for Exit, Pursued By A Bear6/24/2024 c1 
80tallsunshine12
Gosh, I wish I could help Carter out, but he's on his own for this one! :-) Cute story, pronker.
ts12 :-)
80tallsunshine12Gosh, I wish I could help Carter out, but he's on his own for this one! :-) Cute story, pronker.
ts12 :-)
3/3/2024 c1 13PicassoPenguin
Ha! This piece is peak comedy, and your Carter is in excellent character. I, an English major, also have no clue why that word is the way it is. The mental image of the men locking their eyes straight ahead while Carter goes on will be stuck in my mind for a long while, however. Excellent work!
13PicassoPenguinHa! This piece is peak comedy, and your Carter is in excellent character. I, an English major, also have no clue why that word is the way it is. The mental image of the men locking their eyes straight ahead while Carter goes on will be stuck in my mind for a long while, however. Excellent work!
1/31/2024 c1 50Tuttle4077
This was fun. And just like Carter to come up with an unanswerable question like that! I loved the radio-play going on throughout the story. And now I have the jungle from Bob Hope's radio show stuck in my head. "Well, I Swan!"
50Tuttle4077This was fun. And just like Carter to come up with an unanswerable question like that! I loved the radio-play going on throughout the story. And now I have the jungle from Bob Hope's radio show stuck in my head. "Well, I Swan!"
1/24/2024 c1 87snooky-9093
This is a delightful look at the English language. When I think about the rules and the exceptions, it's a wonder anyone can learn it!
Leave it to Carter to mull over the Lifebuoy soap conundrum. Although I can't help but agree with him. This is also an amusing, short slice of life piece-camp life in the raw...Makes me go awww. Still smiling here. Nicely done!
87snooky-9093This is a delightful look at the English language. When I think about the rules and the exceptions, it's a wonder anyone can learn it!
Leave it to Carter to mull over the Lifebuoy soap conundrum. Although I can't help but agree with him. This is also an amusing, short slice of life piece-camp life in the raw...Makes me go awww. Still smiling here. Nicely done!
9/4/2023 c1 10Deepbluethinking
This was a funny little snippet about Carter trying to understand the world, haha. Only he can come up with this sort of question. I had to laugh about Hogan telling Carter to go ask LeBeau like any good officer would do. :D
10DeepbluethinkingThis was a funny little snippet about Carter trying to understand the world, haha. Only he can come up with this sort of question. I had to laugh about Hogan telling Carter to go ask LeBeau like any good officer would do. :D
9/2/2023 c1 21Fear-Of-The-Cold
This definitely feels like a question Carter would ask, and I can also see him asking this at an equally awkward time. I can also definitely see Carter as the type of person who would make up jingles, or other songs, about random things in daily life.
A nice little snippet into Carter's character!
21Fear-Of-The-ColdThis definitely feels like a question Carter would ask, and I can also see him asking this at an equally awkward time. I can also definitely see Carter as the type of person who would make up jingles, or other songs, about random things in daily life.
A nice little snippet into Carter's character!
9/1/2023 c1 83dust on the wind
Now I have "The Eddystone Light" playing on continuous loop in my brain ("That's a buoy what's a guide for ships that sail, And not a boy what's a juvenile male.") Thanks for that.
Earworms aside, I enjoyed this little bit of ephemera. Yes, it's lightweight, but it's such a lively little glimpse at the everyday life of Stalag 13, and so very nicely in character. The inconsequentiality of Carter's little linguistic obsession is something I particularly sympathise with.
Very nice work.
83dust on the windNow I have "The Eddystone Light" playing on continuous loop in my brain ("That's a buoy what's a guide for ships that sail, And not a boy what's a juvenile male.") Thanks for that.
Earworms aside, I enjoyed this little bit of ephemera. Yes, it's lightweight, but it's such a lively little glimpse at the everyday life of Stalag 13, and so very nicely in character. The inconsequentiality of Carter's little linguistic obsession is something I particularly sympathise with.
Very nice work.
4/1/2023 c1 12DeathThouShaltDie
A highlight of this piece for me (in addition to the interaction between Carter and Newkirk) was "Watery interlude"- absolutely wonderful, haha. The pronunciation of 'buoy' was often debated with my childhood friends, many of whom had a differing opinion to my family...it's not something I've thought of in awhile. Very entertaining and snappy piece. One question- have I missed something with the title? I like the title a lot, but don't see the connection to the piece? I seek enlightenment, haha.
