Long I Word Game

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And I’m Martha Barnette. And, whoa, who’s that over there?

Why, it’s John Chynisky. Welcome, John.

Hey, Grant. Hey, Martha. It’s me.

What are you doing here?

I have a quiz for you guys.

I call this quiz, I-I, Captain.

Okay.

These are phrases that contain only the long I vowel sound.

For example, this is a two-word phrase describing something that exists at a great altitude.

Something that exists at a great,

Sky high?

Sky high is right, yes.

Sky high.

Let’s do these.

Let’s see how they go.

All right.

This is a colorless synonym for a fib.

A lie.

White lie.

A white lie, right.

It completes the phrase, once bitten.

Twice shy.

Twice shy, good.

This is another name for a mafioso.

Wise guy.

Wise guy.

Wise guy.

Its chemical formula is CO2.

Carbon dioxide.

No, there are other vowels in there.

Did I mention that it’s really, really cold?

Dry ice.

Oh, dry ice.

Yes, dry ice.

I was being tricky there.

But dioxide?

What’s that?

Dioxide is fine.

We’ve got the ahs in there, though.

Sorry.

Only eyes.

Only eyes.

Only eyes.

Here’s the next one.

One of these crazy cinematic scenes occurs at the end of Mel Brooks’ movie Blazing Saddles.

And also in several Three Stooges shorts.

Pie Fight.

Pie Fight is right.

It’s funny but messy.

Pie Fight.

The crew of the Enterprise often uses its tricorders to scan planets for these.

Something life?

Life.

Yeah.

Life.

Signs.

Life signs is right.

Life signs.

Very good.

In the song Total Eclipse of the Heart, Bonnie Tyler uses this term of endearment and encourages the listener to turn around.

Bright eyes.

Bright eyes is right.

How was my singing on that?

It was great.

It was great.

All right.

This is a great 1985 horror film that was remade as a 2011 horror film.

I’ll give you a hint.

Fright Night?

Yes, Fright Night.

You don’t need the hint about Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowell being replaced by Colin Farrell and David Tennant.

Yes.

It helped retroactively.

It did.

Retroactively it helped.

Good.

If you’re a parent of a small child, you should know that teachers will ask kids to create one of these,

Featuring pictures of themselves as babies, then toddlers, et cetera.

Timeline?

Timeline, yes.

Spent the last weekend making two timelines, one for Max and one for Jesse.

Is that right?

Right.

Get ready for a couple of triples.

Three I’s, okay?

Just like the fish on the Simpsons.

Do you know his name?

Blinky.

Blinky is correct.

Very good.

A little extra credit for you, Martha.

Thank you.

This is a classic Doors song that begins,

You know that it would be untrue.

Light my fire.

Light my fire is right.

Good for cooking.

They are low in sugar and include Riesling and Chardonnay.

White wines.

What’s the third one?

Dry white wines.

Dry white wine.

Did I miss that rule, too?

There had to be three now?

We should really send you the rules ahead of time, I know.

Well, something.

Or clean the wax out of my ears.

Finally, this describes a company that is not worthy of your trust or money.

They may be gone by tomorrow.

Fly by night.

Fly by night is right.

Very good.

And finally, I will end with an NSYNC song, Bye Bye Bye.

Bye bye, baby.

Goodbye.

Bye, guys.

You guys are fantastic.

Thanks, John.

You’re our hero.

Bye-bye, John.

Well, if you’d like to talk about grammar, slang, punctuation, or words and how we use them and what they say about us,

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