tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post9073438710643406275..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: DagnabbitMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45506344247787749682015-04-17T04:59:25.644-07:002015-04-17T04:59:25.644-07:00Yes, and it ends with, "We'll have a gay ...Yes, and it ends with, "We'll have a gay old time."sculptor1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01342942066482312114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89926464251531310212015-04-16T22:14:46.371-07:002015-04-16T22:14:46.371-07:00I shoplifted. I got measles the next day. I believ...I shoplifted. I got measles the next day. I believed in divine retribution for a few years after that, and then I was all, "ehh."<br /><br />Anyway, maybe we stirred loose your dinosaur memories!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73559031547442495862015-04-16T16:58:39.380-07:002015-04-16T16:58:39.380-07:00When I was a child, I misread the sign saying &quo...When I was a child, I misread the sign saying "Shoplifters will be prosecuted," as "Shoplifters will be persecuted." Spent way too much time in church as a kid, and I KNEW what persecuted meant. I also knew I would never shoplift. <br />Nothing to do with dinosaurs, but your post brought back that memory for some reason. knittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-48183117653257282352015-04-16T08:41:12.222-07:002015-04-16T08:41:12.222-07:00For all I know, too, but fortunately they gots exp...For all I know, too, but fortunately they gots experts to work on those things.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25514892205659271562015-04-16T08:37:03.866-07:002015-04-16T08:37:03.866-07:00Aaaand installation complete. Now I'm trying t...Aaaand installation complete. Now I'm trying to come up with the rest of the lyric. It couldn't possibly have been "they're a page right out of history," could it?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46663937562586804562015-04-16T08:36:06.288-07:002015-04-16T08:36:06.288-07:00We all had trouble with "misled," right?...We all had trouble with "misled," right?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-69515173439635619452015-04-16T06:03:57.933-07:002015-04-16T06:03:57.933-07:00Speaking of mis-hearing, when I was a child, I tho...Speaking of mis-hearing, when I was a child, I thought that phrase was followed by, "...they're the mod-historic family" instead of, ". . . they're the modern stone-age family." Mondegreens, anyone?sculptor1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01342942066482312114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73703632664164132882015-04-16T04:20:28.254-07:002015-04-16T04:20:28.254-07:00I still am prone to mispronouncing words that I...I <i>still</i> am prone to mispronouncing words that I've only read but not heard. Then I thought to Google "How to pronounce ___" and it would take me to short YouTube videos of the word being pronounced. Google rocks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64293702422061119192015-04-16T00:18:47.066-07:002015-04-16T00:18:47.066-07:00I mispronounced many words when I was young, becau...I mispronounced many words when I was young, because I'd never heard them before, only read them. when I eventually went to school and heard the correct pronunciation, I thought it was a whole different word and had to ask what it meant. I got laughed at a lot. It didn't help that I was partly deaf and still am of course, but now I keep my mouth shut.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-47002803740456553892015-04-16T00:10:47.248-07:002015-04-16T00:10:47.248-07:00I've never heard of Apatosurus, guess it didn&...I've never heard of Apatosurus, guess it didn't catch on downunder. Brontosaurus does sound so much better. <br />I don't even care if they are the same animal or not. For all I know the smaller collared one was probably a junior, not full grown yet. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89687254988526037032015-04-15T22:09:19.301-07:002015-04-15T22:09:19.301-07:00Definitely. But I just checked about the brontosau...Definitely. But I just checked about the brontosaur. No, they did NOT have brontosauruses in Jurassic Park. They had Apatosauruses (in the novel). In the first movie, they replaced them with brachiosauruses. Those were similar in many ways, being fellow sauropods, but they had Cankles. I'm betting they substituted brachiosaurs just to avoid the whole bronto/apato imbroglio. (That was fun to Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-454933594332650512015-04-15T22:01:25.133-07:002015-04-15T22:01:25.133-07:00Earworm download complete. Would you like to insta...Earworm download complete. Would you like to install now?