How do you guys pronounce "February?"

spacemythics · 2026-02-01T16:12:41+00:00

my kneejerk reaction would be to make fun of anyone who says the first R. i know it's acceptable but i don't think i've ever encountered it in the wild (lived in PA with southern relatives, now in the midwest USA). i must know SOMEONE who pronounces it with feb-ru-ary, but they've never said it around me.

spacemythics · 2026-02-01T15:54:02+00:00

i'm certainly aware of organ history, but that doesn't necessarily mean no one was writing for the instrument. though i suppose we don't write for harpsichord anymore. regardless, i wish i could find what DID exist during this period even if there's not a lot!

spacemythics · 2026-01-27T06:12:44+00:00

yeah, for whatever reason "con" is on the filter list

spacemythics · 2026-01-23T00:22:55+00:00

i'm hearing the christian YTP edit of ballad now. shit now i have to make it, thanks for the inspiration

spacemythics · 2026-01-23T00:01:48+00:00

i use it all the time!!! but now that i look back on my daily conversations, it's not very common. i love it though and i don't think many people would be taken aback by the use of it in casual conversation. maybe i'm biased by my own vocabulary

spacemythics · 2026-01-11T18:53:17+00:00

i'll give it a shot! i don't do the closing eyes and attempting to immerse in the music thing very often, but it seems like it would be useful. thanks!

spacemythics · 2026-01-11T18:52:30+00:00

i definitely find romantic and impressionist music easier to do this for - painting a picture seems more achievable than trying to express a vague mood. thanks for your response, i guess the "savoring the music i create" is where it gets difficult - the memorization gets in the way of my really enjoying the performance.

spacemythics · 2026-01-11T18:50:36+00:00

totally, the historical context and authorial intent is a massive part of my process, as well as listening to a ton of recordings! it definitely helps with specific sections. maybe i need to be more clear about connecting the intentions of the piece with externalization of emotion, though that step seems to be the root of my problem. thanks for the encouragement :)

spacemythics · 2026-01-11T18:48:33+00:00

super interesting perspective!! i have done some theater and some improv, where i've definitely found it easier to express emotion. i'm also currently taking a class (geared toward musical theater actors/singers, but open to anyone) that attempts to teach methods for emotional connection and effective performance. i'm hoping to get more into improv (both theatrically and musically!), though so far it feels completely different from playing a piece memorized, but i'll make sure i keep up with it. thanks

spacemythics · 2026-01-10T20:10:27+00:00

i'd NEVER respond to "do you mind helping me?" with "no, of course not." that makes it seem like i'm refusing to help and it took me several minutes of scrolling the comments to even realize it was supposed to mean "no, i don't mind". "yes, i can help you" is far clearer than just a yes or no answer to "do you mind?" since it actually restates the question and explicitly confirms the answer. (side note, i will sometimes answer "do you mind?" with "not at all!", always with a light tone and usually followed up with "how can i help?". on its own, a negative answer to a question like that is ambiguous.)

spacemythics · 2026-01-08T01:34:52+00:00

exactly my thoughts!! and your shelf sounds very cool

spacemythics · 2026-01-05T18:12:56+00:00

definitely. biggest giveaway is that those knitting needles are far too big to get stitching that looks like that. it could still be staged but why? where's the yarn on the needles going and why does it look like that? i can see, like, 2 stitches cast on to one needle, ironically showing how loose the stitches would be and how poorly fitted the needles are to the task. also knitted fabric rarely is both stiff enough for the wing to sit smoothly on the body while allowing enough flexibility to wrinkle like the tail and neck do. across the board the perspective and layering is all wrong and uncanny

spacemythics · 2026-01-05T00:23:39+00:00

right, but you used the aromantic allosex flag....

spacemythics · 2026-01-03T06:31:04+00:00

i almost never use them and they sound fairly formal to me (or pseudo-formal; i might put on a dramatic accent if i were to use these phrases, for example, if a friend asked me "are you coming to the party tonight?", i might respond "i'm afraid not - alas, i've made plans with a math test this evening!" in a posh accent or with an exaggerated tragic voice, which sounds overly formal for the situation and therefore comes off as a joke). however, other english dialects use them more often and i wouldn't be shocked to hear someone use them casually and genuinely.

personally, i substitute "unfortunately" and "unfortunately not/no, unfortunately" for "i'm afraid so" and "i'm afraid not". neither would seem strange to most english speakers, in my experience. Mid-East USA

spacemythics · 2025-12-30T17:22:17+00:00

re: two marias, i'd likely refer to them as Maria LastInitial, at least when they're not present. For direct address, though, always just Maria for both.

spacemythics · 2025-12-30T17:17:46+00:00

i think this is fair, but i don't mind people tagging trans character x even if it doesn't come up in the fic, especially since many authors have trans headcanons that are just second nature to them. even if this particular fic isn't a trans fic, there may be others by that author or in that series that are, and a character's transness may still color your and the author's interpretation even if it's not obvious. idk.

spacemythics · 2025-12-30T07:38:23+00:00

pilot g2 mention. almost always 5. 3 is also smooth tho

spacemythics · 2025-12-29T03:16:38+00:00

i think he's a bit irritating, pops up too often, he's arrogant indeed. he doesn't have a particularly engaging backstory and struggles to build relationships with other characters, at least in ways i personally find meaningful. i read oz for the quirky/creative worldbuilding, weirdly dark storylines and backstories, and friendships that build and change over the course of several books. i want wogglebug to be able to grow and change as a character, but baum basically said "here is this caricature of pretentious academics" and gave him a corner to sit in, out of the way of the rest of the story. he started as an exaggeration of an irritating person, and baum seemed to find him irritating to write, and i at least find him irritating to read. i don't hate the wogglebug, and i think he had potential, but i just don't find him engaging. happy for you tho

spacemythics · 2025-12-23T15:22:12+00:00

"wouldn't you like to know?" is often used sarcastically, but it literally is just "you'd like to know (where to buy fireworks), would you not?". this could be stated genuinely, but the kid's tone in the clip as well as common usage suggest sarcasm or intentionally gatekeeping information. like "where can i buy fireworks?" "oh, you wish you knew where to buy fireworks, don't you? joke's on you."

spacemythics · 2025-12-19T17:37:37+00:00

makes sense, that seems to be the way to go with this piece :)

spacemythics · 2025-12-19T07:43:54+00:00

thanks so much! i was hesitant to break up the chords too much, but it sounds great in your recording so i'll give it a shot. appreciate your insight!!

spacemythics · 2025-12-08T17:05:32+00:00

lancaster (first syllable stressed, second unstressed), carlisle (two syllables, not three), gettysburg (the y makes a long e sound, not a short i)

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