Balls and Walnuts
more than you ever wanted to know
Let’s get one thing straight
It’s larynx, not larnyx. LAIR-INKS. Not LAIR-KNICKS.
Similarly, it’s pharynx, not pharnyx. FAIR-INKS. Not FAIR-KNICKS.
Many patients have tried to impress me with their amazing intellect by saying, not voice box, but lair-knicks, not throat, but fair-knicks (or, worse, lar-knicks/far-knicks). Doesn’t work, folks. I’m far too arrogant to be impressed by your feeble mispronunciations!
***
I think I’m doing better today; I cleaned the kitchen, did the laundry, vacuumed upstairs, and went grocery shopping. I’ve even prepared a decent dinner (another farsumauro, which I blogged on Nov. 11). But it’s after 6, my head is starting to pound, and it’s beyond me to come up with a better post than this.
Earlier, I tried futzing around on Second Life, or whatever that thing is called. Any of y’all doing Second Life? I picked out a name for my lesbian alter ego (Scylla Bedrosian) and made it about halfway through my avatar-tweaking when I ran out of steam. She’s short, plump, kind of Asian-Hispanic-looking, and gravity affects her ample boobage by about 70%. If I had my act together a bit better tonight, I would have had a screen shot ready for your viewing pleasure. But I don’t and I don’t. Maybe tomorrow.
By the way, if that video up there struck you as mildly pornographic, you may be wrong, but you’re not alone. When I play back larynx viddies for my patients, it’s not uncommon to hear, “Is that . . . ? NO! How could it be? But . . .”
Another pet peeve: it’s vocal CORDS, not vocal CHORDS. Jeez.
Here. I saved the best larynx viddy for last, although this one is fun, too.
Live blogging tonight, probably around 7:45 PST. See ya soon.
D.
I opened a Second Life account last year just to see what all the fuss was about, and I found it strictly meh. Dull as hell. I couldn’t see the point. If Second Life is better than your real life, lordy, you are in a world of trouble.
Jebusss, you have channeled my husband! spooky. I always say LAIR NICKS and he always rants about it.
LAIR NICKS
LAIR NICKS
LAIR NICKS
so glad I can set two men off at once (yeah, right)
The New York Times had “spinal chord” in a story not long ago. Last I checked, it’s still in the online version.
To think, I might have saved this for Thirteen Pet Peeves. (Guess I still could!)
Kate, you’ve seen the videos. Two men? Strictly amateur 😛
In a reverse of one of your peeves, in my flying incarnation, I always get annoyed when folks use CORD instead of CHORD when describing a wing.
And there is more. Much more. I’ll save them for a post of my own.
But amusingly, Ms Canada always has trouble with Cavalry and Calvary (and occasionally Calgary!)
Words that, oddly enough, have cropped up in conversation more than you’d think.
Meetin’ Time at Calgary?
I say lair-inks and fair-inks, but I like the way lair-nicks and fair-nicks feels when I say them.
Kind of like saying Feb-you-airy feels better than Feb-roo-airy, but I have to say that one right, too, because I know better, which is an annoying compulsion, but not likely to go away any time soon.
Of course, every time I hear someone say nu-cu-ler instead of nu-cle-ar, I have to grit my teeth and fight to keep from banging my head into the wall.
😉
Dangit! My italics got all messed up.
Sorry.
Fixed it 🙂
Oh my gosh, thank you! What the heck did I do wrong?
I must have messed up my ending for the italics… Oh well, it’s perfect now, and I’m leaving the stupid HTML alone for a bit.
😉
yeah, what Shelbi said.