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-49261718835494238042015-04-15T21:39:51.947-07:002015-04-15T21:39:51.947-07:00"Flintstones, meet the Flintstones...""Flintstones, meet the Flintstones..."Saint Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189380890153930954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20601291627356439592015-04-15T20:12:21.377-07:002015-04-15T20:12:21.377-07:00"Yo! Skippy. You wanna tell us where all your..."Yo! Skippy. You wanna tell us where all your war profits are, or you want I should come over an' BRONTO on you...?"dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-50373879358591806382015-04-15T19:25:33.764-07:002015-04-15T19:25:33.764-07:00Wasn't that a T-Rex?Wasn't that a T-Rex?jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-70621406515408200692015-04-15T18:57:54.941-07:002015-04-15T18:57:54.941-07:00As I recall, the problem with Pluto was that he di...As I recall, the problem with Pluto was that he didn't clean up after himself. If he could suck in some of the rocks around him, and clear a space for himself, he'd be right in 'em.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-69579714765540067202015-04-15T18:34:35.334-07:002015-04-15T18:34:35.334-07:00My father was always horribly irritated by people ...My father was always horribly irritated by people mispronouncing things that they'd read, but not heard. Like people saying "boatswain" instead of "bosun." (Most folks know that one, though.) "Forehead" is supposed to rhyme with "horrid." "Falcon" should be "fockin." All of this is buried with him now, except that I still try, so as Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38163736767358919982015-04-15T18:13:39.962-07:002015-04-15T18:13:39.962-07:00Now if they would just apologize to poor Pluto and...Now if they would just apologize to poor Pluto and promote him to a regular planet again. Calling him a "dwarf planet" seems awfully un-PC and rather supercilious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-42403999400275187322015-04-15T17:56:24.138-07:002015-04-15T17:56:24.138-07:00Oh gosh, I probably mention brontosauruses five or...Oh gosh, I probably mention brontosauruses five or six times a year, anyway. Who doesn't? Now that Jurassic Park question is a good one. Guess I'll have to watch that again.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-68959984511616530782015-04-15T17:42:57.096-07:002015-04-15T17:42:57.096-07:00'bron' and brawn are homonyms, so there...'bron' and brawn are homonyms, so there's that. Plus we have this associative/meaning thing that our brains do when we first encounter words. I used to read the word 'martians' and mentally pronounce it MARteeyans. When I found out the correct pronunciation I was irritated. They didn't come from a marsh, dammit. Hard to figure, like taste. Always enjoy your eloquent al ariolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11496801402827618703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33203429696048822122015-04-15T14:23:31.117-07:002015-04-15T14:23:31.117-07:00For twenty years, every time I'd say "apa...For twenty years, every time I'd say "apatosaurus" I do that little hesitation thing and use a Valley Girl accent, with the air quotes implied. ... So that was, like, what, twice?? I mean how many times does one speak of these things?<br /><br />Plus I never got the memo about Brontosaurus not being "real". What did they call it in Jurassic Park? Not the A-word. Not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-68867887950230646002015-04-15T12:18:19.800-07:002015-04-15T12:18:19.800-07:00I AM WOMAN, HEAR ME STOMP!I AM WOMAN, HEAR ME STOMP!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-90521415111039607182015-04-15T12:17:56.558-07:002015-04-15T12:17:56.558-07:00I think we are write similar, Pearl.I think we are write similar, Pearl.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25929778751608086362015-04-15T12:17:41.285-07:002015-04-15T12:17:41.285-07:00Oh I love calling people Skippy! You can pack a lo...Oh I love calling people Skippy! You can pack a lot of attitude into that.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-30106720120189021982015-04-15T12:17:06.036-07:002015-04-15T12:17:06.036-07:00You probably heard your kid talk about apatosaurs ...You probably heard your kid talk about apatosaurs and just assumed it was one of your newer auxiliary dinosaurs and not the great swamp-stomper.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com