# Instead of ''Said'' **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 10, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104 "2009-11-10T22:09:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/21 "2009-11-10T22:45:28Z")
“Oh, I see … ‘verg’ was supposed to be ‘verb’,” BobArrgh **opined**. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/22 "2009-11-10T22:47:09Z")
“I wanted a _red_ Farrari.” Muffy pouted. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/23 "2009-11-10T22:50:03Z")
“Please forgive me for posting two in a row, but I really wanted to handle the ‘Q’,” BobArrgh **posited**. He paused for just a bit. “So, why is ‘Y’ excluded?” he **queried**. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/24 "2009-11-10T22:52:56Z")
“So’s your mom!” Heart of Dorkness **riposted**. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/25 "2009-11-10T22:53:08Z")
Why IS Y excluded. I can think of at least one word that would work. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/26 "2009-11-10T22:54:24Z")
“A Møøse once bit my sister,” **swore** maserschmidt. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/27 "2009-11-10T22:55:01Z")
“This is a very silly game,” kenobi 65 **stated**. Edit: crud, too slow! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/28 "2009-11-10T22:57:14Z")
“I’m going to report that post!” pravnik threatened. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/29 "2009-11-10T22:57:45Z")
“No soap!” urged twickster. “Radio!” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/30 "2009-11-10T22:57:51Z")
“I’ll try again,” kenobi 65 **uttered**. Edit: blast you, Maserschmidt! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/31 "2009-11-10T22:57:55Z")
“Ha-ha! Too slow!” Heart of Dorkness **taunted**. ETA - Hee. I was almost hoping I’d be too slow in posting this. Yay. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/32 "2009-11-10T22:58:44Z")
“Too slow indeed!” voiced pravnik. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/33 "2009-11-10T22:58:48Z")
“That hurt”, **notfrommensa** winced ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/34 "2009-11-10T23:00:57Z")
“I think I get it,” Chronos vocalized. ---
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/35 "2009-11-10T23:04:01Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Why IS Y excluded. I can think of at least one word that would work. “And I can think of two!” Sofis yelled. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/36 "2009-11-10T23:04:52Z")
“I do so long for a game that only excludes X,” **yearned** BobArrggghhhhhh. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/37 "2009-11-10T23:06:06Z")
> [@Sofis](#): > > “And I can think of two!” Sofis yelled. “Good one!” yukked maserschmidt. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/38 "2009-11-10T23:12:18Z")
“And your momma, too!” Butthurt **zinged**. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/39 "2009-11-10T23:14:28Z")
“When you read this out loud, imagine that I have a very thick accent or some kind of speech impediment,” he zaid. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/40 "2009-11-10T23:16:03Z")
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