Also, what is the correct way to say "Arkansas"? I always say "are-can-saw".
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
beathen - Jan 31, 2005 8:23:50 am PST #2373 of 10002
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2005 8:25:21 am PST #2374 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I was the annoying friendless pedantic second-grader who RAILED against my classmates' pronunciation of "PUH-sketti" and "crown" (for "crayon").
When everyone knows the correct pronunciation is "puh-SKE-ti."
Susan W. - Jan 31, 2005 8:25:25 am PST #2375 of 10002
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I wonder this too. And yet obviously they don't.
Of course, I spent a good twelve years playing the viola, which means I was playing offbeats half of the time. When I did a capella in grad school my voice wasn't the best, but damn if I couldn't pick up rhythms quickly.
I played saxophone for six years, but I already had good rhythm when I started. Of course, I went to a Baptist church, albeit a white one, from the cradle up, and used to have the run of the sanctuary as a very little girl while my parents were in choir practice, and I'm sure being thoroughly exposed to music at such a young age helped both my rhythm and ear for pitch.
When I was in first or second grade, I was really annoyed at the way "comb" is spelled.
Does anyone else have the thing where you know a word is spelled correctly, but the more you write it, the more wrong it looks? "Choir" and "sergeant" both have that effect on me, and since I'm in a choir and am writing a novel whose male protagonist is a sergeant, I have to write them all the time.
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2005 8:26:38 am PST #2376 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Does anyone else have the thing where you know a word is spelled correctly, but the more you write it, the more wrong it looks?
Yes. I blame that on brain-enfeeblement....
JohnSweden - Jan 31, 2005 8:28:32 am PST #2377 of 10002
I can't even.
Also, what is the correct way to say "Arkansas"? I always say "are-can-saw".
That is correct. Except when it is correct to say "our-KAN-zass", which it apparently is occasionally, ie. the river in Kansas?
Dana - Jan 31, 2005 8:28:36 am PST #2378 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Does anyone else have the thing where you know a word is spelled correctly, but the more you write it, the more wrong it looks?
"Tartlets. Tartlets. The word has lost all meaning."
Topic!Cindy - Jan 31, 2005 8:28:53 am PST #2379 of 10002
What is even happening?
Yes. I blame that on brain-enfeeblement....Brought on by the blood sugar wonkiness caused by too much puh-SKE-ti.
Jessica - Jan 31, 2005 8:30:18 am PST #2380 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
When I was in first or second grade, I was really annoyed at the way "comb" is spelled.
I used to be really annoyed as "scissors" for that damned silent 'c'. Also, the store "Hechinger's" for sounding like a disease.
Nilly - Jan 31, 2005 8:30:19 am PST #2381 of 10002
Swouncing
Does anyone else have the thing where you know a word is spelled correctly, but the more you write it, the more wrong it looks?
In English, I do. In Hebrew, much much less.
Dana? It's the first time I'm posting with you since your trip, so (skipper me) welcome back! I hope you had a great time.
[Edit: my post # is all 2s and 3s games goodness. It's easy to spell numbers, unless it's in Arabic]
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2005 8:30:21 am PST #2382 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Brought on by the blood sugar wonkiness caused by too much puh-SKE-ti.
Probably. I should eat more meatbulbs with my puhsketti....