The kids on tonight's Jeopardy had a couple of the kind of mispronunciation that comes from only reading a word, and it was cute. (Albu-quirky, for one)
You two carried me through that war. Now I need you to carry me just a little bit further. If you can.
Tracy ,'The Message'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Feb 27, 2023 5:45:43 pm PST #20862 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
shrift - Feb 27, 2023 6:50:20 pm PST #20863 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Albu-quirky
That's adorable.
-t - Feb 27, 2023 7:19:29 pm PST #20864 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hm. Should I change Miss Kitty’s name to Mademoiselle Chat? I don’t think I can count on being able to spell that consistently. I’ll stick with claiming it’s a Gunsmoke reference.
meara - Feb 27, 2023 8:30:42 pm PST #20865 of 30000
Shrift I have been there before, wondering if I’m the crazy one but no.
Susan W. - Feb 27, 2023 8:45:58 pm PST #20866 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Feeling good that my first available colonoscopy appointment was 3pm on Monday July 31.
The July part of that is actually great--mine have all been in January or February, and one time I was worried I'd have to reschedule after I'd already started prep hell the night before because of snow, but fortunately a friend and neighbor with AWD was a complete hero and was willing to be my chauffeur.
Toddson - Feb 28, 2023 5:12:56 am PST #20867 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
shrift, there was once an ad where a guy insisted that Phoenix should be pronounce pa-hoe-nix
javachik - Feb 28, 2023 6:35:38 am PST #20868 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I learned how to pronounce desultory last week. I’ve been saying it out loud for 40 years. Ha!
dcp - Feb 28, 2023 6:39:33 am PST #20869 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
My aunt thought "misled" was pronounced "myz'-zld" and it was very hard to convince her otherwise.
Steph L. - Feb 28, 2023 6:53:40 am PST #20870 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
One of our friends told us how his kid pronounced "debris" as "DEB-riss," and now that's forever how I hear it in my head when I read it. And if I ever say "debris" out loud, I have to pause for a fraction of a second to make sure I pronounce it correctly.
Dana - Feb 28, 2023 6:57:12 am PST #20871 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
The problem comes when you get used to pronouncing words in a joke way, and then you start to forget that they're wrong. I say "Supposably" and "it fucken wimdy" a lot.