tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post4117557603272091668..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: Monday RandomsSisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-75793455954908533172008-11-25T22:15:00.000-08:002008-11-25T22:15:00.000-08:00P'yoo-AL-up. It's where the major state fair takes...P'yoo-AL-up. It's where the major state fair takes place (and there's a huge ad campaign every year), so it's puzzling to me that people still mispronounce it.<BR/><BR/>But you know, Mukilteo <I>is</I> pretty awesome.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-50895939768728057282008-11-25T17:15:00.000-08:002008-11-25T17:15:00.000-08:00I am adding snohomish to my list of words that wil...I am adding snohomish to my list of words that will get me sent to the funny farm if people hear me walking down the street repeating it endlessly.<BR/><BR/>How would you pronounce Puyallup if not pullyallup? <BR/><BR/>And could jw please mail me a pressure cooker as I don't own one or any money? kthanxbai! (PS hello jw! Nice of you to stop by!)Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-39132258804928567152008-11-25T08:24:00.000-08:002008-11-25T08:24:00.000-08:00Washington State does have the best names, though ...Washington State <I>does</I> have the best names, though I sez it myself.<BR/><BR/>In high school, a friend and I decided that "Sequim" (pronounced "squim") would be our new word for something or someone totally objectionable. As in, "ew, he's so. . . sequim."<BR/><BR/>Another goodie is Puyallup, which southerners have been known to pronounce "pull-y'all-up."Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-69406835523091553092008-11-25T06:52:00.000-08:002008-11-25T06:52:00.000-08:00You are not a bad researcher, the article will not...You are not a bad researcher, the article will not suck, and you WILL get an academic job!<BR/><BR/>The job market gnomes swear it...medieval womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457130525946143002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-24657965092468466752008-11-25T03:57:00.000-08:002008-11-25T03:57:00.000-08:00For beans, use a pressure cooker. Worth every penn...For beans, use a pressure cooker. Worth every penny, and you won't have to leave school early.jwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10220253409908482479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-87539847129451347402008-11-24T22:15:00.000-08:002008-11-24T22:15:00.000-08:00This post is hilarious and made me laugh on an awf...This post is hilarious and made me laugh on an awful, awful day. That's my news.Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-7790514567703203072008-11-24T21:24:00.000-08:002008-11-24T21:24:00.000-08:00good choices on the washington place names! My fa...good choices on the washington place names! My favorites are snohomish, issaquah, and snoqualmie. I also quite like Toppenish, Chelan, and Chehalis. <BR/><BR/>Bottom of the list, Yakima (does it have to sound like yakking?), Tumwater (um) and..well, Tumtum. Together those three sound like you took some tumwater because you were feeling yakima in your tumtum. Also, I have in my time expended a great deal of energy mocking the word "Wenatchee."<BR/><BR/>ah, well. I grew up in washington (spokane and that's spo-can, not spo-cane), so clearly I've had entirely too much time to think such things over. <BR/><BR/>Still. Overall, great names. Sometimes awful places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com