#nonsense polls

[poll-position]

Experiment:

Reblog this post and add a poll of your own to the reblog. You can make it a poll about anything. Let's see how far it goes.

[hollowedskin]

🐇Heather

So yeah if you could just make some normal, functional stairs in the right order for her to hop up that would be great.

Everyone knows what stairs look like yes?

[captainpirateface]

[apollohour]

Always have cake in case you get stranded.

[neosatsuma]

Let's talk phonics!

Every English vowel can make two basic sounds: what's called a short sound, and a long sound. Take the letter E, for example. A short E can be found in the words met, bet, and set. A long E can be found in the words meet, seat, and treat. (You might notice the two vowels in a row in these words; double vowels in English almost always make the vowel sound long!)

In standard American English, "coffee" is pronounced with a short O sound, such as in the words dog, log, and cough. The IPA symbol for this vowel sound is ɒ. An easy way to spell this sound without using IPA is "ah" -- as in when the doctor asks you to stick out your tongue and "say 'aahh!'"

This is not to be confused with the short A sound, as in the words apple, cat, and axe. The IPA symbol for this vowel sound is æ. An easy way to spell this sound without using IPA is simply "a" (with no "h" after it).

Accents will slightly (or largely) alter our vowel sounds and how we might think to spell them; "coffee" sounds different with a British accent than an American one. But now that we know how to talk about vowel sounds, let's rephrase:

Does "ko-fi" sound identical to "coffee" (typically, for Americans: a short O followed by a long E)?

Or does it rhyme with lo-fi (typically, for Americans: a long O followed by a long I)?

Or does it sound like something else?

[thelovewehad]

tell me which one(s) if you want!!

[tntduopolls]

[plague-vulture]

hey hi

yes i was annoying and in denial. CHOOSE.

[anghraine]

While I'm in my Star Trek (The Original Series) downspiral, I thought it would be fun to propose a poll of random details mentioned in TOS specifically.

The episodes each factoid comes from:

Kirk the tough teacher -> Where No Man Has Gone Before (S1)

Spock's shame over his feelings for Kirk -> The Naked Time (S1)

The Uhura/Chapel kiss -> What Are Little Girls Made Of (S1)

Kirk refusing to convert to Hellenic(/ancient alien) polytheism because he's a firm monotheist -> Who Mourns for Adonais? (S2)

McCoy honoring the privacy of the hot lady of the week's disability -> Is There In Truth No Beauty? (S3)

Uhura talking about how she's always found it calming to listen to Kirk over the loudspeaker -> Plato's Stepchildren (S3)

The Gorn Did Nothing Wrong -> Arena (S1)

Spock hasn't had a father-son relationship with Sarek for 18 years (or visited his parents for 4) -> Journey to Babel (S2)

Sulu and Chekov don't believe in just following orders -> Turnabout Intruder (S3)

Kirk was a 13-year-old genocide survivor -> The Deadly Years (S2) / The Conscience of the King (S1)

McCoy gets married to the priestess Natira, one of the few female authority figures who is capable and noble and survives and gains full leadership of her people, and Kirk promises to help him visit her periodically -> For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (S3)

Spock is finally convinced that his thoughts are being influenced by outside forces because he voluntarily ate meat -> All Our Yesterdays (S3)

[starlene]

Imagine this: you are stuck on a desert island. You know help is coming, but you also know you will starve to death before it arrives unless you eat something asap. There are four Pokémon with you on the island.