to ask me why a "shun" word was spelled with "tion."
Forget it, Owen, it's English.
River: 1001. 1002. Simon: River... River: Shh. I'm counting between the lightning and the thunder to see if the storm is coming or going. .1005
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§ ita § - Feb 25, 2010 7:05:03 am PST #10863 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tom Scola - Feb 25, 2010 7:05:55 am PST #10864 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
T-I-O-N!
Shun shun-shun shun!
T-I-O-N!
Shun shun-shun shun!!
Cashmere - Feb 25, 2010 7:08:29 am PST #10865 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Time to pull out my copy of Mother Tongue: English and how it got that way.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 25, 2010 7:08:48 am PST #10866 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
"tion."
I am not sure if this is too esoteric for Owen, but I always explain them to myself by thinking of shun as tee-un fast. So in my head I say op-er-a -tee-un, but when I say it out loud, faster it comes out oper- a- shun. Also, it is hard to articulate a "t" sound between 2 vowels (see ita)
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 7:10:04 am PST #10867 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
to ask me why a "shun" word was spelled with "tion."
That reminds me when I was in first grade - before our teacher explained the "th" sound, I was wondering about this word "the" - like why does this "tuh-heh" word keep showing up if I've never heard it?
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2010 7:11:17 am PST #10868 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
it is hard to articulate a "t" sound between 2 vowels (see ita)
IS NOT! IS NOT! IS NOT!
I'm of the opinion that logicking out English pronunciation, any of it, gives the impression that it can all be logicked out. Which is bound to end in tears and rending.
In other news, does anyone have any silver tequila recommendations other than Patron?
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 7:12:58 am PST #10869 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Another first-grade memory - when our teacher explained how "comb" was spelled, I finally concluded that "spelling is stupid."
Cashmere - Feb 25, 2010 7:13:15 am PST #10870 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I think I can explain it that some sounds are made with more than one letter. He gets how "sh" makes the shhhh sound. I just wish I had a better grasp of how to explain this stuff.
And Liv just fell of a chair and said, "OH, BISCUITS!" which is the expletive Kick Buttowski uses. I think this is progress over "goddammit."
Jesse - Feb 25, 2010 7:13:50 am PST #10871 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
T-I-O-N!
Shun shun-shun shun!
T-I-O-N! Shun shun-shun shun!!
That is exactly what I was thinking!
Daisy Jane - Feb 25, 2010 7:19:07 am PST #10872 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Herradura makes a nice silver, and we like Cabo Wabo as well.