Nematode?
I got stabbed, you know, right here.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Aug 14, 2008 4:51:10 pm PDT #3410 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Cashmere - Aug 14, 2008 4:51:55 pm PDT #3411 of 10003
Now tagless for your comfort.
Nightingale.
Dana - Aug 14, 2008 4:54:37 pm PDT #3412 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Nutria.
sarameg - Aug 14, 2008 5:04:00 pm PDT #3413 of 10003
Noodle.
What?
OMG, facebook is evil. I reconnected with a childhood friend (she & I had been in contact, just not in the last couple of years. I try to visit when I see the parents, but she was out of state the last couple times) and now with her younger sister. Both are freaking gorgeous and interesting. And saw pics of their baby brothers, who I used to babysit. They have BEARDS! OK, goatees, but still. I changed their freaking diapers and Ari was the first kid who projectile vomited on me. FACIAL HAIR. WIVES. AHRG.
Typo Boy - Aug 14, 2008 5:06:00 pm PDT #3414 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Knock on wood (followed by finding an actual wooden object and knocking three times on it).
dcp - Aug 14, 2008 5:44:38 pm PDT #3415 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Animals that begin with "n"?
Nautilus. Nematode. Nilgai. Nightjar.
eta: Sue already called nematode
Hil R. - Aug 14, 2008 6:29:14 pm PDT #3416 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Nilly, if you need any LaTeX help, shoot me an email.
Consuela - Aug 14, 2008 7:30:29 pm PDT #3417 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Wow, that was a great volleyball game. (Set one of the US women's game against Belgium.) So exciting. Five set points!
Consuela - Aug 14, 2008 7:40:38 pm PDT #3418 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, sad Belgians.
Nilly - Aug 14, 2008 7:57:35 pm PDT #3419 of 10003
Swouncing
I hadn't heard that before! The neck of the woods I grew up in, it was sign of the cross (large catholic population.) Probably less common a habit in Israel...
Oh, there are definitely other more, um, motions-involved, superstitions against the "evil eye" here, as well, but obviously none of them involve crosses. If anything there are some people who'd probably motion them against crosses.
I will choose a different superstition and knock on woo
Thanks, aurelia.
Did you know that there are people here who say that knocking-on-wood is actually connected to the crosses sara mentioned, through the wood that the cross consisted of? So some religious people here don't play to that superstition, as well.
Same with fingers-crossed.
Me, I'm just grateful for the thought and attention behind them, from other people. So there's that. Thanks for all the computer-please-behave wishes, you guys.
Hil, thanks. I'm not sure how much of the problem is computer-going-crazy and how much of it is actually LaTex (which I used in the past and even like, in a way), but it's helping to know I have somebody to ask. Thank you.
All the animals in "n" that I can think about are in Hebrew (nemala (=ant), nahash (=snake), nammer (=leopard)). I think that much like rhyming, it's way harder in a not-my-mother-tongue language (in which I didn't play these sort of games as a kid, too, or the introductory games of "please state you name and the name of an animal which starts with the same letter").