Is it Bert and Ernie or Ernie and Bert?

[Clean Gultch]

This has been bugging me for about well... 5 minutes.

 

[FellowWLover]

It is Bert and Ernie, and I have the research to prove it.

&

 

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Unless you go by "A Muppet Family Christmas", where Ernie introduces 'em himself:

"Oh, hi! We're Ernie and Bert!

 

[HeraLirambar]

Strange...

I thought it was Ert and Bernie.


Sorry, couldn't help myself!

Seriously, though, I always think of it as "Bert and Ernie".

 

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

I also think it's more "Bert & Ernie", I just had to get a dig in at Jes...

Though it's interestin', when ya think o' Bert & Ernie, Ernie is almost always on the left in sketches and appearances (at least that's how memory serves), so if you're "readin' " 'em from left to right (how most people read), it's "Ernie & Bert" mentally.

 

[FellowWLover]

Originally posted by Janice & Mokey's Man
Unless you go by "A Muppet Family Christmas", where Ernie introduces 'em himself:

"Oh, hi! We're Ernie and Bert!

Key words: Introduces *himself*.

Bert and Ernie Sing Along


Need I say more???

(Not to mention "Bert and Ernie" won the poll on *two* forums!)

 

[Gonzo]

It's "Bert and Ernie."

Or "Bertandernie."

Or even "Bertner Knee," which is what I was considering naming something that needed a name.

You know when you open those cans of biscuits, and they explode? That's scary.

Quinnnnnnnnnn

 

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Originally posted by FellowWLover
Key words: Introduces *himself*.

No, he introduces them himself. I said " 'em" though, to be colloquial.

 

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

Originally posted by Gonzo
You know when you open those cans of biscuits, and they explode? That's scary.

OMG, YES!!

I always wanna hide when I have to do that...



We need to find a support group for people like us...

 

[WiGgY]

it is weird that we see them as



But call them

Bert and Ernie.

I think it's one of those things where lesser sylabol words come before more sylabol words.