I learned it from a mystery novel where an American character was mocked for pronouncing it as "Saint John" rather than "Sinjun". It's not so much that she didn't know the pronunciation right off the bat, but she'd been going on about how [first name] St. John was simply her oldest, best friend, yet she didn't know how to pronounce the woman's name.
I'll nurse you back to health. I'll wear the nurse outfit!
"BuffyBot" ,'Dirty Girls'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Calli - Jun 30, 2018 1:30:51 am PDT #25097 of 28199
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
EpicTangent - Jul 03, 2018 11:03:55 am PDT #25098 of 28199
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
$1.99 special on Bookbub today:
Heroine Complex By Sarah Kuhn
Evie Tanaka — beleaguered assistant to a supernaturally gifted, demon-fighting diva — is thrust into the spotlight when her own secret powers are revealed! "The urban fantasy we deserve. Sarah Kuhn is the total package" (New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire).
I saw her at a reading at Mysterious Galaxy and bought the book on the strength of the description and her reading. I haven't read it yet, but Seanan (the one I was at the reading for) recommends it!
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Consuela - Jul 03, 2018 1:46:47 pm PDT #25099 of 28199
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, I've read that, it's very fun. Very lightweight but entertaining.
Dana - Jul 12, 2018 9:54:01 am PDT #25100 of 28199
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Most of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries are on sale today.
Toddson - Jul 12, 2018 12:38:13 pm PDT #25101 of 28199
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
sigh ... I had the biggest crush on Lord Peter
Calli - Jul 13, 2018 8:22:01 am PDT #25102 of 28199
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I still do. And a subcrush on Bunter. Honestly, not gonna throw Harriet Vane out of bed for eating scones, either.
Dana - Jul 19, 2018 10:20:34 am PDT #25103 of 28199
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm not entirely sure where to put this, but nicked from Tumblr, the first Good Omens trailer:
Jessica - Jul 19, 2018 10:24:03 am PDT #25104 of 28199
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Um, that link goes to a trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody. (Not that I mind!)
sumi - Jul 19, 2018 10:48:32 am PDT #25105 of 28199
Art Crawl!!!
Obama, Biden together again, Fighting Crime!
Dana - Jul 19, 2018 3:32:17 pm PDT #25106 of 28199
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's possible the link to that trailer was left in a car for too long.