Whats everyone doing today?

[Sarojaede]

capsaicin is in the tabasco: it's the active ingredient. :>

and yeah, that isn't something you want on sensitive areas: i have that on very good faith. :>

ed

Well I wasn't thinking of putting it on or in sensitive areas. I was going to drink the prairie fires....sheesh...I SO DO NOT want to know what YOU were thinking.

 

[silverwhisper]

i was thinking it would be on my lips, ya doofus!

ed

 

[Sarojaede]

I'm going to read more placement essays today.

My husband better have the wine and the hot tub ready when I get home.

 

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[silverwhisper]

OK, what is this placement essay you speak of? this is unfamiliar to me.

ed

 

[Guest]

 

[silverwhisper]

o god.

i'm suddenly flashing back to heart of darkness..."the horror, the horror!"

SJ: my sympathies on your fried synapses.

ed

 

[pleasteasme]

Worrying about a dear friend

 

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[midwestyankee]

Excellent!

and to think I almost missed this post.

btw, I know dessert is pronounced with the first e long similar to this....how common is that? I always thought the vowel in that position would be pronounced as a short vowel. Am I wrong or are there just a lot of exceptions to this? (by the way, I'm not asking for free advice either....so next time you're in the area, the beer's on me)

Scaly, I'll have to go on memory here as I'm filing this field report from an airport terminal (yes, I've turned off all avatars and graphics ) and I don't see any libraries or reference books handy. I believe that the difference in pronunciation between dessert and desert, and between dessert and pressing, for example all stem from the language of derivation for each word. I know that dessert came into the language from Old French (remember the Norman Conquest in 1066?). While the English adaptation of the word changed the central consonant from a soft sibilant to a hard one, the OF pronunciation would have included the primary accent on the second syllable. That pattern was kept in the English word, thus the apparently-against-the-rules spelling and pronunciation combo.

 

[LadyJeanne]

(remember the Norman Conquest in 1066?)

I didn't think Scaly was that old!

 

[silverwhisper]

or yankee!



ed

 

[EJFan]

Scaly, I'll have to go on memory here as I'm filing this field report from an airport terminal (yes, I've turned off all avatars and graphics ) and I don't see any libraries or reference books handy. I believe that the difference in pronunciation between dessert and desert, and between dessert and pressing, for example all stem from the language of derivation for each word. I know that dessert came into the language from Old French (remember the Norman Conquest in 1066?). While the English adaptation of the word changed the central consonant from a soft sibilant to a hard one, the OF pronunciation would have included the primary accent on the second syllable. That pattern was kept in the English word, thus the apparently-against-the-rules spelling and pronunciation combo.

you're probably right. we had a similar discussion about the use/pronunciation of the words "deuce" and "trey" in cards. it's often the case that pronunciation evolves from either the language of origin OR from the translation of equivalent letters from one language to the next.

 

[midwestyankee]

or yankee!



ed

Not to worry, my young apprentice. While there may be snow on the roof there is plenty of wood in the furnace.

 

[silverwhisper]

dude, you've got better stamina than i do--i can but learn at your feet!

ed

 

[midwestyankee]

dude, you've got better stamina than i do--i can but learn at your feet!

ed

Study my feet if you wish, young apprentice, but I assure you that more valuable lessons are to be learned elsewhere.

 

[EJFan]

Study my feet if you wish, young apprentice, but I assure you that more valuable lessons are to be learned elsewhere.

translation: mwy isn't into the gay foot fetish scene.

 

[Guest]

 

[silverwhisper]

EJ: killjoy!



ed

 

[EJFan]

EJ: killjoy!



ed

sorry boss... didn't mean to ruin your fantasy.

 

[silverwhisper]

i'll just have to move the one w/ iron chef cat cora into top spot again... :>

ed

 

[EJFan]

i'll just have to move the one w/ iron chef cat cora into top spot again... :>

ed

she's a cutie, no doubt. in all honesty though, i think MWY has some mighty fine tootsies.

 

[silverwhisper]

plus, he doesn't suffer from the same problem as bi!

you know...no yeti feet. :>

ed