On principle, I could start going by Yay-see Air-gare, Stephen Colbert-style.
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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 - May 27, 2009 8:23:39 am PDT #21398 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
megan walker - May 27, 2009 8:28:41 am PDT #21399 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
megan walker - May 27, 2009 8:33:16 am PDT #21400 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
megan - I fear I will never be able to address you again.
The French wouldn't be too bad, Hec manages. Growing up, I don't think I ever heard anyone, including my father, pronounce my mom's name correctly.
The Polish would be the real sticking point. When I was in academia I thought about insisting on it, but I lived for too long with it the "American" way.
Lee - May 27, 2009 8:38:47 am PDT #21401 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am suddenly very proud I have not Americanized my name.
Tino must have decided to give me a pass for the day, because things are working out better for me today. Perkins seems pretty much back to normal, and the vet said she didn't see any reason why Jezzie Sophie couldn't come back in a couple of weeks.
Jesse - May 27, 2009 8:45:11 am PDT #21402 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am suddenly very proud I have not Americanized my name.
Your name is already Americanized! I mean, isn't it German?
Lee - May 27, 2009 8:49:36 am PDT #21403 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
But we pronounce it the German way.
Jesse - May 27, 2009 8:50:02 am PDT #21404 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
German = American, is what I'm saying.
DavidS - May 27, 2009 8:50:48 am PDT #21405 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Your name is already Americanized! I mean, isn't it German?
It's true. Germans are the dominant American ethnicity by numbers. Hence, we are the default and everybody else is an outlier who should conform to our krautmaking, spaetzel-eating, word-conjoining ways.
Also, we like to conquer the world periodically. Or more accurately, we like to try.
Cashmere - May 27, 2009 8:50:55 am PDT #21406 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
msbelle, thanks for the socks! We seriously needed them because Owen refuses to go barefoot even outside and he tends to go through socks very quickly.
We also met a friend of my sister's and their adopted baby boy from Ethiopia. That baby made my ovaries ache, he resets the scale on adorable.
Kathy A - May 27, 2009 8:54:03 am PDT #21407 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Also, we like to conquer the world periodically. Or more accurately, we like to try.
Reminds me of the Bette Midler line about her husband being German: "Every night, I dress up like Poland, and he invades me."