[oot]

Here is our major discussion today at work....it is poke a dot or polka dot????

[Boomer]

It's polka dot.

But now that you mention it......just yesterday, I was wondering if it is all told or all tolled.

Boomer

[Uptown Girl]

I vote for Polka Dot.... Poke a Dot will get you a poke in the nose in my neighborhood!

And by the way, is it Pat-a-Cake, Patty Cake, or Paddy Cake?

[redwitch]

Definitely polka dot. And I'm with you, uptown, if you poke the dot around me, you're apt to get your poking finger slapped.

If you have a paddy cake, you're probably Irish. Or maybe it's a very sweet rice cake? A patty cake would probably be made out of meat. According to the nursery rhyme, it's pat-a-cake.

[Larryandlinda]

Originally Posted by oot

Here is our major discussion today at work....it is poke a dot or polka dot????

Many moons ago a traveling homeless man corrected us on 'fort' instead of 'for-TAY'

For your continued edutainment:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html

and this guy has had too much time on his hands, and actually answers email in a timely manner:

(caution - this could be time-consuming)

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

Barring snow in the Va mountains, rising sea levels on the Georgia Coast, and a sunken Lake Sumter bridge, we hope to arrive by noon Thursday

L and L

[Uptown Girl]

Originally Posted by Boomer

It's polka dot.

But now that you mention it......just yesterday, I was wondering if it is all told or all tolled.

Boomer

Does this help?
My hat is old.
My teeth are gold.
I have a bird I like to hold.
My shoe is off.
my foot is cold.
And now my story is all told. (One Fish Two Fish- Dr. Seuss)

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by Uptown Girl

Does this help?
My hat is old.
My teeth are gold.
I have a bird I like to hold.
My shoe is off.
my foot is cold.
And now my story is all told. (One Fish Two Fish- Dr. Seuss)

Hi Uptown Girl, I do thank you,
For sharing Theo Geisel's clue.

But, alas, I must confess,
The doc does not my angst address.

Word-loving types are of a feather,
And will choose told, not asking whether,

Their number-loving friends prefer,
Tolled -- to the count, they could defer.

Boomer

[iandwk]

Originally Posted by redwitch

If you have a paddy cake, you're probably Irish. Or maybe it's a very sweet rice cake? A patty cake would probably be made out of meat. According to the nursery rhyme, it's pat-a-cake.

This post reminds me of a youtube video. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3iFhLdWjqc&feat[/ame] ure=player_embedded

[redwitch]

I was told that a story was told; a bell was tolled (counted the whatever); and the statute of limitations was tolled (time has run out). Don't know about you, but I have no intention of counting the words, lines and sentences in a story even if it does have a definite ending. I also can't imagine ringing the book's pages. That leaves the story was all told (out), IMHO.

[Larryandlinda]

Originally Posted by redwitch

I was told that a story was told; a bell was tolled (counted the whatever); and the statute of limitations was tolled (time has run out). Don't know about you, but I have no intention of counting the words, lines and sentences in a story even if it does have a definite ending. I also can't imagine ringing the book's pages. That leaves the story was all told (out), IMHO.

http://www.word-detective.com/2008/04/11/all-told/

L and L

[Uptown Girl]

Originally Posted by Boomer

Hi Uptown Girl, I do thank you,
For sharing Theo Geisel's clue.

But, alas, I must confess,
The doc does not my angst address.

Word-loving types are of a feather,
And will choose told, not asking whether,

Their number-loving friends prefer,
Tolled -- to the count, they could defer.

Boomer

Applause!! Applause!! Boomer is cool....!

[PR1234]

Originally Posted by iandwk

This post reminds me of a youtube video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3iFhLdWjqc&feat ure=player_embedded

IANDWK that has got to be the funniest video ever

[Bill-n-Brillo]

A friend of ours says 'pokey-dot'........

Bill