What is Digg?93 Comments
- GawtMilk, on 10/12/2007, -5/+52Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
TRANSLATION: Buffalo from Buffalo, New York, who are intimidated by other buffalo in Buffalo, New York, also happen to intimidate other buffalo in Buffalo, New York. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+39Just saying hi before I resume writing my resume.
- unloud, on 10/12/2007, -7/+35You mean, how much you really dig digg?
- jolionessness, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20The human torch was denied a bank loan.
- noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19What is tricky about that one? Is it just that row isn't commonly used to mean argument anymore?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14I helped my uncle Jack off a horse.
- BobbyOnions, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Not as bas as the word "lisp".
- leoedin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12I don't think that ones hard. The key is that "row" is another word for an argument. It is probably only used in certain localisations. (Certainly common in Britain).
- Enasni1212, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17Kinda defeats the purpose if the words are pronounced the same way.
- GawtMilk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14@ImTheDarkcyde
English class, actually. Checking Wikipedia and it's different. Sorry. Maybe later you'll get your e-penis++
@avolant
New jailmates's aquatic creatures hunt for other new jailmate's aquatic creatures? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15@Raian
Yeah, that's what I just said. Don't wear it out. - naery, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I'm an English teacher in Japan. I put this up in my school about a month ago and my students have all either completely misunderstood or understood but not found it funny. They say it's not funny because the words aren't the same. These are the same people who say it's funny to say, "Futon ga futonda!" (means I threw out the futon) Or "Denwa ni denwa" (the phone won't connect.) Or "Iruka wa iruka?" (Do you need a whale?) Or "Toire ni ittoire" (go to the toilet; as in, take yourself to the lavatory.)
BUT the one on my wall has more at the bottom of it about how there's no pine nor apple in pineapple; we drive on parkways and park in driveways; you can make amends but not one amend; what you have left if you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one; a wise man and a wise guy are complete opposites; you fill in a form by filling it out and a house burns up as it burns down. They mostly enjoy things like that. I fail to find a difference, personally, but they just eat up the latter ones. - iLEZ, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11"Only in America can you have a comedian who ends his show by destroying good food with a sledgehammer! I guarantee there won't be any Gallagher World Tour any time soon -- and if there is, there will be no dates in Somalia."
- Bill Hicks - championchap, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13Anyone else think that "phonetically" is the most ridiculous word in the English language?
It means to spell something the way it sounds, yet its spelled with a ph to make an f sound.
Craziness! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9fish fish fish fish fish
Fish for fish who fish for other fishing fish. - improvclown, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Does anyone remember when Gallagher used to make fun of the english language. He would say no wonder our kids are dumb. We teach them words like, comb, bomb, and tomb.
- nsharp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8can a can can a can?
(think about it) - cheesybobman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8All I have to say is: Wow. And not the good wow either.
1) They copied digg
2) They copied digg badly
3) They copied digg badly without categories
4) They copied digg badly without categories and with the worst diggs. Oh sorry! I meant "HubPages"
Just to compare, here's a digg and a HubPage:
(These were both taken from the homepage at 10:44 EST, March 4th, 2007. They were the first ones on the page.)
The HubPage: http://hubpages.com/hub/Pamela_Anderson - "Pamela Anderson"
The digg: http://www.boredstop.com/bb.htm - "One Of The Best Billboards You Will EVER See! (PHOTO)"
Now wouldn't you rather see a billboard than Pamela? I know I would.
HubPages just got 0wnt. - gmarks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The fabric felt just like felt.
- vsujohn2, on 10/12/2007, -14/+18I tell my friends how much i really digg Digg!
- cjmemay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Sorry to be a party pooper but English orthography != English language.
Additionally, every language (not just English) has synonyms, homonyms, etc. - iLEZ, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@CGreen
I think mr Hicks was referring to the low standards of comedy in the United States. Hicks was, rightfully, bitter at the state of american entertainment. - pagit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Eats, Shoots & Leaves
- thoth92, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5My personal favorite English oddity, curteousy of George Bernard Shaw, is "ghoti," pronounced as "fish." Why?
"gh" sounds like "f" as in "enough"
"o" sounds like "i" as in "women"
"ti" sounds like "sh" as in "nation" - themastersb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4They're pretty easy. You'd need to be pretty dumb to not be able to get them.
- hotpepper, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Funny? I must have clicked on the wrong link.
