I still don't know how to pronounce "inchoate"!
in-KOH-ut
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Polter-Cow - Mar 23, 2011 9:46:01 am PDT #29824 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
lisah - Mar 23, 2011 9:47:16 am PDT #29825 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
It's totally in-KOH-ate in my head.
hippocampus - Mar 23, 2011 9:48:04 am PDT #29826 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
So, which words did you mispronounce and how embarrassing was it when you were corrected?
Schuykill, Conshohocken, Bala Cynwyd, Manayunk, Gladwyne... growing up in Philly will mess you up.
Fell's Point was hard too - Thames Street is pronounced with a "Th".
Jesse - Mar 23, 2011 9:48:16 am PDT #29827 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I'm still 90% sure it will never be anything but like at the prep school in my head. In Choate!
Atropa - Mar 23, 2011 9:48:48 am PDT #29828 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh and "macabre." Ultimately you need to watch a lot of overblown horror parodies until you've heard "Master of the Macabre" to get it right.
In my head, it's still mahCAHbrah. Still.
Zenkitty - Mar 23, 2011 9:51:12 am PDT #29829 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I would probably have said "David Ma*may*" too, erika!
Allyson - Mar 23, 2011 9:52:53 am PDT #29830 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
The book I'm reading right now, Being Wrong
Holy crap, I'm reading this: [link]
We should compare notes.
It struck me after watching Phil Plait's Don't Be a Dick talk, where he asks, "how many of you were ever convinced you that you were wrong about something by someone who called you a moron?"
And I thought, "I am guilty of this all day."
I keep trying, and failing, to be more like Jilli.
Sue - Mar 23, 2011 9:53:57 am PDT #29831 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Apparrently I've been pronouncing inchoate wrong all these years. But I have never heard it pronounced the way y'all claim it is.
ETA: Okay, Cambridge dictionary says "in-co-ate". Phew, I'm good. [link]
mahCAHbrah
Is that wrong? I'm starting to think I don't know how to pronounce anything!
Consuela - Mar 23, 2011 9:56:34 am PDT #29832 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Allyson, that's so funny! I picked it up because I discovered this blog [link] that the writer was posting on Slate, and it looked pretty cool.
I just started it, and so far it's mostly been philosophy and the history of science: I hope it gets more entertaining soon.
Atropa - Mar 23, 2011 10:01:52 am PDT #29833 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I keep trying, and failing, to be more like Jilli.
Remember, I rant and froth at the mouth just as much as the rest of you. I just tend to do it privately, to people I trust.
An example: someone sent a massive screed to GCS about how I need to address the plight of the goth furries, about how it's a completely valid part of the goth subculture, and I need to step up and defend them.
I decided not to reply. But in my head, and to my friends, I was all "WTF GOTH FURRIES. Sweet zombie Jesus, NO. Do not mix those streams."