Is it one, or the other?
eether
17(41.5%)
eyether
24(58.5%)
Or is it none of the above?
neether
15(36.6%)
nyther
26(63.4%)
A question of spuds:
potayto
44(100.0%)
potahto
0(0.0%)
Is it a fruit or a vegetable?
tomayto
21(47.7%)
tomahto
23(52.3%)
What do you wear in bed?
pajammas
13(29.5%)
pajahmas
31(70.5%)
Which one's a hoot?
larfter
17(38.6%)
laffter
27(61.4%)
The opposite of before is:
arfter
16(36.4%)
affter
28(63.6%)
Favourite ice-cream flavour:
vanilla
42(95.5%)
vanella
2(4.5%)
What the blazes is this?
sa's'parilla
29(65.9%)
sa's'parella
4(9.1%)
I have no clue
11(25.0%)
Your preferred aphrodisicac?
ersters
0(0.0%)
oysters
44(100.0%)
June 25 2003, 17:08:20 UTC 17 years ago
I tend to use both of the options reasonably frequently for some of these - either, neither, after and laughter. However, in each case I've gone for the one of the two which sounds more natural rather than the other which sounds affected.
I very much doubt I will be able to think of any of these without thinking of the song, though.
Unfortunately poll #150000 was a bit lame - friends-only :-(
June 26 2003, 17:09:53 UTC 17 years ago
On a side note: my (English) Granny and my Dad used this song to befuddle me for years, evidently. They sang it lots when I was a kid, and I assumed that potato was pronounced "po-tah-to" in Britain, so she always made sure to call them po-tah-tos around me. It wasn't til AlexMalfoy corrected me last year that I realized they'd been pulling my leg all my life!