12DeathThouShaltDieA highlight of this piece for me (in addition to the interaction between Carter and Newkirk) was "Watery interlude"- absolutely wonderful, haha. The pronunciation of 'buoy' was often debated with my childhood friends, many of whom had a differing opinion to my family...it's not something I've thought of in awhile. Very entertaining and snappy piece. One question- have I missed something with the title? I like the title a lot, but don't see the connection to the piece? I seek enlightenment, haha.
3/2/2023 c1 61mrspencil
A neat little slice of stalag life…with Carter pondering the tiniest bits of the universe.
As a Brit, I would be asking the question in reverse..,never using the boooeeee pronunciation in any version of the word….divided by a common language :-)
You keep Carter nicely in character, and I can picture Newkirk’s response :-) Poor Schultz.
61mrspencilA neat little slice of stalag life…with Carter pondering the tiniest bits of the universe.
As a Brit, I would be asking the question in reverse..,never using the boooeeee pronunciation in any version of the word….divided by a common language :-)
You keep Carter nicely in character, and I can picture Newkirk’s response :-) Poor Schultz.
2/26/2023 c1 44Abracadebra
It’s a fun story and I can’t help thinking that it’s a pity there’s no one named Bowie (Bo-ee? Boo-ee? Bah-wee?) in the ensemble. And also that Newkirk and LeBeau didn’t join in the fray.
As for “Carter did not do subtle,” truer words were never spoken. It is exactly the kind of inane question Carter would dwell on, oblivious to the fact that his assumptions are wrong. Everyone present does not say boo-ee in the exaggerated way Carter is saying it; that’s mostly Americans from the heartland. My own pronunciation is nowhere near two syllables, but it is not exactly the same as boy. LeBeau and Newkirk would both cringe at boo-ee.
I know you’re not really asking the question, but I feel compelled to offer a Ted talk. My inner philologist says the answer is Americans in particular get hung up on orthography and expect too much from it. When people use the word buoy on its own they may be cognizant of avoiding confusion with boy. Confusion is far less likely when buoy is combined with other words or morphemes (E.g., Lifebuoy, buoyant) so the pronunciation relaxes. But for a lot of people the difference in pronunciation is more subtle to begin with.
Another valid question, of course, is, how on earth does anyone get “ee” from the “oy” in buoy.
44AbracadebraIt’s a fun story and I can’t help thinking that it’s a pity there’s no one named Bowie (Bo-ee? Boo-ee? Bah-wee?) in the ensemble. And also that Newkirk and LeBeau didn’t join in the fray.
As for “Carter did not do subtle,” truer words were never spoken. It is exactly the kind of inane question Carter would dwell on, oblivious to the fact that his assumptions are wrong. Everyone present does not say boo-ee in the exaggerated way Carter is saying it; that’s mostly Americans from the heartland. My own pronunciation is nowhere near two syllables, but it is not exactly the same as boy. LeBeau and Newkirk would both cringe at boo-ee.
I know you’re not really asking the question, but I feel compelled to offer a Ted talk. My inner philologist says the answer is Americans in particular get hung up on orthography and expect too much from it. When people use the word buoy on its own they may be cognizant of avoiding confusion with boy. Confusion is far less likely when buoy is combined with other words or morphemes (E.g., Lifebuoy, buoyant) so the pronunciation relaxes. But for a lot of people the difference in pronunciation is more subtle to begin with.
Another valid question, of course, is, how on earth does anyone get “ee” from the “oy” in buoy.
2/26/2023 c1 NPI
English is a complicated language... Why do you need twelve vowels if we do the same with five? XD And I'm sure that our pronunciation of the word is the funniest. Lee fe boo o ee. ;)
I feel identified with Carter, asking questions when people are busy at anything. And, by the way... where is the bear?
English is a complicated language... Why do you need twelve vowels if we do the same with five? XD And I'm sure that our pronunciation of the word is the funniest. Lee fe boo o ee. ;)
I feel identified with Carter, asking questions when people are busy at anything. And, by the way... where is the bear?