Words that make you chuckle (even though they shouldn't) - General Discussion Discussion

[–] tcrum (31533) 3 years ago

Uranus. I mean was anus not a word when he named this planet?

Also anyone today who uses the name Dick as a first name. Again why would you do this:)

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38134) 3 years ago

Uranus - classic 🤣👍

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[–] tcrum (31533) 3 years ago

I find it funnier when someone still uses the first name Dick, this one always makes me laugh, at the person.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38134) 3 years ago

Dick is always funny 🤣👍

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[–] Otter (24464) 3 years ago

Well, I was going to say that the God came before the butthole, but then I realized that "Uranus" was a Roman deity, and "anus" is a Latin word.

So the ancient Romans were probably making the same jokes, but about a God and not a planet.

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[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

Probably. Ancient Romans loved dirty jokes.

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[–] Otter (24464) 3 years ago

And puns. My Suetonius is filled with translations and explanations of ancient Latin puns, which does take all the humor out of them.

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[–] Gubbio (3893) 3 years ago

My cousin married a man named "Richard." She always called him "Rich."

His mother disliked it. She said they named him "Richard" because they wanted to all him "Dick."

Go figure... 🙄

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38134) 3 years ago

Dick - never gets old 🤣👍

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[–] nyctc7 (43609) 3 years ago

When I was 10 years old I thought that "armpit" was the funniest word ever.

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[–] GlenEllyn (21526) 3 years ago

🤔 Makes me wonder why we don't use "legpit."

Oh, wait. I guess we use "crotch" instead??
🤭

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38134) 3 years ago

The more you say it…..🤣👍

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[–] sslssg (34222) 3 years ago

kumquat

I had a Hurdy-Gurdy when I was a kid and when I found out it was originally called a humperscrump I giggled, and have only referred to it as so since.

Dongle

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[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

Did you learn how to play it?

I love Ana Alcaide music. She doesn't play the Hurdy Gurdy though, but the NickelHarp, which is an instrument of the same family. It sounds amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1VRr1VSb3o

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[–] sslssg (34222) 3 years ago

I did. I wish I still had it.

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[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

That's a pity. A few years ago I was thinking about learning how to play Viola da Gamba (which is probably my favorite instrument) and I was checking prices. You had to get an instrument custom-made by a Luthier specialized in historic instruments. I even made a call to ask prices. Damn, they were extremely expensive. These instruments are not easy to get.

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[–] sslssg (34222) 3 years ago

I think my ex husband still has it in a box of stuff for me. I've asked for it back, so we will see, maybe it will come back to me one day.

I really like viola da gambas too. It's like a guitar and a cello mated.

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[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

Back to movies, there's a biographical French movie about Marin Marais called Tous les matins du monde. Marais has been (in my opinion) the best composer for Viola da Gamba.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F97WjvFA7qw

No idea if there's any similar movie about the Hurdy Gurdy. And it's a pity, it's a beautiful and underused instrument nowadays. There's a Pagan Folk German group called Faun that uses it. Probably one of the best Pagan Folk groups right now, btw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOvsyamoEDg

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[–] sslssg (34222) 3 years ago

Very cool. I had not heard of Faun. Thank you!

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[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

You're welcome. It's my fav genre of music, so glad to spread the virus! 😁

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If you feel in the mood to look for more, Pagan Folk scene had a golden age between 2000 and 2015 (more or less), particularly in Germany and Scandinavia, so there's quite a nice amount of material. Some unrequited recs: 😊

- Blackmore's Night. Quite an interesting story: the guitarist of Deep Purple (no kidding) married a chick who was into Renaissance Music. The ended up founding the best-selling Pagan Folk band to date:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frv93sVjn1U

- Omnia. It's the Dutch equivalent of the Faun band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKwVGqXM8u4

One great place to start is the Miroque compilations. There's about 20 volumes and they included a great selection of the German Pagan Folk Scene. Here you have a live festival in 2020, starting with the Die Irrlichter band, which is a personal favorite of mine, hehe 😁
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efOuiA2x9Wg

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Viking Folk (the Scandinavian version) can be a bit harder to listen, depending on the group. Gjallarhorn is a quite approachable one, though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKdRIAMYENU

And the absolute classic in Viking Folk: Hedningarna, one of the pioneers that started the Pagan Folk boom during the 90s. The leader was a luthier himself and even built electrical versions of medieval instruments for the group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow712WkL6HA

Here you have them showing some self-built instruments. Hurdy Gurdy with some custom modifications in 3:32
https://youtu.be/hxP2Yrd2yLI?t=203

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[–] sslssg (34222) 3 years ago

Wow, thanks! I'll be checking all that out.

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[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

👍

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[–] sslssg (34222) 3 years ago

I think I like Blackmore's Night the best out of those, although I really like Gjallarhorn as well. Perhaps it was the quality of the recordings but they both have an ethereal haunting quality to their voices.

Thanks again for sharing!

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[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

Blackmore's Night is not my favorite group, but it's not the top-selling one in the genre by accident. They're damn good.

