# My new standard for biggest asshole hereabouts: Carol Stream **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 11, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550 "2008-08-11T01:26:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/181 "2008-08-15T04:44:46Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] The ex-wife of one of my boys has two daughters (one his, her older sister the product of a romance before they married). Their names are **Katelynn** and **Jazzmine**. And yes, she knows how to spell the standard names of like/similar pronunciation; she wanted unique names for her girls. [/QUOTE] _Workin’ in a Jazzmine, Goin’ down down down. Workin’ in a Jazzmine, Whoop! About to slip down._ ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/182 "2008-08-15T07:57:28Z")
[QUOTE=zagloba] Sarai was the name of Abram’s wife before God changed their names to Abraham and Sarah. [/QUOTE] Ahh, now it makes sense. They’re\* \*extremely \*religious types. Just out of curiosity, do you know if \*Sarai \*is actually pronounced \*Sarah \* in that case? From what you’ve suggested, it would seem even less likely that the pronunciations would be the same, or there’d be no point in God changing their names. Unless he’s the kind of god who’d rename \*Jazzmyne \*to _Jasmine_ simply because the wrong spelling offended Him … … in which case … … hey, maybe I \*\*was \*\*made in His image! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/183 "2008-08-15T08:22:29Z")
[QUOTE=Bites When Provoked] Honestly, I’ve never heard of him (or is it her?) but the name’s spelled correctly at least. [/QUOTE] It’s understandable you’ve never heard of Brett Favre, given your location. He’s a popular NFL quarterback here in the States. And you’re right, however the family prefers to spell the name is the correct spelling. However, it is pronounced “Farv”, (sounds like Harv) which is opposite from the way it looks in print. So people often joke that he doesn’t know how to spell “Farv”. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/184 "2008-08-15T15:52:38Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] Great town…my dad grew up there (proud grad of the long-closed Arlington HS), and we lived there until I was 7. [/QUOTE] When was he there? Class of 72, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/185 "2008-08-15T16:06:50Z")
[QUOTE=dropzone] When was he there? Class of 72, myself. [/QUOTE] He’s a tad bit older…class of '50, I think? He was born in 1932. Go Cardinals! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/186 "2008-08-15T16:52:33Z")
Oh, so that places you more my age. Gotcha. 😉 I suppose we should let this thread die. Never was much of a Pitting, anyway. They are more fun when people disagree but everybody agrees about Carol. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/187 "2008-08-15T17:45:12Z")
[QUOTE=Bites When Provoked] Just out of curiosity, do you know if \*Sarai \*is actually pronounced \*Sarah \* in that case? From what you’ve suggested, it would seem even less likely that the pronunciations would be the same, or there’d be no point in God changing their names. [/QUOTE] I went to school with a Sarai in the early 70’s; her name was pronounced like “SARE-ee.” ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/188 "2008-08-15T18:13:14Z")
[QUOTE=dropzone] I suppose we should let this thread die. Never was much of a Pitting, anyway. They are more fun when people disagree but everybody agrees about Carol. [/QUOTE] There’s something about Carol… ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/189 "2008-08-15T20:03:03Z")
[QUOTE=dropzone] Oh, so that places you more my age. Gotcha. 😉 [/QUOTE] No way, old timer…I graduated in '85! My parents were old when they had us. 🙂 > [@](#): > > I suppose we should let this thread die. Never was much of a Pitting, anyway. They are more fun when people disagree but everybody agrees about Carol. A (belated) thread death is ok by me! ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/190 "2008-08-15T20:40:26Z")
[Carol](http://www.risa.co.uk/sla/song.php?songid=23023) > [@Al Stewart](#): > > Sometimes it seems unimaginable > That you were ever any other way > With your white rose face and your orphan clothes > Embroidered jeans and silver chains > You’re a well known face in all the hang-out places > Where the lost souls congregate > You sit all night, but you talk too fast > I don’t know what you’re trying to say > > Oh Carol, I think it’s time for running for cover, a-ha > Believe me, you’re everyone’s and nobody’s lover, a-ha > You’ve got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/191 "2008-08-15T21:15:35Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] And in Lafayette County, Miss., its’ “luh-FET”. Reminds me of Bobba Fett for some reason. 😛 [/QUOTE] I was coming in here to say that about my home county and high school (go, Commodores!). Yep, that’s it, although a slight variation is “luh-Fete” (almost the same tihing) but with the second syllable pronounced somewhere between a stretched out “Fete” and “Fayette.” I feel like a phony nowadays when I say “Lafayette” and try to pronounce it the more proper way. BTW, I plan to take you up on the “drank” you promised to buy me if I’m ever down Jackson way. AND . . . How did Martha Grimes’ “Ruthven” come to be pronounced “Riven,” huh? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/192 "2008-08-15T22:29:18Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] I was coming in here to say that about my home county and high school (go, Commodores!). Yep, that’s it, although a slight variation is “luh-Fete” (almost the same tihing) but with the second syllable pronounced somewhere between a stretched out “Fete” and “Fayette.” I feel like a phony nowadays when I say “Lafayette” and try to pronounce it the more proper way. BTW, I plan to take you up on the “drank” you promised to buy me if I’m ever down Jackson way. AND . . . How did Martha Grimes’ “Ruthven” come to be pronounced “Riven,” huh? [/QUOTE] \*\*\*picks some bluegrass, sings in Earl Scruggs voice \*\*\* “Come and listen to my story of a boy named **Five** ; Sometimes 'twas hard for him to stay alive. So he packed his bags and left the place called Lafayette, ‘Cause they kept on tellin’ him he should be straight.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/193 "2008-08-15T23:09:19Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] \*\*\*picks some bluegrass, sings in Earl Scruggs voice \*\*\* “Come and listen to my story of a boy named **Five** ; Sometimes 'twas hard for him to stay alive. So he packed his bags and left the place called Lafayette, ‘Cause they kept on tellin’ him he should be straight.” 😃 [/QUOTE] That made my head hurt, trying to make Lafayette and straight rhyme! 😛 [QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] BTW, I plan to take you up on the “drank” you promised to buy me if I’m ever down Jackson way. [/QUOTE] Come on down! Strangely enough, I am s’posed to be in NYC at Xmas time. Tribeca, to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550/194 "2008-08-15T23:58:58Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] \*\*\*picks some bluegrass, sings in Earl Scruggs voice \*\*\* “Come and listen to my story of a boy named **Five** ; Sometimes 'twas hard for him to stay alive. So he packed his bags and left the place called Lafayette, ‘Cause they kept on tellin’ him he should be straight.” 😃 [/QUOTE] **Polycarp** , you sho’ is a mess. Gwone way from heah nye! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-standard-for-biggest-asshole-hereabouts-carol-stream/459550.md?page=9)