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December 05, 2002
My teacher said "staid" and I love her.
Raise your hand if over the course of this day you either had or anticipate having a conversation like the following:
"Hey."
"Hi."
"What's up?"
"Nothing. 'Sup with you?"
"Nothing. What are you up to?"
"Not much, you?"
"Same. How are you doing?"
"Good, and you?"
"Yeah, pretty good."
The empty triple question conversational introduction. Only after the triple questions are out of the way may you begin an actual dialogue.
I propose that we hereby end all triple question introductions in favor of the more elegant NNG, which stands for Nothing, Not much, Good. An example might be:
"Hi, NNG."
"Yeah, NNG. So it turns out my wife's been sleeping with James..."
And so continues the real conversation.
Pentavirate West (Sean and Aaron V) is probably where I got this from. They did it first and better, but I'm the one who just copywrited it. Suckers.
Begin new thought:
In my government class today, the girl behind me referred to the Gay E-Light while answering a question. I was totally baffled and spent a few minutes riffling through my notes in search of this fringe gay rights group. Finally, of course, I realized she meant the gay "elite."
I'm not making fun of her; I mispronounce words all the time. I was just tickled by it.
Posted by didofoot at December 5, 2002 04:48 PM
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you really should consider making fun of her. that's freaking retarded. no offense intended to actual retards.
i vote that tracy now recount the great UNO pacific/specific debate of 1988.
Posted by: ian at December 6, 2002 08:50 AM
I second the motion.
I still can't pronounce "fortuitous," because dick van dyke pronounced it "for-too-ish-ous" in mary poppins and I was forever marked.
Posted by: didofoot at December 6, 2002 09:08 AM
ok, i'll try.
Posted by: tracy at December 6, 2002 09:14 AM
Okay, I wrote about it.
Posted by: tracy at December 6, 2002 10:23 AM
Adjacent. I still can't say it right. I read the word for years before I had ever heard it aloud, and I've convinced myself it is what it's not.
Posted by: brian at December 6, 2002 11:10 AM
al-yoo-MIN-ee-um
Posted by: ian at December 6, 2002 11:11 AM
crazy brits.
Posted by: brian at December 6, 2002 11:14 AM
con-TRAH-vuh-sey
Posted by: tracy at December 6, 2002 11:54 AM
Pronouncing "measure" as "may-zure."
Posted by: gene wood and katie vigil at December 7, 2002 03:34 AM
how about "difficulty" as "di-FICKle-tee," as in "he seems to be havin' some difickletee gettin' the salt. could be worse. he coulda useta be smart."
Posted by: holohan at December 7, 2002 08:40 AM
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