I'm all for this.
All for the elimination?
I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
Spike ,'Chosen'
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§ ita § - Jan 28, 2004 5:29:52 am PST #3449 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sean K - Jan 28, 2004 7:13:46 am PST #3450 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The PERSONAL NAME change will unforunately eliminate the possibility of "Nilly" entering the language as a verb. Ditto with "meara" and "mejia" and "anya."
Yeah, the passage Jeff is quoting here is the one that got me all confuzzled. Which I now am again.
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2004 7:17:56 am PST #3451 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Don't be. Hec posted that, and he was wrong. In the post I linked to, erinaceous contradicted it, and it's her proposal.
Jon B. - Jan 28, 2004 7:20:20 am PST #3452 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
That passage was DavidS speculating. He was wrong (sorry David!) as erin stated in #3405. And I think Jeff is saying that he's looking forward to having his name verbified to something that's not an insult, but I defer to him of course.
t edit x-posted with the more succinct ita.
Lyra Jane - Jan 28, 2004 7:49:29 am PST #3453 of 10289
Up with the sun
I think Jeff is saying that he's looking forward to having his name verbified to something that's not an insult,
But is it meh-JEE-uh, me-HEE-uh, or something completely different?
Dana - Jan 28, 2004 7:53:28 am PST #3454 of 10289
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think we established at some point that it was the second one.
Jon B. - Jan 28, 2004 7:53:38 am PST #3455 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I always thought it was MEJ-ee-uh.
Jess M. - Jan 28, 2004 7:57:27 am PST #3456 of 10289
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
I always pronounce it May-ha to myself...
Sean K - Jan 28, 2004 8:18:21 am PST #3457 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Don't be. Hec posted that, and he was wrong. In the post I linked to, erinaceous contradicted it, and it's her proposal.
Cool. Thanks. That's what I get for skimming.
But is it meh-JEE-uh, me-HEE-uh, or something completely different?
Possibly because I grew up in a place with a store call Meijer's (which is pronounced My-ers), I've always read Jeff's last name as My-uh.
Cass - Jan 28, 2004 8:22:06 am PST #3458 of 10289
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Ah, the always entertaining pronunciation confusion. (No really, I do enjoy the discussions.) Let's get amych, amyp and amyth in here too.
Oh topic, I am for this proposal and will certainly opt-in. And though I think there are fascination conversations in Bitches, it also gets very personal there, so I agree with not using it.