K

[zachcadillac]

Easily the ugliest letter of the alphabet. Useless, too.

[Joe Gahona]

I think you're right. Lowercase r sucks too.

[zachcadillac]

That's true, but no other letter can do what lowercase "r" does. "K," conversely, performs no function that could not be handled as deftly by "c" or "ch."

[dt35456884]

Mind if I start calling you Zack? How about Zak?

[Yoda]

Originally posted by zachcadillac
"K," conversely, performs no function...

I guess Jeremy Bonderman thought the same thing today.

[zachcadillac]

Originally posted by dt35456884
Mind if I start calling you Zack? How about Zak?

Once I saw someone's name spelled thusly: Zakery.

That is just irresponsible.

[zachcadillac]

Originally posted by Yoda
I guess Jeremy Bonderman thought the same thing today.

This is funny.

[Billy Ringo]

Originally posted by zachcadillac
Once I saw someone's name spelled thusly: Zakery.

That is just irresponsible.

It is worse than irresponsible. It is criminal. Just dead wrong.

I take issue with you, however, on the usefulness of K or k. There are languages other than English in which it is very useful.

How would you prefer to spell Gibby's name. Chirch or Circ?

No, no. It is Kirk. Or would you spell Cyle or Chyle? Or Cevin or Chevin? Perhaps Cheith? Or do you like Ceith better?

You see, if you are using a Latin-based Romance language, you may do without a single K, be it upper or lower case. But not so with English, Gaelic, Erse, Dutch, German, Danish, Norwegian or Swedish.

I rest my case.

[zachcadillac]

Originally posted by Billy Ringo
It is worse than irresponsible. It is criminal. Just dead wrong.

I take issue with you, however, on the usefulness of K or k. There are languages other than English in which it is very useful.

How would you prefer to spell Gibby's name. Chirch or Circ?

No, no. It is Kirk. Or would you spell Cyle or Chyle? Or Cevin or Chevin? Perhaps Cheith? Or do you like Ceith better?

You see, if you are using a Latin-based Romance language, you may do without a single K, be it upper or lower case. But not so with English, Gaelic, Erse, Dutch, German, Danish, Norwegian or Swedish.

I rest my case.

I dislike those names. Everyone who has those names should have other names instead. Problem solved.

[Billy Ringo]

This is proof of your superior intellect, Zach. But I wish you had not made me look stupid.:classic:

[tigersfan25]

K is a terrible letter...

[Biff Mayhem]

Bill the Cat would have then said "ach" which would make people think he was saying "ache" because he is only in print.

That, alone, is reason enough for the letter "k" to survive.

[Joe Gahona]

Originally posted by zachcadillac
That's true, but no other letter can do what lowercase "r" does. "K," conversely, performs no function that could not be handled as deftly by "c" or "ch."

They should just have the capital version, only smaller. It works for O.

[shabba4detroit]

C is actually the most useless letter in the alphabet. The Hard C is really a K and the soft c is really an s. The CH diphthong could be replaced by kh or sh as needed or eliminated althogether -- although Khurkh is not as visually appealing as Church, the word is not as easily on the ears as, say, the german Kirke.

[zachcadillac]

Originally posted by Joe Gahona
They should just have the capital version, only smaller. It works for O.

S, as well.

You're on to something.

[zachcadillac]

Originally posted by shabba4detroit
C is actually the most useless letter in the alphabet. The Hard C is really a K and the soft c is really an s. The CH diphthong could be replaced by kh or sh as needed or eliminated althogether -- although Khurkh is not as visually appealing as Church, the word is not as easily on the ears as, say, the german Kirke.

This is ridiculous. C is a letter of great utility and pleasant geometry. K is a disaster, an abomination Cyrillic in appearance and aggressively unpleasant to the ear.

[shabba4detroit]

Originally posted by zachcadillac
This is ridiculous. C is a letter of great utility and pleasant geometry. K is a disaster, an abomination Cyrillic in appearance and aggressively unpleasant to the ear.


This is the dumbest thing you have ever posted. C suks.

[Joe Gahona]

This is the greatest thread in the history of http://www.motownsports.com/forums.

[dt35456884]

Originally posted by zachcadillac
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I'm impressed. This is the only word you've used in this thread that contains the letter. Your distaste for "k" is genuine.

[Oblong]

Z is the red headed stepchild of the alphabet. Just use an "S". Then I can call you Sack instead of Zach.

[zachcadillac]

Originally posted by dt35456884
I'm impressed. This is the only word you've used in this thread that contains the letter. Your distaste for "k" is genuine.

And that lone error will haunt me for time immemorial. Thanx for exposing my shame.

[zachcadillac]

Originally posted by Oblong
Z is the red headed stepchild of the alphabet. Just use an "S". Then I can call you Sack instead of Zach.

And then I can kill you with a rasor.

[shabba4detroit]

Originally posted by zachcadillac
And then I can kill you with a rasor.


You should have slain him. Kill starts with that wonderful letter K.

[MelissaG915]

I believe J is the newest letter in the English alphabet and pretty close to useless. G is jut as servicable.

