I'm listening to an MP3 of Eliot reading "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufock." I love this poem so much.
In the room, the women come and go, talking of Michelangelo.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Dana - Nov 06, 2009 1:54:46 pm PST #17631 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Polter-Cow - Nov 06, 2009 1:56:41 pm PST #17632 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I hear the mermaids singing, each to each
I do not think that they will sing for me
Amy - Nov 06, 2009 2:00:40 pm PST #17633 of 30001
Because books.
Aw, I adore Prufrock. It's gorgeous, and so much fun to pick apart.
§ ita § - Nov 06, 2009 2:05:09 pm PST #17634 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Star Trekkin' across the universe / On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk / Star Trekkin' across the universe / Only going forward, still can't find reverse.
That's what's in my head.
Quick poll:
URL: earl, or ewe-arr-ell? If the latter, how wrong is the former?
ChiKat - Nov 06, 2009 2:07:38 pm PST #17635 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
ewe-arr-ell
If the latter, how wrong is the former?
In my head, "earl" is wrong. So wrong, I was truly confused by it for a few seconds trying to decipher the meaning.
msbelle - Nov 06, 2009 2:08:08 pm PST #17636 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
latter. wrong enough I'd think you were talking about a person.
Dana - Nov 06, 2009 2:09:52 pm PST #17637 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Very wrong. I think I have heard "ew-errl." But really, it's three letters. Spell it out.
megan walker - Nov 06, 2009 2:14:33 pm PST #17638 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Wikipedia says it can be pronounced as an acronym or an initialism, like FAQ.
msbelle - Nov 06, 2009 2:14:34 pm PST #17639 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I meant to share my Sign of the Apocolypse earlier - while in Lord & Taylor today, I saw for sale......SNUGGIES!! AT LORD & FUCKIN TAYLOR!!! Good God Y'all.
§ ita § - Nov 06, 2009 2:18:54 pm PST #17640 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was told, just once, that techies pronounced the letters. I'd been off and on saying earl up till then (this was in the baby days of the web). Since then I've been ewe-arr-ell quite religiously. But now I'm hearing earl more, and I'm wondering if things are laxer. A wikipedia editor seems to think so. Ewe-errl is wronger than that, though, for sure.
I hate hearing VOIP pronounced. I think you can't help but sound dumb. I try to say voice over IP every time.