Today I was biking home from school with Darian when I had one of those moments- you know, where you KNOW a word, and its meaning, and it's right on the tip of your tongue! but you can't think of it just there... those drive me CRAZY.
Anyways, the conversation commenced like this:
Me: You know, where 2 words sound the same but don't mean the same thing??
D: I dunno...
Me: AAGHH! I have to know. Maybe I'll knock on a car window at the stop light and ask the person inside...
D: NO!
Me: Fine. I'll brainstorm Lit. terms: hyperbole.. no. onomatopoeia... no.
D: Books. Reading.
Me: Those aren't Lit. terms!
D: Yes, they are.
Me: Ugh. YOU KNOW THIS. Like, they're, and there, and their...
D: Well, technically not "their".
Me: Uh. Why not?
D: It's pronounced "thur".
Me: Um, no it's not.
D: Yes, it is! Like "thur house" and "thur dog".
Me: What are you talking about? Who taught you how to speak English? Everyone knows that that "ei" makes an "ay" sound. Like "Th-ay-r".
D: Allison. It's "thur". I'm positive.
Me: Okay. Name ONE word that does that- has an "e-i" and sounds like "urr".
D: Okay. Caterpill-urrr.
Me: ....
Anyways, the conversation commenced like this:
Me: You know, where 2 words sound the same but don't mean the same thing??
D: I dunno...
Me: AAGHH! I have to know. Maybe I'll knock on a car window at the stop light and ask the person inside...
D: NO!
Me: Fine. I'll brainstorm Lit. terms: hyperbole.. no. onomatopoeia... no.
D: Books. Reading.
Me: Those aren't Lit. terms!
D: Yes, they are.
Me: Ugh. YOU KNOW THIS. Like, they're, and there, and their...
D: Well, technically not "their".
Me: Uh. Why not?
D: It's pronounced "thur".
Me: Um, no it's not.
D: Yes, it is! Like "thur house" and "thur dog".
Me: What are you talking about? Who taught you how to speak English? Everyone knows that that "ei" makes an "ay" sound. Like "Th-ay-r".
D: Allison. It's "thur". I'm positive.
Me: Okay. Name ONE word that does that- has an "e-i" and sounds like "urr".
D: Okay. Caterpill-urrr.
Me: ....
29 comments:
Hahahaha! That is hilarious!
hahaha that is really funny. wow.
haha haha you made me giggle. That was a cute lil banter. Oh and there is a song that says thur....
haha that is a funny convo! totally made me giggle :) you are so cute allison!
Hah!
D fails at english.
You, however, win at life.
Lol Darian...
He also thought Poland's flag would be the easiest to draw because its only half red and the rest is white. But I told him that Lybia's flag is green, so I could just get a green piece of paper and win.
I won.
Haha, Karina, Darian is so funny. And Lybia is really unimaginative. Geez. :D
Oh em gee! This is the most hilarious thing of my life. Srsly. I am dying!!
wow that was an exaggeration, im not that dumb
Darian- I may have left out some things you said.. but you most DEFINITELY said everything that I put there! :D ILY.
Dear Darian, please be my friend. Seriously. That is hilarious.
That is all.
according to Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/their
their is pronounced [thair; unstressed ther] both ways work!
according to Merriam Webster online
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/their
their is pronouncecd \thər, ˈther\ both ways work!
i win
darian is definetily right. why in the world would someone say thayer? thats just weird... thur is way more ghetto. and its also the correct way to say their. :)
Okay- Darian and Safa?
CALM DOWN!! :D Haha and Darian? I believe the TRUE point of this post, the true climax/punchline was your caterpillar statement. NOT that you pronounce "their" as "thur"... but that you said caterpillar had an "ei" in it. :D
I agree with Darian, it can be pronounced both ways!
until now i always said thur, good thing both ways work
the caterpillar was sarcastic :P
Darian- you TOTALLY are Beth and Chuck. Face it- what you said was hilarious. Am I calling you dumb? NO. Am I calling you stupid? No. Am I laughing so hard I cry and falling off my bike?
YES.
i may have alternate identities...
You're pretty much the coolest teenager I know.
hahahahaha so hilarious! i think about homophones all the time since we had a contest to find the most in 4th grade.. and i lost :\
ahahahahahah so what was the word, in the end??? cause now even i am curious!!!!!!!!!!!
Haha, that poor kid :)
Shreya- it was "homophones". I should have sorted out the roots, seriously. HOMO is the easiest prefix to remember, EVER. I'm dumb.
thanks so much for the sweet comment! it means a lot, really! : ) i love your cute site, too!! happy you found me so i could find YOU! also- love the jim button, i'm still waiting, too! ; )
xo-
Yay! Haha I love Kristen Wiig tooooo she is so great and pretty much my hero.
P.S. Your conversation about homophones made my laugh so hard! The tip of the tongue thing happens to me alllll the time.
=]
LOVE it! This could totally be the dialogue of a comic strip..I was visualizing the story-board as I read it!
Too funny!
Funny exchange. I think biking home from work sounds like a grand idea when I move to place that features less snow.
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