FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for April 12, 2017

Imagine Andy arguing over British and American English pronunciation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nAnT3PASak

You walked right into that one, Andy!

Next Jason will use the phrase “for all intensive purposes”…

People have been using that nuclear option for a very long time. It goes at least as far back as its Latin antecedent, for example Plautus (presumably non purgatus) who wrote things like: “nuculeum amisi, retinui pigneri putamina"I have lost the kernel and kept the shellSee <http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000290.html>

I’m with her. Drives me up the wall too.

My husband & I argue about the pronunciation of “aunt”. I say the “U” is there for a purpose, and my parents’ sisters are NOT little crawling insects!

Will Jason go any farther?

http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2013/04/29?ct=v&cti=2055357

http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2013/04/30?ct=v&cti=2055357

http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2013/05/01?ct=v&cti=2055357

http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2013/05/02?ct=v&cti=2055357

http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2013/05/03?ct=v&cti=2055357

http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2013/05/04?ct=v&cti=2055357

Same here! Those two words, especially realtor, when pronounced incorrectly, drive me crazy! I also cringe every time I hear someone say “Axe” instead of “ask”. Ugh!

ET cetera, ET cetera, not ECK cetera!!! geesh

Fortunately, Jason didn’t start his comment with the word “fortunately”

He needs to spend more time at the liberry!

It’s car-mel, not car-a-mel; I don’t care how it’s spelled!

Careful, Jason….Andy’s your last line of defense when Paige decides to turn you into mulch…..

I’m afraid I agree with Andy. It drives me nuts when people who are portraying highly intelligent, educated charactors say ‘innernet’ instead of internet and when people spell tomato; tomatoe etc. Only I don’t rant like she does.

My sister-in-law says “ideal” when she means “idea.” Drives me nuts!

It is a beautiful, new, clear day. Perfect for going FISSION!

“Realtor” is a registered trademark. In the United States, formally, it applies only to members of the National Board of Realtors. But, it seems to have become, or has become, a genericized trademark.

Then there’s the people who use decemate when they mean devistate, Decemate means to reduce something by 10%, devistate means to totally destroy something. Somewhere along the line someone used Decemate when they meant devistate and everyone seems to make the same mistake.