Also I have apparently been pronouncing desultory in the British manner all this time. [link]
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
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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 28, 2023 1:31:33 pm PST #20907 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
javachik - Feb 28, 2023 3:08:07 pm PST #20914 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Also I have apparently been pronouncing desultory in the British manner all this time.
Due to working with British colleagues for over a decade now, there are a number of words I pronounce in the British manner because they’re just more fun that way! I love this “schedule” and their “regulatory” so much more than ours. So I’ve made them mine.
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-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.
Oh I’ve called it Barf-ly for eons too because it calls for it!
Dana - Feb 28, 2023 3:17:36 pm PST #20915 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
When we meet with our Canadian client, the way they pronounce "proh-cess" drives me nuts. And they use that word...so much.
lisah - Feb 28, 2023 3:41:55 pm PST #20916 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
We are having a fundraiser at a bar called “Barfly’s” next week and I’m doing everything in my power not to call it “barf-ly’s out loud.