Peyton (Beaux-Tie)'s Blog – August 2013 Archive (4)

The last post talked about how Churbles came to be, but this one's about what he has been since: his many names.

Let's go chronologically.

Churbles, just Churbles, the original.

Churbles, Destroyer of Worlds, the original title…

Might turn into a series, but this is story of how Churbles came to be.

It all started years ago, my dad had (and still has) a keyboard, the old thing has a bunch of good sounds, some okay sounds, plenty of bad sounds and, best of all, some really cheesy sounds. I thought not much of it when I saw it, but there's a sound called "Churbles" on it, it's one of the really cheesy ones.

A while later, back when I was writing Greg, the Dog, (as some of you might know) there…

Time for the fifth installment in the series nobody reads about my generation's grammar, and part two of the ongoing series about how English itself is stupid. Previously I talked about Ph and Gh, Gh twice, I before E and the -ctly that's found in many words. Now for new material.

Let's start with two things about the letter W. 1, one. Yes, one. Notice the lack of a W, and how it's sound remains. Why this isn't pronounced like "own" I cannot…