When words mean more than the sum of their letters

Oh spoken word... how you eternally fascinate me.
What would spawn such a recognition of admiration of such a flawed vocal communication?

The word "Dude".



This also held a special place in my heart because of all my flying, which leaves me saying 'Dude'.. in almost all those situations.

There are many other words that you can use and simply say them differently, the word "fuck" comes to mind actually. The point really is that the way we say things really changes how you hear them. It reminds me actually of when I was 14 and I had gotten a pager, I chose to record the following as the message you would hear when you called. Needless to say, it was a major hit with the friends. The trouble only came when my mother called to page me once. Lets just say that little message was short lived.