List of "some" words: awesome, handsome, cumbersome, threesome
March 20, 2018 7:24 AM Subscribe
The surreal wordplay comedy of Ken Cheng will have you doing mental gymnastics with ordinary words: Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian - 'Shame' [SLYT][NSWF]
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Okay, he started the routine with a totally invalid premise, because "shameful" and "shameless" are NOT opposites - the most shameless usually act VERY shamefully.
As for the "some" words...
He missed SOME obvious ones,
like "wholesome", which has previously been deconstructed by the great George Carlin in one of his oxymoron monologues, but still should be noted as a word that has NEVER been used in the same sentence as "threesome",
"fulsome", with much the same problem as "wholesome" but also the use of which is a prime marker for pretentiousness,
"bothersome", which is usually used to mean "bother A LOT",
the same with "fearsome", "worrisome" and "tiresome",
"gruesome", "handsome" and "winsome", which, stripped of their 'somes' lose their meanings (and why can't you have a 'losesome' appearance?),
"lonesome", which you might say Stands Alone (well, I would),
and "chromosome", which proves that DNA analysis can be something else.
Then there are the words that start with "some": "something", "somewhat", "somewhere", "someday", "somebody" and "someone" (which are basically redundant), "someway" and "somehow" (same thing), and "somersault", which is less acrobatic than linguistically contortionist.
Those aren't all the possibilities; just some.
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:44 AM on March 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
As for the "some" words...
He missed SOME obvious ones,
like "wholesome", which has previously been deconstructed by the great George Carlin in one of his oxymoron monologues, but still should be noted as a word that has NEVER been used in the same sentence as "threesome",
"fulsome", with much the same problem as "wholesome" but also the use of which is a prime marker for pretentiousness,
"bothersome", which is usually used to mean "bother A LOT",
the same with "fearsome", "worrisome" and "tiresome",
"gruesome", "handsome" and "winsome", which, stripped of their 'somes' lose their meanings (and why can't you have a 'losesome' appearance?),
"lonesome", which you might say Stands Alone (well, I would),
and "chromosome", which proves that DNA analysis can be something else.
Then there are the words that start with "some": "something", "somewhat", "somewhere", "someday", "somebody" and "someone" (which are basically redundant), "someway" and "somehow" (same thing), and "somersault", which is less acrobatic than linguistically contortionist.
Those aren't all the possibilities; just some.
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:44 AM on March 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
I found it frustrating that he went through that whole analogy with sauce on burritos, but then neglected to say that a burrito with the correct amount of sauce is saucesome.
posted by Daily Alice at 12:01 PM on March 20, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by Daily Alice at 12:01 PM on March 20, 2018 [7 favorites]
Born in England, English speaking voice, very English style of comedy. Granted his looks are Chinese and he's good at maths but the term 'Chinese comedian' seems not just unnecessary, but inaccurate. Having watched his excellent act, I feel that the correct words are important here.
posted by devious truculent and unreliable at 3:30 PM on March 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by devious truculent and unreliable at 3:30 PM on March 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
I believe "Chinese Comedian" is the name of his 2017 Edinburgh Fringe show.
posted by Jellybean_Slybun at 4:09 PM on March 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Jellybean_Slybun at 4:09 PM on March 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
Cheers JS
posted by devious truculent and unreliable at 4:10 PM on March 20, 2018
posted by devious truculent and unreliable at 4:10 PM on March 20, 2018
I feel that the correct words are important here.
Very important indeed, but alas, it seems that China Daily still got confused. (Sorry, embedded video is NSFW, or NSWF if you wish). I'm guessing he had a bit in the show where he addressed the title, though I didn't get to see it.
posted by Juso No Thankyou at 12:08 AM on March 21, 2018
Very important indeed, but alas, it seems that China Daily still got confused. (Sorry, embedded video is NSFW, or NSWF if you wish). I'm guessing he had a bit in the show where he addressed the title, though I didn't get to see it.
posted by Juso No Thankyou at 12:08 AM on March 21, 2018
He missed SOME obvious ones, like "wholesome", which has previously been deconstructed by the great George Carlin in one of his oxymoron monologues, but still should be noted as a word that has NEVER been used in the same sentence as "threesome"
Um....
(Or "ome...", I suppose)
posted by Quindar Beep at 9:40 AM on March 21, 2018
Um....
(Or "ome...", I suppose)
posted by Quindar Beep at 9:40 AM on March 21, 2018
The video is indeed NSWF, they're almost always HTML5 these days.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 6:47 PM on March 21, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 6:47 PM on March 21, 2018 [1 favorite]
loved this in every way, also how he pronounced "nomenclature," which is very different than I do.
posted by honey badger at 4:39 PM on March 22, 2018
posted by honey badger at 4:39 PM on March 22, 2018
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