ChiKat, you just skeeved my inner child.
This is what I'm talkin' about. I think any aberrations in my world view are now fully explained.
The whole earth may be sucked into Hell, and you want my help 'cause your girlfriend's a big ho?
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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ChiKat - Apr 03, 2006 1:10:12 pm PDT #7163 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
vw bug - Apr 03, 2006 1:14:02 pm PDT #7164 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Just talked to mom. I was worried about her, 'cause she goes to see the surgeon tomorrow, and dad is out of town, so it looked like she was gonna have to go by herself. But, they had a dinner with this group of friends last night, and mom told them about everything. Now two of the women are going with her. I'm so glad and relieved.
SailAweigh - Apr 03, 2006 1:15:11 pm PDT #7165 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Oh, I would have said the H.
Despite the fact I took German in high school, I would have, too. It's one of those ingrained Americanisms I just can not get rid of. From what I understand the Germans have proposed, or actually passed, legislation to get rid of all the silent "h"s in words. The only reason I know this is because of my fascination with Neandertals. It's actually starting to be spelled that way instead of Neanderthal. I'm curious to see how long Americans keep pronouncing it Knee-an-der-thal even though the "h" has been removed.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 03, 2006 1:27:10 pm PDT #7166 of 10001
What is even happening?
The only reason I know this is because of my fascination with Neandertals. It's actually starting to be spelled that way instead of Neanderthal. I'm curious to see how long Americans keep pronouncing it Knee-an-der-thal even though the "h" has been removed.That's why that's happened? I was wondering. They can take the "H" out of my Neanderthal (and how I say it), the day after I stop considering Pluto to be a planet.
No give backs.
erikaj - Apr 03, 2006 1:29:51 pm PDT #7167 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Not gonna make the obvious joke.
Spidra Webster - Apr 03, 2006 1:35:33 pm PDT #7168 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Another thay, another thaler.
askye - Apr 03, 2006 1:37:24 pm PDT #7169 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I'm a little late on the nick name thing -- some people joke and say "oh! Alice in Wonderland!" when they hear my name , well when I was younger. I hated that because my name is not Alice!
For a long time I did resist being "Ali" because that was Mom's name for me , but then after being online and catching myself sign "ali" on emails I decided I like Ali and that's what I want to be called. Except I forget to tell people that in real life.
Other than that I'm not really nicknameable.
P.M. Marc - Apr 03, 2006 1:42:43 pm PDT #7170 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Al(l)(y)(i)s(o)(i)n nicks mainly to Al and Ali in my experience.
I'm sure there are more nicknames, but as my sister's never gone by them, they are outside of my experience.
It's the spelling that's always throwing me. She's an Alison*, then you've got Allisons, Allysons, Alysons, and the occasional Al/l/i/y/sins.
*Technically, she's a Cindy, but for whatever reason, my parents stopped calling her that when she was about 2.
billytea - Apr 03, 2006 2:27:13 pm PDT #7171 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
That's why that's happened? I was wondering.
No, no, it happened because the correct (German) spelling of the place the first fossils were found (the Neander Valley) is Neander Tal. However, when the fossils were discovered, German spelling hadn't been standardised. It was pronounced '-tal', but the '-thal' spelling was acceptable. That changed in 1904 to bring the spelling in line with the pronunciation.
Two other snippets: 'Neander' is not German, but Greek for 'new man' (the guy it was named after was called Neumann, and liked the Greek version). Nice coincidence for it to give its name to a new species (or subspecies, depending on where you stand in that argument) of human. Also, Neandertal Man escaped by only two years being known as Homo stupidus. One guy gave them that scientific name in 1866; fortunately for the Neandertals, H. neanderthalensis had already been suggested, and it's first in first served.
Sparky1 - Apr 03, 2006 2:51:09 pm PDT #7172 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
My sisters and I are generally referred to as, Whale, Kritters and Hank (in birth order). We call my mother Witch or MW (for Mother Witch). I have cousins called Boola, Pieds, and Ding-Dong. My aunt and uncle (their parents) are often referred to as Skunk and Smellen.
My father we call Dad. I have no idea how he escaped.