now I have “Bad brains! These are the bad brains!” stuck in my head
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Thursday, 10 December 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
lol
― peace, man, Thursday, 10 December 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
Maybe heavy lifting, but I guess as a poet, a single line doing that kind of work doesn't seem out of the ordinary to me.
Also, I often feel insane saying this, but I've never been able to get into Bad Brains-- whatever it is that other people hear hasn't clicked. And I grew up a punk kid!
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Thursday, 10 December 2020 14:41 (three years ago) link
lol table
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
see and I'm defensive (somewhat) of Bad Brains. well....I guess TO A POINT. their reign at the top was short like leprechauns
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:15 (three years ago) link
They burned bright but fast, like leprechauns.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
you need to find your edge so you can lose your edge maaaan
― pence's eye juice (Hunt3r), Thursday, 10 December 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
^got that attitude
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Thursday, 10 December 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
I always assumed the term "mug" used for a face came from the drinking vessel, and indeed it probably/possible does (old drinking mugs were apparently decorated with funny faces). And of course one verb definition of "to mug" is "to make a funny face." And *that* is where the term "mug shot" comes from. Not only were criminals getting their "mug" photographed, they were *also* notorious for making funny faces - mugging - to be less recognizable.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 December 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
were they though
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 11 December 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
That Dr Jekyll's name was supposed to be pronounced "Jee-kill" instead of "Jek-ill".
https://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/jekyll
Letter to the Times, Nov. 28, 1980:Sir,Mr Roger Lancelyn Green (25 November) asks whether it is known how Robert Louis Stevenson intended the name of Dr Jekyll should be pronounced. Fortunately a reporter from the San Francisco Examiner, who interviewed Stevenson in his hotel bedroom in San Francisco on 7 June 1888, asked him that very question:‘There has been considerable discussion, Mr Stevenson, as to the pronunciation or Dr Jekyll’s name. Which do you consider to be correct?’Stevenson (described as propped up in bed ‘wearing a white woollen nightdress and a tired look’) replied: ‘By all means let the name be pronounced as though it spelt “Jee-kill”, not “Jek-ill”. Jekyll is a very good family name in England, and over there it is pronounced in the manner stated.’Yours faithfully,Ernest Mehew
Sir,
Mr Roger Lancelyn Green (25 November) asks whether it is known how Robert Louis Stevenson intended the name of Dr Jekyll should be pronounced. Fortunately a reporter from the San Francisco Examiner, who interviewed Stevenson in his hotel bedroom in San Francisco on 7 June 1888, asked him that very question:
‘There has been considerable discussion, Mr Stevenson, as to the pronunciation or Dr Jekyll’s name. Which do you consider to be correct?’
Stevenson (described as propped up in bed ‘wearing a white woollen nightdress and a tired look’) replied: ‘By all means let the name be pronounced as though it spelt “Jee-kill”, not “Jek-ill”. Jekyll is a very good family name in England, and over there it is pronounced in the manner stated.’
Yours faithfully,
Ernest Mehew
― sinewave boogie (Matt #2), Friday, 11 December 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
I guess 'Hyde' is pronounced 'hide' like you'd expect, hope so
― sinewave boogie (Matt #2), Friday, 11 December 2020 21:17 (three years ago) link
That's pretty interesting.
This article says that 'Jeck-ull' probably became standard because of the 1941 Spencer Tracy film version.
https://interestingliterature.com/2013/11/guest-blog-the-surprising-truth-behind-jekyll-and-hyde/
― jmm, Friday, 11 December 2020 21:29 (three years ago) link
I've heard it pronounced Jee-kil before.
― Tizer Beyoncé (Tom D.), Friday, 11 December 2020 21:45 (three years ago) link
This changes everything
― Alba, Friday, 11 December 2020 21:47 (three years ago) link
That's OK, it'll change back by tomorrow morning.
― nickn, Friday, 11 December 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
Dr Hee-kil and Mr Jive
― sinewave boogie (Matt #2), Friday, 11 December 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
they are a person
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 11 December 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxxSIX3fmmo“You’re putting me on,” etc.
― pence's eye juice (Hunt3r), Saturday, 12 December 2020 05:59 (three years ago) link
that the uk has the third highest population in europe after russia (which i somehow don't think of as in europe given it's width) and germany.
it also has 11m more people in it than when i was in school and learnt these things.
― koogs, Saturday, 12 December 2020 11:34 (three years ago) link
all those immigrants innit
― ledge, Saturday, 12 December 2020 11:39 (three years ago) link
Most of Russia isn't in Europe but most of its population is.
― Tizer Beyoncé (Tom D.), Saturday, 12 December 2020 11:45 (three years ago) link
> all those immigrants innit
dad, is that you?
