My southern grandmother would say TEE-vee. Also IN-surance. If that helps at all.
Note: I am not 100% sure my actual southern grandmother talks like this, but that's the kind of accent I'm hearing.
Wesley: Hey. Hey, Gunn. Is something weird going on? … Charles, you just peed on my shoes. Gunn: I'll be damned. That's weird.
'Life of the Party'
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.
Jesse - Jan 13, 2009 3:01:21 am PST #1051 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Emily - Jan 13, 2009 3:51:11 am PST #1052 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Well, I studied lit, so I better know what a spondee is.
Er, so did I, but I don't. Alas.
My mother and her sisters say cell-PHONE. Which doesn't seem weird until you hear it.
Jessica - Jan 13, 2009 3:56:19 am PST #1053 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Spondee is a new word to me. I like it! Spondee spondee spondee.
Jessica - Jan 13, 2009 4:01:31 am PST #1054 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ION, the Swiss entry from the 2007 Eurovision song contest is a trainwreck of beauty. Somebody should do a BtVS crackvid to it...
Jessica - Jan 13, 2009 4:18:19 am PST #1055 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hat trick!
In case my office doesn't turn all the TVs we have to the inauguration ceremony, where would be the best place to watch it online, do you think?
Cashmere - Jan 13, 2009 4:21:28 am PST #1056 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
c-span.com?
Sue - Jan 13, 2009 4:23:26 am PST #1057 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Jesse - Jan 13, 2009 4:26:05 am PST #1058 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yesterday, I was saying to a coworker that I hoped we would put the TV on in the conference room for the Inauguration, and just as I walked out of her office, we got a meeting request for that very thing! Good times.
Jessica - Jan 13, 2009 4:26:49 am PST #1059 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm pretty sure our TVs will all be showing it, but I want to have a backup in case I have actual work to do at the same time!
Kat - Jan 13, 2009 4:33:36 am PST #1060 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I think the real question here is, did you know the word spondee before? (Like a dog with a bone, I am.)
Yes, but I teach poetry and poetic meter. And while we are on that topic, let's give a little love to anapest, dactyl and trochee!