I wish you could hear my cousin Leone
*gasp* That's my first name! I've never met anyone else with that name! Not a girl, anyway. How does she pronounce it?
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - May 01, 2012 11:53:43 am PDT #3316 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Sue - May 01, 2012 12:01:14 pm PDT #3317 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Just the phrase has me giggling.
It's really awful, I think. She also has a braying laugh.
*gasp* That's my first name! I've never met anyone else with that name! Not a girl, anyway. How does she pronounce it?
Lee-own. Rhymes with phone.
Her full name is actually Leona, but the only person I have ever heard call her that is her husband, when he's joking around.
My aunt is named Leone too, but I don't know if she's a Leona or not.
Zenkitty - May 01, 2012 12:04:17 pm PDT #3318 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Lee-own. Rhymes with phone.
And that's how I pronounce it. Not a Leona, though. I am right now in the process of changing my name legally to make this my middle name and Elizabeth my first name. I got so tired of people mispronouncing and misspelling my name! Now it feels like a secret magic name that no one knows. Except now y'all do, but you'll keep the secret.
Atropa - May 01, 2012 12:18:07 pm PDT #3319 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Hey, I just remembered a question I had for the hivemind! Tell me about these FitBit things. Do I want to get one, now that I am working a day job and am taking the bus and whatnot? I need to get moving around more.
ION, I left work early and am working from home, because email went out that the scheduled May 1st protests downtown were almost certainly going to screw up bus commutes from work.
Ginger - May 01, 2012 12:20:42 pm PDT #3320 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Will run for bacon [link]
My mother had a cousin whose name was pronounced Lee-on, but I think it was spelled Lyon.
Sue - May 01, 2012 12:27:11 pm PDT #3321 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I don't know where Leone came form in our family. My aunt Leone was from my grandmother's first marriage, which I don't really know that much about. Mostly were have a lot of Irish, French and Catholic names. Lots of saint's names.
aurelia - May 01, 2012 12:29:07 pm PDT #3322 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I always a little boggled at how often people misspell my name.
ChiKat - May 01, 2012 12:43:50 pm PDT #3323 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I always a little boggled at how often people misspell my name.
Seriously? Do they spell it with an "e"?
Jesse - May 01, 2012 1:56:14 pm PDT #3324 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG, my commute was such a clusterfuck! The van was ten minutes late, ten extra minutes of standing in the cold and rain waiting, then of course we were stuck in the traffic which made him late, and then he took a ridiculous route, which luckily meant I could hop out actually closer to my house. On the upside, I then went and got a free grilled cheese sandwich. But I just got home, 55 minutes later than I should have.
Consuela - May 01, 2012 2:00:28 pm PDT #3325 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Ick, Jesse!
Looks like my commute is going to be complicated, as well: the protests downtown are screwing with the bus schedules again, and I shall have to do some hiking. Happily, I remembered to wear loafers this morning, so the walk won't be a problem.