Comments on: Running of the Reindeers http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/ The Neat Side of the Web Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:06:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: peach http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-474462 peach Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:21:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-474462 I would take part in a 'running' only if it was something I could actually outrun. I would take part in a ‘running’ only if it was something I could actually outrun.

]]> By: Dave http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-474090 Dave Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:18:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-474090 You want proof that plural of "reindeer" is "reindeer"? Check the lyrics for "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer"; <blockquote>... All of the other reindeer Used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph Join in any reindeer games. Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say, "Rudolph with your nose so bright Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?" Then all the reindeer loved him And they shouted out with glee...</blockquote> Try singing that with "reindeers" instead. Sorry, but it just sounds wrong, in a song or in a sentence. You want proof that plural of “reindeer” is “reindeer”? Check the lyrics for “Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer”;

… All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say,
“Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”
Then all the reindeer loved him
And they shouted out with glee…

Try singing that with “reindeers” instead. Sorry, but it just sounds wrong, in a song or in a sentence.

]]> By: ty http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473985 ty Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:17:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473985 ooh, here in albuquerque, we should have a running of the lobos...or is this running-of-the thing strictly limited to herbivores? picture it! wolves running like crazy, and people running like crazy to avoid getting rabies! ooh, here in albuquerque, we should have a running of the lobos…or is this running-of-the thing strictly limited to herbivores? picture it! wolves running like crazy, and people running like crazy to avoid getting rabies!

]]> By: mark http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473561 mark Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:10:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473561 oh! looks like an old man is taking a spill. anyone notice him to the left of the reindeer head, on the ground? haha oh! looks like an old man is taking a spill. anyone notice him to the left of the reindeer head, on the ground? haha

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473507 Alex Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:03:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473507 Oh, I'm unintentionally correct on the plural of reindeer! Yay for grammatical ambiguity! Oh, I’m unintentionally correct on the plural of reindeer! Yay for grammatical ambiguity!

]]> By: Jake D. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473431 Jake D. Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:49:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473431 That guy is going to leave the event with a super awesome Myspace picture! That guy is going to leave the event with a super awesome Myspace picture!

]]> By: Luna http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473373 Luna Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:50:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473373 Actually Dave, Alex and you are both correct as to the spelling of pluralized "reindeer". From Answers.com: rein·deer (r?n'dîr') n., pl. reindeer or -deers. A large deer (Rangifer tarandus) of the Arctic and northern regions of Eurasia and North America, having branched antlers in both sexes. Actually Dave, Alex and you are both correct as to the spelling of pluralized “reindeer”. From Answers.com:
rein·deer (r?n’dîr’)
n., pl. reindeer or -deers.
A large deer (Rangifer tarandus) of the Arctic and northern regions of Eurasia and North America, having branched antlers in both sexes.

]]> By: Wow http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473320 Wow Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:40:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473320 I hope someone got an antler stuck in their no-no spot. I'm sure the reindeer LOVE the confusion and screaming people. This is cruel. I hope someone got an antler stuck in their no-no spot. I’m sure the reindeer LOVE the confusion and screaming people. This is cruel.

]]> By: Dave http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473284 Dave Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:28:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473284 The plural of reindeer is reindeer. You can tell this doesn't carry the danger factor of running with bulls; look at how close the spectators are to the action. And I doubt you'd have someone taking a picture of himself in Pamplona. The plural of reindeer is reindeer.

You can tell this doesn’t carry the danger factor of running with bulls; look at how close the spectators are to the action. And I doubt you’d have someone taking a picture of himself in Pamplona.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473208 ted Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:11:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473208 That guy taking the picture of himself is too embarrassing. That guy taking the picture of himself is too embarrassing.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473197 Jeff Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:41:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/08/running-of-the-reindeers/#comment-473197 Actually, Fur Rendezvous is the winter carnival held each year in Anchorage right around the time of the start of the Iditarod. I wasn't there, but I'm guessing the running of the reindeer happened during the two weeks or so of Rondy. Actually, Fur Rendezvous is the winter carnival held each year in Anchorage right around the time of the start of the Iditarod. I wasn’t there, but I’m guessing the running of the reindeer happened during the two weeks or so of Rondy.

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