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.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
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.
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
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.
EpicTangent - Mar 01, 2023 1:04:27 pm PST #20933 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Turns out I'm also pronouncing desultory wrong - but I'm certain I've heard it pronounced that way before! So I think it's just going to be like "satiety" in that I'm going to choose to believe that my pronunciation is correct because the real pronunciation is dumb.
Calli - Mar 01, 2023 1:36:49 pm PST #20934 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Add me to the list of people pronouncing desultory wrong. If enough of us are pronouncing it wrong, then I think we get to declare our version a regional dialect.