I had a very embarrassing incident with the word facade in 7th grade or so....
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
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
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
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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.
Jessica - Mar 17, 2004 7:50:16 am PST #1408 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"misled" = meye-zzld. A word totally unrelated (in my head) to the past tense of "to mislead."
Steph L. - Mar 17, 2004 7:51:18 am PST #1409 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And then there's "epitome" (ep-i-tome) and "Penelope" (pen-e-lope).
Evil words.