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Life Lesson for today: How to pronounce the name Siobhan. How do you pronounce Siobhan? Simple, it's "Shi vaun." Most of the time I tell people it's pronounced like the material chiffon, except with a "v" sound instead of an "f." Turns out folks are less tailor friendly than you'd think--many haven't heard of chiffon, so I have an image here:
It's a sheer fabric that can be made from lots of different types of materials.
check:
The Fashion Blog
Anyways, the name Siobhan is Irish Gaelic, and I'm biding the time until I can move to Ireland for a couple of years just so I don't have to deal (people have moved for worse reasons) with blank stares, requests to spell it, and, my favorite: "But that's a black person's name."
Today's funky word: Sybarite. Sybarite means "lover of luxury," according to my Barron's GRE book. Kind of similar to an epicurean, except a little more hedonistic. Sorry, I know that's a lot of Greek:)
Today's quote: "Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator."
Niiiice, right?
10 comments:
Haha. That is awesome. Chiffon.
I really enjoy the word of the day part, keep that up!
You should write about why California is not as high on the list of unemployed as Michigan! :P
Who do the feet belong to?
LOVED IT. I followed up your link on chiffon. Turns out I knew NOTHING about it, and now know everything I could ever want to know! It's so exciting.
I also appreciated the Greek. Keep that up :p
I agree with Hannah. Go with that one next time. Unless you have something else burning up inside that you need to put on your blog ;)
chiffon! you fuhnny-cool thing you. to be honest i couldnt follow all the greek, but i'll work on it. i enjoyed the haiku the most. refrigerator. :) i also like your feet picture. artsy!
"Shove on,"
I love your blog! Eaglevision loves your blog. Just wait till this thing gets your JSBC-TV video on it!
martha! and (courtney?) thanks for the positive affirmation. ok my newest post will have some more unknown facts for you marth (but not about material i suppose)
ooooh jessy i know! that'll knock everyone out
Just remember, it could have been Graine. Pronounced "gran-ya"...yep, your dad was talking about both those names!
I love the new blog!
Du ar sa flinka och sota och jag skratter som en pinsvin nar jag laser vad du skriver. Yuk, yuk!
Med karlighet,
Din Papa
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