Wordie: Pickle and such: Comments

Comment by reesetee, 4 months ago

Mon, 05 May 2008 18:43:06 +0000

Haha!

Comment by trivet, 4 months ago

Mon, 05 May 2008 18:38:26 +0000

I don't want a pickle
Just want to ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want a tickle
'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want to die
Just want to ride on my motorcy ...cle.

-Arlo Guthrie

Comment by chained_bear, 4 months ago

Mon, 05 May 2008 18:01:51 +0000

In that case: Korn Likkkerrrr!!

Comment by pterodactyl, 4 months ago

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:54:18 +0000

Chained_bear: Hee hee hee! I get a kickle out of your story. :-)

Rolig: Good point. My thought process was pretty minimal when I created this list ("Pickle sounds funny. I wonder what else sounds funny like that?").

Personally, I find the two-syllable words on this list to be the funniest (tinkle and spackle, for instance, are hilarious), but I wouldn't limit the list to two-syllable words, because there are some funny longer ones, too. Pumpernickel, for example -- that one always brings a smile to my face.

In the end, I guess this list is all about the funny, not about the rule-following. Whatever that means.

Comment by chained_bear, 4 months ago

Mon, 05 May 2008 15:52:47 +0000

That makes me wonder... there's an old folk tune (well, not as old as some) called "Korn Likker." A fellow musician I knew used to laughingly pronounce it every time we had to play it, until she finally realized it was just a doofy spelling of "Corn Liquor." I think she thought "Likker" was "Licker" or something.

"Korn Likker" doesn't really belong on the list, but I thought Ptero might get a kick (kikk?) out of it.

Comment by rolig, 4 months ago

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:42:08 +0000

So all those adjectives ending in the double suffix -ical count? I have added a few, but there are scores of them.

Comment by pterodactyl, 4 months ago

Mon, 05 May 2008 01:20:12 +0000

For the purposes of this list, spelling doesn't matter. I'm just looking for the "kul" sound at the end -- however it's spelled, it makes me grin.