Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.

'Touched'


Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.  

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.


msbelle - Jun 13, 2006 3:36:02 am PDT #1801 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I still have a cough, but am feeling much more rested.


Nilly - Jun 13, 2006 3:46:39 am PDT #1802 of 10002
Swouncing

am feeling much more rested

Your schedule this week is a little less hectic?

Sometimes a cough takes quite some time to go away. And so you can't feel like you're really all better now, because you're not, but you almost are (um, "you" means, of course, "me").


msbelle - Jun 13, 2006 3:50:22 am PDT #1803 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

the schedule is still hectic, but less involved projects. Plus as of yesterday I have some help.


Nilly - Jun 13, 2006 3:53:13 am PDT #1804 of 10002
Swouncing

as of yesterday I have some help

Good to read.

Regardless, could you please explain your tagline?

selcouth and callipygian


msbelle - Jun 13, 2006 4:01:40 am PDT #1805 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

words from erinaceous' weird and wonderful word calendar.


msbelle - Jun 13, 2006 4:03:41 am PDT #1806 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

selcouth is unique, uncommon, rare

callipygian is having a shapely bottom


Nilly - Jun 13, 2006 4:07:19 am PDT #1807 of 10002
Swouncing

selcouth is unique, uncommon, rare

callipygian is having a shapely bottom

Oh, they're great! And you're definitely both. Does the dictionary also say how you pronounce them? I need to know, for when I look for opportunities to combine them in conversations (um, not that I get to converse a lot in English, but I can always plan ahead).


msbelle - Jun 13, 2006 4:20:20 am PDT #1808 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

no pronuncian on the calendar. M-w.com says :

Pronunciation: 'sel-"küth

Pronunciation: "ka-l&-'pi-j(E-)&n


Nilly - Jun 13, 2006 4:28:17 am PDT #1809 of 10002
Swouncing

Thanks! New words! Yay!

(I need to Google and find the meaning behind the pronunciation symbols. I need to do it for a little forever, because I keep needing that, but I never do. Oh, well.)


Topic!Cindy - Jun 13, 2006 4:51:41 am PDT #1810 of 10002
What is even happening?

Nilly, if you go to Dictionary.com and look up a word, after they write out the pronounciation of a word, you'll see a link with the text "Pronounciation Key". If you click that, a little window will pop up that explains the symbols.

Here, go to callipygian: [link]

The site does have a sound file, but it's only available to for-pay users (which I'm not, so I can't help, there).