It's U-R-L.
I think that more people dont "Earl" because it's sounds too much like puking.
Wesley: Hey. Hey, Gunn. Is something weird going on? … Charles, you just peed on my shoes. Gunn: I'll be damned. That's weird.
'Life of the Party'
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."
Vortex - Mar 17, 2004 11:50:35 am PST #1452 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
erikaj - Mar 17, 2004 11:51:26 am PST #1453 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I would never have thought of fack...oh, well, fack it.
Strix - Mar 17, 2004 11:53:18 am PST #1454 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
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.
Alicia K - Mar 17, 2004 11:55:36 am PST #1455 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
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.
Java cat - Mar 17, 2004 12:19:35 pm PST #1456 of 10002
Not javachik
I tried "Earl" a few times and it just didn't sound right. I'm glad I was correct in using U-R-L. For once!
How do you say often? I learned "of'en" - it might even have been the word that led to the parental guiding to the regular & habitual use of the dictionary. Then in a later year, I argued with a teacher about "of'en" vs. "of-ten," which she preferred. I wouldn't give in to her, we produced a dictionary, and we both were right. What you do say?
Alicia K - Mar 17, 2004 12:35:12 pm PST #1457 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I don't think I've ever heard anyone pronounce the "t" in "often."
Likewise, does anyone say "com-for-ta-ble?" I've always said it "comf-terble." Pronouncing all the vowels seems like too much work.
Beverly - Mar 17, 2004 12:45:58 pm PST #1458 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Off'n.
I F-A-Qed until Dana and Betsy's West Side Story filk to Officer Krupke, which I can't seem to find.
"There's a FAQ, there's a FAQ.."
§ ita § - Mar 17, 2004 12:48:00 pm PST #1459 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The link is at the bottom of the straight page.
Katerina Bee - Mar 17, 2004 12:50:56 pm PST #1460 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
(all) Read the FAQ, read the FAQ!
I can't find the song either.
Clearly my role for today is to follow Beverly around and provide harmony. Lalalalaaaaa...
P.M. Marc - Mar 17, 2004 12:53:20 pm PST #1461 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I say the T in often.
Especially when it's followed by times.