What are you thinking? 9.0

[Danielle Emmalee]

It's good to be back. 

[V M]

I was looking up at the moon and thinking "Why do they call it the 'Man on the Moon'? Looks more like a woman's face to me"

[Devlyn]

It's good to be back. 

[Sephirah]

Something I can't help thinking and I don't know why, but it just really... bugs me. Why do some native English speakers substitute the letters "th" for "f" and even "v"? It makes me cringe when I hear it. Accents I get, and non-English speakers I get, but when someone just down my road, someone who's as English as Yorkshire pudding and Earl Grey says things like "I fought you were going to do that fing today. You know, that fing you said you were going to do? Did you fink I'd forgotten?" or "That leaver jacket looks like it came out of ve Matrix." It just makes me shiver inside and think "Why are you speaking like that?!"

Ugh, sorry. Just one of my bugbears I guess.

[Shantel]

Something I can't help thinking and I don't know why, but it just really... bugs me. Why do some native English speakers substitute the letters "th" for "f" and even "v"? It makes me cringe when I hear it. Accents I get, and non-English speakers I get, but when someone just down my road, someone who's as English as Yorkshire pudding and Earl Grey says things like "I fought you were going to do that fing today. You know, that fing you said you were going to do? Did you fink I'd forgotten?" or "That leaver jacket looks like it came out of ve Matrix." It just makes me shiver inside and think "Why are you speaking like that?!"

Ugh, sorry. Just one of my bugbears I guess.

Maybe it's a legitimate speech impediment? Or could it be just willful ignorance on display?

[Devlyn]

Shan beat me to it. I have a speech impediment and had therapy as a kid because I couldn't pronounce the letter L.

[Shantel]

Shan beat me to it. I have a speech impediment and had therapy as a kid because I couldn't pronounce the letter L.

I know a person who speaks like Elmer Fudd, "Come out of there you pesky wabbit or I'll bwow your head off!

[Sephirah]

Maybe it's a legitimate speech impediment? Or could it be just willful ignorance on display?

That's fair enough. And I apologise, Devlyn. I meant no offence to anyone with a speech impediment. If that were the case, it would be completely understandable. I think I'm referring more to the latter, Shantel. Sometimes, the person/people I'm thinking of will use the "th" pronunciation in certain words/phrases but then sometimes not. Almost interchangeably, and unfathomably so. And I'm just left scratching my head thinking "okay, if you can pronounce it in this word, why not in this word?"

[immortal gypsy]

If I see one of my sisters tomorrow (that part is fluid). I will show her a photo of me and if she asks questions I will finally come out to her. With my family being Huey, Duewey and Screwey, I'll have to tell them all individually. She is not invited to our sister's wedding so I can tell her now and not have it come out beforehand.

Great I've just realized, I now have two elephants I need to eat before I can consider myself full time.  (Just think one bite at a time, one bite at a time, one bite at a time)

[Devlyn]

That's fair enough. And I apologise, Devlyn. I meant no offence to anyone with a speech impediment. If that were the case, it would be completely understandable. I think I'm referring more to the latter, Shantel. Sometimes, the person/people I'm thinking of will use the "th" pronunciation in certain words/phrases but then sometimes not. Almost interchangeably, and unfathomably so. And I'm just left scratching my head thinking "okay, if you can pronounce it in this word, why not in this word?"

No offense taken. Now if you had said "This idiot down the street calls herself Devryn" then we'd be brawling! 

[Jill F]

That's fair enough. And I apologise, Devlyn. I meant no offence to anyone with a speech impediment. If that were the case, it would be completely understandable. I think I'm referring more to the latter, Shantel. Sometimes, the person/people I'm thinking of will use the "th" pronunciation in certain words/phrases but then sometimes not. Almost interchangeably, and unfathomably so. And I'm just left scratching my head thinking "okay, if you can pronounce it in this word, why not in this word?"

It's a lower class pride thing.   

[Shantel]

That's fair enough. And I apologise, Devlyn. I meant no offence to anyone with a speech impediment. If that were the case, it would be completely understandable. I think I'm referring more to the latter, Shantel. Sometimes, the person/people I'm thinking of will use the "th" pronunciation in certain words/phrases but then sometimes not. Almost interchangeably, and unfathomably so. And I'm just left scratching my head thinking "okay, if you can pronounce it in this word, why not in this word?"

I have an original printing of a book written by Fir Ifiiac Newton.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

Shan beat me to it. I have a speech impediment and had therapy as a kid because I couldn't pronounce the letter L.

I had a ton of speech issues due to my premature birth. I remember working with speech therapists during the early part of grade school. Everything worked out after that.

[Edge]

Something I can't help thinking and I don't know why, but it just really... bugs me. Why do some native English speakers substitute the letters "th" for "f" and even "v"? It makes me cringe when I hear it. Accents I get, and non-English speakers I get, but when someone just down my road, someone who's as English as Yorkshire pudding and Earl Grey says things like "I fought you were going to do that fing today. You know, that fing you said you were going to do? Did you fink I'd forgotten?" or "That leaver jacket looks like it came out of ve Matrix." It just makes me shiver inside and think "Why are you speaking like that?!"

Ugh, sorry. Just one of my bugbears I guess.

It's called th-fronting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th-fronting
My boyfriend does it and it took a bit to get used to. I asked him about it once (in a observational, non-judgemental way) and he told me that's how he had learned to talk. He seemed a bit self conscious about it, so I didn't bring it up again.

[Devlyn]

I had a ton of speech issues due to my premature birth. I remember working with speech therapists during the early part of grade school. Everything worked out after that.

Same with me, six weeks premature,  therapists at elementary school.

[Sephirah]

I guess I must be weird then, lol. I'm about as working class as it's possible to get and it never even occurred to me to speak that way.

[Miss_Bungle1991]

Same with me, six weeks premature,  therapists at elementary school.

I was a three month preemie. Spent the first six months of my life in an incubator. I remember when my mom told me a while back about the whole thing. They basically sent me home after the six month point and said I had a 50/50 chance of making it. If I did, I could be dead by age 18. I'm almost 40 and I'm still here.

[Devlyn]

I was a three month preemie. Spent the first six months of my life in an incubator. I remember when my mom told me a while back about the whole thing. They basically sent me home after the six month point and said I had a 50/50 chance of making it. If I did, I could be dead by age 18. I'm almost 40 and I'm still here.

My mom went into labour with me at six months. They put the cork in for another six weeks, then I was outta there!

[helen2010]

With my beard almost removed I can now see the end of my relationship with my electrologist. Part therapist, part confidant I feel the need to find more hair for removal just so that we can continue our weekly catch up and conversation

[Sephirah]

With my beard almost removed I can now see the end of my relationship with my electrologist. Part therapist, part confidant I feel the need to find more hair for removal just so that we can continue our weekly catch up and conversation

Awww, how about arm pits? Or that awkward spot in the knee joint?

*hugs*