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.
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 12, 2009 3:50:12 pm PST #1012 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
sarameg - Jan 12, 2009 3:50:16 pm PST #1013 of 30000
Flourescent bulbs don't fry bugs as quickly as halogen or regular bulbs. (How the fuck are those spelled anyway!)
sarameg - Jan 12, 2009 3:50:53 pm PST #1014 of 30000
Chure.
Theodosia - Jan 12, 2009 3:56:42 pm PST #1015 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Chure.
Also, flies don't like fluorescents, because their nervous systems are so quick that they see them blinking (which we can't).
sarameg - Jan 12, 2009 3:57:04 pm PST #1016 of 30000
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!
dcp - Jan 12, 2009 3:57:11 pm PST #1017 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
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.
sarameg - Jan 12, 2009 3:59:05 pm PST #1018 of 30000
[link] Picture taken with the screen camera, so not the best. BUT PROOF!
Jesse - Jan 12, 2009 4:00:49 pm PST #1019 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ma-chure.
And aunt is not pretentious!
Liese S. - Jan 12, 2009 4:01:42 pm PST #1020 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Whoo for cat progress! May it bode well for a long and happy future together.
I say "chure" for mature.
Me==Crank. I just had to inform paypal that I'm a non-profit. It took some serious finagling since I don't receive any paperwork via actual paper, and they refused to take anything that looked downloaded. Well, fie on them, I figured out how to get download my bank statements looking like paper, and how to fax stuff via the internet, and they had better release my six hundred bucks they're holding hostage.
Grump. However, I have been very productive today, so I think I'm going to call it a win.
Sue - Jan 12, 2009 4:01:51 pm PST #1021 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Yay Sarameg!
I got all excited last night because Clio and Oz were asleep on the same bed. Not touching, but a foot apart. Progress from all the scrapping.