Has anyone else noticed that the world seems to have conflated "wary" and "leery" and is using "weary" when they mean wary and/or leery?
I was reading a fic the other day where that happened in the first paragraph.
I stopped reading.
One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
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.
Lee - Apr 16, 2009 7:49:07 am PDT #15468 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
aurelia - Apr 16, 2009 7:50:41 am PDT #15469 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I don't recall ever seeing that.
Tom Scola - Apr 16, 2009 7:54:05 am PDT #15470 of 30000
They pay me in WOIMS
I am just happy to see someone using "wary" when they should. Has anyone else noticed that the world seems to have conflated "wary" and "leery" and is using "weary" when they mean wary and/or leery??
I blame Otis Redding.
DavidS - Apr 16, 2009 7:55:54 am PDT #15471 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Leif's team still hasn't gotten in a second time. Four games in a row have been canceled because of weather. One of the canceled games was a make-up game.
It's driving his coach crazy.
Yeah. The rainy winter weather in the Bay Area overlaps with the pre-season of baseball, and you often get years such as this where most of your practices are rained out. Three years ago, I think all the practices got rained out and coaches were handing out jerseys before the first game.
As for my Little League team, after losing our last two games on close scoring, pitcher's battles (2-1, and 4-3 in extras) we lost 13 to 8 last night. Super frustrating game where the ump was calling a tight strike zone, it was cold and windy, tons and tons of walks, which had the infielders back on their heels and then making lots of errors. We're just back from a ten day layoff from spring break and they looked worse than rusty.
On the plus side, Emmett walked, hit an RBI single, and blasted a two-run homer (his second this season). A line drive over the centerfield fence. He also made a twisting, scrambling grab of a foul pop while playing catcher. He stepped on the bat coming out to get the ball and his feet were pedaling in place like a Flintstone as he tried to (a) regain his balance; (b) lunge at the ball.
msbelle - Apr 16, 2009 7:56:54 am PDT #15472 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Poor Otis.
I am often wary of growing weary.
Gudanov - Apr 16, 2009 7:58:55 am PDT #15473 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
On the plus side, Emmett walked, hit an RBI single, and blasted a two-run homer (his second this season). A line drive over the centerfield fence. He also made a twisting, scrambling grab of a foul pop while playing catcher. He stepped on the bat coming out to get the ball and his feet were pedaling in place like a Flintstone as he tried to (a) regain his balance; (b) lunge at the ball.
Awesome, go Emmett!
Barb - Apr 16, 2009 8:00:08 am PDT #15474 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Has anyone else noticed that the world seems to have conflated "wary" and "leery" and is using "weary" when they mean wary and/or leery??
I've noticed. It's been making me batshit crazy(er).
Frankenbuddha - Apr 16, 2009 8:00:37 am PDT #15475 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
THANK YOU, JZ. I figured it wasn't just me. What has happened to the English language?? I grow weary.
And young girls, they do get wooly...
Jesse - Apr 16, 2009 8:03:12 am PDT #15476 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I was gonna say, Frank.
Barb - Apr 16, 2009 8:04:06 am PDT #15477 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
And young girls, they do get wooly...
"Weary, not wooly-- and she doesn't get stressed, she's wearing a dress! God, I hate when people get the lyrics wrong!"