# Pwecious Woyalty follows me to my new job **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046 "2011-09-29T18:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/41 "2011-09-30T19:08:28Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > This concept of “wuv” confuses and enrages us! Nice, especially from the Hypno-Toad! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/42 "2011-09-30T19:08:41Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I… > By New Years Day, he had checked his sanity at the door, and declared himself the King Of Raleigh. That is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard of. Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina. He’s NOT the king of Raleigh. Maybe he’s the King of North Carolina… or the Duke of Raleigh… but he is NOT the “King of Raleigh”. You’d think he’d get his delusions straight :rolleyes: 😉 Eve, I really think this might be an example of a justifiaboow mewcy kiwwing. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/43 "2011-10-01T01:07:15Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I actually find myself grinding my teeth and digging my fingernails into my palm when she starts talking. But I am proud to say I can chat with her in a friendly and professional manner! My mother always told me, “It doesn’t matter if you like your coworkers–as long as they \*think \*you do.” **Eve** , I applaud both your professionalism, and your personal restraint. I, on the other hand, could only modify my visceral response by removing my jackboots. With my feet still in them. For only my bloody stumps would prove a useful distraction. _You_ ahw my hewo. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/44 "2011-10-01T01:15:58Z")
Well, one time she walked past me giggling girlishly and singing to herself in a baby voice, and I said, “really, dear, no one has \*ever \*pushed you onto the subway tracks?” And she laughed and said, “Oh, _you_–you’re always kidding!” ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/45 "2011-10-02T08:04:58Z")
Just reading this is inducing stabbiness, I have no idea how i’d listen to that every workday. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/46 "2011-10-02T15:31:22Z")
> [@anya\_marie](#): > > Just reading this is inducing stabbiness, I have no idea how i’d listen to that every workday. “Thank you, iPod!” As I crank up the Best of Ethel Merman to ear-injuring levels. ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/47 "2011-10-02T16:08:23Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Well, one time she walked past me giggling girlishly and singing to herself in a baby voice, and I said, “really, dear, no one has \*ever \*pushed you onto the subway tracks?” And she laughed and said, “Oh, _you_–you’re always kidding!” Bwahahaha at the subway tracks! Do you ever get the urge to out-oopsy-boopsy her? Just start a conversation with her and go breathier and squeakier and wigglier and cutesier until suddenly you smack yourself hard across the back of the head and say, in your normal voice, ‘Ahhhh. Much better. Want me to fix yours too?’ ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/48 "2011-10-02T17:13:29Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > “Thank you, iPod!” As I crank up the Best of Ethel Merman to ear-injuring levels. Better idea: Jack her into your iPod and crank up the Ethel Merman Disco album to ear-injuring levels. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/50 "2011-10-03T18:25:32Z")
I actually knew a girl in school who talked like this, and it was endearing. But that was because it was real. I don’t understand why it would be endearing for someone to fake a speech impediment. It’s like how a starving person views an anorexic. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/51 "2011-10-03T18:28:02Z")
I can only be kind and assume at some point this woman had a father or husband or boyfriend who thought it was \*adowable \*when she talked like a baby duckling being garroted. Now? Not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/52 "2011-10-04T08:51:04Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > Well, not squeeze them exactly; kick them. Hard. In the cunt. Having been kicked hard in the cunt, I can assure you it doesn’t hurt anywhere near as much as being hit by a handball that breaks your glasses, headbutted by a child on the mouth, or having a curious baby perform some explorations of your tits which lead you to plonk her on her mother’s lap with a notice that “I think her nails need trimming - as soon as you’re done feeding her”. I’d go for the latest approach, if your nails aren’t cut or bitten to the quick. > [@Quercus](#): > > Although, if I could turn it off when I wanted to, I’d almost pay to hear oopsy-boopsy baby talk in an assortment of foreign languages. (Is it even possible in German? Would Castilian’s listhp even more? Would Porteguese even sound any different?) People with non-seseo accents don’t lisp. The notion that being able to pronounce your Z and S differently is some sort of pronunciation problem is a pet peeve of mine, you’re lucky I’m not in the mood to pull up my usual rant about it. And the way Spanish baby talk works is by using baby words, too many diminutives and a high voice. Actually, just youtube piolín or piolin to hear Tweety Bird speaking Spanish. > [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > That is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard of. > > Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina. > > He’s NOT the king of Raleigh. > > Maybe he’s the King of North Carolina… or the Duke of Raleigh… but he is NOT the “King of Raleigh”. You’d think he’d get his delusions straight :rolleyes: 😉 > > Eve, I really think this might be an example of a justifiaboow mewcy kiwwing. There was a period in Spanish history during which domains were named after their capital, maybe he’s just a very, very old king (6th-10th century, more or less). ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/53 "2011-10-04T14:24:54Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > People with non-seseo accents don’t lisp. The notion that being able to pronounce your Z and S differently is some sort of pronunciation problem is a pet peeve of mine, you’re lucky I’m not in the mood to pull up my usual rant about it. I thought you were a good Catalan from Barcelona; aren’t you statutorily required to insult Castillians and their speech? [And I’m not at all fluent in Spanish, but from my limited experience listening to various native Spanish speakers, the stereotype of lisping Castilians isn’t completely without basis] ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/54 "2011-10-04T14:27:55Z")
I’m from **Nava** rra, my mother is from Barcelona. As Dad would say when Catalans asked him “you’re Castilian, right?” (meaning “your primary language is Spanish”) “FUCK NO! Navarra is not, nor has it ever been, Castilla!” It was the only time I heard him swear, but it was a huge trigger. And being able to pronounce both Zaragoza and Sevilla properly (which Catalans do when speaking Spanish, as does people from most places north of Getafe - not just Castillians) is not a pronunciation defect. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/55 "2011-10-06T14:02:07Z")
**Eve,** why don’t you fwow up on de empewess’s shoes? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/56 "2011-10-06T14:50:33Z")
I briefly considered telling her this morning that she should be in mourning for Steve Jobs, as my iPod is the only reason she is still living and I am not in jail. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046/57 "2011-10-06T15:32:18Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > And being able to pronounce both Zaragoza and Sevilla properly (which Catalans do when speaking Spanish, as does people from most places north of Getafe - not just Castillians) is not a pronunciation defect. I downloaded a Spanish-teaching podcast (Coffee Break Spanish) to help me learn a little Spanish. Imagine my surprise at hearing a Glaswegian accent. And then a Cast… “northern” Spanish pronunciation. (It amused the hell out of some coworkers who have roots in Mexico and Puerto Rico.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwecious-woyalty-follows-me-to-my-new-job/598046.md?page=2)