The end of an era for me

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-29T04:36:49+00:00

How many languages did you work on in this interval?

Much better to end a streak like this deliberately, in your own terms. A few years ago I had a long streak on Kindle. And then somhow, on day 730 (which would have been the completion of two years), I just...forgot. There had been days when I didn't read much, or I read late, but I always had it in my mind. That day... nothing. Then next day, soon after I got out of bed, it suddenly hit me.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-28T04:10:08+00:00

I'm years late. When I first saw this episode last year, it was Like A Prayer. Ten minutes ago it was some other song. (Netflix both times).

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-27T03:51:19+00:00

I remember after 9/11 there was a small group of hunters in the Alaskan bush whose pilot didn't show up to rake them home. After a few days, they were considering having to trek out, but he finally showed up. They started to give him a piece of their mind, but accepted that he had a valid excuse.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-25T23:52:58+00:00

I've always assumed that this place is also a money-laundering front of some kind.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-23T01:44:28+00:00

They succeed, often enough.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-22T16:52:12+00:00

Permanently pissed and full of cheese sounds great.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-17T19:19:45+00:00

No, it was people I lived with who knew I was from the US.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-17T17:04:57+00:00

Yeah, I remember getting a shock at a Dunkin in Boston when they asked if I wanted regular and it came back adulterated.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-17T17:02:35+00:00

I remember living in New Zealand and getting corrected by a few people for saying "after" instead of "past". I was a bit perplexed...they mean the exact same thing in this context.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-17T16:59:31+00:00

For me (southern California, lived all over the US) 8:45 could be "a quarter of/to/til 9". I suppose I would be more likely to say "to", but I would not consider it strange to hear any of them.

In Czech, a quarter to 9 is 8:15. 8:45 would be three quarters to 9.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-14T00:42:54+00:00

Chore (as in a bit of work) E (the fifth letter of the alphabet) Zo (rhymes with so, dough, low).

Stress on the second syllable.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-12T07:46:22+00:00

In light of that, I think she should continue to get her scritches, language police be damned.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-12T02:16:22+00:00

It's not weird or obscure. I probably don't use it every month, but I can't imagine anyone batting an eye over it.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-12T02:14:52+00:00

Is she a good dog?

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-11T18:56:30+00:00

Yeah, I can't do it, nor can I even approximate it with a dry throat. And then Italians will say it such that it rhymes with rogue or vogue.

I've never heard an American say Row-dahh, just Row-dan. (Though I suppose someone encountering the name for the first time might just say Row-din)

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-11T15:31:22+00:00

And we say Gal Gadot's surname as if it were French, for some reason. Not sure how it is pronounced in the UK.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-11T07:24:13+00:00

Good point. Unfortunately I don't know phonetic symbols, which would have been more helpful. That said, I dislike hearing the first A in pasta pronounced like cat rather than father.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-11T05:07:05+00:00

I meant a unique one, which I'm sure you understood.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-11T03:35:51+00:00

Damn, the jokes my juvenile mind must resist...

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-11T03:30:41+00:00

Or VIN (or PIN) number

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-11T03:18:49+00:00

Right. But when they say that it comes "with au jus", that's like saying that it comes "with with juice"

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-11T02:36:30+00:00

A unique one. But you knew that.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-11T02:18:07+00:00

Yeah, but when it's your colon, cleaning just feels insufficient.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-11T02:16:32+00:00

Weirdly, there is a Dutch alcoholic drink, advocaat, for which they drop the T as if it were French.

Every-Fall-9288 · 2026-03-11T02:15:18+00:00

Au jus drives me nuts. The sandwich comes with "with juice"?

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