Quote: Lee Henman @ January 20 2009, 2:51 PM GMTI read somewhere that words with hard "k's" and "p's" in them are inherently funny for some reason.
Ah - found it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherently_funny_word
Ooh - good link Lee. And it's got a nice bit about funny numbers too. 32 and 27 I've used many times before, but I've no idea why they are funnier to me than other numbers. Maybe it's just the way they roll off the tongue?
'Penguin' is quite funny, for some reason. And 'buffoon'.
And, of course, 'noo-nah' for a lady's foo-foo...
Dan
I made up a word, the word is 'ricketyboing' it makes me laugh. I was going to call my comedy sketch stuff 'Ricketyboing productions'.
Flange.
What a word! I can hear you sniggering.
Quote: Geoff Mutton @ January 21 2009, 4:18 PM GMTFlange.
What a word! I can hear you sniggering.
Agreed. *sniggers*
Yes.
Any -nge words are funny.
Swamp-Donkey has always been a favourite expression of mine.
Semi
Frangipane.
Bilious
Quote: Griff @ January 20 2009, 2:57 PM GMTI reckon prime numbers sound funnier. Seriously. "Seventeen" sounds funnier and more "random" than "fifteen", "sixteen", or "eighteen". To me, anyway.
On the I'm Alan Partridge commentaries, Coogan, Baynham and Iannucci discuss this.
Their take is that 15 years ago random numbers like 37 and 63 were funny. But not rounder numbers - Lynn, FIFTY - are funnier. Iannucci then said he hoped there would be a time that 'a million' would be the funny number.
They also talked about funny place names. Coogan thought things like Pontefract was trying too hard and was a bit Marks & Gran. He thought single syllable names like Crewe and Leeds were funniest.
It's all subjective, but it's still fascinating.
Quote: Seefacts @ January 21 2009, 9:05 PM GMTIannucci then said he hoped there would be a time that 'a million' would be the funny number.
And he is correct.
I remember everyone used 'Ipswich' for a while.
Quote: Seefacts @ January 20 2009, 9:23 AM GMT'Rubbish' makes me laugh for some reason. 'It's sounds rubbish'. Crap is another - 'Well, that sounds crap'.
I know someone that says it COR AP!!!. I laugh always.
Bibble.