Based in what you liked, I'd recommend taking a look to the Miroque Romantisches Mittelalter, which was a Miroque compilation focused in the "beautiful" side of the genre. Here you have the full album in youtube as a playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvHBEgj6wtMCERg20T45WnSzLdF6vfi0j

Loreena McKenitt, btw, if you didn't know her, she's the "all-time" classic in the genre. Blackmore's Night can be the top-selling, but she's probably the top-praised. She has been there for decades playing with different styles, and always successfully.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_UwU-RRqSE

An old singer with that ethereal haunting quality was Connie Dover. We're talking Celtic music during the 90s, but she made a few great songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ELUtE1YKw

Another rec about ethereal voices. Medieval Baebes is not bad at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TrZB74DALs

And talking about ethereal/haunting voices, some crazy Viking Folk ones to close the comment 😁
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSfA0i6Typw

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[–] sslssg (34222) 3 years ago

I love Loreena McKenitt and Blackmore's Night did remind me of her. She has a real eastern/Canadian/Celtic flair.

I like Connie Dover as well. I am a little partial to the 90s.

I have the Medieval Baebes Three Kings on my Christmas playlist.

Just checking out the others. Thanks

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[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

Another similar rec, then, and this one I can say (almost) for sure you don't know her.

Priscilla Hernandez. Most of her clips are a bit... embarrassing (too much fairy glittery stuff), but she has some great music. And that's what matters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke8qA6SjG9s

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[–] sslssg (34222) 3 years ago

You are correct. I haven't heard of her that I know of. Her voice is beautiful. I just checked out Nuku Nuku Nurmilintu and I love it.

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[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

It's a beautiful lullaby. I discovered her in a music forum where she used to post her songs and have followed her since. For some reason, she got zero track. I guess the "I'm a fairy in the forest" stuff puts most people off, so they don't take the time to listen to the music and see that it's actually very good.

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Btw, I love lullabies, and I even had a personal collection of them I found through the years. Here you have a few from that folder, maybe you'll find some of them useful to fill your playlist.

They are Celtic and New Age. I haven't updated that folder for the last 5-10 years, when I got into Pagan Folk.

Altan - Island Girl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQX1kdk_88M
Cherish The Ladies - The Waves Of Kilkee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdn60wWg4vo
Silly Wizard - When Summer Ends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uy1RiFTojo
Relativity - When She Sleeps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw-hnWkppuE
Sean Keane - Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkC3MHsIqrk
Scartaglen - Chuaigh Me 'Na Rosann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyroOpF3MPY
Phil Cunningham - Sarah's Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNyYXWt_org
Btw, Phil Cunningham is a multi-instrumentalist who arranged and produced many other Celtic Music artists. Among them his wife, Connie Dover. You'll find him playing some of the instruments in her albums.

The ending song in the first season of Konosuba is a surprisingly beautiful lullaby inspired (very freely) in an old Irish song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6oXiFQO-2E

Dead Can Dance - The Host of Seraphim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hThAlY3Q2Kw
Eduardo Laguillo - Balada para Gabriela ("Ballade For Gabriela")
I discovered this lullaby in a radio program I used to listen every day years ago. I still remember the first time the host introduced the song, saying "Who could be Gabriela for six minutes!". And he was right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrSVn9eLfI4

Last but not least, for the XMas playlist, I always include the cover of The Carol of the Bells interpreted by several Windham Hill artists playing together.
I highly recommend the "A Winter's Solstice" albums. In particular the 4th one, which is a surprising little unknown jewel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3q5V4UPQfU

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[–] sslssg (34222) 3 years ago

Amazing. I will check these out later when I can. Thank you!

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[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

You're welcome!

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38134) 3 years ago

Dongle is a good one 🤣👍

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[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 3 years ago

😄

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

the word fag being used for a cigarette in british tv shows/movies.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38134) 3 years ago

Even funnier when someone asks if they can ‘bum a fag’ ie cadge a cigarette.

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Someone just said "schism" in conversation. I lol'd.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38134) 3 years ago

Schism is a good one 🤣👍

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[–] ItsGood2BeRight (3879) 3 years ago

Klingon
Dingleberry
Blackhole

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[–] Roguemail (1614) 3 years ago

Flange.

I believe it refers to a kind of appendage on machinery, but for some reason I always think it sounds like slang for a woman's private parts (particularly one that was prevelant in the UK at one time).

Ablutions.

Never really heard this one used outside Carry On films. It refers to bathroom facilities, taking care of one's ablutions. I can always picture Kenneth Williams saying it. It also harks back to that old British repression thing, where people were embarrassed to use the word toilet. Hence phrases like little boys room etc.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38134) 3 years ago

I use the word ablutions quite regularly.

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[–] Roguemail (1614) 3 years ago

Surprised anyone today would know what it means.

However, I am now tempted to go into a public place and ask someone "Where can one take care of one's ablutions?".

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Ablutions. I love this word and use it.

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[–] csweetleaf2 (3674) 3 years ago

ponderous

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[–] AndyKing1967 (38134) 3 years ago

I shall ponder this for a while.

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