Moist! (Trees And Things)

Steve Urkel: Re: Moist!

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:19:32 EST

Thanks for that update.

dgraham: Re: Moist!

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:20:17 EST

Now some people are claiming that the word is offensive to women!

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005057.html

Steve Urkel: Re: No, I'm not going to look it up

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:40:12 EST

Groucho was funny. Did he ever work with Victor Mature?

keta: Re: No, I'm not going to look it up

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:46:33 EST

Whenever I hear his name, I think of the movie, Samson and Delilah, and this anecdote:

At the premiere, Cecil B. DeMille asked Groucho Marx what he thought of the film. Groucho replied, "Well, there's just one problem, C.B. No picture can hold

oinker: Re: Moist!

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:59:15 EST
^_^

Steve Urkel: Who doesn't?

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:33:54 EST
So I caved and looked up his filmography (am I the only one sick of looking up everything just because you can?) and realized the movies I've seen him in, he was that big guy with the blockhead in One Million BC, The Robe, Kiss of Death, and the Monkee's H

MayorBob: Demetrius & The Gladiators was one.

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:07:01 EST
You like gladiator movies, don't you Steve?

Steve Urkel: No, I'm not going to look it up

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:54:03 EST
Did he pronounce it with a hard "t"? Really? What's weird is I know I've seen movies with him, but I can't remember what they were or what he looked like.

stevetherobot: Re: I have no idea why this is

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:41:22 EST
I guess I won't send you an invitation to join the Victor Mature fan club then.

Steve Urkel: Re: I have no idea why this is

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:46:04 EST
I've always associated 'Warshington' with certain rural accents. Like Idaho? Though there are people in the Northeast who say it too, possibly for different linguistic reasons.
As for where it comes from, I'm not a linguist, but you might want to look

keta: Re: It's All About Sex

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:24:14 EST
That makes perfect sense...and reminds me, once again, that perspective is everything.

keta: Re: I have no idea why this is

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:22:24 EST
At least there's a "t" in often, and pronouncing the "t" is one of the accepted pronunciations according to the C.O.D..
Here's one I've often wondered about: Washington, pronounced, "Warshington." It doesnt bother me a whit, but where the he

Steve Urkel: Re: I have no idea why this is

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:33:55 EST
I don't know why people do that, but it doesn't irk me the way ma-toor does. It's an odd thing.

Lou: What about this poor guy?

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:30:09 EST
Moist Von Lipwig

zyxwvutsr: Re: It's All About Sex

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:29:54 EST

...some women find these words disgusting
It's probably connected somehow to the not so fresh feeling.

zyxwvutsr: Re: I have no idea why this is

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:27:49 EST
How about "often" pronounced with a hard "t"?

snwodttam: Re: Moist!

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:15:47 EST
Had an ex-girlfriend who also had a moist aversion. She also had a problem with the word "toenail." Moist toenails. I can understand not liking those words together, but by themselves not so much.
Off the top of my head I can't think o

keta: It's All About Sex

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:42:08 EST
According to the first link, there's also a lot of folks (mostly women, it would seem) who don't like the word, "panties."
"Moist," and "panties." Two of the finest words in the English language (especially together) and some women find thes

tomc: Re: Moist!

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:16:00 EST
One misty moisty morning when cloudy was the weather
I met with an old man a-clothed all in leather
He was clothed all in leather with a cap beneath his chin
Singing how do you do and how do you do and how do you do again
This rustic was

Steve Urkel: I have no idea why this is

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:12:19 EST
I'm not disgusted by them, the way the moist people are, but words that sort of set my teeth on edge when people say them (but for some reason not when I read them) include dew, rump, and revamp. I also am aggrivated by mature pronounced with a hard t.

ms sue: Re: Moist!

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:08:34 EST
A female colleague and good friend of mine had a "moist" aversion, and "nostril" makes my husband cringe. Go figure.