A note about the blog

After moving some old blogs to their new legacy parking space (and being reminded of the four blogs I lost in 2012, because I did not move them to a legacy parking space), I remembered that the very notion of paying attention to words ending in the letter began taking shape in 2005.  

During 2006, my Notes From New York blog highlighted other words ending in the letter y: self-helpy, fusiony, basementy. 

© 1984 Copyright Hector Sanchez

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 02, 2005

To Add to My List of Favorite Words Ending in Y

Deathy

Aired last night on the Colbert Report. [Ed. Link doesn’t work any more.] Came into play when talking about the death penalty.

More about the List . . . .

First favorite word ending in Y: Tubby
Favorite word for 2005: Surfy
Least favorite word for 2005: Chatty

Via the Muppet Wiki

Looking at this now, in February 2024, I’m reminded that whenever I hear the word tubby, Ernie’s pronunciation sounds in my mind’s ear. Yes, Ernie of Ernie and Bert. Tubby is a word in Ernie’s “Rubber Duckie/Ducky”^* song.

Remember how Sesame Street episodes were “brought to you” by letters and numbers (which were sponsors)? Olivetti! — there it is. The Ys Have It bubbled into existence not long after Wednesday, February 25, 1970, when “Rubber Duckie” first aired.

^* N.B. Duckie appears in the title of the video, yet ducky appears throughout the closed captions. Hmm. This is just the kind of suffix situation to be sorted out on Sesame Street.