I learned how to pronounce desultory last week. I’ve been saying it out loud for 40 years. Ha!
Well, quite a lot of fuss. If I didn't know better, I'd think we were dangerous.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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.
javachik - Feb 28, 2023 6:35:38 am PST #20868 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
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.
Steph L. - Feb 28, 2023 7:01:36 am PST #20872 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Ha! The good thing about "it fucken wimdy" is that you can show the meme to people when you say it in front of them, and they instantly get it. (And then they often start saying it themselves, like Tim's co-workers. Slow propagation of memes: successful!)
Susan W. - Feb 28, 2023 7:30:52 am PST #20873 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
When Alex was really little he called German shepherd dogs Grrr-man shepherds, which I loved almost as much as his toddler pronunciation of flowers as flowflers.
For a long time I thought "awry" was pronounced aw-ree, and that there was this totally separate word out there that I assumed was spelled "arigh."
javachik - Feb 28, 2023 7:34:06 am PST #20874 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
For a long time I thought "awry" was pronounced aw-ree, and that there was this totally separate word out there that I assumed was spelled "arigh."
Ha, that’s me with facade. Definitely thought it meant different things if you pronounced as fake aid versus fussad.
Laura - Feb 28, 2023 7:42:19 am PST #20875 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
"Mommy and Daddy let me stay up until midnight"
Bet they fell for that one.
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.
Heard this one yesterday...
Have you heard about the huge cheese factory fire in France?
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De brie everywhere.
sj - Feb 28, 2023 8:04:54 am PST #20876 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I did end up napping and reading most of the day yesterday. Today is another early called snow day that has amounted to very little snow. I’m trying to do some clean up before the cleaners come tomorrow.
Toddson - Feb 28, 2023 8:05:32 am PST #20877 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Susan, I once read a book in which a character referred to her "germing shepherd" dog.