# When "i" is replaced by "we"... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657 "2012-11-11T05:04:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657/1 "2012-11-11T05:04:23Z")
…“even illness becomes wellness.” This was posted by my Mom on facebook and I immediately burst out laughing out insipid and silly it is. But then I got to thinking… if we replaced any instance of i with we, what would we get? Are there any examples of innocuous words that become awful? Good words that become bad? This is your next challenge, Dopers. Give me some fodder to comment on my mom’s silly picture, if you want 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657/2 "2012-11-11T05:10:23Z")
It becomes wet. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657/3 "2012-11-11T05:11:37Z")
“… even _it_ becomes _wet_.” My favorite of this type of glurge: There is no “i” in “team.” No, but there is an “eat” and a “me” if you jumble it up. fie. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657/4 "2012-11-11T05:49:57Z")
Ireland becomes Wereland, which doesn’t sound like a very good place to visit. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657/5 "2012-11-11T05:56:25Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > …“even illness becomes wellness.” Unless someone starts referring to himself as “we” instead of “I”. That was one of the symptoms of what turned out to be the beginning of a downward spiral/nervous breakdown/depression thing that I watched a friend go through. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657/6 "2012-11-11T07:04:32Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > “… even _it_ becomes _wet_.” > > My favorite of this type of glurge: > > There is no “i” in “team.” > No, but there is an “eat” and a “me” if you jumble it up. > > fie. I always liked Michael Jordan’s response after a late scoring run to win a game caused a coach to say, “There’s no ‘I’ in team Michael.” Jordan just stared at him and said, “There’s an ‘I’ in win.” ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657/7 "2012-11-12T04:42:16Z")
This is a lot more difficult that I thought it would be at first. I think “it becomes wet” is the best we’ve got. I was foolish enough to mention this to my family this morning. All day, Mr. Legend has been popping up with non sequiturs: “Inch becomes wench!” “Boil becomes bowel!” “Ire becomes were!” “In becomes wen!” And the older Myth came up with, “Indigo becomes wendigo!” and is staunchly defending that because, “It was in ‘Pet Sematery’!” Make it stop, please? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657/8 "2012-11-12T04:45:02Z")
Haha, thank you for sharing everyone. “Gweve 'em a wench, and they’ll take a mwele” ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657/9 "2012-11-12T04:59:16Z")
This has to stop. “Avoid becomes avowed!” “But that’s not turning a positive into a negative, honey.” “Okay, I’ll stop thinking of them!” His words to God’s ear. ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657/10 "2012-11-12T05:16:23Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > This has to stop. > > “Avoid becomes avowed!” > > “But that’s not turning a positive into a negative, honey.” > > “Okay, I’ll stop thinking of them!” > > His words to God’s ear. Can I have your family? Because this seems like an awesome way to spend the day. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657/11 "2012-11-12T05:20:40Z")
> [@iftheresaway](#): > > Can I have your family? Because this seems like an awesome way to spend the day. I agree. In fact, I’m rightly jealous, a tad! Haha! ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-is-replaced-by-we/640657/12 "2012-11-12T07:08:43Z")
Evil becomes evwel, and who can be afraid of that? It sounds like something Elmer Fudd would say 🙂