Saturday, January 7, 2012

Would you like a Booth?

I think this is an utterly ridiculous word: booth. BOOth. Sometimes I go in to a restaurant and they ask, would you like a booth or a table. I like booths beter, but I am reluctant to say the word. The more you think about it, the more absurd it seems. It even looks absurd. Come to think of it absurd is rather awkward, too. But the MOST awkward word is definitely: awkward. How many other words have two Ws in them? not many!

absurd -- adj. weird, strange.
awkward -- adj. not graceful, off-balance.
booth-- n. a table against a wall with bench seats instead of separate chairs; int. what a ghost who lisps shouts at you.

Maybe next year I'll be a ghost for Halloween and lisp, "BOOth" to the candy donors.