[eastside billee]

We really have run out of things to discuss around here, haven't we?:classic:

[One Man's Fool]

K is worse than ugly and useless. It is communist. The Russian alphabet doesn't use "C" for a hard C sound, so it always uses K.

They don't call the former home of Mikhail Gorbachev the Kremlin for nothing, chids.

[djhutch]

I've never really liked "J" or "H." The irony of this is those are my wife's initials. :crosseye:

[shabba4detroit]

Originally posted by One Man's Fool
K is worse than ugly and useless. It is communist. The Russian alphabet doesn't use "C" for a hard C sound, so it always uses K.

They don't call the former home of Mikhail Gorbachev the Kremlin for nothing, chids.


That's why they wore KKKP on their Olympic uniforms ... no wait, that was CCCP .... much more Communist than the beloved K.

[Ranger]

Originally posted by zachcadillac
Easily the ugliest letter of the alphabet. Useless, too.
Is this your thread that turns you into OldTimey?

[zachcadillac]

Originally posted by shabba4detroit
You should have slain him. Kill starts with that wonderful letter K.

Yes. Only by using K could I portray the appropriate amount of contempt.

[Moonlight Graham]

Originally posted by zachcadillac
Easily the ugliest letter of the alphabet. Useless, too.
I kan't believe I am responding to this.

Slow news day?

[estrepe1]

Roger Clemens and his children disagree with you.

[Oblong]

So does the mayor of Detroit.

Try getting by with no "K" when it comes time to buy an engagement ring.

[MotownRandy]

I enjoy the backword "K" whether it be in baseball scoring or the name of a rock band.

[Oblong]

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as Euro-English.



In the first year, s will replace the soft c. Sertainly, this will
make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard c will be dropped in favour of k. This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome ph will be replaced with f. This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter


In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expected to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent e in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.


By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing th with z and w with v.


During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary o kan be dropd from vords kontaining ou and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

[MotownRandy]

I am impresd Oblong. I rely am.

[Billy Ringo]

In the Spanish alphabet there is no K. But then things are complicated by the fact that there is a ch and an ll. Both of these are considered as one letter. The y is called "Greek i". Lower case b and v are interchangeable in pronunciation but not in spelling.

~ Yours truly, Cliff Clavin.

[MotownRandy]

Originally posted by Oblong
Z is the red headed stepchild of the alphabet. Just use an "S". Then I can call you Sack instead of Zach.

You mean like in the the name Andres Torrez?:classic:

[zachcadillac]

Originally posted by estrepe1
Roger Clemens and his children disagree with you.

Because Clemens' children have a HOF pitcher for a father, they will not face they scrutiny warranted by their ridiculous names. But make no mistake -- they're awful.

[zachcadillac]

Originally posted by Oblong

Try getting by with no "K" when it comes time to buy an engagement ring.

I don't follow.

[Biff Mayhem]

Originally posted by zachcadillac
I don't follow.

The "k" determines the quality of the gold.

[Oblong]

I'm not sure now. I think that's "carat". Something about the "C's", Carat, Cut, Clarity, and something else...but then it will say 24K gold.

I don't know.

[shabba4detroit]

Originally posted by Oblong
I'm not sure now. I think that's "carat". Something about the "C's", Carat, Cut, Clarity, and something else...but then it will say 24K gold.

I don't know.


Karat is a measurement of purity of a precious metal. 24 karat gold is considered pure gold. 14 karat gold is 14 parts gold, 10 parts something else -- often nickel, copper or palladium. Copper is used for rose or pink gold, and nickel and palladium for white. Silver is used for green gold. Carat is a weight measurement for gemstones. It is equal to 200 milligrams. 100 Points equal one Carat. And the 4 Cs are Carat, Color, Clarity and Cut with the 5th C being cost.:classic:

[Euphdude]

Funny, it's Carlos Pena's favorite letter...

[hueytaxi]

You are missing another part of "K (or k)". How about relatinships with women named K (k)? Now the "K" I knew was about the best thing going for a man on the move. Daring, provocative and try anything once any time, any where. A wonderful asset in this "K". Unfortunately, I was happily married at the time and "K" almost helped me ruin a very real relationship. Do away with K.

Roger

[Yoda]

Originally posted by hueytaxi
You are missing another part of "K (or k)". How about relatinships with women named K (k)? Now the "K" I knew was about the best thing going for a man on the move. Daring, provocative and try anything once any time, any where. A wonderful asset in this "K". Unfortunately, I was happily married at the time and "K" almost helped me ruin a very real relationship. Do away with K.

Roger

The "K" in baseball is an abbreviation of the word "struck", as in struck out. Is your k and abbreviation fo the word "hook"?

[hueytaxi]

Originally posted by Yoda
The "K" in baseball is an abbreviation of the word "struck", as in struck out. Is your k and abbreviation fo the word "hook"?

Well I was struck, did not strike out and took the walk. Best path to get to Home. Resulted in another 20 years of a great relationshp with the HOME TEAM.

Roger