# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157 "2026-01-29T18:21:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 152
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3021 "2026-09-13T16:41:01Z")
Laboratory testing indicates that Cheerios contain detectable glyphosate, which enters cereal grains like oats because they are often sprayed with it as a desiccant. Is “detectable” glyphosate dangerous? Who knows. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3022 "2026-09-13T17:21:51Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Misty Beige was the first (a friend said it sounded like a stripper name… Hey, I had a misty beige Accord, an '87. Stripper name never occurred to me. Sounds like a rather boring stripper. mmm ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3023 "2026-09-13T18:10:54Z")
I’ve had several ocular migraines, which cause a scintillating distortion in the visual field, but I don’t think I should count that as a hallucination. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3024 "2026-09-13T18:17:00Z")
I saw a ghost one morning in an old hotel when I was lying in bed. I refuse to consider that it was a hallucination, certainly not due to a brain glitch in moving between sleeping & waking states. He was real, damn it. I voted no. The facts that nobody else has ever seen this particular ghost and I am not at all spiritual or psychic have nothing to do with anything. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3025 "2026-09-13T18:22:16Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Raised in California, I have always pronounced it Q-pon despite hearing it most often pronounced as coo-pon on TV and film. One of my so-called “friend’s” used to make fun of the way I pronounced the word. However, again this is a word with two totally acceptable pronunciations, neither is wrong. About 60% of Americans use the KYOO way. And hurting people and ruining friendships is why some people need to get over little insignificant shit like this. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3026 "2026-09-13T19:10:45Z")
I voted yes on the visual hallucinations; but I knew what I was seeing wasn’t there; at least, in any usual sense of being there. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3027 "2026-09-13T19:24:20Z")
I also voted “yes” on the visual hallucinations, though very rare, and almost all caused by semi-serious (36-48 hours) of sleep deprivation. Mostly things shifting in ways they couldn’t have naturally, but I was aware (intellectually) that it was going on, so this is possibly a borderline case. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3028 "2026-09-13T22:35:14Z")
> [@Common\_Tater](#): > > I want to party with YOU 🙂 Bring it! Wait until you see my collection of small cardboard boxes! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3029 "2026-09-13T22:58:48Z")
Never a visual hallucination, but I’ve had a handful of auditory hallucinations – the last one of those was _years_ ago, though. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3030 "2026-09-14T00:04:55Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Wait until you see my collection of small cardboard boxes! lol You animal! There’s no way I can keep up with that ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3031 "2026-09-14T09:41:02Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I have always pronounced it Q-pon I’ve often wondered why some people pronounce it that way. Obviously, they heard other people pronouncing it that way; but how did it get started? There’s nothing in the spelling of the word that would make me think to add a Y. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3032 "2026-09-14T10:07:56Z")
Lots of visual hallucinations during my one mushroom trip. otherwise, I don’t think so. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3033 "2026-09-14T11:51:00Z")
One weird visual hallucination (or visual effect, anyway) during my first migraine, which did not include a headache. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3034 "2026-09-14T12:08:26Z")
One visual hallucination. Back in my yout, I foolishly went to an amusement park with a buddy after having worked all night. We spent all day doing nothing but riding roller coasters. Driving home that night, in the dark, after being awake 24+ hours, the highway turned into a coaster in my mind. I don’t know how long the hallucination lasted, but I do know that I’m lucky to be alive and lucky not to have killed someone. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3035 "2026-09-14T12:58:46Z")
Why do people add a Y sound in _use_, _Utah_, etc.? There’s nothing in the spelling that suggests a Y. (I don’t actually know the answer to this, but I suspect it’s the same reason.) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3036 "2026-09-14T13:28:42Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Wait until you see my collection of small cardboard boxes! Do they nest, like those Russian dolls? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3037 "2026-09-14T13:30:20Z")
That is a spelling issue; not one of pronunciation. Both derive from the Spanish _Yuta_ (which itself is no where close to the native _Núuchi-u_) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3038 "2026-09-14T13:42:45Z")
Okay: leave _Utah_ aside. _use_ is Latinate, and there’s no y-sound in the Latin or French cognates: same with _union,_ _cucumber,_ _cube,_ etc. English ū somehow behave /ju/ (yoo) in many words, and I suspect that it spread to _coupon_ by analogy with those. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3039 "2026-09-14T13:51:49Z")
Sorry. I just focused on Utah and felt the need to show off. I was thinking of the word Ute for the tribe. Lower case it is short for utility vehicle which also follows the weird pronunciation you describe. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3040 "2026-09-14T13:52:33Z")
When I was in my early 20s I did an enormous amount of LSD, so visual hallucinations were relatively common then. At 58 I’d be terrified to mess around with psychedelics - far too much emotional baggage at this stage of life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=153)