Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.

Ben ,'The Killer In Me'


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.


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."


Steph L. - Mar 23, 2011 10:01:53 am PDT #29834 of 30001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

So, which words did you mispronounce and how embarrassing was it when you were corrected?

"Penelope" is like "epitome." And "segue" is just plain weird.

I pronounced "claret" properly and my college roommate laughed, called me a hillbilly, and said, "Oh my god, you mean 'cla-RAY'?"

No, actually, I don't. And when I showed her the damn dictionary, she just shrugged and said "Well, *I* don't say it like that!" Dude, fine. YOU be wrong.

She also mocked how I said "Aigner" (as in the designer). I worked with someone who worked part-time at an Aigner store, and she pronounced it AY-gner. I assumed she had it right, because she worked there. Roommate said no, you hillbilly, it's ahn-YAY.

Anyone know which one is right? I never bothered to check, seeing as how it's not a staple of my wardrobe. (And if the proper French pronunciation is different from the designer -- for whatever weird-ass reason -- I just want to know how the designer label is pronounced.)

Also, half my office says Chipotle wrong whenever we order there. (Chi-POL-tee, oh my god. It drives me batshit. And then *I* start saying it that way, too.)


Jesse - Mar 23, 2011 10:01:58 am PDT #29835 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, that site says in-koh-ate for both British and American, so .

Is that wrong? I'm starting to think I don't know how to pronounce anything!

Hee. I think less "brah" and more "b," right?


Jesse - Mar 23, 2011 10:02:58 am PDT #29836 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Also, half my office says Chipotle wrong whenever we order there. Chi-POL-tee, oh my god.

Yeah, that makes me bonkers.