# 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:** 8
**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 9, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/141 "2007-11-09T15:10:22Z")
[QUOTE=Missy2U] No, it’s not. [/QUOTE] Yes, it is. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/142 "2007-11-09T15:16:11Z")
[QUOTE=pantheon] I’m willing to pay someone to mix this in to a hardcore technorave, with Sunspace’s permission of course. [/QUOTE] I’m inclined to give permission out of sheer curiosity, as long as I get a cut of the profits. 😃 Go ahead! ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/143 "2007-11-09T15:46:43Z")
Gratuitous Capitalization of words for no Good Reason is another one of my Pet peeves (along, with shotgun comma-izing (new word?) of, sentences in the hopes that One of them might be, in the Right place). ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/144 "2007-11-09T16:16:09Z")
[QUOTE=ouryL] and I DID not own a [Datsun](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachshund). :mad: [/QUOTE] I came in to post this as well. My daughter in law was telling me what someone’s last name was. She said, “Dotson - you know - like the dog”. I swear, I could not keep from bursting out laughing. “That’s not how you spell it !!” … “Yeah, but that’s how you _say_ it”… Uhm… No, ma’am, it’s NOT. Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/145 "2007-11-09T16:31:11Z")
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] Yes, it is. [/QUOTE] Nope, nope, nope. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/146 "2007-11-09T17:19:24Z")
“He does that everyday.” NO! He does that _every day_. Two words. _Everyday_ as one word comes before the noun: I do my everyday activities every day. What’s worse is that AAFES actually spent good money on an advertiser who came up with this brilliant slogan: _Saving you money…everyday!_ ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/147 "2007-11-09T21:50:20Z")
I was in New Orleans last weekend. I bet only 1 person out of 5 could spell: “Tchoupitoulas” God forbid, something happens while you are on that street: Tourist: Help me, people are trying to kill me Police: Where are you? Tourist: The 100 block of Tchoupitoulas Police: Can you spell that? Tourist: C-H-O-P-A-T-W-O-L-A-S Police: There is no street by that spelling. Try Again. Tourist: T-C-H-O-P-I-T-O-L-A-S Police: I’m sorry, there is no street spelled that way. Call back when you figure it out. CLICK ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/148 "2007-11-09T22:09:50Z")
What a paraprosdokian this place is! (I learned that word from the links in post 1) ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/149 "2007-11-09T22:34:03Z")
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] Careful **Beware of Doug** , you’re heading for a slap. [/QUOTE] Ooh, boyfight! ---
**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 10, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/150 "2007-11-10T00:14:59Z")
Another peeve of mine - all though. No, numb nuts, it’s although. And no where - no! Nowhere!!! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/151 "2007-11-10T00:56:07Z")
Wow-such hostility! It’s fun to read. It’s/its is one that annoys me. I hate loose/lose. It is very jarring to read that someone’s ring was lose. Or that they about to loose their house. Very odd mental pictures in my head. I haven’t seen break/brake, but that would bother me as well. I am guilty of not proofreading my posts here and some times (sometimes?) writing “definetly” instead of definitely. I find Britglish interesting (ok, so maybe it should be English and we’re the ones speaking Amerenglish). But I have to laugh–these are the people who say leftenant for lieutentant? ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/152 "2007-11-10T01:03:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] [Here’s the recording](http://www.sunspace.org/about.mp3) in MP3 format (141 kB). Recorded with Audacity and the microphone in my computer. [sub]And now that you’ve heard my voice, I’ll never get a date again…[/sub] [/QUOTE] Nah, you’re fine, although I couldn’t help giggling just a bit at your enthusiasm. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/153 "2007-11-10T02:24:51Z")
Ain’t no way I am ever pronouncing it “sh-ed-ewel”. Back to the OP, someone else touched on this one as well, it is a Rottweiler, not a rockweiler, rockwelder or rockwilder. Oh and the cute little rodent kept as pets and used to run servers is a hamster, not a hampster. A hampster would be a small rodent that also holds your dirty clothes. Oh and it [dances](http://http://www.hampsterdance.com/classorig.html) too. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/154 "2007-11-10T02:48:31Z")
[QUOTE=Telperien] Nah, you’re fine, although I couldn’t help giggling just a bit at your enthusiasm. [/QUOTE] Thanks. I was yelling a bit because it was the first time I’d tried recording things on my Mac. Wasn’t there a thread where Dopers were linking to sound recordings of themselves? ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/155 "2007-11-10T03:01:11Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Thanks. I was yelling a bit because it was the first time I’d tried recording things on my Mac. Wasn’t there a thread where Dopers were linking to sound recordings of themselves? [/QUOTE] Heh, I did that too the first few times I recorded something. I don’t know about the thread, though. I hadn’t seen one like that. ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/156 "2007-11-10T03:20:56Z")
Oh, and since there are two of them staring at me at the moment (dog sitting weekend) - there is no such breed as “miniature Collie” or Miniature Lassie-dog" They are Shetland Sheepdogs (Not _shep_dogs, however!) or Shelties. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/157 "2007-11-10T15:16:35Z")
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] Another peeve of mine - all though. No, numb nuts, it’s although. And no where - no! Nowhere!!! [/QUOTE] It’ll be alright. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/158 "2007-11-10T20:49:25Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] It’ll be alright. [/QUOTE] Someone’s going to link [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416604) eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/159 "2007-11-10T22:29:11Z")
My husband recently told me about his boss who uses the word “well” when he means “will” (for example, he sends emails out saying “We well need to do this quickly”). When asked about it, he thought they were the same word - that it didn’t make a difference which word he used. This is a professional dude working in a professional capacity. It makes my brain hurt. When I was a kid, I thought “musician” and “magician” were the same word, but I got over it. By about five. ---
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420/160 "2007-11-11T00:34:28Z")
Ooh! Ooh! I have a question. I see a lot of people placing “an” before an acronym when it starts with a consonant. For example: “I went to a yard sale and bought an NES.” It should be “a NES,” right? Or are the rules different for acronyms? If you spelled out “NES” phoneticalicalically, you’d say “en-ee-ess” which is why there’s confusion, right? Help my ignorance. Oh well, it’s all a mute point anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420.md?page=9)