Things you were shockingly old when you learned

tho i do think p Harrington is just pauric

The only Padraig I've ever met was a Podrig. I'm not claiming to be much better than your average English but I did once get complimented by a Cathal for a decent effort at getting his name right (something like Cohul iirc).

my general approach to Irish spellings of Irish names, which you don't see v often in GB but still, is to rack my brains for an anglicised name with the same first letter and some of the same consonants in the middle, which is bad

tbh this is my usual approach, which sometimes works but often it's not quite the same (e.g. Padraig) and more often I just guess the wrong Anglicised name - e.g. Aoileann is not the Irish spelling of Eileen, they are 2 different names.

and tbf an awful lot of them are just made up, like that last one

all names are made up deems, the only issue -- and not much of one until you meet the wrong person -- is when

díms

tÿmß

every pronunciation is a pose, or an assertion of inclusion, exclusion, or of ~knowing~. because that's the information behind, and above, mere fact.

My given name is Padraic. I got tired of explaining it and had it changed.

Will still answer to Paddy, particularly among family, but generally it was just a hassle.

for some reason I was under the impression that Vladimir Nabokov was gay, when in fact he was kind of homophobic and had a gay brother

Yes and it's kind of horrifying if you juxtapose the somewhat glib homophobia in e.g. Pale Fire with the tragic circumstances of Sergei's death in a concentration camp.

The best I can say is, one can add it to a long (and growing) list of instances where one might admire some specific works of art while finding the artists problematic (or worse).

That the plural of “opus” is “opera” wtf

whoa

(it's opuses)

Opera is the Latin plural

wonder how a single unit of works becomes a plural.
So adding an extra s on the end of a group of work by a single composer and going operas is making a plural out of a plural? & therefore somewhat graphemetically tautological? gorlumme

Most names of pasta are in a similar situation: spaghetti is little strings; spaghettis would be little stringses.

"Agenda" is also originally plural.

hippopotamuses s/d hippopotamodes

Double plurals exist in English "the peoples of the world"

Octopuses, octopodes; clitorises, clitorides.

This is partly why I generally favor pluralizing loanwords using the conventions of English, rather than trying to replicate the pluralizing strategy of the source language. I cringe a little when I hear someone saying "these memoranda" or "syllabi: or "matrices."

Or data

Who the fuck says “spaghettis” tho

children and ppl pretending to talk like children

they are the future iirc

Double plurals exist in English "the peoples of the world"

spice up your life

What is plural of 'zigazig ah' plz

zigazag us zigazag ah zigazag um

(Also, can you plz give me heads up when you change your dn so that I make sure I don't spit take my monitor?)

My 'shockingly old' revelation of the day: a lobster roll is not some fancy sushi thing but rather lobster on a hot dog bun, wtf.

Plural of "spaghetti" is "spaghettis-o's"

whats wrong with matrices!

first one was fine but reloaded and revolutions were a disappointment imo

counterpoint: they were all bad not good

That the plural of “opus” is “opera” wtf

Was that from last night's Jeopardy?

Okay so what is the plural of 'Bill the Cat' then?

bill the's cats

I was shockingly old when I realized that Bill and Cathy had the same catchphrase.

You ought've to known by now.

(You ought've to known by now.)

Was that from last night's Jeopardy?
Yes! I'm visiting CA from Australia and was mesmerised.

We have so much to teach the world, it's true.

hung out with two friends. "money for nothing" came up cuz one of us said "that ain't workin'" or something. they both admitted they were adults before realizing that was sting on backing vox. i thought about explaining this thread to them but, in the end, didn't.

/me wonders if they are talking about billy the cat and katie

Famous + recognizable voices doing backup vocals (eg Jagger on 'You're So Vain', Kate Bush on 'Games Without Frontiers') seems to be perennial 'shocking late-stage revelation' fodder for me.

speaking of I always thought the line in "Games" was "she's so funky, yeah" and for a long time I thought "Big Time" was called "Pig Time" because my Dad is a funny, funny man

You are otm re: your father.

As a kid I always thought the high vocals on "Battle of Evermore" were Plant doing a falsetto. I still can't quite hear them as Sandy Denny.

Kate Bush on 'Games Without Frontiers'

Wait, really? Now I know.

speaking of I always thought the line in "Games" was "she's so funky, yeah"

iirc, there's a live version where they actually sing "she's so funky, yeah," aware that that's how many heard it.

i would sing "funk-tual" knowing i had no clue wtf was happening there.

I still don't, tbh.

(googles)

Ohhhh, a gime!

I thought it was "She's so popular" when I was a kid*, rationalising it as an additional playground-centered metaphor for the dominance/acquisition element of war.

"Controlling that country's resources via occupation is very attractive!" "The idea of goosing our beleagured political party's polling via an invasion has excited our members!" "A tall and pretty country is invading another, let's gang up for run-off shine!"

* just listened to the Gabriel, PWEI and Arcade Fire versions and tbh I think I'm sticking with it