Three's a trend! Or, this week in f*ck

[aliwilliams]

First of all, thank you, darling friends, for soothing my bruised ego. While I was whining Friday about accidentally saying "fuck" on public radio, you were taking the time to listen to my segment and telling me I sound halfway professional. Y'all rock.

Second, that story had worked its way to "hilarious anecdote" by early evening. But then lo and

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[kate_the_agent]

Don't forget--it was the good men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol FROM VERMONT on hand to facilitate the exercising of our American right and freedom to watch Brazilian men ride bulls in chaps.

[wmetoile]

That's shaps.

[anyway413]

Because that was bothering me, I found this:

In English, the word has two common pronunciations: [ʃæps] and [tʃæps]. Since at least the end of the 19th century, in the western United States and Canada, English-speaking riders have tended to pronounce the word [ʃæps].[4][7] This pronunciation is also used among rodeo riders in New Zealand.[8] English-speaking riders in the eastern United States and Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom have tended to pronounce the word [tʃæps].

Thanks, Wikipedia! No word on how the brave souls defending the Vermont border pronounce it, though.

[anyway413]

And also...dried fruit, nuts/trail mix for late work nights? Easy to keep in your desk or purse, which is what I started to do after reading an article last spring about how thinking work makes you hungry, thus validating the fact that I was always starving on campus.