I wish the east coast the day we had. It dumped overnight, was icy and icky in the morning, and then 75% melted by 1pm.

Now waiting for the numb to wear off such that my lips work.

On the internet no one can tell if your lips are moving.

Once at work I wrote a word down and handed it to one of our Indian consultant developers to read to me. He rolled his eyes at me and said "determine." So he knew what my angle was. I am really curious what it is about that word that makes people who have general all around good English speaking accents, and this word so often ends in MY-ne being spoken by someone from the subcontinent. Said co-worker was not able to explain why, but he did admit to having paid extra attention to say it "right".

I'm always curious about tracing back accent and grammar and vocab errors and what they might be showing of the languages the speaker is more fluent is. For instance, I will always know that hair is "les cheveux" (and not the singular le) because Marc would always tell his giirlfriend her hairs looked good.

The reason it all came to mind was because someone on the concall totally stressed their sentence "And this is the point at which WE [pause] find the answer" What is that an example of? Is he used to peaking (rising pitch as well as the raised volume and dramatic pause) in the middle of a sentence? After a pronoun? Before the verb?

I DON'T KNOW.

My French-Canadian heritage, but not French speaking, stepmother said "close the light" instead of "turn off the light."

So I gave blood, go me. Except the nurse put the needle in wrong and it ached the whole time and I'm going to have a bruise. Bah.

JZ, I could totally see me writing fic for your book series. Just so you know.

Want to buy JZ's book series.

Timelies all!

No snow forecast here. Rain, maybe.

Gold star for Consuela. I'm sorry you got a bum nurse, though. I've been impressed with the nurses I've had the last few times.

Count me in on the JZ bandwagon.

Now waiting for the numb to wear off such that my lips work.

One time I had small fillings on the top and bottom of the same side of my mouth. And then I tried to smoke a cigarette. It was comical, I must say.

I have also been to the dentist! But just for a cleaning. The hygenist did not stop yakking, which was kind of entertaining. And then she told me to get a consult with an orthodonist, which the receptionist basically told me to blow off, which I also appreciated!

JZ, I could totally see me writing fic for your book series. Just so you know.

It would be hilarious to see fic before the actual work. (Although I bet that happens with movie trailers, huh?)

Although I bet that happens with movie trailers, huh?

Indeed it does! Although not so very often, and usually for a trailer for a movie in a franchise.

Just got home. Normally my commute by car takes about 40 minutes. Today it took an hour and 20 minutes, mostly because I spent 40 minutes stuck behind a Prius that was going 10-15 mph. The road was snow-covered but there was no reason to go that slow.