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This is the Conversation Forum for Ask h2g2 << Techy question....; Netbooks and mobile internet/3G... Sky >> Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Researcher PSG   Posting 1 Hello! I want to create an entry on innately funny words from around the world. You know, words that are funny without any real reason. So any suggestions gratefully recieved. Researcher PSG p.s. I will also accept entries at the guide page. http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A579585 Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Ommigosh This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Don't know why, but I find "spiggot" amusing. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Mr. Cogito This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 I think "pants" and "monkey" are just rather funny for no real reason. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Phryne- 'Best Suppurating Actress' This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Buffoon, spoon, balloon (or any word with 'oon' in it), caboose, foolish, gubbins, budgerigar, trousers, knickers/knickerbockers, gripe, fish. Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Phryne- 'Best Suppurating Actress' This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 Buffoon, spoon, balloon (or any word with 'oon' in it), caboose, foolish, gubbins, budgerigar, trousers, knickers/knickerbockers, gripe, fish. I love you for thinking of this project. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Mr. Cogito This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 frippery, kibosh, finagle, discombobulate... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Phreako This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 Any word can sound funny if you think about it a certain way. Sometimes I will suddenly realize that a simple word like dog will seem funny at the moment. I don't know why that happens, it just does. Right now I am laughing at the word bulb I know you probably think I am very strange But I consider that a comment Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Phreako This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 Now that I think of it, innate is a pretty funny word. Or innately too I guess Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Wand'rin star This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 Any (English) word that starts with 'sq' or 'fl', especially if more than two syllables Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Researcher PSG This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 10 Square kind of blows that theory, starts with 'sq' but I can't even smirk at it. I don't think there are any real rules. Here are 2 more: palindrome Tangerine Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Researcher PSG This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 11 I should have added: they are funny if said correctly. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Orcus This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 12 purple squiggly (if its a real word foible Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Is mise Duncan This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 13 "Lugubrious" - can't be said with a straight face. "Phenomenon" because so many people get tongue-tied on it. Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Rama - now floating around the world on Her Majesty's Finest This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 14 Flange and moist Always gets a giggle. Rama Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Phreako This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 15 Persnickity (sorry, I don't know if it is spelled correctly or not) Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Phreako This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 16 gnu I always found that one to be funny Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Researcher PSG This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 17 Crux always raises a smile. mastication (to chew food) always raises a laugh, but their could be a reason for that. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Red Dog (a figment of Paul H's imagination) This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 18 I always Boomerang was funny (but you have to say it with a Neil from the Young Ones kind of way). Red Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Phreako This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 19 pugnacious (don't know if that is spelled correctly) pervert paradigm paragon parabiosis parallelepiped Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Innately funny words Posted Jun 19, 2001 by Phreako This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 20 gazpacho robust rotunda Read the First Reply to this Posting Conversation list Conversation list

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