I used to give the neighborboy shit about wearing the huge tshirts that hung down to his knees with his falling off pants: Why are you bothering with pants that don't fit! You have a perfectly workable dress on!

He'd just duck & grin and roll his eyes. I am probably SO ANCIENT in his eyes.

"You've got to have really big balls to wander around looking like that."

That's why I loved Tim Roth in Rob Roy. Such a fop but such a violent, evil little man.

So, do people around here pronounce the word "mature" as "mah-TURE" or "ma-CHURE"? I have changed so many things about my western NY accent, I can't recognize the right way to say it, although mah-TURE tends to sound a bit pretentious, like ahnt for aunt. However, I know people who say it both ways.

Flourescent bulbs don't fry bugs as quickly as halogen or regular bulbs. (How the fuck are those spelled anyway!)

Chure.

Chure.

Also, flies don't like fluorescents, because their nervous systems are so quick that they see them blinking (which we can't).

OH MY GOD Y'ALL! Loki is curled up on the coveted down throw at the foot of the futon. Devi jumped up, sniffed the sleeping kitten (I was all ready to tackle them,) kneaded a bit and curled up, butt to butt with him. He growled a little when he woke up and she had stopped sniffing him, but THEY ARE CURLED UP TOUCHING!

Sophia, I pronounce it "ma-chure," too. IME, pronouncing it "ma-ture" goes with the same accent that says "iss-ue" and "shed-ule."

sarameg, switch the O and the U.

[link] Picture taken with the screen camera, so not the best. BUT PROOF!

Ma-chure.

And aunt is not pretentious!