― koogs, Saturday, 12 December 2020 12:01 (three years ago) link
At least one student a year will say 'look, it's Je/Kyll - like the French, I kill!' and think they've cracked the whole case wide open.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 12 December 2020 13:39 (three years ago) link
When the Roy=King discussion was going on upthread, I was thinking that Leroy then must be French for The King.
― pplains, Saturday, 12 December 2020 13:45 (three years ago) link
Violent J(ekyll)
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 12 December 2020 13:46 (three years ago) link
Le roi is my mojo man
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 12 December 2020 14:11 (three years ago) link
I thought Leroy was etymologically from The king. is it not then?
― Stevolende, Saturday, 12 December 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
what ius the story on Dauphin, does it translate to dolp[hin?I know there was a myth about France deriving fro Merovinigian beginnings and that being probably from a seamonster.Alternative being they were derived from trojan extraction.BUt is the first in line to the throne derived from the same aquatic mythos?
― Stevolende, Saturday, 12 December 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
well no wonder they became a republic
Per wiki the origin is heraldic.
Dauphin of France originally Dauphin of Viennois (Dauphin de Viennois), was the title given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 to 1791 and 1824 to 1830. At first the heirs were granted the County of Viennois (Dauphiné) to rule, but eventually only the title was granted.Guigues IV, Count of Vienne, had a dolphin on his coat of arms and was nicknamed le Dauphin. The title of Dauphin de Viennois descended in his family until 1349, when Humbert II sold his seigneury, called the Dauphiné, to King Philippe VI on condition that the heir of France assume the title of le Dauphin. The wife of the Dauphin was known as la Dauphine.
Guigues IV, Count of Vienne, had a dolphin on his coat of arms and was nicknamed le Dauphin. The title of Dauphin de Viennois descended in his family until 1349, when Humbert II sold his seigneury, called the Dauphiné, to King Philippe VI on condition that the heir of France assume the title of le Dauphin. The wife of the Dauphin was known as la Dauphine.
― Dr. Dreidel (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 12 December 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
I thought that "window sash" meant the drapes. Because a sash is a long piece of cloth, right?
― wasdnuos (abanana), Thursday, 17 December 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
Whatever it is, it's always seemed like a painful thing for the narrator of A Visit from St. Nicholas to vomit out.
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 17 December 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
Handkerchief is a kerchief for the hand. I guess I didn't know the word kerchief til I was shockingly old and so then took even longer to reevaluate handkerchief.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 17 December 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
An errant sash also caused the circumcision of Tristram Shandy.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 17 December 2020 18:05 (three years ago) link
Dusty Springfield was 5ft 3 always pictured her taller but she was shorter than Warren Mitchell.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 17 December 2020 22:37 (three years ago) link
that that one bee gee's name is pronounced 'morris'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
!!
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
but some people call him Maurice
― Number None, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 14:50 (three years ago) link
Do Americans pronounce it "mo-reese dancing"?
― that heat (Matt #2), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 14:54 (three years ago) link
No, we rhyme Morris with Boris. Maurice rhymes with more fleece.
― coup coup kajoo (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:07 (three years ago) link
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Frobertwimer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F06%2FLakinis-Juice-Live.jpg&f=1&nofb=1
MORE FLEECE!Such a dirty haaaabit
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:11 (three years ago) link
and we're back to the juice
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
We're back at my theory that US pronunciation often shows a notable French influence.
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:17 (three years ago) link
right, but the causality is backwards. Britishes have a long and well-established tradition of anglicizing loanwords. RuhNAYSance. Don JOOan.
USians tend to pronounce French loanwords more like they sounded in French. We're not consistent in that (cf. lawnJOOray) but it is comparatively our habit.
British English has an insular tendency, driven by geography, economics, and (of course) longstanding tribal/national antipathy to the French.
You may remember there was a war a while ago
― coup coup kajoo (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
I quite like UK English in general and it sounds more Frenchified to my ears than NA English in some ways (queue, courgette, aubergine, autumn, post, telly, etc.), but 'garadge' drives me up the wall.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
You mean GA-ridge? Not everyone says it that way. I think there’s probably two other UK pronunciations: ga-RARGE (which sounds comically posh) and GA-rarge, which is what I say most of the time I think.
― Alba, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
I (a Canuck) pronounce it the Nestea80 and islandgirl way:
https://forvo.com/word/garage/#en
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
Garage d'orHow many puns in that?
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link
I used to work on reception in a recording studio, and there was a session once with a fairly well-known US actor doing vocals on a dance track. He could NOT pronounce the line about "garage DJs" - every time it came out as ga-rarge. I think they had to rewrite the lyrics in the end.
― that heat (Matt #2), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link