tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post6740525189826309886..comments2024-03-22T13:57:42.835-04:00Comments on Wishydig: Poop doesn't countWishydighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06141057866370676641noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-53200502240813665122008-10-06T04:57:00.000-04:002008-10-06T04:57:00.000-04:00thanks for the comment on <babdist>. i had f...thanks for the comment on <babdist>. i had forgotten about that.<BR/><BR/>it's worth thinking about again. there are several things that might be going on with that spelling. the vowel length is certainly an interesting possibility.Wishydighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141057866370676641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-37715874694202538132008-10-01T17:46:00.000-04:002008-10-01T17:46:00.000-04:00This comment is about 2 years too late, but I didn...This comment is about 2 years too late, but I didnt think you'd see it if I posted it where it belongs.<BR/><BR/>"Babdist" is a common pronunciation in the South and in Texas. It's not that they actually say [bd] so much as it is that they fail to shorten the "a" vowel before the cluster, so the impression that it's [bd] derives from the vowel. But I've heard what I think is [bt] from people nowhere near the south, such as a preacher I went to in vermont.<BR/><BR/>I also see it SPELLED Babtist a lot even up here. I also sometimes see labtop for laptop.Stopped Clockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18155709284859187212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-14194378297631286022008-10-01T12:40:00.000-04:002008-10-01T12:40:00.000-04:00I wish you'd say a little something, though -- to ...I wish you'd say a little something, though -- to add to the humor, or to help me make sense of it beyond just giggling.<BR/><BR/>I think something seems to have happened in my lifetime regarding our attitudes toward swearing, though it's hard to tell whether that's just a flawed perception from a person who used to be a child.<BR/><BR/>It seems more and more like the whole idea of an offensive word is falling apart -- I mean: "fuck."<BR/><BR/>At worst it's kind of understood as a matter of poor taste or sophomoric expression, isn't it? But man, my grandma was NOT havin' that kind of talk.<BR/><BR/>Any theories about this claim? Am I right, or is this just me remembering a time when people tried not to swear around me because I was so cute?<BR/><BR/>In fact: do a little historical research for once in your life: when did "fuck" and "shit" become "offensive" in themselves? Was it the Puritans? Kant? Who was the wacko?Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03820693522030084335noreply@blogger.com