# Questions Only **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 9, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491 "2012-12-09T05:40:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 386
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7702 "2014-06-11T15:22:45Z")
Have you ever heard me sing _shudder_? ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7703 "2014-06-11T15:30:21Z")
Who yelled “shudder up!”? ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7704 "2014-06-11T17:38:35Z")
Why pud de shudders up if id’s nod raining? ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7705 "2014-06-11T17:39:48Z")
To keep out de code? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7706 "2014-06-11T19:17:23Z")
Are you speaking in a simple head code? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7707 "2014-06-11T19:21:03Z")
Should one apply it directly to the head? ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7708 "2014-06-11T19:37:36Z")
Are you talking about the head you think with, or the head he thinks with? ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7709 "2014-06-11T20:00:08Z")
Was that meant to be a direct attack, or just a glans-ing blow? ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7710 "2014-06-11T21:04:16Z")
Why is the overture to Chaikovskiy’s “The Nutcracker” running through my head? ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7711 "2014-06-12T01:18:49Z")
Would it be too ballsy of me to say that you left out a “T” in that post? ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7712 "2014-06-12T01:27:28Z")
Wow, Chaikovskiy was a tot when he wrote that? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7713 "2014-06-12T02:36:30Z")
Is Beethoven a de-composer now? ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7714 "2014-06-12T02:55:58Z")
Warning! Pedantic OT digression. 😉 [QUOTE=buddha\_david] Would it be too ballsy of me to say that you left out a “T” in that post? [/QUOTE] Depends on which transliteration system ones uses. The initial “T” comes from the German transliteration (which is “Tschaikowsky”). Omit the “T” and a German would pronounce the initial “Ch” (ч) with that glottal/aspirated “H” that sounds like one is clearing one’s throat. Adding the T (actually, “Ts”) makes it clear that the initial consonantal group should be pronounced “ch” as in chew. Since English doesn’t contain that glottal/aspirated H and does contain “CH as in chew”, I prefer to transliterate чайковноский without the German-derived initial T, and use “y” for short i (й). Class dismissed! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7715 "2014-06-12T02:58:58Z")
So then, it’s the 1812 Overchure? ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7716 "2014-06-12T03:11:19Z")
Did you know that Mozart couldn’t find his music teacher because he was Haydn? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7717 "2014-06-12T03:59:24Z")
Who let **Toucanna** in, and why is she not asking questions? ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7718 "2014-06-12T04:03:00Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Who let **Toucanna** in, and why is she not asking questions? [/QUOTE] Did you not get that I was questioning using the German convention of an initial “Ts” when transliterating чайковноский’s name? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7719 "2014-06-12T05:42:30Z")
Who sprach first, and why was it so important that Zarathustra had to also sprach it? ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7720 "2014-06-12T12:40:46Z")
Thusly, are these questions getting deep? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7721 "2014-06-12T12:56:48Z")
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