This is a fun site. Origins of some of the more oddly-spelled English words: [link].
There needs to be a big budget Hollywood movie about the Great Vowel Shift.
Mal: Does.. um.. does this seem kind of tight? Kaylee: Shows off your backside.
'Shindig'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
tommyrot - Nov 14, 2012 4:01:14 am PST #800 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jesse - Nov 14, 2012 4:08:26 am PST #801 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
From that link:
the same spellings pronounced different ways (chrome, machine, attach)
It took me a loooong time to realize they just meant the "ch" in those words, and not the words themselves.
CaBil - Nov 14, 2012 4:55:11 am PST #802 of 30001
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Laura, saw the post from yesterday, good to hear from you also!
sumi - Nov 14, 2012 4:56:09 am PST #803 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
My boss has gone home sick. . . so I am playing on the interwebz!! Lalalalala!
DavidS - Nov 14, 2012 4:58:06 am PST #804 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Egad, I have to get Matilda up, feed her, dress her and get her ready for school. But I just did that yesterday!
Oh well, only....(checks calendar) eleven and a half more years to go.
DavidS - Nov 14, 2012 4:59:44 am PST #805 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My boss has gone home sick. . . so I am playing on the interwebz!! Lalalalala!
My friend Betty and I used to have a dance called the No Bosses Cha Cha. Where you would do the cha cha whilst chanting "No bosses! No bosses!"
Now she is the boss.
sumi - Nov 14, 2012 5:01:58 am PST #806 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Ha!
Well, at some point that whole dressing and feeding her thing will lighten up.
flea - Nov 14, 2012 5:05:36 am PST #807 of 30001
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Dillo is deeply excited about the FIVE DAY WEEKEND coming up (the rest of us refer to it by its traditional name, Thanksgiving.) It's so funny to me how the culture of school dictates that children should rejoice in days off, even when they actually quite like school.
sumi - Nov 14, 2012 5:06:33 am PST #808 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I think it's part of training kids up for their future in the workforce.
DavidS - Nov 14, 2012 5:07:36 am PST #809 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Dillo is deeply excited about the FIVE DAY WEEKEND coming up
Matilda is excited because she gets to help set the table for Thanksgiving. That is her number one exciting thing at the moment.