Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Use verbal tricks to get a laugh. Gia grammar Is that why everybody loves the itty bitty kitty committee? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=17035#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=17035#Comments Mon, 18 May 2009 01:39:32 GMT Andrew the Ominous grammar K's are most certainly not always funny. Though you would be confused by the old white southerners running around in bedsheets screaming about Scottish purity. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=15391#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=15391#Comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:34:57 GMT Andy grammar You're insane. "Squiggly was deceived by the tramp in the smörgåsbord" is comedy gold. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=15287#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=15287#Comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:22:33 GMT Derek Fries grammar I thought the Ardvark parsk his car in the dark to be quite funny http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=14615#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=14615#Comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:06:38 GMT Curtis Benner grammar K words are freaKing funny KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK HAHAHAHA! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=14614#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=14614#Comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:04:32 GMT Hudson grammar I love your website. I have learned so much grammar from the lessons. Thank you so much for putting so much time and effort into this show. By the way the funny words and jokes are hilarious. Thanks again!!! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=14588#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=14588#Comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:13:04 GMT Michael Phillips grammar A most enjoyable GG Q&D Tip! I'd like to add to the queue of quirky turns of phrase: the absurd hilarity of the "exploding whale" movie remains unrivaled for sheer playfulness in journalism. http://www.theexplodingwhale.com/evidence/resources/transcript/ There are websites full of clips of the actual broadcast, in which KATU anchor Paul Linnman conjectures about the reluctance of "self-respecting seagulls" and "land-blubber newsmen." The real gem of the piece comes when Linnman describes what they witnessed: when the dynamite meant to send the carcass of a beached whale back to sea exploded, "the blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds." A friend of mine and I first downloaded this almost fifteen years ago, and we still get chuckles from mimicking Mr. Linnman's deadpan delivery. [A side note relevant to the podcast: could it be that successful alliteration with the `B' sound is more humorous as it's strung longer through a sentence? It seems plosive consonants like `k,' `t,' and even `g' lend themselves to humorous application in shorter alliterative bursts than others.] Thanks again for the show! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=13106#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=13106#Comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:59:04 GMT Cheri grammar I have read the excerpt and am questioning the use of the apostrophine in M&M. I thought the new rule was to not use an appostrophe to make an acronym plural. Please explain. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=13025#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=13025#Comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:04:20 GMT blu-k grammar Whenever my friends and I are going out, I always say 'the banana daiquiris are on me' as silly joke. I never thought about the 'k' sound before, but 'the banana margaritas are on me' just doesn't sound as funny! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=13020#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=13020#Comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:28:47 GMT Carolyn grammar I read somewhere about dogs responding better to names with a "k" sound. So weird. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=13016#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx?commentid=13016#Comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:35:12 GMT Mon, 18 May 2009 01:39:32 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/words-that-sound-funny.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us