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Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.

Mal ,'Safe'

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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."

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Java cat - Mar 17, 2004 7:39:09 am PST #1398 of 10002

Not javachik

i (put those italics back in place!)

Thanks Kate! I was wondering. It's an unusual experience for me, the usually prolific reader, to know the sound of a word before I know the look of the word. Signed, the person who was certain "segue" was pronounced "seg-goo" from reading it for many years without having heard it spoken, and many other similar examples. I learned at a very early age to look up words and their etymology, but I tended to skip over sounding out pronunciation!

DavidS - Mar 17, 2004 7:40:47 am PST #1399 of 10002

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I learned at a very early age to look up words and their etymology, but I tended to skip over sounding out pronunciation!

One of the nice feature of online dictionaries is the pronounciation button, where you can hear the word properly pronounced.

Jess M. - Mar 17, 2004 7:41:00 am PST #1400 of 10002

Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse

I had a very embarrassing incident with the word facade in 7th grade or so....

Beverly - Mar 17, 2004 7:43:17 am PST #1401 of 10002

Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

"fuckedy?" Hee. My downfall was chaos. Which I pronounced, "chowse."

I still say "munciple" in my head, only just managing to rearrange it to municiple before it hits audible.

Jess M. - Mar 17, 2004 7:44:40 am PST #1402 of 10002

Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse

"fuckedy?"

nope, "fa-Kade"

Megan E. - Mar 17, 2004 7:45:03 am PST #1403 of 10002

My downfall was chaos. Which I pronounced, "chowse."

I said it "chay-ous"

Steph L. - Mar 17, 2004 7:46:02 am PST #1404 of 10002

That which does not kill you should RUN

I used to think "draught" was a totally different word than "draft."

Until I was about 18 or so. No, really.

Betsy HP - Mar 17, 2004 7:46:36 am PST #1405 of 10002

If I only had a brain...

cha-ose. Long O.

amych - Mar 17, 2004 7:48:48 am PST #1406 of 10002

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I somehow managed to get "chaos" right, and still derive "chow-tic" from it.

Deena - Mar 17, 2004 7:49:54 am PST #1407 of 10002

How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

How funny. My embarrassing incident was fuh-KADE in 7th grade, and Greg's was chowse. It's nice to be in such good company.

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