Wordie: Vowel: Comments

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:24:48 +0000

If you guys really want some fun, check out Bailey's Canting Dictionary (Thieving Slang), 1736. Learn about pimp-whiskins and zlouches, and find out why you'll want to avoid being frummagemm'd.

Comment by skipvia, 10 months ago

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:12:10 +0000

Isn't if fun? Without it I would never have found vice admiral of the narrow seas.

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:32:12 +0000

Skipvia, that is an *awesome* book!

Comment by whichbe, 10 months ago

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:55:27 +0000

vowels are much like valves; they are referant emotional inflections that make the connections between the constants of consonants.

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:26:30 +0000

Ha! I like that, skipvia. Will have to use it next time I owe money.

Wait...I hate owing money. Never mind.

Comment by mollusque, 10 months ago

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:44:00 +0000

Wye?

Comment by seanahan, 10 months ago

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:32:53 +0000

Why?

Comment by sionnach, 10 months ago

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:36:03 +0000

And if your gambling debt was to the writer George Russell, you could write on your slip: AE IOU.

Comment by skipvia, 10 months ago

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:52:32 +0000

(v): to avoid paying a gambling debt by repeating the vowels I. O. U., as in "You can vowel me all night long but I'll still take my winnings." From The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Never thought of this as a verb.