ST Alpha - "Thanksgiving at my in-laws is perfectly fine, until the board games come out and my MIL insists on pronouncing it “rummy-cube” *twitch* -- nm" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 154

Thanksgiving at my in-laws is perfectly fine, until the board games come out and my MIL insists on pronouncing it “rummy-cube” twitch -- nm

Posted by znufrii Nov 29 '24, 09:28

(No message)

Responses:

I've never heard of this game in my life. Is it a regional thing? -- nm - loosilu Nov 29, 14:00
My learning experience: what are the circles on top of the stove called? -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 11:58 6
- Burners. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 29, 13:45
- Rummidiscs? -- nm - VMan Nov 29, 12:10 4
  - Eyes. Of the 22 people at Thanksgiving, four used the term. One was a girl from Egypt, the rest from different parts of the US. -- nm - Spawn Nov 29, 12:35 3
    - Burners. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Nov 29, 12:42
    - Always just heard elements (elec) or burners (gas). -- nm* - VMan Nov 29, 12:39 1
      - This. -- nm - loosilu Nov 29, 13:55
That's how I've always pronounced it. Have I been saying it wrong? -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 29, 10:21 1
- Technically, apparently not. Morally? - znufrii Nov 29, 10:53
it is "cube", we always called it "cub" to be jokesters -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 09:57 1
- We always called it “-cub” because *that’s how it looks like it should be pronounced!* -- nm - znufrii Nov 29, 10:52
Rummikub (/ˈrʌmikjuːb/, "rummy cube"[1]) is a tile-based game for 2 to 4 players, combining elements of the card game rummy and mahjong. -- (link) - Roger More Nov 29, 09:54 6
- Seems similar to Uno? -- nm - loosilu Nov 29, 14:04
- never heard of it! -- nm - mud Nov 29, 10:59 2
  - ditto -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 29, 12:56
  - Same. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 29, 11:01
- Bah. - znufrii Nov 29, 10:34 1
  - Their kids probably all have Tragedeigh names -- nm - Roger More Nov 29, 12:15

Post a message top