Dragon

Loved the good night song, in my head I used a different word for the very last one, something that rhymes with 'song' and fits well with 'Goodnight matthew'

I did always notice that Baldur always spelled it 'Satyrday' and have, in fact, often wondered if he uses it out loud too.

marius

A nap, good dinner, followed by taking the kitties out in the yard to get their nightly portion (or perhaps potion) of grass, and ... ta dah .... the gray matter is slightly ticking again, just slightly.

I agree with you Baldur that Matthew is correct. It seems clear now but reminds me of the time I could not think of the word for muffin. I could SEE the darn thing in my head, could smell it, could imagine peeling the paper off of it, could imagine the taste, but could not find the word that went with all of that. I had to call a friend and go through great descriptive efforts before she said the word my brain could not access.

Of course, I blame this brain functioning fiddiculty (blame is so handy) on the fact that I do not like muffins - no muffins ever - except corn muffins that are cooked without that paper.

Which brings up another thought. I very much love and adore corn muffins, and more so as a chill finds it's (see improper use of apostrophe) way into the air. Any wonderful corn muffin recipe's out there in TD land????

PS As for matthew not often being correct, I would not know a thing about that but I also congratulate you, matthew, and I thank you too!!!

marius

Good question Dragon ... how does Badur say Saytrday out loud?

(Baldur, the apostrophe in recipe's was not intention. But, must stop talking about this because apostrophe is a difficult word to type.)

marius

intentional

Baldur

SATE-ihr-day

Baldur

(Baldur wrote the goodnight song as a parody of a classic children's book called 'Goodnight Moon' by Margaret Wise Brown)

marius

Um, what I wanted to know is ... does Baldur go around saying SATE-ihr-day or does he say SAT-ihr-day?

Baldur

For the past decade I've used SATE-irh-day as the pronunciation.

Baldur actually also uses the words: whilst, methinks, and hitherto frequently in his conversations.

I've also made an effort to refer to foodstuffs packaged in metallic containers as 'tinned' rather than 'canned'. This still hasn't been totally successful.

Another success story has been converting pants and slacks to trousers. I never slip up on that one anymore.

marius

Hmmm ... so how does Baldur pronounce either and neither?

Is it EE-thur or I-thur? NEE-thur or NI-thur?

Baldur

I mentioned a song by a Canadian group called Klaatu on another thread.
Does anyone remember them?
Back in the 70s they were embroiled in media hype claiming that they were the Beatles who had secretly reunited.
The band itself never claimed this, but also were never seen publicly at the time. The press loves such things.
Here are lyrics to what was perhaps their most recognized song.

Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day)
(John Woloschuk / Terry Draper)
In your mind you have abilities you know
To telepath messages through the vast unknown
Please close your eyes and concentrate
With every thought you think
Upon the recitation we're about to sing

Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft

Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft

You've been observing our earth
And we'd like to make a contact with you

We are your friends

Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants and interplanetary ultra-emissaries

We've been observing your earth
And one night we'll make a contact with you

We are your friends

Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary, quite extraordinary craft

Please come in peace we beseech you
Only a landing will teach them
Our earth may never survive
So do come we beg you
Please interstellar policemen
Won't you give us a sign
Give us a sign that we've reached you

With your mind you have ability to form
And transmit thought energy far beyond the norm
You close your eyes
You concentrate
Together that's the way
To send the message
We declare World Contact Day

Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft

Ahhh

Calling occupants
Calling occupants
Calling occupants
Calling occupants
Calling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft

Baldur

always EE-thur
always NI-thur

marius

Did not expect that answer! I'm mostly the I-thur, NI-thur ... and for some reason in the midwest, that is not the norm. However, I sometimes slip into EEthur and NEEthur, not sure why.

The lyrics sound familiar to the "Calling Occupants" song. Hmmm. Just tonight I asked spouse why he could fill in words I could not think of and finish my thoughts (he was doing this during dinner). He said, "Um ... we're M-A-R-R-I-E-D!" Darn, I thought it was ESP!

marius

And whilst Baldur is off in other spaces (perhaps intergallactic messaging) methinks tis time for sleeping. Hitherto this point, body and mind seemed alert but alas pool yorick, this has changed.

I've put away the tinned goods, folder the trousers, neatened the knickers, andm anon must turn to the land of dreams.

Baldur

Goodnight marius

Dragon

I think more people should say 'whilst' and 'methinks'. You simply don't hear those ones enough.
Whenever I hear someone refer to pants as slacks it always makes me think of my grandma who has always used that term. She also refers to lunch as dinner, I've always considered dinner to be supper but I know there are quite a few people who agree with grandma on that one.

belladonnis

That reminds me of my grandma. She never call jeans....jeans. She always called them dungarees. She never had supper it was always dinner. Lunch was always early so never lunch but brunch. She would also have a bowl of corn flakes in the morning with her coffee but instead of milk she would just put her coffee in them. Which I have never tried but she loved it.

marius

I agree with you Dragon, and Baldur ... all of those are nice words. I say "methinks" now and then, but not whilst. Maybe I'll work on that. : )

belladonnis, love the story about your grandma, especially the corn flakes with COFFEE! People are wonderfully charming and quirky. I love both those traits! My Dad used to make a horseradish, mayonaise, peanut butter and sliced tomato sandwich. Not sure if he eats that anymore but always sounded dreadful.

belladonnis

Thats about as bad as my cousins peanut butter and bologna sandwich.
I love coffee and I like corn flakes but with lots of sugar and milk. In both!

belladonnis

After reading about your dads sandwich again marius I have to say he has my cousin beat. All the way out of the ballpark!

marius

My Dad is one quirky guy. One thing he used to do that drove my Mom crazy was about salt. When Dad would walk through the kitchen, as one might several times in one day, he would invariably stop, grab the salt shaker, shake some into his hand and pop that in his mouth. They say salt isn't so good for you, but Dad is 87 and in excellent health all around! Still, Mom would have a fit - pieces of salt getting on the counter, the floor. It was kind of funny. Also, we all ate our cheerios with milk and salt ... NO sugar! We learned this from Dad, of course.