I'd ignore the whole thing and recast so I could say "in public." But I'm sure that wouldn't help on a spelling test.
Joyce: Dawn, you be good. Xander: We will. Just gonna play with some matches, run with scissors, take candy from some guy, I don't know his name.
'Beneath You'
Spike's Bitches 34: They're All Slime and Antlers
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Fred Pete - Mar 01, 2007 6:21:31 am PST #8111 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Hil R. - Mar 01, 2007 6:25:55 am PST #8112 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
"Publicly" looks right to me, because "publical" isn't a word. I think I was taught that you use the "-ally" adverb ending only if the adjective has the "-al" ending. Also, when I see "publically," I want to try to pronounce it with four syllables, which sounds weird.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 01, 2007 6:27:34 am PST #8113 of 10001
What is even happening?
Well, all the maths have messed up your head.
-t - Mar 01, 2007 6:29:33 am PST #8114 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Publically looks wrong to me. Unless it means in a publical manner.
tommyrot - Mar 01, 2007 6:30:16 am PST #8115 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I was about 8 or so, I would misread the word "pubic" as "public." So I'd be confused about references to "public hair," as I figured that public hair was the least public that hair could be.
-t - Mar 01, 2007 6:30:24 am PST #8116 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I never knew that chinchillas needed tiaras before, but that just looks so right.
Laura - Mar 01, 2007 6:30:34 am PST #8117 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I shall say publicly that Matt has been so very tolerant with these people. Much ~ma for an easier departure.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 01, 2007 6:30:44 am PST #8118 of 10001
What is even happening?
Another mathy person. You ladies are looking for logic in English. That's illogical.
lisah - Mar 01, 2007 6:30:53 am PST #8119 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Well, all the maths have messed up your head
I have virtually no math crowding up my brainpan and, yet, I have to agree with Hil.
Hil R. - Mar 01, 2007 6:31:56 am PST #8120 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Well, personally and naturally both have the "a" as a syllable. Hypothetically and rhetorically should, though it's sometimes elided. But hy-po-the-ti-cal-ly sounds OK, while pub-li-cal-ly sounds weird.