Rhymes with "jerk" or "lurk", I think. Does that help?
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
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Pix - Mar 29, 2004 10:44:00 pm PST #3841 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Nilly - Mar 29, 2004 10:45:02 pm PST #3842 of 10001
Swouncing
I think I'll have to wait until I hear somebody pronounce it out loud before I (probably mis)pronounce it myself...
Pix - Mar 29, 2004 10:47:06 pm PST #3843 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Ah, but Nilly, all these questions and more will be answered in a matter of months! The Buffistas will happily pronouce all kinds of words for you! :)
Nilly - Mar 29, 2004 10:51:18 pm PST #3844 of 10001
Swouncing
Yup, how amazing is that? And, no doubt, make me attempt to pronounce all sorts of complicated words as well. Which I will happily try to not-tie my tongue while doing so.
Fay (I'm not sure if you've 'met' her yet - she's from England) was in last year's F2F, and she was encouraged to pronounce all sort of very USA-ian words ('yo' is the one I manage to remember, but somebody who was actually there will obviously have better details).
deborah grabien - Mar 29, 2004 11:17:57 pm PST #3845 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Nilly, there's actually video of Fay in LA, being daintily and delightfully profane at Plei's urging. I told my beloved Roz Kaveney about it before Fay went to London to visit her, post-Egypt, and Roz laughed like a drain.
It was lovely, almost as lovely as Fay.
Nilly - Mar 29, 2004 11:30:51 pm PST #3846 of 10001
Swouncing
Fay in LA, being daintily and delightfully profane
I don't think I can imagine Fay being anything other than dainty and delightful.
DXM was generous enough to send me a tape of last year's F2F, but I mostly remember her only pronounce the 'yo', in her lovely accent.
And, to make this thread drift a little less, you should have an e-mail from me.
Lyra Jane - Mar 30, 2004 4:19:07 am PST #3847 of 10001
Up with the sun
Hooray for erika!!! That's fantastic news.
(And Nilly, Y'all is (more or less, and depending on how Southern you are) pronounced like "yawl," sometimes with a slight glottal stop between the "yuh" and the "awl.")
erikaj - Mar 30, 2004 4:36:51 am PST #3848 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Fugeddaboutit with British t's is the one I still giggle about.(Not that mine would be any less funny to real members of The Thing...Nilly, La Cosa Nostra, This Thing of Ours=The Mafia.)
Deena - Mar 30, 2004 5:01:54 am PST #3849 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Erika, you rock. That's a great piece and I'm sure you'll be able to shoehorn a little more profanity in there somewhere.
erikaj - Mar 30, 2004 5:29:05 am PST #3850 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
God, is that my dream editorial comment, or what?Actually, that was just part of her suggestion to make it less "girly"...if I had known, really, that they were going to be my best bet, I would have, but I'm a new writer shopping stuff to people that don't know me, I figured caution wouldn't hurt.(If she worked out of the Bay Area,not Topeka, I would have said "Hec put you up to that one, didn't he?:)) Don't know why he finds me cursing so comic,but whatever blows his dirndl up.
When I sent the ms. off, my mother was like "There are radicals in Kansas?"
"I can top that. I'm a radical, and I'm *here*." I said.
"Yes. Right. I keep forgetting."