OT... Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhh!!!!

moxy · Post by **moxy** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:33 pm

That's all I needed to say...

And I'll say it again...

Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggghhhhhh!!

Do you ever feel like that??

moxy · Post by **moxy** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:14 pm

Oh well, maybe it's just me and it's going to pass eventually...

peteinmn · Post by **peteinmn** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:27 pm

Well some times the only thing that makes me feel better is saying !@#$%^&*.

But, that's just me.

Azalin · Post by **Azalin** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:31 pm

I understand how you can feel like this. I mean, it's not as if you were leaving for Ireland in a few days.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:34 pm

Which spelling is correct?

1.Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhh,

2. Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggghhhhhh, or

3. Aaarrrrgggghhhh.

I've seen all three spellings in recent posts, and now I'm confused.

Are different spellings used in British and American English?

I appreciate your help on this.

Best wishes,
Jerry

moxy · Post by **moxy** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:38 pm

It's spelled just the way your spirit moves you to spell it. There's never any wrong spelling. Like right now, I just want to say...

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHH....

Note the lesser presence of the G. The emphasis, in my case, at this point, is really on the last letter, H.

My spirit has moved me to say it again...

AAAAAAAAAAaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh....

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:39 pm

moxy · Post by **moxy** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:40 pm

Oh, I could say this too as pete suggests: !@#$%^&*

It's like a new language - feels like it could do the trick too.

Any other suggestions? Bring it on.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:43 pm

Oh, dear.

That seems so complicated.

Are these all different spellings of the same word, or does each one have a different meaning?

English is such a difficult language.

Best wishes,
Jerry

moxy · Post by **moxy** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:47 pm

The short form is argh, obviously.

You can use that, Jerry, and people will understand you in any language and any country. Try it next time you're in Zimbabwe or Afghanistan. It works.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:55 pm

moxy wrote:The short form is argh, obviously.

You can use that, Jerry, and people will understand you in any language and any country. Try it next time you're in Zimbabwe or Afghanistan. It works.

As I said, I appreciate your help on this.

As it happens, I'm on the phone right now making arrangements for a tour of Zimbabwe and Afghanistan. It will be extremely useful to be able to make myself understood to the local people there.

You're a godsend.

Best wishes,
Jerry

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 7:26 pm

Jerry Freeman wrote:Which spelling is correct?

Well, in the pirate dialect most commonly used at my house, one would most likely say "aahhhrrg"

But, as has been pointed out, the word lends itself to flexible usage.

One of our former favorite computer games, Freddi Fish, contained a delicious little pirate ditty which I will excerpt here:
"Aargh when I'm happy,
Aargh when I'm sad,
Aargh when I'm good or bad."

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 9:23 pm

peteinmn wrote:Well some times the only thing that makes me feel better is saying !@#$%^&*.

But, that's just me.

looks good....but how does one pronounce it????

Azalin · Post by **Azalin** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:43 am

You know, I jus arrived from a great night with my family (what's left of it) and I'm freaking drunk but I've walked on the main "night stree" of my city (St-Laurent, as moxy would recognize) and it sucks so much that my first reaction woulld be "Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" !!!! . It's so much about how you look and what you look to own, I just can't fit in that stuff. Wow. Anyway, let's "arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" for a while.

Mike J · Post by **Mike J** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 1:05 am

izzarina wrote:
peteinmn wrote:Well some times the only thing that makes me feel better is saying !@#$%^&*.

But, that's just me.
looks good....but how does one pronounce it????

That one can be a bit difficult since different regions pronounce it differently. In the southern US it usually pronounced like !@# - $%^ - &* with a strong emphasis on the second syllable. In the north, it’s the third syllable that gets the emphasis. The Brits, as usual, have their own way of pronouncing things. They pronounce the second syllable the same way you would say the third syllable in -)! - **@ - $%^ but the first syllable gets more emphasis. And the Aussies… Well I haven’t been able to figure out how to phonetically spell the way they say it yet.