here are some words that you can’t really use in a sentence because
they’re very odd to pronounce:
aerie(or eyrie. neither is(or are) easy to pronounce and have anyone understand you)
paean(a nice word. impossible to use in a sentence and be understood)
hegemony(it can be pronounced either way. really)
more(like the eel, not like the extra potatoes)
practicable(a good word. no one, alas, uses it. which is ironic.)
ok, that’s it.
i just woke up from a nap and i was thinking about these odd words
when i woke up.
yes, that’s how my brain works, when it’s not worrying.
i can worry about anything. i envy stoners and surfers and slackers and people
who are congenitally incapable of worry.
some other pointless pedantic comments that you can use to annoy your
friends, much as i use them to annoy mine:
a-it’s ‘chaise longue’, not ‘chaise lounge’
b-it’s ‘self deprecating’, not ‘self depreciating'(really. i’ve heard ‘self depreciating’ a lot
lately. to say ‘i’m not very good at crossword puzzles’ is self deprecating. to say ‘i slept
with that bartender at tgi fridays’ or is self depreciating.)
ok, that’s it, i’ll stop.
i should probably not write my blog(i still wince when i use the word ‘blog’). maybe i’ll
just stop using it. it’s a disgusting word.
‘journal’. what’s wrong with ‘journal’?
‘blog’, aka ‘web log’, is like something that gets stuck in your toilet or something that
is removed through manual disempactment by a health-care professional.
how many children are being named ‘stewart’ after ‘stewie’?
he’s the best person on television.
it’s too bad he’s not a real person.
i particularly loved the family guy line the other night:
‘like the texan woman who held her baby underwater until it got brain damage. barbara bush.’
it’s a golden age for american tv.
-moby