Suzi! Was that cultural or just your parents being your parents?
A high school friend of mine has a brand new baby daughter (gawd I love Facebook!) and her name is Mia Leilani which I ADORE.
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
Spike ,'Potential'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
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.
javachik - Jan 07, 2009 9:50:35 am PST #9864 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
beekaytee - Jan 07, 2009 9:51:36 am PST #9865 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
I went to school with a girl named Bobette. Guess what her dad's name was. I dare ya.
I've whinged at length about my historic experience of bonny, but I have to say, I'm enjoying it now.
It's funny how many of my peeps can't get past beej. S'okay with me, in a major way. It's a nice feeling, in either direction. Hey, somebody wants to address me? Don't really care what they call me!
quester - Jan 07, 2009 9:52:03 am PST #9866 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I get that question all the time. The Bohemian ( and illogical!) pronunciation in the book is Ann-toe-NEE-ya. My name is pronounced Ann-TOE-nee-ya, which is the one true pronunciation!
Thanks for all the positive reinforcement guys, but I'm not used to it and it feels weird!
Dana - Jan 07, 2009 9:52:52 am PST #9867 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Why do I think the book is My Ann-toe-NEE-ya, when I think the name IRL is Ann-TOE-nee-ya?
Because you're right.
tommyrot - Jan 07, 2009 9:53:02 am PST #9868 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I went to school with a girl named Bobette. Guess what her dad's name was. I dare ya.
Fett?
Jesse - Jan 07, 2009 9:53:15 am PST #9869 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Because that's how it's pronounced in the book.
Ha HA!
DavidS - Jan 07, 2009 9:54:14 am PST #9870 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is it spelled phonetically at some point?
I'm not sure. I think the teacher made a point of explaining the proper pronounciation for a Czech (Bohemian?) girl of that time. Also I guess it's spelled with an accent: My Ántonia.
amych - Jan 07, 2009 9:55:06 am PST #9871 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Book-Antonia is with an accent on the "i".
edit: or maybe I'm misremembering where the accent is. But there is one, I swears it!
Steph L. - Jan 07, 2009 9:57:09 am PST #9872 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I went to school with a girl named Bobette. Guess what her dad's name was. I dare ya.
My eldest aunt is Paulette. Same reason. (Grandpa named Bob.) (No, I kid. His name was Paul, although we called him Boomer.)
DavidS - Jan 07, 2009 9:57:18 am PST #9873 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
edit: or maybe I'm misremembering where the accent is. But there is one, I swears it!
I'm cutting and pasting from Wikipedia so I hope somebody's vetted the accent.
Vet the accents, dammit!