Silly confessions

[awkwardpenguin]

Dec 14, 2015 13:35:09 GMT -5 niq said:

(2) msniq and I pick up words & phrases from V, and sometimes use them when we talk to each other. Because we're adults.

We talk "as the baby" all the time.  Like make up what she might say if she could talk, and talk to each other as if she's talking.

We try not to do it in front of other people, but my mom is on to us.

[longtimenopost]

The other day A said "hey, gimme that" and slapped me on the hand. She must have learned that at preschool. The confession is that I laughed! It was funny, though completely inappropriate.

[niq]

Dec 14, 2015 13:53:04 GMT -5 rootbeerfloat said:

Randoms threads serve a purpose even if they are generally dull. Not everything should be its own thread.

I want to know more about niq 's voices and bowies ' names for posters.

212 is one of the Absolutely Fabulous characters
@tokenhoser is your chain smoking aunt
jenny1980 is very high energy and excited about anything
@starry is a deadpan standup comic

Those are the ones that come to mind and that I can describe easily.

Also the Canadian posters do not have Canadian accents in my head.

[anna7602]

Dec 14, 2015 13:54:15 GMT -5 loira said:

I drove for 5 blocks on the wrong side of the road when I got back, and there is no good reason why. I never even drove in London.

I also hadn't driven a new car in so long that, when I rented a car on a business trip last month, I couldn't figure out how to turn it on.

In this spirit, I parallel-parked last night for the first time in about five years and felt like a bad-ass that I still have it in me to do that properly. 

The confession part is that I normally pull up to where we live, double park to get the kids and car seats out, then hand the car over to DH so he can either park it or return it to the car rental garage. But since I was by myself last night after a weekend away sans kids, I figured I could park for myself like a real, live adult. 

[justjen]

Dec 14, 2015 13:58:44 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Dec 14, 2015 13:55:48 GMT -5 loira said:

I'm willing to bet plenty of people on this board are named Jennifer.

But, oddly, not Jennyanydots or justjen .

Rhonda. 

[catbus]

Dec 14, 2015 14:23:12 GMT -5 @starry said:

Dec 14, 2015 13:53:27 GMT -5 @this said:

YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS THE WORST WRT RANDOM THREADS?

When someone like the fourth post down posts, "My dog died today. "

OBVIOUSLY I'M SORRY YOUR DOG DIED, BUT NOW NO ONE ELSE CAN POST ANYTHING IN THAT THREAD WITHOUT LOOKING LIKE AN ASSHOLE. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T CALL THE PERSON OUT - THEIR FUCKING DOG JUST DIED!!!

DON'T DO THAT, ANYONE!

We have that conversation constantly and people won't stop doing it!!!! WON'T STOP! 

It really is the worst.
LOL. 

[awkwardpenguin]

Dec 14, 2015 14:26:54 GMT -5 @mrsbecky said:

Did someone do that today in the randoms? I'm wondering why the ALL CAPS lolol

@this is pregnant.  SHE'S JUST MORE SENSITIVE AND EXCITABLE OKAY?!?

[jeaniebueller]

I know we mock food confessions as not being real confessions, but my boss makes the best Christmas cookies ever and he brought in a huge tin of them today and I have probably eaten about 10 of them. Not exaggerating.

[niq]

Dec 14, 2015 14:32:34 GMT -5 Jennyanydots said:

Dec 14, 2015 14:18:49 GMT -5 niq said:

212 is one of the Absolutely Fabulous characters
@tokenhoser is your chain smoking aunt
jenny1980 is very high energy and excited about anything
@starry is a deadpan standup comic

Those are the ones that come to mind and that I can describe easily.

Also the Canadian posters do not have Canadian accents in my head.

I would guess very few of us sound distinguishable from the General American accent, except for maybe gibbinator or myself when I've been drinking. I don't know very many people from @tokenhoser 's part of the country, so maybe her too.

"SORE-y" and "PROH-cess" are the once that I always pick up on. Also certain word choices like "washroom".

I also grew up in the South, so there is more of a gap between Canadian accents and what I am used to than, say, someone from the plains states or midwest.

[Deleted]

Dec 14, 2015 14:32:34 GMT -5 Jennyanydots said:

Dec 14, 2015 14:18:49 GMT -5 niq said:

212 is one of the Absolutely Fabulous characters
@tokenhoser is your chain smoking aunt
jenny1980 is very high energy and excited about anything
@starry is a deadpan standup comic

Those are the ones that come to mind and that I can describe easily.

