Heh. I love it! Because I *am.* I may have to change my tagline, though I just switched to this one.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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."
Go Teppy! I love that. Change your tagline change your tagline change your tagline.
No pressure.
(whistling with evil innocence)
I always liked the origin of the word "nickname"--it started out as "an ekename" in Middle English ("eke" meaning "also"), and then the consonant drifted from the article to the noun. Very cool.
Did the same thing happen with "a nincompoop"? That started out "an incompoop," sort of an off-the-rails incompetent?
Damn those persnicketey nincompoops and their pronunciation rules.
Hey, man: I say that "persnickety" is a perfectly cromulent word. It's no fun to say without the S.
Gah. This discussion on top my my wrestling-with-Russian-accent woes is making my head spin. Poor haid.
Along that vein, how does everyone pronounce "mature"? American Heritage accept "ma-tyoor", "ma-toor", and "ma-chur". I had no idea.
I tend to go with "ma-TURR," or sometimes "ma-CHURR." Except when talking about actor Victor, when it's "MAY-churr."
I use "muh-chur."
ma-tyur. Shorter than "ma-tyoor," I think.