Maybe it is because I am getting kinda old, but I loved the song.
Hearing Burl Ives again reminds me so much of one of my favoite animated Christmas specials too. Remember him as Sam the snowman in Rudolf?
My cousin’s daughter used to walk around saying “shinna minna ma” all the time when she was a toddler. The full phrase was “shinna minna ma, ding, dang, dong.” We had no clue what this was supposed to mean.
I’ve an opinion on which game deserves the name ‘football’
(also, my first 4 tries were rejected so I just typed in something I had heard somewhere)
See signature. (ETA: The first quote, not the second.)
Heh, I love the warcraft 3 strategy guide. “Moonwelt” would make a great name as well.
Self explanatory.
The fantastic rock & roll album by Marc Bolan and T. Rex.
I saw “Last post by Electric Warrior” and thought, “OMG! T Rex fan!” Glad I wasn’t disappointed.
Panurge - a friend/companion/associate of Gargantua’s son Pantagruel. Quite the troll, come to think of it.
Why do you think it sticks in so many people’s heads, dilly dilly?
Aside: These childhood pronounciations are so sweet. From my kid I’ve got Lisa Losa (leave it alone - there was an extended version complete with melody but none of us can remember it) and Pooka Back (put it back). Ballons are still called Bandooms or Ballooma around here. Maybe kid language is worth it’s own thread.
Well, I have a beard that I don’t trim too often, I only cut my hair every six months or so, and I rarely wear nice, new clothes. I thrive on free t-shirts and sturdy jeans that I can wear for years.
I certainly practice good hygiene, I just look a little bit…unkempt.
Its my actual name, if I ever meeet another person with it, I might change it, but so far I ever have.
Aston Villa fan here. I started using it on arcade games back in the day when I would occasionally make the high score board at college. At least then we had progressed beyond the three initial capacity for the names list, which of course had to be filled with TIT and FUK and BUM and the like…
Hijack: My friend’s daughter is just beginning to talk, and will say “Shuh-shuh-shuh-shuh-shuh. Dah.” and point when she wants something, or just wants you to look at something. No one knows where it came from.
Mine actually pre-dates the web. It started as a nickname given to me by my first wife ca.1988 that we used as a name for the player character on NES and then Sega games of the fantasy RPG variety.
I started using it as a nick on bulletin boards and then carried it over to chat rooms and the like. I found it amusing to be Scumpup when nicks in those days tended to run heavily towards things like foXXXyLaydee and RAMrod.
I’m the original Scumpup and anybody else you see in cyberspace using the name pirated it from me. There was a goth chick in Australia a couple-three years ago using it and also a gay dancer who was apparently into BDSM and leather in a big way. I didn’t know either of them from any of the places I frequent, so I idly wonder where they read my name.
My sister Monica is still Moose and I (Julie) am Tooey because of childhood pronunciations. Moose and Tooey.
My favorite from my son was when he’d go into a brightly lit area (such as walking out into bright sunlight) he would say that the sun was “briking him” (meaning “brighting” which is a cute usage on its own, but with the mispro it’s even funnier) or if you flashed a light in his eyes he’d tell you “stop briking me!”
He’s 13 now. I still talk about things briking me.
‘‘olive you’’ is something I came up with in high school to tell my friends I loved them. It was quickly shortened to ‘‘olives.’’
Fast forward to college, my best friend is helping me set up my AOL IM account. VirginNymphoSadoFreak was taken (don’t ask.) Thus, why not
olivesmarch4th?
My birthday is March 4th. You got the nice little visual of marching olives.
Worked for me. And still does, apparently.
Also, I still get olive-themed things all the time from friends and family. I love theoretical olives. I think real ones taste disgusting though.
tr0psn4j is the reverse of j4nsp0rt which means jansport (the backpack brand). It’s a stupid name but my friend used to annoy the hell out of me in high school by saying random words in reverse. I chose this as a symbol of growing up and not getting annoyed by little things like that.