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Petition to change the word OPOSSUM to just POSSUM

Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:08 am
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
98628 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:08 am
In regular, everyday Engrish, we say "hey look at the possum!" yet that isn't correct.

What say you?
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
76128 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:09 am to
They’re just playing opposum with you main.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
40903 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:09 am to
quote:

What say you?


The "O" is silent.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
45503 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:10 am to
Eauxpossum
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
98628 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:11 am to
quote:

Eauxpossum
Posted by JetsetNuggs
Member since Jun 2014
15609 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:13 am to
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
173688 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:14 am to
Tlacuache
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
40383 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:15 am to
Oppossums are just Irish Possums.
Posted by FutureMikeVIII
Houston
Member since Sep 2011
1836 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:17 am to
The word possum is already used by possums.

Wikipedia Link

Posted by Lsupimp
Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake
Member since Nov 2003
86481 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:17 am to
I bet you want to change the OT to the T, too.
Communist !
Posted by 995webmaster
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2007
3780 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:18 am to
quote:

Petition to change the word OPOSSUM to just POSSUM


Up vote. Doing so would clear up a lot of confusion in Arkansas. Which, by the way, we should change to R-Kansas.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49696 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:19 am to
Too lazy for that extra vowel? I guess the correct response is Merica.
Posted by SSpaniel
Germantown
Member since Feb 2013
29658 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:20 am to
quote:

The word possum is already used by possums.

So there are possums and there are opossums? I didn't know that.
Posted by TrimTab
North County Coastal San Diego
Member since Mar 2019
8399 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:23 am to
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This post was edited on 6/12/20 at 1:09 pm
Posted by LSU Alumnus
Member since Nov 2017
1831 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:23 am to
You're on a Louisiana website, and you can't handle silent letters?

Son...
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
72709 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:24 am to
I thought it was already possum. Granny was the possum queen, not the opossum queen.
Posted by Michael Hayes
Member since Mar 2014
1391 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:26 am to
I'll sign that fricker!
Posted by NOLAManBlog
The Big Nasty
Member since Dec 2012
1225 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:35 am to
Opossum is a 7 letter 50 pt bonus in Scrabble tho
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
68603 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:35 am to
quote:

Petition to change the word OPOSSUM to just POSSUM

Only if we change America to 'Merica
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
72709 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:48 am to
Gulf of America first, possum next.
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