# Shepherd. Shepherd, shepherd, shepherd. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 6, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420 "2007-11-06T16:44:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/41 "2007-11-06T19:10:13Z")
[QUOTE=Das Glasperlenspiel] ArCtic! Not “Artic” NucLear! Not “nucular”. Smorgasbord! Not “smorgasborg”. FebRuary! Not “Febuary”. Those are just the first out of the gate. There will be more. [/QUOTE] Resistance is futile, you will be eaten? Library. Not Lie-berry. And I don’t say Wed-Nez-Day but if you listen you can hear all those letters not said. 😛 I remember saying February to someone and they stopped me mid-sentence: “You said February!” “Yes?” “Not Feb-You-Airy! I never hear anyone say it properly!” “Uh, thanks!” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/42 "2007-11-06T19:17:39Z")
The Arctic/Artic thing reminds me of something from my childhood. We had a test, and one of the questions was to name the ocean at the South Pole, and the next question was to name the circle at the North Pole. (Not quite the wording of the questions, but you get the idea. I was out sick the day before, so I wasn’t really sure. When we passed our papers up, I looked at the answers on the paper of the girl that sat behind me. Her answer to the first question was “Antarctic.” Her answer to the next question was “Ant.” ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/43 "2007-11-06T19:34:55Z")
My peeve is about people who have not just made farther/further interchangeable, but who consistently reverse which one is correct! This seems to occur equally in typing and in speech! Look, people – it’s really simple: “farther” relates to physical distance. From “far”, a measurement of _actual_ distance. “further” relates to any type of distance not used in the literal sense. From “fur”, a measurement of distance between towns in the southern United States. Get it right, people! ---
**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:** [November 6, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/44 "2007-11-06T19:44:31Z")
“For all intensive purposes” I swear. to. God. I honestly used to think that people who were doing this were just trying to make me go crazy, but then I actually spoke with someone who thought that was what the phrase really said! My jaw dropped faster than the reputation of a subprime mortgage. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/45 "2007-11-06T19:47:27Z")
**Shepard.** Shepard, Shepard, [Shepard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shepard). [QUOTE=tdn] Yep. I’ve seen that one a few times in the passed. [/QUOTE] Just what exactly have you been _eating_?!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/46 "2007-11-06T19:48:40Z")
For all Insensitive Porpoises?What is wrong with that? Have you got a problem with our sea-dwelling bretheren? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/47 "2007-11-06T19:52:53Z")
[QUOTE=Fetchund] For all Insensitive Porpoises?What is wrong with that? Have you got a problem with our sea-dwelling bretheren? [/QUOTE] Only the thick-skinned ones. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/48 "2007-11-06T20:09:13Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Whereas I am just plain athy. [/QUOTE] There’s an “Athy-Brathy Heart” parody struggling to break loose, but so far I’ve managed to keep it in its cage. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/49 "2007-11-06T20:29:50Z")
[QUOTE=Ca3799] I have a dasch…dachs…dahch…dash…wienie…wiene… dog! 😛 [/QUOTE] Dachshund. You’re welcome. 🙂 (weenie dog also works.) ---
**Author:** ![Lisa\_Ann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/50 "2007-11-06T20:37:06Z")
Shar-Pei Shar-Pei Shar-Pei Shar-Pei Shar-Pei Note to MIL: it’s ‘shar-paa’ _not_ shar-pie as in the permanent marker. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/51 "2007-11-06T20:40:51Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] Just what exactly have you been _eating_?!? :eek: [/QUOTE] Really bad dictionaries. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/52 "2007-11-06T20:58:14Z")
Note to Britishers: it’s “drawing”. Not “droRing”. Furthermore, “America is a large country”, not “AmericaRis a large country”. You non-rhotic mothaRfuckers. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/53 "2007-11-06T21:10:02Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Note to Britishers: [/QUOTE] Don’t you mean Englanders? Who, I believe, you are confusing with _New_ Englanders? ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/54 "2007-11-06T21:29:04Z")
[QUOTE=Ca3799] I have a dasch…dachs…dahch…dash…wienie…wiene… dog! 😛 [/QUOTE] [that’s one fast wiener dog!!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gFeARHuAqo) ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/55 "2007-11-06T21:44:28Z")
QUEUE goddamnit! Also, that country down below Australia? The real frosty one? Is AntarCtica. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/56 "2007-11-06T21:46:49Z")
[QUOTE=slortar] At least the thread wasn’t about Xoloitzcuintlis. Most people can’t even pronounce 'em, let alone spell them. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Show-low-eats-QUEEN-tlee. We usually just tell people ours are “Mexican Hairless.” We get a lot less funny looks that way. [QUOTE=tdn] If they are Xoloitzcuintli puppies, than go right ahead. [/QUOTE] Hey! Are you going sit there and tell me [this puppy](http://www.flickr.com/photos/flyingcowofdoom/1661569543/in/set-72157602570088934/) isn’t cute? –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![dmatsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/57 "2007-11-06T21:52:56Z")
[QUOTE=IrreverentTone] … Rediculous is utterly ridiculous. [/QUOTE] Unless you’re (your ?) repelling boggarts, then it’s “Riddikulus” ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/58 "2007-11-06T21:53:39Z")
[QUOTE=FlyingCowOfDoom] Hey! Are you going sit there and tell me [this puppy](http://www.flickr.com/photos/flyingcowofdoom/1661569543/in/set-72157602570088934/) isn’t cute? –FCOD [/QUOTE] It would have been were it not for that huge growth attached to it. My pet peeve is “I can’t bare it”. No, you can’t BEAR it you idiot! If you couldn’t bare it that would imply you couldn’t remove your clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/59 "2007-11-06T22:13:28Z")
I see that Godot’s Law is in full force and effect in this thread. But ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/60 "2007-11-06T22:36:45Z")
[QUOTE=Hilarity N. Suze] I see that Godot’s Law is in full force and effect in this thread. But [/QUOTE] I’m waiting for the rest of your post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420.md?page=4)