Great. Now I have to ask how Amherst is supposed to be pronounced.
Am-erst. Of course, that's just the college and town in MA. In NH, I believe you pronounce the "h".
This is not funny. This... this is a morality tale about the evils of sake.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
megan walker - Aug 20, 2007 2:19:02 pm PDT #5713 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
DavidS - Aug 20, 2007 2:19:47 pm PDT #5714 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I like to use the word "moist" to make people uncomfortable. See also "damp" and "creamy."
You should've been one of Prince's backup dancers.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2007 2:23:00 pm PDT #5715 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
that's just the college and town in MA. In NH, I believe you pronounce the "h".
Huh. Didn't know there were even two. I'll just keep mum, because there's no way I'll remember which is which.
Gloucestershire!
You should've been one of Prince's backup dancers.
I pronounce both ts in "gett."
Glamcookie - Aug 20, 2007 2:23:55 pm PDT #5716 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Grrr. It is annoying to sit here when all I need is a prescription refill. Guaranteed she'll spend less than 10 minutes with me after waiting for half an hour.
Jesse - Aug 20, 2007 2:24:16 pm PDT #5717 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There's also "gren-ich" Connecticut and "green-wich" Rhode Island, right?
megan walker - Aug 20, 2007 2:25:43 pm PDT #5718 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Huh. Didn't know there were even two. I'll just keep mum, because there's no way I'll remember which is which.
I only care because that's my Dad's hometown and alma mater and it came up fairly often in my previous life in academia.
megan walker - Aug 20, 2007 2:28:20 pm PDT #5719 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
There's also "gren-ich" Connecticut and "green-wich" Rhode Island, right?
Yes, we Connecticuties don't like to bother with those pesky middle letters. See also cur-ain and, well, conne-ti-cut.
Pix - Aug 20, 2007 2:31:07 pm PDT #5720 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Yes, we Connecticuties don't like to bother with those pesky middle letters. See also cur-ain and, well, conne-ti-cut.
Very true. (I will always love billytea for coining "Connecticutie." First abbreviation for Connecticut natives I'd ever heard that didn't sound ridiculous.)
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2007 2:35:23 pm PDT #5721 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It is annoying to sit here when all I need is a prescription refill. Guaranteed she'll spend less than 10 minutes with me after waiting for half an hour.
Are you at my doctor? I didn't even get to check in until 10 minutes past the appointment time, despite arriving more than five minutes before it.
However, once they took me back I was seen almost right away, and now I have a prescription that involves a syringe, so major cool points.
we Connecticuties don't like to bother with those pesky middle letters
Kicking it old school, yo. Green-which is just wrong.
I continually get into an argument with a friend about how the Brits have bizarre pronunciation. I don't know why he bothers. I stop him dead in his tracks with "Arkansas" every time.
Glamcookie - Aug 20, 2007 2:38:14 pm PDT #5722 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I could be at your doctor. Mine's in Santa Monica - Dr. Feltman. Love her but I'm hating this wait! 40 minutes and counting. I walk here from work. They couldn't call and tell me she was running behind???