Blocks of woof [Was: _The r-word_ ]

[Laurence Horn]

On Feb 23, 2012, at 9:41 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> At 2/23/2012 09:18 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>> and one could whittle
>> incredibly realistic animals from  block of woof while the others were
>> doing the above.
>
> Woof, woof!  ("Hear, hear!" in Whoofish.  Both the expression and the
> language name as pronounced by the a-rhotic.)
>
> Joel

Unfortunately, such pronunciations have been argued to inevitably affect one's perceptions and thoughts.  It's called the Woof Hypothesis.

LH

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