Also the Canadian posters do not have Canadian accents in my head.

I would guess very few of us sound distinguishable from the General American accent, except for maybe gibbinator or myself when I've been drinking. I don't know very many people from @tokenhoser 's part of the country, so maybe her too.

Saskatchewan is pretty flat. We sound like this:

[jeaniebueller]

Dec 14, 2015 14:33:59 GMT -5 niq said:

Dec 14, 2015 14:32:34 GMT -5 Jennyanydots said:

I would guess very few of us sound distinguishable from the General American accent, except for maybe gibbinator or myself when I've been drinking. I don't know very many people from @tokenhoser 's part of the country, so maybe her too.

"SORE-y" and "PROH-cess" are the once that I always pick up on. Also certain word choices like "washroom".

I also grew up in the South, so there is more of a gap between Canadian accents and what I am used to than, say, someone from the plains states or midwest.

Also, HOHL-aday. Not Haaaala-day for holiday as I have been corrected by my Canadian friends.

And toque. My BIL (who is Canadian) went into a department store and asked about a toque and they had no idea what he was talking about.

[Deleted]

Brent Butt is a strong case of the curling accent. It does vary here. Rural folks can sound vaguely German. Local news peeps sound just like middle America.

[satsuma]

Dec 14, 2015 13:35:09 GMT -5 niq said:

(1) I've made up voices for several MMMers, and I read their posts in the style of their voice. I'm not the only one who does this, right?
(2) msniq and I pick up words & phrases from V, and sometimes use them when we talk to each other. Because we're adults.

Oh, we definitely do this. Or the funny way he pronounces certain words, like overly enunciated. 

[gibbinator]

Dec 14, 2015 14:32:34 GMT -5 Jennyanydots said:

Dec 14, 2015 14:18:49 GMT -5 niq said:

212 is one of the Absolutely Fabulous characters
@tokenhoser is your chain smoking aunt
jenny1980 is very high energy and excited about anything
@starry is a deadpan standup comic

Those are the ones that come to mind and that I can describe easily.

Also the Canadian posters do not have Canadian accents in my head.

I would guess very few of us sound distinguishable from the General American accent, except for maybe gibbinator or myself when I've been drinking. I don't know very many people from @tokenhoser's part of the country, so maybe her too.

Nah. I've got a maritime accent as distinguished from the boring Ontario speech, but I can't understand a half what a Newfie says, especially a drunk Newfie. Now that's the stereotypical accent.

[loira]

Dec 14, 2015 14:39:16 GMT -5 Jennyanydots said:

Dec 14, 2015 14:36:23 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

Saskatchewan is pretty flat. We sound like this:

Ahh, see I call this "The Curling Accent". Any fan of curling will know that they all talk the same - no matter where in Canada they are from. And apparently Ground Zero of The Curling Accent is SK.

Sounds like a haaaaaaarrrd one to master!

[catbus]

Dec 14, 2015 14:48:19 GMT -5 @mrswindycity said:

Dec 14, 2015 14:46:24 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Whenever people post about accents, I spend an hour or so saying all the contentious words aloud to try to hear the difference.
Soh-rry. Saaaah-rry. A-boot. Hahl-iday. Ruff.

All I can think of when people talk about accents are when the NE people chime in to say Mary/marry/merry all sound different and I get really confused. 

YES. All sound same to me!

[rootbeerfloat]

Dec 14, 2015 14:37:16 GMT -5 @mrswindycity said:

There are a few people I don't really care to send Christmas cards to but I might anyway just to get one back. I feel like we haven't gotten "enough" cards this year.

We haven't received that many either. I'm guessing (hoping?) they will start coming this week.

I cut people this year, but now I have extra. Anyone want a card lol?

[gibbinator]

Dec 14, 2015 14:37:57 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

Dec 14, 2015 14:33:59 GMT -5 niq said:

"SORE-y" and "PROH-cess" are the once that I always pick up on. Also certain word choices like "washroom".

I also grew up in the South, so there is more of a gap between Canadian accents and what I am used to than, say, someone from the plains states or midwest.

Also, HOHL-aday. Not Haaaala-day for holiday as I have been corrected by my Canadian friends.

And toque. My BIL (who is Canadian) went into a department store and asked about a toque and they had no idea what he was talking about.

