Thursday, 2 October 2008
The Way I Are - a parody
As you can probably imagine, I'm not a fan of the Timbaland song, "The Way I Are".
I'm not usually so much of a stickler that bad grammar in song lyrics bothers me but there are limits. The Way I Are? Come on, that's egregious.
I like this parody, which pokes fun at the sloppy grammar of Timbaland's original.
This video is improved by no small amount by the cameo appearance of Hot For Words star, Marina, in a ridiculously short skirt.
Call me cynical but I'm starting to suspect that the reason she gets so many viewers on YouTube has little to do with her knowledge of etymology.
Labels: grammar, HotForWords, lyrics, Timbaland, video
posted by Gez at 6:24 pm
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Friday, 5 September 2008
I like her big brains...
In case you haven't seen HotForWords on YouTube, here is a sample.
She makes me feel funny, like when we used to climb the rope in gym class.
As is mentioned in the video, nincompoop was voted the UK's favourite sounding word last year. Runners up included discombobulated, squishy, onomatopoeia and incandescent. Now they're some words to get hot for.
Labels: Boobs, etymology, HotForWords, YouTube
posted by Gez at 9:13 pm
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