Also? The whole "how you pronounce amyth and amych" discussion? I have no rationale for my "ammitch" preference, but my pronunciation of amyth is simply short for amethyst.
She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic.
Wash ,'War Stories'
F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos.
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: Madison, WI from June 20-22 2008! Official website.
Beverly - May 26, 2006 5:51:04 am PDT #1872 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Fay - May 26, 2006 6:06:14 am PDT #1873 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I pronounce it 'ammitch'. Because that's what it looks like. And 'ammith'. Ditto. .
Jessica - May 26, 2006 6:08:52 am PDT #1874 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
To me, words ending in ch (but not tch), look like transliterated Hebrew. So that's how I pronounce Amych.
brenda m - May 26, 2006 6:18:14 am PDT #1875 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I am with Fay, though I suspect with a longer A sound at the beginning.
JenP - May 26, 2006 6:22:02 am PDT #1876 of 10002
I pronounce them both with a long a sound at the beginning.
The pictures are fantastic.
Polter-Cow - May 26, 2006 6:24:18 am PDT #1877 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And 'ammith'. Ditto.
But amyth looks like "a myth," which is how I say it. With a long a. But a stress on the first syllable, of course.
Amy - May 26, 2006 6:24:56 am PDT #1878 of 10002
Because books.
I have no idea why, but I've always read amych as "aim-mick". Or is that what Jessica was saying (not knowing anything about Hebrew)?
amyth gets a long "a" from me, too.
Sparky1 - May 26, 2006 6:26:00 am PDT #1879 of 10002
Librarian Warlord
Tom Scola took some great pictures. And I'm not just saying that because there's a nice one of my DH and I in the bunch.
What I really want to know is, how the heck did Perkins avoid his camera, even on the aquarium day? (Tom, if she threatened you, you can tell us.)
I usually say, "amy-c-h" or "amy-t-h" in my head.
Lee - May 26, 2006 6:33:28 am PDT #1880 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Tom's my friend. IJS.
SuziQ - May 26, 2006 6:35:27 am PDT #1881 of 10002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
From all these pictures, I have discovered I bit my bottom lip all too much and that I flail my arms around in an embarassing fashion.
sigh