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[eurythmicprince]

I keep on having bad dreams where I buy yogourt but when I get home, I find that the foil cap of the yogourt isn't sealed in one part. Frightening.

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[theplace]

I was originally going to write, "What kind of crazy spelling of yogurt is that...what are you, French?"

Then I looked it up and 'yogourt' is a less common but valid alternative to yogurt/yoghurt.

Then the word yogurt starting swimming in front of my eyes and lost all meaning.

[eurythmicprince]

Oh, believe me, Kate. I went through the exact same thing. I looked it up because I knew there were a few ways to spell it. I found that my attempt at spelling the word was valid. Better yet, it seemed to be a pretentious Canadian spelling so I ran with it.

I totally understand the word losing all meaning thing. It's kind of enjoyable. It's a sort of abstract look at language. But no one else ever seems to understand when I tell them about it. Like I'll say "Haha, 'doing' is a funny word". Then they'll just think I'm weird. I have to be in the right frame of mind for it to happen though.

[prefex]

Yogourt mold IS scary. Sometimes, I find mold growing on the surface of mine even when the foil cap is sealed perfectly, and it is still weeks before its expiration date. I get paranoid when I see mold (after so many biology classes that are dedicated to fungi, I do not feel like inhaling any more spores).
I should really return it to the store, but on second thought, it would be kind of wierd to show up at Customer Service with moldy yogourt.

[ecodude]

Oddly enough... while on my travels I said the word yoghurt at some point and an Aussie I was with proceeded to laugh about the way we pronounce it. They still use the H like it's important to the word or something... we don't (hence the removal in some spellings!). I immediately mocked her pronunciation, of course, and all was right in the world.