Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 28, 2023 5:01:57 pm PST #20920 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I just console myself that mispronouncing words you know the meaning of generally means you learned them from reading, not conversation.


Cass - Feb 28, 2023 5:23:42 pm PST #20921 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

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.

You've been under such stress that your body probably thinks now is a *fantastic* time to really feel it, in theory to let it go.

I hope the tension leaves soon. You've been through so much.


Jesse - Feb 28, 2023 6:12:22 pm PST #20922 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

When we meet with our Canadian client, the way they pronounce "proh-cess" drives me nuts. And they use that word...so much

Someone on a trashy reality show I'm watching said "proh-cess," and I was like "CANADIAN!?!??!"


P.M. Marc - Feb 28, 2023 7:37:20 pm PST #20923 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Also I have apparently been pronouncing desultory in the British manner all this time.

Me too!

I am pro Canadian Process, anti Canadian Pasta.


javachik - Feb 28, 2023 7:41:20 pm PST #20924 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I love all the accents and all the pronunciations! And mispronunciations too. Except “supposably“ drives me 🦇 but that’s specifically because of someone truly terribly who said it that way.


Trudy Booth - Feb 28, 2023 9:48:45 pm PST #20925 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I just console myself that mispronouncing words you know the meaning of generally means you learned them from reading, not conversation.

Me toooo!

When I first read it I thought “semen” was pronounced “seh-min” and I still think my way is better.


JenP - Mar 01, 2023 9:15:27 am PST #20926 of 30000

I betcha actual seamen would appreciate that tweak, actually.


msbelle - Mar 01, 2023 10:10:31 am PST #20927 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Never heard or read or used the word Desultory that I recall, had no idea of pronunciation or meaning.

Also never seen or heard of Wimby.

I feel out of touch and poorly read.


-t - Mar 01, 2023 11:09:10 am PST #20928 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I had to google Wimby.

We are apparently not getting raises this year as word was we would be told about them prior to the March 1 paychecks and here it is payday and no raise. Which is not really surprising, we had a bad revenue year, but I'm annoyed that no one bothered to actually say so. Possibly they will mention it at the "town hall" in two weeks but I doubt it. Not putting me in a good mood for the upcoming employee engagement survey.


P.M. Marc - Mar 01, 2023 11:09:14 am PST #20929 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Never heard or read or used the word Desultory that I recall, had no idea of pronunciation or meaning.

I learned it from Simon and Garfunkle's A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission).