Wistasheer
That's how my Newfoundlander mother pronounces it too.
Anya ,'Showtime'
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Wistasheer
That's how my Newfoundlander mother pronounces it too.
Timelies all!
Ok, where did the warm weather go? The hyacinths are going to be so confused...
I was just about to cite this as the biggest argument I got into about spelling/pronunciation in university. K just wouldn't accept that it would be pronounced segwayway. For someone who knew French, I just didn't get it.
But in French, segue would just be pronounced "seg". That's the mistake I always made, assuming it was French-derived. It's two syllables because it's derived from Italian.
I am so sorry, Sue.
Thanks Scrappy. I really feel for my mom. Emotional upset really makes her confused, and it all happened so suddenly, so I think she's having a bit of a hard time taking it all in.
I did something silly tonight, but that would probably make my Nanny Power proud. My local Bay dept store is closing, and everything is discounted. So I bought two gold silk drapery panels even though I have no use for them, because they were $15 each and SILK! There was a gorgeous oyster coloured silk panel there, but only one, or I would have totally bought that too.
Oh, Sue, so sad! Time for another Serious Talk with my cat.
Time for another Serious Talk with my cat.
I have already had that talk with both mine. And I told Oz that he's going to have to lose a few pounds too.
I figured out why the Segway is spelled the way it is when I realized it was the phonetic version of segue, which is the word for a transition from one thing to another, or from one place to another. I felt so smart, like when I figured out a "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" question that "karaoke" means "empty orchestra" because it has the same first syllable as "karate,", which means "empty hand."
I may have been a bit insufferably smug about that.
Time for another Serious Talk with my cat.
Me too.
Sue, I am sorry. That's hard.
I have already had that talk with both mine. And I told Oz that he's going to have to lose a few pounds too.
I am confident that these talks will prevent our cats from ever getting sick or dying.