Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Fun With "The Grunt of Incomprehension"
Here in killer cowboy land, the natives signal incomprehension with a guttural grunt--"huh?"
Repeat it to yourself a few times.
"Huh?"
"Huh???"
"HUH????"
Dreadful, really....... but with what might one replace this aspirated exhalation of bewilderment?
May I suggest the renewed usage of the archaic and quaint "prithee"? It would offer endless hours of amusement a la Abbot and Costello:
First Speaker: (inaudible mumbling)
Second Speaker: Prithee?
First: Huh?
Second: Yes, essentially........
First: Huh?
Second: Exactly....
First:(shoots second)
Second: AAAArgh!
First: Huh?
and so on
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3 comments:
I miss prithee.
Prithee please would also be fun to say.
i heart prithee. not unlike my love of crenolin and dangling conversations.
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