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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

Does anyone else have a better spelling?

Dagonee recently used this spelling in this thread and Teshi commented that it was the best spelling.

I just used it in another thread. I didn't cite Dags as the source, though. But, unless someone has a better way, I've decided that from now on, I'm going to spell it that way. Yet, I still want Dag to have the credit. So, anyone have a better suggestion? If not, this is the way I'm spelling from now on.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

It's not just Dags.

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

If you sound it out loud ( [Blushing]

) that's the only sound it produces.

Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :

How do you spell that sound that cartoon characters in the 70's made when they ran in place before taking off?

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

See, when I "sound it out", I don't hear a "t" on the end at all...

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Actually, I think it's kq's Texan accent.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

*hits rivka with a cowboy hat* I am not a Texan! I do not have an accent!

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Yep. It's just ya city slickers that sound funny.

Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :

Sounds like Bill the Cat.

From Answers.com:

quote:
Bill the cat is a fictional cat-based character in the Bloom County cartoon strip. His most frequent spoken sentiments are "Ack!" and "Thbbbt!".

Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :

ok, blows smog into kq face. It's your Califonia accent then.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Can't be. I say it with the terminal t. [Big Grin]

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

When I say it (and when my daughter "says" it), it sounds like "Pththththththbbbbb!"

Maybe I just have a speech impediment, ever think of that? [Razz]

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

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That's the Calvin and Hobbes spelling, and I think there's a general consensus around Hatrack that Calvin and Hobbes is authoritative.

Absolutely. Bill Waterson is a genius with onomatopia.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

kq, I had, but I didn't want to be the one to bring it up.

But now that you have . . . [Evil]

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

Wouldn't you say the spelling varies from person to person? I mean, everyone's raspberry is a little different.

I, for example, begin with a p sound, thusly:

pppppbbbbbbbbblllllltttttttttttt

[Wink]

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

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I, for example, begin with a p sound, thusly:

pppppbbbbbbbbblllllltttttttttttt

Darn furrin languages. If yer gonna live in 'mer'ca, you should learn English like everyone else!

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

No, no, no, it's "You should lern to talk 'merican!"

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

My four-grade edjumucation learner learnded me ta talk good 'mer'can. [Taunt]

Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :

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See, when I "sound it out", I don't hear a "t" on the end at all...

The t is actually after a short period, it's actually representing the "plop" sound, given that most of us live in modern countries with toilets.

Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :

Calvins my hero and Hobbes is my rolemodel. Me and my freinds have actually had philosophical talks while doing things like sledding. Not even joking... [Big Grin]

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Beanny, ewww. Just ewww.

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

The sad part is, people actually say that.

If you want to improve America's image, screen tourists before they're allowed to visit foreign countries.

-Trevor

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

Sophie quite clearly raspberries "ppphhhub." But she's still learning.