I learned how to pronounce desultory last week.
I had no idea. Probably never heard it said aloud before. Huh. Yes, you made me Google to hear it.
Haven't you killed me enough for one day?
Mal ,'War Stories'
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.
Laura - Feb 28, 2023 1:16:03 pm PST #20904 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
JenP - Feb 28, 2023 1:26:06 pm PST #20905 of 30000
Apparently, it's arkuhPELLago. Whatever, Big Geography!
Epitome is the one I purposefully mispronounce but then occasionally assure listeners that I'm doing it in purpose, which pretty much takes away the "funny," which is probably not all that funny anyway. But, there it is.
I started work at 6a this morning, so I am SUPER done. And ordering food.
Jesse - Feb 28, 2023 1:30:28 pm PST #20906 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I say "Supposably" and "it fucken wimdy" a lot.
I'm constantly either explaining "it fucken wimdy" to not-extremely-online people or keeping myself from saying it!
I'm currently concerned about removing and preserving its extremely cool stickers (fanart for Over the Garden Wall, Our Flag Means Death, Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Beetlejuice, plus one local Miyazaki/public transit mashup with an orange catbus named Mewni).
See, this is why I never stick stickers on anything. (And that has been true since childhood.)
I need a nap just thinking about it.
And you should have a nap!!
I remain PISSY though and am just trying to get stuff off my desk without having to talk to people, most specifically my boss.
That sounds right.
Jesse - Feb 28, 2023 1:31:33 pm PST #20907 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also I have apparently been pronouncing desultory in the British manner all this time. [link]
Laura - Feb 28, 2023 1:52:26 pm PST #20908 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I played hooky this afternoon. Had my son cover for my work and went to the beach for TWO hours. Swam in the ocean a couple times and caught some rays. Surf temp is 80, which is ridiculous this time of year. The condo has a grill in the beach club area you can reserve so I am using it tonight and having dinner poolside. I feel utterly decadent.
-t - Feb 28, 2023 1:58:20 pm PST #20909 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Even with all this discussion I cannot remember from one post to another what the pronunciation of desultory is supposed to be. Or how I usually want to say it, anymore. I don't think I believe it's a word anymore.
Steph L. - Feb 28, 2023 2:51:41 pm PST #20910 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Laura, your afternoon and evening sound perfect, and I am exceedingly jealous but ALSO very happy for you!
Dana - Feb 28, 2023 2:52:18 pm PST #20911 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I don't think I believe it's a word anymore.
I was about to say that exact thing. I listened to both pronunciations and they made almost no sense to me. (Semantic satiation!)
DavidS - Feb 28, 2023 2:52:57 pm PST #20912 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
what the pronunciation of desultory is supposed to be. Or how I usually want to say it, anymore.
How To Pronounce "Desultory": [link]
It's more like "desolate" than I thought with the emphasis on the first syllable.
I don't think I believe it's a word anymore.
Tartlet, tartlet...
meara - Feb 28, 2023 3:08:06 pm PST #20913 of 30000
I don’t think I’ve ever tried to pronounce desultory, but I think in my mind I was pronouncing it wrong? But now I just listened to several pronunciations online and will probably still never use it. I knew archipelago though—but was tripped up by biopic always—in my head it’s always bi-opic rather than bio-pic. Even if that makes no sense.
-t my dad and one of his friends had a long running thing about Bar Fly!! I think you’re the only other person I’ve ever heard mention that movie. I’ve never watched it.