I can come up with several ways to pronounce "Krikorian" phonetically but they all end up sounding like "asshole."
Hah! I was about to post something similar to that over here involving the word "derrierechapeau".
Spike: Taking up smoking, are you? Harmony: I am a villain, Spike. Hello!
Spike/Harm ,'Help'
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.
Frankenbuddha - May 27, 2009 7:45:04 am PDT #21380 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Jesse - May 27, 2009 7:58:54 am PDT #21381 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think the most on-point Gawker comments are the ones about that Anthony SCALL-ya.
Dana - May 27, 2009 7:59:36 am PDT #21382 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, but Italians are acceptable foreigners. Not like those Mexicans.
Gudanov - May 27, 2009 8:03:12 am PDT #21383 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
God, really? Mark Krikorian in the National Review doesn't like the way Sotomayor pronounces her name -- Unamerican!
That doesn't even make sense. It's her name. Weird.
Yeah, but Italians are acceptable foreigners. Not like those Mexicans.
I'm just glad she isn't Canadian-American.
tommyrot - May 27, 2009 8:04:24 am PDT #21384 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is freaky and sad: Feral Russian Girl Raised By Cats And Dogs In Siberia: Police
In a real-life "Jungle Book" situation, a 5-year-old Russian girl has been rescued from an un-heated Siberian flat, where she has lived her entire life in the company of feral cats and dogs without ever really adopting a vocabulary, police told the Ria-Novosti news agency. According to the Telegraph, the girl, known as 'Natasha', lived in the Siberian town of Chita with egregiously neglectful parents and grandparents who essentially raised her as a pet. From Telegraph:
Like the other pets, she lapped at her food from a bowl on the floor and had never learned how to use cutlery.
Welfare officers, who were led to the flat by concerned neighbours, have placed Natasha in an orphanage. Although malnourished and small for her age, she appeared to be relatively healthy considering her ordeal, a police spokesman was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.
sarameg - May 27, 2009 8:04:42 am PDT #21385 of 30000
She's not Mexican!
Frankenbuddha - May 27, 2009 8:06:49 am PDT #21386 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
tommyrot, you've italced the board (or at least you did).
She's not Mexican!
Yeah, National Review is not big on subtleties. Or, apparently, non-subtleties.
Jesse - May 27, 2009 8:07:39 am PDT #21387 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not like those Mexicans.
Gah!!
Dana - May 27, 2009 8:08:17 am PDT #21388 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
She's not Mexican!
Oh, like there's a difference. Foreigners, all of them.
(I do know she's not Mexican.)
Jesse - May 27, 2009 8:11:35 am PDT #21389 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Foreigners, all of them.
Gah!!!