I'm always fascinated when the toque subject comes up. It's so universally understood here, yet hardly any Americans know it. How does this word not migrate south of the border? Especially to snowy states?

[MadamePresident]

I was having trouble finding shoes in Chase's size that I liked, so i just sharpied an old pair of Nods shoes, so they aren't pink.

[loira]

My H is from Michigan and does not say 'ruff' or 'crick'. I once had someone (who had never met my H) ask if I was from Michigan. I grew up in Montreal and Calgary, so... I don't even know what I sound like. Someone from Michigan, I guess? I never picked up a London accent, sadly.

[jeaniebueller]

My H says "crick." But he is originally from west Michigan. I am from metro Detroit and never heard it called "crick" until I met H.

[niq]

Oh and when I post sad things in random threads, I always appreciate the sympathy, but it's not like I'm keeping a spreadsheet of who replied.

[rootbeerfloat]

Dec 14, 2015 14:49:52 GMT -5 gibbinator said:

Dec 14, 2015 14:37:57 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

Also, HOHL-aday. Not Haaaala-day for holiday as I have been corrected by my Canadian friends.

And toque. My BIL (who is Canadian) went into a department store and asked about a toque and they had no idea what he was talking about.

I'm always fascinated when the toque subject comes up. It's so universally understood here, yet hardly any Americans know it. How does this word not migrate south of the border? Especially to snowy states?

To me, toque sounds like something weed-related. So maybe we learned it was a term for hat, but then we got high and forgot.

[gibbinator]

Dec 14, 2015 15:04:01 GMT -5 rootbeerfloat said:

Dec 14, 2015 14:49:52 GMT -5 gibbinator said:

I'm always fascinated when the toque subject comes up. It's so universally understood here, yet hardly any Americans know it. How does this word not migrate south of the border? Especially to snowy states?

To me, toque sounds like something weed-related. So maybe we learned it was a term for hat, but then we got high and forgot

Well, that would be a toke . Toque sounds like tewk

[catbus]

All this talk of "crick" reminds me of one of my favorite Pavement songs:

"Well focus on the quasar in the mist
The kaiser has a cyst
And I'm a blank want list
The qualms you have and if they stick
They will drown you in a crick
In the neck of a woods
That was populated by
Tired nation on the fly
Everybody knows advice
That was give out for free
Lots of details to discern
Lots of details..."

Now THAT's the shit that belongs in randoms threads.

[catbus]

Dec 14, 2015 15:05:09 GMT -5 gibbinator said:

Dec 14, 2015 15:04:01 GMT -5 rootbeerfloat said:

To me, toque sounds like something weed-related. So maybe we learned it was a term for hat, but then we got high and forgot

Well, that would be a toke . Toque sounds like tewk

Whaaaa...? 
I've honestly never heard the word "toque," but my high school French education would tell me to pronounce it "toke."

[gibbinator]

Now one thing I have heard, is that Nova Scotians call everyone buddy. Apparently this is like, a thing we do that other people don't (except Newfie's, though they've got b'y). Like you're telling a story about "buddy at the store" , or the normal greeting is "hey bud!" Everyone I know says buddy constantly. I call everyone, including my kids and husband buddy.

[numbers]

Dec 14, 2015 14:49:57 GMT -5 MadamePresident said:

I was having trouble finding shoes in Chase's size that I liked, so i just sharpied an old pair of Nods shoes, so they aren't pink.

1. That's actually genius.

2. Somewhat related, I need someone with a toddler boy to please buy these. These tiny baby moccasins are haunting me.



www.seekairun.com/store/boys/babies-/mason

[matildasun]

I have watched too much TV this weekend, specifically both Jessica Jones and Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D.

I rode my bike home at lunch and then drove back to school. When I got back the eighth graders were not in lunch, not in class, and I couldn't see them outside (they were way down the field). For a full thirty seconds I was worried that maybe they had been captured by an evil genius, or aliens

[gibbinator]

Dec 14, 2015 15:10:08 GMT -5 catbus said:

Dec 14, 2015 15:05:09 GMT -5 gibbinator said:

Well, that would be a toke . Toque sounds like tewk

Whaaaa...? 
I've honestly never heard the word "toque," but my high school French education would tell me to pronounce it "toke."

The problem is that Canadians cannot agree on how to spell the word either, despite the fact that, French or English, we all pronounce it essentially the same way (in French you eliminate the w sound but still pronounce the e as if a w were to follow). It's common to see tuque, toque, and touque. I honestly don't know which is right.