I get this weekly email from my local mystery book store, and thought this was pretty funny:
Now, I’m going to give a plug to a book that doesn’t really need it, and I know that some of you will groan. But, the new Robert B. Parker, BAD BUSINESS ($24.95) was just signed, and truthfully, I thought it was pretty good. (My one complaint is that I would have liked to see more Hawk, and less Susan, but that’s par for the course. More violence, less psychoanalysis. )
It makes me laugh that theoretically she's supposed to be selling these books -- "truthfully, pretty good"? Heh.
"CHIM-ur-uh"
It ISN'T? Uh oh.
I say "fack" for FAQ, too. How do you say URL? I spell it. Is it supposed to be "Earl"?
For URL, I say "you are ell." Never heard anyone say it "Earl."
So far, co-worker and erika are the only 2 people who say F-A-Q, rather than "fack."
Fackers, unite!
Similarly I had pegged "gaoler" as "gail-er" instead of "jailer" and still read "cupboard" as "cup-board" instead of "cubberd."
I still read "gaoler" and "gaol" as gail.
I say "fack" for FAQ, too. How do you say URL? I spell it. Is it supposed to be "Earl"?
Say it Earl, and I will fack your shit up, damn it.
It's U-R-L.
The other gives me freakin' hives.
(Though I fack for FAQ)
Um, I say "Earl."
Oy. Sweetpeach, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Say it isn't so. (weeps)
At w-o-r-k, many peeps say Earl. Drives me bonkers.
It's U-R-L.
I think that more people dont "Earl" because it's sounds too much like puking.
I would never have thought of fack...oh, well, fack it.
Oy. Sweetpeach, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Say it isn't so. (weeps)
I will change my evil Earl ways.
Just because you called me "Sweetpeach."
I'm a cheap ho for fruit endearments.
My big fo-pah in junior high was reading out loud something from my advanced history class and pronouncing "corps" like "corpse." Even the teacher laughed. Sigh.
