The Vent and Rant Thread

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Patricia

And did you advise them to use that (so-called) "satanist" logo?
There was such a fuss about it in the 1980s, mostly made by fundamentalists.

The logo started when someone began marking all shipping arrivals from P&G with a hand-drawn crescent moon for easy identification. People came to associate P&G with a crescent moon, so the company adopted a stylized crescent moon as their logo. Then in the latter half of the 20th century fundamentalists began spreading the rumor that it was a satanic symbol and that P&G was run by Satan worshipers.

They now have a lame new logo that is so bland no one could possibly misinterpret it. What a pity; as the old logo was one of the most attractive and artistic in the corporate world.

Fundamentalists! Why are they called that? They're no FUN, and they certainly don't display a great deal of MENTAL ability. They ruin everything they touch. They're like Bizarro World versions of King Midas.

[Patricia]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Fundamentalists! Why are they called that? They're no FUN, and they certainly don't display a great deal of MENTAL ability. They ruin everything they touch. They're like Bizarro World versions of King Midas.

I think it's because they speak out of their fundament
(at least according to one of the definitions of that word).

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I think it's because they speak out of their fundament
(at least according to one of the definitions of that word).

well they damn sure speak out of their asses!

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I think it's because they speak out of their fundament
(at least according to one of the definitions of that word).

I had to look that up on the Google!

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

you gotta love the english language.

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

If nothing else inanimate objects are neither masculine nor feminine

GAH - she got there before I did .... mind, I'm not too sure there is anything obvious in animate object names that necessarily denotes gender.

(yah - and damn yer accents too....)

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by nomesque

Weird pronunciations? I think my favourite is a home-grown Aussie effort. Goonoo Goonoo is a town in NSW, pronounced GUNna guNOO. Surely it gets extra points for having two different pronunciations of the same word within the one name... right??

Now that is crazy!

[Sparrow]

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[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I think it's because they speak out of their fundament
(at least according to one of the definitions of that word).

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

well they damn sure speak out of their asses!

That level of control over oneself is a hard thing to master you should know...

Spoiler:

It takes 5 years of expensive studies for lawyers to learn that...

[TGS]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Yeah why is there an "o" in there? And why is it "boot" is pronounced T-R-U-N-K?

Same reason "fawcet" is pronounced T-A-P! Two nations divided by a common language - but only one of them is right!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by TGS

Same reason "fawcet" is pronounced T-A-P! Two nations divided by a common language - but only one of them is right!

Ha!

Love it!

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by nomesque

Weird pronunciations? I think my favourite is a home-grown Aussie effort. Goonoo Goonoo is a town in NSW, pronounced GUNna guNOO. Surely it gets extra points for having two different pronunciations of the same word within the one name... right??

trust the australians ! extra points granted.

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

The logo started when someone began marking all shipping arrivals from P&G with a hand-drawn crescent moon for easy identification. People came to associate P&G with a crescent moon, so the company adopted a stylized crescent moon as their logo. Then in the latter half of the 20th century fundamentalists began spreading the rumor that it was a satanic symbol and that P&G was run by Satan worshipers.

They now have a lame new logo that is so bland no one could possibly misinterpret it. What a pity; as the old logo was one of the most attractive and artistic in the corporate world.

Fundamentalists! Why are they called that? They're no FUN, and they certainly don't display a great deal of MENTAL ability. They ruin everything they touch. They're like Bizarro World versions of King Midas.

Originally Posted by Patricia

I think it's because they speak out of their fundament
(at least according to one of the definitions of that word).

(i agree with you about the original logo, tom ; it's very pretty. it's really a shame they felt they had to abandon it.)

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

On languages, one of the reasons the English language is so weird in terms of spelling vs pronunciation is, apparently, due to The Great Vowel Shift: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A980624 and the wikipedia version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

[pholy]

To say nothing of the fact that at various times they have been overrun by Vikings, Danes, Normans, and Germans. And that was after the Romans, Angles and Saxons had their way with the original indigents - whose name is lost to my memory... Celts, maybe? That island has been sorely abused.

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

My surname also gets misspelled (or perhaps misheard) a lot. Its 'Frankish' and I am fed up of being asked 'how do you spell that?' - how else could you spell it?!?

If pshyrnk's going to drop Procter & Gamble on us then I'll name drop as well The sharp eyed amongst you may have noticed that my avatar is a map of the Frankish Empire. The most famous leader of that empire was Charlemagne, to whom, presumably, I trace my ancestry back to.

Those of you who read Dan Brown will also, no doubt, recall that the Merovingians were also part of the Frankish clan and that it was these who Dan Brown 'proved' were the continuation of Jesus' bloodline.

So, pshrynk, you keep P&G, I'm related to the son of God

Oh, I'm not claiming relationship with them. I know how to spell. Can't type worth a damn, but I can spell. My branch of the family fell off the boat in the late 1800's and are all settled in Iowa (mostly).

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

On languages, one of the reasons the English language is so weird in terms of spelling vs pronunciation is, apparently, due to The Great Vowel Shift: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A980624 and the wikipedia version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

thanks for those links am, that was really interesting. i'd never heard of that phenomenon before. just think, a few hundred years ago, ALL english speakers sounded like the scots ! must have been glorious.

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Oh, I'm not claiming relationship with them. I know how to spell. Can't type worth a damn, but I can spell. My branch of the family fell off the boat in the late 1800's and are all settled in Iowa (mostly).

so being able to spell is hereditary then ? interesting.