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[myschyf]

And now for something completely different.

Hamsters for Kerry.

And a short poll.

[Poll #340966]

Comments

[hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com]

I would also like to point out, in the name of being Not Helpful Zephyr, that I grew up in New Hampshire - a high-risk locale if there ever was one. And I still knew how to spell hamster.

See, now -

[murphymom.livejournal.com]

- having to explain to people that I was from the Granite State and it was NOT "New Hamster" or "New Hampershire" was what kept me straight on "hamster". (Although I have known people to refer to their small, furry pets as "hamshers".)

Re: See, now -

[hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com]

Yes, that might have helped. Although I was 8 or 9 the first time I heard someone say "New Hamster" and thought it was so hilarious that I burst into gales of laughter whenever anyone honestly made that mistake. For many years. I think that reaction cured a lot of "New Hamster" mispronouncers.

My Aunt Corinna has the best one. She has one of those snotty Boston accents, like Winchester on M*A*S*H, and she says, "New Hampsheeeeer." That never ceases to amuse me.

[dragontdc.livejournal.com]

I thought they were first bred in Hampshire, England. D'oh!

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Never did.

[easternbird.livejournal.com]

"Hampster?" Seriously?! The mind boggles.

[realmjit.livejournal.com]

see also hampsterdance.com .

[easternbird.livejournal.com]

Ah, but see, I was first introduced to it as hamsterdance.com.

And now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head for the remainder of the evening. :-P

[soph-nyc.livejournal.com]

Eh... well, as they spell it 'hamster' in Sweden too I never had a problem with it. :)

[kenkitty.livejournal.com]

I spell it with a p because it's cuter and also because I like to piss people off.

[valkyrwench.livejournal.com]

I answered in a fit of whimsy. I've actually always known how to spell it. It's the curse of being the spelling nazi, I suspect :)

[musyc]

Dumpster has a "p" in it. Why shouldn't ham(p)ster?

I spell it with "p" 'cause it annoys people. ;)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

one day, you shall die a dog's death :)

[mhw.livejournal.com]

Which reminds me of one of the news announcers on the BBC. Several years ago he sent me into (metaphorical) fits by announcing that some footballer or other was unfit to play "due to a hamstering injury".

Given that this happened not too long after this Urban Legend started circulating, you can see why I was amused.

[jenny_evergreen]

I actually thought it was a case of alternate spellings (there are quite a few words that have two accepted spellings, actually) until I was an adult. This may well be because I did, in fact, see that in a dictionary somewhere along the way. :)