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Jan 24, 2013 09:18:03   #
Festina Lente Loc: Florida & Missouri
 
Shutter Bugger wrote:
Festina Lente wrote:
What kinda cockamamie question is that? :roll:


It's the kind of cockamamy question that an Australian who was not sure how to spell cockamamy would ask an American.

It seems to me that asking "What kinda cockamamie question is that? :roll: is more cockamamy than asking "How do you spell cockamamy?" especially when you go to the trouble of using ten letters to spell a word when it is acceptable to use nine when you come from a country that is famous for mispelling words for the sake of brevity...sometimes.

What is even more cockamamy is that my spell checker is now underlining cockamamy in red and wanting to correct it to cockamamie lol
quote=Festina Lente What kinda cockamamie questio... (show quote)
One solution: Try "pithy" instead. :lol:

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Jan 24, 2013 09:35:03   #
Txcaoboi
 
I believe you are correct cockney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Jan 24, 2013 09:45:31   #
pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"
 
Festina Lente wrote:
What kinda cockamamie question is that? :roll:


You beat me to the punch. :lol: :thumbup:

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Jan 24, 2013 09:48:16   #
pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"
 
Shutter Bugger wrote:
How do you spell cockamamy?


I spell it BULLSHIT. You get funny looks in the South when you use words like "cockamamy". :lol:

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Jan 24, 2013 10:03:26   #
Larryb Loc: Burlington, Ontario
 
Really?????????????

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Jan 24, 2013 12:14:24   #
RichardSM Loc: Back in Texas
 
Was this a lesson on futility if so I did learn something its all cockamamie to me!

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Jan 24, 2013 12:39:21   #
ggttc Loc: TN
 
pounder35 wrote:
Shutter Bugger wrote:
How do you spell cockamamy?


I spell it BULLSHIT. You get funny looks in the South when you use words like "cockamamy". :lol:


I live in the south too...and desperately avoid words like "cockamamy"...and "pithy" can get you killed down here.

This post is the final proof that if UHHer's are not taking pictures...or telling jokes...they have no life.

Ok, Ok...so I googled it too.

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Jan 24, 2013 14:31:35   #
johnbee418 Loc: Manchester Conn.
 
Shutter Bugger wrote:
How do you spell cockamamy?


If your dictionary misspells a word, how would you ever know?

(Thanks, David Wright).

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Jan 24, 2013 14:36:55   #
DeeAndre Loc: Boyertown PA
 
Shutter Bugger wrote:
How do you spell cockamamy?

Is this a pithy question?

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Jan 24, 2013 17:18:20   #
tramsey Loc: Texas
 
The question was 'How do YOU spell cockamamy' not what is the correct spelling for cockamamie. Either way as far as I;m concerned it's spelled Obama.

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Jan 24, 2013 18:48:45   #
bvm Loc: Glendale, Arizona
 
THANK YOU Cockney greg

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Jan 24, 2013 19:55:45   #
SpeedyWilson Loc: Upstate South Carolina
 
I've always thought it was "cockamany," with an "n" not an "m."

1. Cockamany (cock a ma nee ... with a long "a" )

Crazy, disordered, surprising, stupid idea.

You want to take my sister out to the club! What kind of cockamany idea is that?

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Jan 24, 2013 21:01:36   #
dar_clicks Loc: Utah
 
I'm an "ie" guy for that word but have no idea why...

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Jan 24, 2013 21:53:16   #
Shutter Bugger
 
gmcase wrote:
Shutter Bugger wrote:
Is LA short for La La Land?


Lower Alabama


Now I dont know who to believe.

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Jan 25, 2013 00:01:36   #
SHUTERED Loc: SO. CAL.
 
Haveago wrote:
Festina Lente wrote:
Haveago wrote:
Like so many other words in English, there are two accepted spellings: cock·a·ma·my or cock·a·ma·mie -- are both correct.


In a word yes.

Baz


uh-uh. Thats 2 words :roll:

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