Comments | forgottenman: Booky

forgottenman

Booky

May 08, 2006 23:19

So I looked it up ( Read more... )

Comments 6

celsius_matti May 9 2006, 04:18:37 UTC

Imagining it said in Japanese: mo-lu-ski-nu. Heh.

mo-ru-su-ki-n forgottenman May 10 2006, 04:18:02 UTC

Translated from the Japanese via Babelfish:

モレスキン or moleskin ( ... )

nocturnalia May 9 2006, 12:27:08 UTC

simply refuse to pronounce it that way on the grounds that it sounds pretentious.

I do!

Things that make you go "hmmm" forgottenman May 10 2006, 04:08:11 UTC

See, I can't decide. What's more pretentious, pronouncing the damn word with a fake Italian accent? or refusing to?

Re: Things that make you go "hmmm" nocturnalia May 10 2006, 11:05:38 UTC

heh heh. Yeah, I know.

I manage to circumvent by calling mine 'my notebook' and downplaying in a cool and unpretentious way the fabulousness of it.

too cool for skool!!!!!

Re: Things that make you go "hmmm" adrian_urquhart May 11 2006, 11:40:52 UTC

I can see this is causing you real consternation. Circumvent this suffering: send the "notebook" to me....