Right, on Mad Men? "Sinjin"? Who the fuck is that? Is he a genie?
I used to hear it on Monty Python and always thought it was just a silly name (as in Norman St. John Polevaulter).
Mighty fine shindig.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 23, 2011 11:08:37 am PDT #29893 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Daisy Jane - Mar 23, 2011 11:10:51 am PDT #29894 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My favorite is Chartres because everyone wants it to be pronounced the French way.
Do you know Kara refused to call Saban SAY-bun? It was SAH-bahn.
Polter-Cow - Mar 23, 2011 11:10:52 am PDT #29895 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Right, on Mad Men? "Sinjin"?
More like, in Jane Eyre.
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2011 11:11:40 am PDT #29896 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
St. John Ffeatherstonehaugh. Now, that's a name.
Nora Deirdre - Mar 23, 2011 11:11:59 am PDT #29897 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
My favorite is Chartres because everyone wants it to be pronounced the French way.
To be honest, I'm still unclear on that one. I tend to mumble it if I need to say it.
lisah - Mar 23, 2011 11:12:30 am PDT #29898 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Right, on Mad Men?
Jane Eyre!
hippocampus - Mar 23, 2011 11:13:04 am PDT #29899 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Jane Eyre!
lord I love me some buffista brains.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 23, 2011 11:14:13 am PDT #29900 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Jane Eyre!
Pronouced Eye-ray.
Or Throatwarblermangrove.
Daisy Jane - Mar 23, 2011 11:14:36 am PDT #29901 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Char-ters, but usually once you've factored in the accent it tends to be more along the lines of CHAW-das.
Burrell - Mar 23, 2011 11:15:44 am PDT #29902 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
The name St. John only made sense to me when I imagined the speaker Francophiling it.