Dear Philosopher,
I’m rather mad at you that you never replied to my letter. Sure, I asked some tough questions, but you have been thinking them over for 5 1/2 months now. What kind of turn-around is that? If you worked at McDonald’s, you would have been fired months ago!
Regardless, I’m giving you a second try. Maybe this time you could reply in a more timely manner. Of course, adding to your work load may just increase the wait time, but once you’ve waited 5 months, it’s all the same.
So here are my questions for you:
How can some doughnuts not be round with holes? Isn’t a doughnut called a dough-NUT because it’s shaped like a nut?
Why do words look funny the more times you write them?
Why do we have to send our City of Raleigh water bill payment to Charlotte? Does Raleigh not have offices in their own city?
Why do we call children born out of wedlock illegitimate? Are they any less children just because of the situation they were born in? Are they somehow fake?
I would appreciate a prompt reply to these questions. Thank you.
Waiting,
Ronnica
Great questions! I look forward to seeing Philosopher’s answers ;-)
I think you might be waiting a while, that doughnut question is a real stumper. :)
I hope you’re not holding your breath although I am intrigued by the doughnut question.
I’m no philosopher, but I will answer your question about so-called “illegitimate” children…and I’ll answer seriously even though I know you were making a point about weird word choice.
I get very angry when children are labled for their parents’ mistake. NO, they are not any less children, and NO they are not fake. I don’t use the term “illegitimate child(ren)” because they aren’t. Those children are just as precious as the child born into a loving nuclear family, even though their situation is difficult.
My guess (and it’s purely a guess) is that the term came into usage in some legal capacity, from people dealing with difficult legal issues of having unmarried parents: names, support, guardianship, parental rights, etc.
I wonder about funny looking words too. Never fails. I’m writing and have to spell check and check again because a word just doesn’t look right! Lemme know what you find out! LOL
The Philospher call me and asked me to tell you that he is very sorry for the delay in answering your questions. He is still trying to answer the question that Steven Wright posed about parking in the driveway.
:)