- washcapsfan37, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4So you've aged 8 years since your aged grandmother emailed this to you?
- hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3i heard some expert on NPR say English grammar makes so little sense because
its a Gemanic language (anglo-saxon) but its rules of grammar are based on Latin
(which isnt) - BigAmish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Most of those were pretty easy to pronounce correctly due to the sentence foreshadowing the context in which they were used. But #18 was the only one where the beginning of the sentence did not foreshadow the correct word. You had to read beyond the first "tear" to discover the correct meaning, because having a "tear" in a painting is ambiguous. It could be a painting of a woman crying. Only by reading the context of the second usage of "tear", and having previous knowledge that each instance of the word in the sentence would have different meanings, could you accurately assume that the first "tear" was in fact a rip.
Actually, I'm wrong on one point: #8 also does not foreshadow, however immediately after reading the first "bass", we reach "was", which invalidates it as an adjective. So it's meaning can be discerned without help outside the sentence. - krazykit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This is so old my grandmother sent it to me in an email 8 years ago
- spudnic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I want to laugh at your comment urusai, I really do
But I was in California a few years back on independence day, and witnessed the following:
Ground of Italian tourists were talking among themselves and taking photographs, usual holiday type activities, and a woman came down from her house and said to them, and this is a verbatim quote, "Speak American, don't you know what day it is?" - jmontes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Umm... did he get off?
- drsnooks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2On a related note - why is dyslexia so hard to spell? Hardly seems fair...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2sometimes they mean opposite things, like:
first the sensors, then the censors
does matter matter? - avolant, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8fish fish fish fish fish
you figure it out - DrMickhead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Most of these sentences make perfect sense upon reading them for the first time--that's because this should really be called oddities of English orthography. The words in question almost all have either different vowel pronunciations (such as the sewer (the person) and the sewer (the drainage system)) or they have different stresses (subject verb and subject noun). When we hear these sentences spoken there's no question in our minds about what the speaker is saying, because their only similar point is an arbitrary orthographical coincidence.
- otatop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Or abbreviation.
- spudnic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They speak English in Australia.
- spurtle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Three different words aren't too bad. Other languages have 4-6 words per conjugation. They have formal forms for the word "you" which the repective verb has different conjugations. Also in other languages, nouns are gender specific.
- victorycig, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Or palindrome.
- quakerorts, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Have you noticed how they're "simplifying" English? You don't hear words like pled and sped anymore in the news. Instead they say pleaded and speeded. I'm sure this makes it easier for those learning English, but I like the elegance of the older words. In the examples given in the article, dove would be replaced with dived. I haven't heard anyone use sleeped or readed yet, but I think that would be taking things too far!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Here's another oddity:
him / her
his / her
his / hers - chance2002iu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ pagit - good book.
- myFriendDerrik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+121. With no microphone, he had to project his project to the board.
- hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2..Suzi Quatro fan?
- DephexTwin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The vast majority of these "oddities" are all part of a stress pattern in English that is very common. In two syllable words, a noun with stress on the first syllable will often have the stress shifted to the second syllable when used in verb form. Sure, in English orthography, we don't bother to write in the stress, but in the language it is quite clear. In some of those cases, vowels also sound different, but this is just a side-effect, as there are also rules in English governing vowel sounds in stressed vs. unstressed syllables.
- MrSarcasm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Can you read these right the first time?
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
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(I couldn't :|) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Has anyone typed in 'information' and looked for synonyms in MS Word (Up to 2003 which I use in office)?
It gives you 'In a row', 'In sequence' and similar crap... - rnewson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@urusai
I dugg your comment only because I fervently hope that you were sincere when you said "American was good enough for Jesus, look in the Bible you Godless heathen." since this would be the funniest mal-thought ever. - kd1s, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1About three years ago Attorney General of RI Sheldon Whitehouse filed a suit against the paint industry, charging that they knew about the deleterious effects of lead paint in homes.
I was the I.T. director of the office at the time. A request came to search all the folders and directories on the servers for anything to do with the 'lead'. I pointed out that lead paint and 'to lead.." were one in the same. I then came up with an algorithm and changed the search for look for the word lead with paint in the same paragraph. That narrowed it down but even then, we got extraneous data.
English is a pain in the ass, no doubt about it. If it had been in Latin I'm sure we've have no problems at all. -
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