Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!

Wash ,'Serenity'


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 3:50:22 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).


Nilly - Jun 13, 2006 4:54:34 am PDT #1811 of 10002
Swouncing

Thanks, Cindy! I'm usually using either m-w or answers.com (um, when I'm not looking straight for an Hebrew translation, or when the English-Hebrew dictionaries fail, which happens more often than not, sadly enough). Now, I have another link.


Burrell - Jun 13, 2006 5:13:23 am PDT #1812 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Nilly! ::waves::

I had just assumed callipygian was derived from Calypso, Odysseus' lover, and pronounced it accordingly.

I want bagels for breakfast, but that would mean running out to buy some. Hmmm.