It's interesting there are so many people of seemingly-recent slavic origins (heavy on the traditional first and last names, not even close to being anglicized) in ballroom dance.
I love watching this shit.
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
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.
sarameg - Aug 22, 2007 3:54:48 pm PDT #6307 of 10001
shrift - Aug 22, 2007 3:58:11 pm PDT #6308 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Jazz hands! Bases! Frank standing down in the crowd by the munchkin!
Gerard's pretty and he knows it, clap your hands! And now I'm going to be singing Journey while I make dinner.
Jesse - Aug 22, 2007 4:01:05 pm PDT #6309 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
brenda m - Aug 22, 2007 4:48:04 pm PDT #6310 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I can't get in to my work email. Someone remind me that's a good thing?
sarameg - Aug 22, 2007 4:55:21 pm PDT #6311 of 10001
It's good. No work tonight!
Called an old friend. Got voicemail. She's anglicized her name on the message. I'm weirdly irritated by this. Not at her, for sure. Maybe at the place she resides that might lead to that. I dunno. Will have to ask about that. I used to get in arguments with her cousins over Amarillo. And Anne Richards and Clayton Williams, which has no relevence but whatever.
All leads back to the La Jolla/Los Feliz discussion. I still can't figure out how the latter is pronounced by those freaky LAistas. I grew up where you pronounced the spanish mexican-correctly and made fun of those who botched it. Hell, my brother's english still has an unusual mexican-spanish twinge on some words (and his son picks up pieces of Alabama, which cracks me up and freaks him out.) We tease my midwestern parents over their La Jolla confusion 35+ years ago.
Jesse - Aug 22, 2007 5:08:50 pm PDT #6312 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
paperdol should watch The Word off last night's Colbert, because it's all about creating online personas.
Allyson - Aug 22, 2007 5:11:14 pm PDT #6313 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Los (like "lost") FEElez.
sarameg - Aug 22, 2007 5:23:45 pm PDT #6314 of 10001
I still can't do it, paperdol. My background is too stringent. I'll hear you say it someday...and still mispronounce it, according to you freaky people.
I avoid even saying ita's name likewise- I slur or roll certain consonants. T is one of them.
The funny thing is, with the exception of spanish pronunciation, my accent is probably generic broadcaster. Unless I'm tired or drunk, then I pick up random NC southern.
Theresa - Aug 22, 2007 5:24:10 pm PDT #6315 of 10001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
We tease my midwestern parents over their La Jolla confusion 35+ years ago.
I would guess "La Hoya" pronunciation. What is correct?
eta2: Did I kill Natter? Am I the good slayer?
sarameg - Aug 22, 2007 5:35:31 pm PDT #6316 of 10001
Austin, yup.
Long ago, my 'rents relocated and met in SoCal. And they were irish-ish farmers (mom)/recent scandanavian immigrants (dad). And even though my dad didn't know the J sound in english, spanish words? Caused a lot of hilarious confusion. And then they later settled in a locale of spanish roots and learned a little more. Though my parents' mexican accents still suck.