# Original. ORIGINAL!!!!! (Mean, petty, and uncalled for) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271 "2003-12-16T06:25:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/1 "2003-12-16T06:25:12Z")
GAAHH!!! CHECK YOUR SPELLING!!! Hey **Joel** , [you spelled original wrong.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=229064) It’s not “origional”, which is a kind of spice IIRC, it’s “original”. Or-ig-in-al. ORIGINAL!! GAAHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/2 "2003-12-16T06:35:32Z")
That would be “oregano”. And it’s an herb, not a spice. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Gmork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gmork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gmork)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/3 "2003-12-16T06:40:54Z")
It’s SPELT Raymond Luxury-Yacht, but it’s PRONOUNCED Throat-Wobbler-Mangrove. _Ahem_ That done with, yes he did spell it wrong. Twice. This sort of thing irritates me too But you may have been better off correcting him in the **original** thread rather than starting a whole new Pit thread. Not that it bothers me. Go pedants! Go! ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/4 "2003-12-16T06:49:26Z")
That’s “Throat- **Warbler** -Mangrove”. You’re pronouncing it all wrong. Also, it was three times. What? You told me to go, I’m going. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/5 "2003-12-16T06:52:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*That would be “oregano”. > > And it’s an herb, not a spice. > > Carry on. \*\* No, no, it’s the US state located between California and Washington. ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/6 "2003-12-16T06:54:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*No, no, it’s the US state located between California and Washington. \*\* No, you’ve got it all wrong. It’s one of those instruments they always play Bach on. ---
**Author:** ![dobbinaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/7 "2003-12-16T07:13:08Z")
Ah, I thought it was folding paper into all sorts of different shapes, like geese and elephants. Yeah I know, ‘different’ is kind of redundant… but to this redneck mind it sounds smoother. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/8 "2003-12-16T07:14:59Z")
I work at a copy shop. Obviously our work depends to a large extent on having customers’ originals around. We label them so we know which one is the master copy. One of my coworkers ALWAYS puts a Post-it note on the original. It says “ORGINAL.” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/9 "2003-12-16T07:20:33Z")
You’re all way off. It’s a collection of third century Christian/Neo Platonist texts, in Greek, bound in one volume. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/10 "2003-12-16T07:32:40Z")
**Larry** , you are way beyond me. But what I think he was trying to say was _orifice._ – an opening through which something may pass…you know, like the President has the most prominent _orifice_ in the land. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/11 "2003-12-16T12:19:15Z")
NO, NO, NO!! It’s the state bird of Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/12 "2003-12-16T12:51:55Z")
This would be a joke thread in the Pit, wouldn’t it? And also way beyond time you were asked to shut the fuck up, **Michael Ellis**? ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/13 "2003-12-16T13:20:43Z")
You’re all wrong - it’s an eight-sided regular polygon, like the shape of a Stop sign. And it’s probably going to be a locked joke thread any minute now… ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/14 "2003-12-16T13:32:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gmork \* > \*\*It’s SPELT Raymond Luxury-Yacht, but it’s PRONOUNCED Throat-Wobbler-Mangrove. > \ > Not that it bothers me. Go pedants! Go! \*\* I’m afraid old chap, as in the OP, in the original it’s SPELLED - spelled SPELLED, not SPELLED spelled SPELT. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/15 "2003-12-16T13:37:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Desmostylus \* > ]This would be a joke thread in the Pit, wouldn’t it? > > And also way beyond time you were asked to shut the fuck up, **Michael Ellis**? Just for **Friedo** : Ah… it’s a 1920s style “Death Thread.” Enjoy! ;j ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/16 "2003-12-16T13:38:21Z")
Maybe a case of bad spelling, or maybe a case of fingers on autopilot - _…ion_ is a fairly common ending. I’ve been known to type it in error on occasion. Who’s to say? I will say some things aren’t worth the stress they generate, but perhaps that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/17 "2003-12-16T13:38:56Z")
Nonsense! Spelt is a hardy variety of wheat of inferior quality. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/18 "2003-12-16T13:40:26Z")
I thought it was a fish! ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/19 "2003-12-16T13:41:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carrot \* > \*\*That’s “Throat- **Warbler** -Mangrove”. \*\* _ **Cite?** _ ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271/20 "2003-12-16T13:48:21Z")
Sorry, **NoClueBoy** : you smelt the wrong rat. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-original-mean-petty-and-uncalled-for/219271.md?page=2)