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Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes

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meara - Mar 23, 2011 5:21:18 pm PDT #29986 of 30001

Hallo to you all from Mexico. Turns out vacation with nothing to do but lie by the pool or ocean, by yourself? Pretty boring. Sigh. I'm only on the first of six days!

Also the names "Sean" and "Geoff."

I TOTALLY read-and-mispronounced Sean as a kid. My sister was infamous for saying she wanted a "cuh-NOPEY" bed. I think I also may have pronounced it "epi-TOME". There's been others, but I've forgotten.

I'm similar with February and Wednesday. I know how to pronounce them correctly, but I mis-pronounce them in my head for spelling purposes.

Oh, this too! If I ever have to spell those, I have to pronounce them funny in my head, to do it.

Right, on Mad Men? "Sinjin"? Who the fuck is that? Is he a genie?

HAHAHAH! This is totally what I always thought when reading ridiculous romance novels. WTF kind of name is Sinjin? Sounds like he ought to be out with Aladdin.

brenda m - Mar 23, 2011 5:22:24 pm PDT #29987 of 30001

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Hallo to you all from Mexico. Turns out vacation with nothing to do but lie by the pool or ocean, by yourself? Pretty boring. Sigh. I'm only on the first of six days!

Heh. I discovered that last year in Cancun. Find some good excursions and you'll be much happier.

brenda m - Mar 23, 2011 5:23:47 pm PDT #29988 of 30001

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Right, on Mad Men? "Sinjin"? Who the fuck is that? Is he a genie?

I believe I learned that one from View to a Kill.

Ooh! Scion. SKY-un.

Fortunately neither of those really ever came up outside of novels.

Jesse - Mar 23, 2011 5:24:38 pm PDT #29989 of 30001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, that just reminded me of my Trixie Belden word -- jalopy.

Sue - Mar 23, 2011 5:31:57 pm PDT #29990 of 30001

hip deep in pie

Scion. SKY-un.

Ooh. That one often trips me up.

I just heard on the news a mispronunciation that drives me crazy, that I hear in some locals around here: Fustrating for Frustrating.

Dana - Mar 23, 2011 5:32:45 pm PDT #29991 of 30001

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I think I must have picked up seneschal from fantasy novels. I just looked up how to pronounce it earlier, and have already forgotten.

meara - Mar 23, 2011 5:35:43 pm PDT #29992 of 30001

Brenda, shame you can't be with me! Even more annoying--I'm sitting on the steps (which are pebbled, and OW) because the advertised WiFi doesn't reach my room. Hrmph.

...I do rather prefer this weather to Seattle's current weather, though! I just wish I had someone with me to talk to.

Jesse - Mar 23, 2011 5:38:30 pm PDT #29993 of 30001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

You know, meara, this is why I've never gone on vacation by myself! Exactly this fear. I vote you hang out at the bar until you make friends.

DavidS - Mar 23, 2011 6:12:28 pm PDT #29994 of 30001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

For those of you following at home, today is the sixth anniversary of Emmett breaking his nose playing baseball.

Which apparently is also billytea's wedding anniversary.

§ ita § - Mar 23, 2011 6:18:04 pm PDT #29995 of 30001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I like vacationing by myself. But I gotta keep moving.

I made the Nutella mug cake again, this time with Nutella. It's pretty freaking rewarding for a six minute exercise.

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