Oh, that makes much more sense. Cool!
Zoe: Planet's coming up a mite fast. Wash: That's just cause, I'm going down too quick. Likely crash and kill us all. Mal: Well, that happens, let me know.
'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Gris - Oct 13, 2007 12:12:32 pm PDT #9664 of 10001
Hey. New board.
vw bug - Oct 13, 2007 12:22:05 pm PDT #9665 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
It's the present tense used for an event that has already happened, usually applied to things that are timeless, such as writing, "VW writes in her Nov. 1 post that...."
Ok. Gotcha. It's the tense I'm supposed to use for the annotated bibliography. Burrell, you will be glad to know that I am learning with this exercise. Go figure.
ETA: But, I'm still not happy about it.
WindSparrow - Oct 13, 2007 12:31:21 pm PDT #9666 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
"Indefatigable" is just a wonderful word.
Well, it's great that it has been applied to vw. But why's it got to be such a daunting prospect to pronounce?
historical present tenseIt is using the present tense as a narrative tool to increase the vividness and immediacy when relating events that have already taken place. Bartleby.com - [link] F'rinstance:
So, at work this morning, one of my co-workers comes up to me. She says, "Ya know what I like about vw? I like what an indefatigable scholar she is." And I say to to her, "I know exactly what you mean. Now, let's get some coffee." So we go to Starbucks, and order Pumpkin Pie Lattes on our break, and we run over to the mall to buy corsets.
Hil R. - Oct 13, 2007 12:33:09 pm PDT #9667 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I have dinner in the oven. Asparagus and sun-dried tomato fritatta type thing. (Vegan, so tofu instead of the eggs.) So far, smells good, though maybe a bit too mustardy.
Gris - Oct 13, 2007 12:38:44 pm PDT #9668 of 10001
Hey. New board.
That sounds delicious, Hil. And I love your Ragtime quote.
Also, Andi, that example rocks. And now I'm sitting here saying "indefatigable" over and over, in multiple different pronunciations.
Susan W. - Oct 13, 2007 12:39:59 pm PDT #9669 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
But why's it got to be such a daunting prospect to pronounce?
But that's what makes it fun (says the woman who only learned to say in properly a few years ago, from the Horatio Hornblower movies IIRC).
SuziQ - Oct 13, 2007 12:54:46 pm PDT #9670 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
::Has no clue how to pronounce indefatigable::
vw bug - Oct 13, 2007 1:03:21 pm PDT #9671 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
I just learned how to pronounce it when I butchered it on the phone, talking to Deena.
loves on WindSparrow
Susan W. - Oct 13, 2007 1:08:17 pm PDT #9672 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
in-dee-FAT-ih-ga-bull
Assuming Lt. Hornblower didn't steer me wrong....
Gris - Oct 13, 2007 1:19:11 pm PDT #9673 of 10001
Hey. New board.
The dictionary on my computer agrees, though it uses the ə for the "de" syllable, rather than a long e sound. Otherwise, all the same.