Comments on: Numskulls, Noodles, and Nincompoops

By: ssmilin

ssmilin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:57:50 +0000

I like “twit” Everybody knows a twit. They mean well but are usually clueless, and get in their own way, more than mine or yours.
Funny how twits now tweet instead of twitter.

By: Liz Pickard

Liz Pickard — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:22:59 +0000

I LOVE learning new ways to tease. This compilation of delightful words for persons of perceived limited intelligence will be a wonderful addition to my lexicon of banter.

By: cmdweb

cmdweb — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:23:58 +0000

Love this post. The variety of descriptive words used across different countries for similar meaning never ceases to amaze me.
In the UK, use of ‘buffoon’ is widespread, and ‘muppet’ has made its way into mainstream language with a similar meaning.
Being Scottish, I have many more obscure and colloquial words to choose from, but my favourite these days is ‘divot’.

By: Maeve

Maeve — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:44:23 +0000

Blain,
Since so many of our readers are non-native speakers, I think I should include pronunciations as much as possible, even for what for native speakers are “simple” words.

I’ve decided to go with the phonetic notation at Answers.com

Thanks for giving me the nudge I needed.

By: Blain Reinkensmeyer

Blain Reinkensmeyer — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:43:45 +0000

Sounds good, and I can definitely understand it being tedious. What about just the tough words then? As far as which phonetic notation I use dictionary.com as that is very simple and straightforward.

Today’s post on Hermes is a true winner, didn’t have to look up on word! Thanks