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!)
Lorne: Take care of yourself and ah, make sure fluffy is getting enough love. Gunn: Did he have anything? Fred: No. And who's fluffy? Are you fluffy? Gunn: He called me fluffy? Fred: He said make sure…wait. You don't think he was referring to anything of mine that's fluffy, do you? Because that would just be inappropriate.
'Conviction (1)'
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.
Dana - Feb 28, 2023 2:52:18 pm PST #20911 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
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.
X-post. So editing to add:
-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 haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
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.
DebetEsse - Feb 28, 2023 4:16:04 pm PST #20917 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I had a training this morning where the presenter talked about de-MEN-she-uh, and I thought "I don't believe I've ever heard anyone pronounce the "i" in there before."
Sheryl - Feb 28, 2023 4:26:24 pm PST #20918 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
For some reason my shoulders/neck have been tense lately. You'd think I'd be a bit less stressed now, but my body hasn't gotten the message.
brenda m - Feb 28, 2023 4:52:26 pm PST #20919 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
When we meet with our Canadian client, the way they pronounce "proh-cess" drives me nuts. And they use that word...so much
And proh-ject.
Just be glad you don’t have to hear them say paa-sta. My whole brain recoils.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 28, 2023 5:01:57 pm PST #20920 of 30000
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
I just console myself that mispronouncing words you know the meaning of generally means you learned them from reading, not conversation.