# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 290
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5784 "2023-07-25T14:30:44Z")
I’ve only just discovered this show, and I love it immensely. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5785 "2023-07-25T14:30:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Grateful Dead: Don’t know a single song by them. Or if I do know one, I didn’t know who was singing. Their biggest radio hit was “Touch of Grey.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mzvk0fWtCs0/maxresdefault.jpg "Grateful Dead - Touch Of Grey (Official Music Video) [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzvk0fWtCs0) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5786 "2023-07-25T14:33:02Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Their biggest radio hit was “Touch of Grey.” Not just their biggest, it was their _one and only_ top 40 hit. Kinda hard to believe when you consider the band’s extremely devoted following and longevity. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5787 "2023-07-25T14:53:06Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Are those of you saying that vase rhymes with Mars British? yes ! (well, i am) > [@carrps](#): > > I was watching an episode of _Shakespeare and Hathaway_ last Saturday, and I thought a character’s name was “Stekla,” until I saw it written out. It was “Steckler.” They’d sound the same to me. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5788 "2023-07-25T15:15:29Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > > [@Zyada](#): > > > > Are those of you saying that vase rhymes with Mars British? > > yes ! (well, i am) Do you have that accent where you pronounce a leading r (e.g., as in “route”) at the back of your mouth, so that it is somewhere between an ‘L’ and a ‘W’? I seem to recall that that particular accent is also the one in which “no” is a 3-syllable word. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5789 "2023-07-25T15:44:20Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > “Well, goodbye Sebastian…_whatever your surname is._” I recently saw a _Star Trek:TNG_ episode with Picard in the holodeck playing his favorite 1940s detective character. He and Riker are in a seedy bar and he introduces Riker to the holographic bartender: “This is Rex… Come to think of it, I don’t know your last name.” And Rex smiles and says, “Hmm, I don’t think I have one.” ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5790 "2023-07-25T16:23:12Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > one of the funniest moments I’ve seen on tv was the episode of _Shakespeare and Hathaway_ where their beloved and devoted assistant of several seasons, Sebastian, appeared to be leaving the show I love Sebastian. He adds just the right amount of spice to the fluffiness of S & H. > [@pjd](#): > > > [@carrps](#): > > > > I was watching an episode of _Shakespeare and Hathaway_ last Saturday, and I thought a character’s name was “Stekla,” until I saw it written out. It was “Steckler.” > > They’d sound the same to me. So, you’d have to have one spell out their name for you if you were righting it down? Re: the Grateful Dead, an ex-bf lived for years in a house that Jerry Garcia lived in previously (in San Rafael). ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5791 "2023-07-25T16:29:31Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > And Rex smiles and says, “Hmm, I don’t think I have one.” Better than _Crewman #6_. [Guy Fleegman](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005377/?ref_=ttqu_qu): I’m not even supposed to be here. I’m just “Crewman Number Six.” I’m expendable. I’m the guy in the episode who dies to prove how serious the situation is. I’ve gotta get outta here. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5792 "2023-07-25T16:56:55Z")
I just realized that I pronounce “root” differently when it’s a noun than when it’s a verb. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5793 "2023-07-25T17:30:33Z")
A tree has roots (rhymes with boots), but I drink root (rhymes with put) beer. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5794 "2023-07-25T17:47:00Z")
As in, “the pig is rooting for mushrooms”? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5795 "2023-07-25T18:43:45Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > So, you’d have to have one spell out their name for you if you were righting it down? I’d assume it was “steckler” 'cos it’s a more british spelling; but yes, i’d need to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5796 "2023-07-25T19:00:39Z")
If I’m planning a route that takes me to Route 1 they are pronounced the same (sounds like root). Football receivers run routes (rhymes with out). ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5797 "2023-07-25T19:21:52Z")
I’ve been googling that. There are a LOT of different recommendations for how much teens need to eat. Obviously, it’s going to vary based on how large the teen is, how fast they are growing, how active they are, and probably their underlying metabolism, as well. I feel like it’s a bad idea to restrict the calories a teen can eat unless they have a problem. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5798 "2023-07-25T19:43:19Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > I’d assume it was “steckler” 'cos it’s a more british spelling; but yes, i’d need to ask. Heh, I’d never heard the name Steckler before, but I know people of Czech ancestry, so that’s where my mind went! My brother must have eaten 4000 calories a day when he was a teen. He ate everything all the time. I can remember when he’d go through a pair of shoes in a couple of months. Total destructo. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5799 "2023-07-25T20:13:06Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > A tree has roots (rhymes with boots), but I drink root (rhymes with put) beer. Those are the same for me; they both have the short vowel. And root beer, at least originally, was made with tree roots. (Sassafras.) But rooting for one’s team has more of an “o” sound. (As does the pig rooting for mushrooms.) – OK, I tried repeating “root” out loud in a batch of sentences, and now I don’t even know what I do say when. Maybe it depends on the mood I’m in. > [@carrps](#): > > My brother must have eaten 4000 calories a day when he was a teen. He ate everything all the time. I can remember when he’d go through a pair of shoes in a couple of months. For a moment there I thought you meant that he ate the shoes! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5800 "2023-07-25T20:14:06Z")
Now _that’s_ hungry! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5801 "2023-07-25T20:14:15Z")
LOL. Sometimes I wondered, too! He could eat a horse. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5802 "2023-07-25T20:17:57Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > [Guy Fleegman](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005377/?ref_=ttqu_qu): I’m not even supposed to be here. I’m just “Crewman Number Six.” I’m expendable. I’m the guy in the episode who dies to prove how serious the situation is. I’ve gotta get outta here. Gwen: We better get out of here before one of those things kills Guy. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5803 "2023-07-25T20:24:39Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > [@Wheelz](#): > > > > A tree has roots (rhymes with boots), but I drink root (rhymes with put) beer. > > Those are the same for me; they both have the short vowel. Do “boot” and “put” really have the same vowel sound for you? For me, they are distinctly different from each other. “Boot” has the same vowel sound as “toot” or “fruit” or “food”; “put” has the same vowel sound as “foot” or “good” or “hood.” (I pronounce “root” with the former vowel sound, but I’ve heard the latter often enough that it sounds like an acceptable alternative.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=289) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=291)