Comments on: Mini-post: Thoof http://www.thenameinspector.com/thoof/ Tells you what makes names tick. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:14:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Nikos Bilalis http://www.thenameinspector.com/thoof/#comment-65288 Nikos Bilalis Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:51:23 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/thoof/#comment-65288 Unsurprisingly, Thoof didn't last long, after all. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/02/another-personalized-news-site-bites-the-dust/ Unsurprisingly, Thoof didn’t last long, after all.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/02/another-personalized-news-site-bites-the-dust/

]]> By: Kay http://www.thenameinspector.com/thoof/#comment-43609 Kay Fri, 16 May 2008 07:44:17 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/thoof/#comment-43609 It sounds decidedly stupid...somewhere between "thud" and "oof". Awful for a news site! On a side note, I love your site (just discovered it through my favorite gum, Watering Kissmint, which is why I'm remarking on this oldfaced post). I thought it would just be a bunch of funny names at first, but the grammatical comments grew on me. It's interesting how little most of us think about sounds and words until someone makes us. It sounds decidedly stupid…somewhere between “thud” and “oof”. Awful for a news site!

On a side note, I love your site (just discovered it through my favorite gum, Watering Kissmint, which is why I’m remarking on this oldfaced post). I thought it would just be a bunch of funny names at first, but the grammatical comments grew on me. It’s interesting how little most of us think about sounds and words until someone makes us.

]]> By: The Name Inspector http://www.thenameinspector.com/thoof/#comment-8096 The Name Inspector Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:01:12 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/thoof/#comment-8096 Right, back, not front. I meant I couldn't think of anything else that has the combination in word-initial position. I just think the fact that the combination is so unusual is part of what makes it strange to some people. Even if a sound sequence exists in English, like the the final consonant combination in the word "sixth", it might still seem strange and/or difficult to say, especially if it's rare. Right, back, not front. I meant I couldn’t think of anything else that has the combination in word-initial position. I just think the fact that the combination is so unusual is part of what makes it strange to some people. Even if a sound sequence exists in English, like the the final consonant combination in the word “sixth”, it might still seem strange and/or difficult to say, especially if it’s rare.

]]> By: John http://www.thenameinspector.com/thoof/#comment-8095 John Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:40:25 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/thoof/#comment-8095 What about "enthusiasm". It's just an accident that we don't have the word "thoof". Old English had þóðer "ball", which, if it had survived, would have turned into a word with theta + high back rounded vowel. What about “enthusiasm”. It’s just an accident that we don’t have the word “thoof”. Old English had þóðer “ball”, which, if it had survived, would have turned into a word with theta + high back rounded vowel.

]]> By: The Name Inspector http://www.thenameinspector.com/thoof/#comment-8063 The Name Inspector Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:58:22 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/thoof/#comment-8063 John, thanks for your comment. I'm not sure the name breaks any "rules", but I can't think of any other word in my variety of English that has the theta followed by the high front rounded vowel. John, thanks for your comment. I’m not sure the name breaks any “rules”, but I can’t think of any other word in my variety of English that has the theta followed by the high front rounded vowel.

]]> By: John http://www.thenameinspector.com/thoof/#comment-8062 John Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:45:14 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/thoof/#comment-8062 As I said on Nancy's blog, I don't see how it is phonetically counterintuitive. It doesn't break any rules. It's an accidental gap. As I said on Nancy’s blog, I don’t see how it is phonetically counterintuitive. It doesn’t break any rules. It’s an accidental gap.

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