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Posted on entry Also, "stuff it" doesn't mean exactly the same thing as "get stuffed" ::: June 17, 2007, 03:13 PM:
sdn #22

The most affected person I have ever met was a wedding photographer who interrupted himself in mid-spiel to test several pronunciations of the word "judge", settled on the most pretentious* and out-of-area, and proceeded with his pitch.

We took our business elsewhere.

*He settled on pronouncing the u as in "good". Pompous git.
Posted on entry By popular demand ::: April 20, 2007, 07:04 AM:
Rachel @ 14

I looked at that too, a whole bunch of times*. It doesn't match the other instances of upper-case** L in the document. It does match the upper-case I.

Why am I arguing about this at this ungodly hour of the morning? I seem to have gotten my OCD in my proofreading again. Or vice versa; I get confused easily.

* being a coward, and all.

** note my bleary-eyed avoidance of the whole {capital, capitol) snakepit.
Posted on entry By popular demand ::: April 19, 2007, 07:53 PM:
(begin_snark) Still says "Disemvowei" though.(end_snark)

Where the heck else can I proofread on line and get away with it?


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