Also I have apparently been pronouncing desultory in the British manner all this time.
Me too!
I am pro Canadian Process, anti Canadian Pasta.
Elliot: I thought I said discreet. Gwen: What, do you see nipple?
'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
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
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).
Kate P. - Mar 01, 2023 11:14:55 am PST #20930 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
PMM, that's what "desultory" always makes me think of too!
-t - Mar 01, 2023 11:24:20 am PST #20931 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I never knew the title of that song. In fact, I might not have known it was Simon and Garfunkel, which does seem like a thing I should know.
It is still bugging me that I can't remember what song archipelago is in. I can almost hear the line, but not enough to identify anything and no more than that.
Dana - Mar 01, 2023 11:28:59 am PST #20932 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Damn, I haven't heard that song since...probably since I moved out, because it was on a record album my parents had.