the "gh" in "tough or cough" as in the Dr. Seuss title I posted. And I could see that the "ti" could be like any word ending in "tion" like "action" or vacation" etc., but I could not think of a word where an "o" has the same sound as the "i" in "fish." So I had to cheat and ask Jeeves on the interweb (i.e. Google) where I am told there is only one word that has this peculiarity. So you stumped me. And not to give it away, I will leave it at that. Thanks for the word puzzle.

01/10/23 10:38 PM

#12041

Okay, I'm lost!

01/11/23 08:07 AM

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Theresa Zeyen (Kucsma)

Good job, guys and I will refrain from using an exclamation point.
To spell it all out
gh is like the gh in tough = f
o is like the o in women = i
ti is like the ti in action = sh
Our language is less than 50% phonetic so it's a wonder we all learned to read. If you know anyone who teaches reading, especially to struggling readers, hug him/her well.

01/11/23 01:53 PM

#12043

Thanks Theresa!

The Love Of My Life is a Montessori grades 1-3 teacher!

I will do as you say!

Have a nice day!

01/11/23 03:05 PM

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Mary Margaret Clark (Schultheis)

Doggone it Theresa,

If you keep constantly hogging the Forum like this Mike and I won't be able to get a word in.

01/11/23 04:44 PM

#12045

Since the forum had shifted to grammar and exclammation points, I thought I would share a "blast from my past" blog post....it is rife with incorrect punctuation!!!!!!!!!!!

https://diaryofanut.com/2023/01/11/warning-soap-box-ahead/

01/11/23 05:11 PM

#12046

MM – speaking of writng styles, I wrote this little self-defecating (or "self-deprecating" I guess is the more correct word) limerick about my own writing style the other day:

There once was a fellow named Mark
Whose humor was riddled with snark
But sadly ham-handed
His gibes never landed
His bite always less than his bark

01/12/23 06:16 AM

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Theresa Zeyen (Kucsma)

Dave- I'll try to rein myself in.

01/12/23 06:43 PM

#12048

A quick shout out to Tom McKeon -- Happy Birthday, old-timer!! (Of course, to call Tom an "old-timer" is snarkily inappropriate and self-deprecating since this is also my birthday today, and obviously is why I remember Tom's.)

01/12/23 08:06 PM

#12049

Oh my, I second Mark's Birthday salute to the great Mr. KcKeon.

Part of his greatness lies in the fact that he is actually so muuuuuch older than me.

(Gotcha Goose)

01/13/23 09:52 AM

#12050

https://winterparkmag.com/2023/01/04/our-town/

Happy Birthday Tom. And Mark.

Mark: Here's that story I wrote about the potter. I know I already posted the story itself but this is how it looks in the magazine, with a pretty cool picture of him and his kiln -- and his dog, which is a nice touch that makes the photo even cooler. Dogs rock. Also note the tongs for getting the still hot pottery out

01/14/23 02:46 PM

#12051

Mark,

Stupid me. I completely missed tyour cue about (two) birthdays that I missed. Duh!

Happy Belated!

(I never knew you were as old as that McKeon boy)

01/15/23 04:57 PM

#12052

Janie Albright (Blank)

Just heard the very sad news that Al Morse passed away today. Jodelle called to say Mike Boulware called her. I will post funeral arrangements as soon as we get them but check the Dispatch or our reliable grapevine. I know many of you who are in town will want to attend.

01/15/23 05:39 PM

#12053

Joseph Gentilini

Really sorry to hear about Al Morse's passing. I do remember him at Watterson although he wasn't in my classes. I remember his smile and laughter! Thanks for letting me know and I will do my best to show up for the wake or funeral service. joe

01/15/23 11:52 PM

#12054

Sad to hear. One of the good guys in our old crowd.

Funny, but I always think of him in one of my great disappointments in grade school. I posted the story a few years ago, but it was about how he (and his St. Andrews team) ruined the best 8th grade basketball game I ever played. I scored well that day, but had to guard him. He had this weird left handed jump shot from way behind his head that you just could not defend (almost like Bobby Knight's strange jump shot). And he beat us almost single handedly - at the buzzer - while Tom Litzinger and I were trying our best to double-team him. I was so upset I was almost crying as I walked home from the Watterson gym down the Cooke Road hill and up Overbrook to my house.

If Carol is reading this - I hope he is resting in everlasting peace and joy!

01/15/23 11:53 PM

#12055

And if any of you out there live in Cincy -

WHOOO DEYYYYY?

01/16/23 11:13 AM

#12056

James Hamilton, M. D.

My condolences go out to Carol and all of Al's family on his passing. Although I was not close to him at BWHS I do recall playing some sports with him.

As a classmate leaves us I think we all feel a loss since we have become more connected in the last decade through this Forum and other electronic means.

RIP, Al.

Jim

01/16/23 02:01 PM

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Lorraine Heitchue

Thanks for all the Happy Birthday wishes. 75 is a big Birthday. Roger and I had a wonderful lunch in Tiburon.

01/16/23 02:29 PM

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