Fuhnetiks

The title of this blog arose from a lively conversation that took place on the El the other day. My co-worker Joseph and I were on our way home from a hard day at work and I had my styrofoam Dunkin' Donuts cup in hand. We got to talking about our favorite movies (a favorite subject) and Joseph told me one of his was a film called Synecdoche. 

"How do you spell that?" I inquired.

"Why I'll show you," he retorted.

Realizing we had nothing on which to write, Joe took hold of the styrofoam cup and proceeded to etch the proper spelling into it. Upon seeing the result, I was taken by suprise. I certainly didn't expect the fore mentioned word to have such a peculiar spelling. I etched an alternative spelling into the other side of the cup: Synectoky. 

"I would've spelled it like that," I said "It's phonetic." 

And alas, such I decided to name my blog. I hope to fill it with as many investigations of daily rarities, gems and contradictions as I can find. 

Thank you.

Alexa