Message Forum: Re: Nasty Contest

Re: Nasty Contest - what next?

Posted By: Grishny, on host 65.58.88.228
Date: Saturday, October 12, 2002, at 21:02:23
In Reply To: Re: Nasty Contest - what next? posted by Howard on Friday, October 11, 2002, at 17:48:04:

> An interesting sidelight is that a fight broke out over the correct spelling of bugger. Some wanted to spell it booger, but bugger won out.

I don't like either of those spellings. If I had to pick one, it'd be booger. I've only seen it spelt that way recently, though. All my life, I thought the word should be spelled bugar. Why? I don't know. Why isn't sugar spelled "shooger?"

Gri"gotta boogie, shoogie"shny

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Message:	> > An interesting sidelight is that a fight broke out over the correct spelling of bugger. Some wanted to spell it booger, but bugger won out. > > I don't like either of those spellings. If I had to pick one, it'd be booger. I've only seen it spelt that way recently, though. All my life, I thought the word should be spelled bugar. Why? I don't know. Why isn't sugar spelled "shooger?" > > Gri"gotta boogie, shoogie"shny
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