Endless Ends

[Endless_Night]

Trust, as well as being individually personalistic, is a one of those very nuanced things.

If you have a liking for someone, you typically extend them a certain amount of trust. That waxes and wanes, hopefully grows as time rolls along. (Usually not so much. )

Real trust, however, at least for me, takes years. I need that time to see and feel reactions to the bumps life throws up. How they interact with others. Do they mean what they say? Are they fair weather friends? Are they honest, with themselves as well as you. If those things are true, at some point things settle into place where I simply accept them, all the way, thorns and all. As they accept me.

The one caveat might be those very rare situations where some crises throws up att the beginning of a relationship and you see their mettle straight up.

Odd how rarely one finds that type of relationship, romantic or otherwise.

It's a gift.

 

[Endless_Night]

Also, when did historical replace historic?

And romantically replace romantic?

This bugs me.

They sound . . . incorrect.

 

[Endless_Night]

Things I should not be allowed around when stressed:

-Gluten-free chocolate chip cookies.
-Chocolate fudge.
-M&Ms.

Basically anything chocolate.

 

[investor2020]

"Also, when did historical replace historic?" . . . it hasn't.

Only by those who choose not to understand the difference ! - "Historical is used as the general term for describing history, such as 'the historical record,' while historic is now usually reserved for important and famous moments in history,"

"And romantically replace romantic?" . . . it hasn't.

Again, only by those who choose not to understand the difference ! - "romantical is of or pertaining to a romantic tendency or character."

And Enny, it's ok to be "bugged" by something that is incorrect !! But just don't rebuke someone who uses the terms incorrectly, they might just make you historical and no longer romantical.

 

[Endless_Night]

And Enny, it's ok to be "bugged" by something that is incorrect !! But just don't rebuke someone who uses the terms incorrectly, they might just make you historical and no longer romantical.

This sounds vaguely traumatizing.

What I find particularly odd is than romantical is considered an archaic usage. I'm always being accused of having an archaic vocabulary - thank you learning to read on old books - but this was one I'd never heard.

 

[hotwords229_A]

Trust, as well as being individually personalistic, is a one of those very nuanced things.

If you have a liking for someone, you typically extend them a certain amount of trust. That waxes and wanes, hopefully grows as time rolls along. (Usually not so much. )

Real trust, however, at least for me, takes years. I need that time to see and feel reactions to the bumps life throws up. How they interact with others. Do they mean what they say? Are they fair weather friends? Are they honest, with themselves as well as you. If those things are true, at some point things settle into place where I simply accept them, all the way, thorns and all. As they accept me.

The one caveat might be those very rare situations where some crises throws up att the beginning of a relationship and you see their mettle straight up.

Odd how rarely one finds that type of relationship, romantic or otherwise.

It's a gift.

And have you received this gift?

I wonder if I feel the same as this. I think it’s more of a feeling than anything else. Sometimes people show you who they are and it’s not a fun surprise, other times it’s a happy shock, but most time, I find, it lands right where I expect.

 

[hotwords229_A]

Also, when did historical replace historic?

And romantically replace romantic?

This bugs me.

They sound . . . incorrect.

Sometimes there is a shift in language and I seem not to be in the loop. Whether it’s pronunciation of a word or usage. There was a mid 1980’s Twilight Zone episode called Word Play where all the meanings of words suddenly changed and only one guy noticed. Of course, it happened on the day his son was rushed to the hospital and he had no idea what anyone was saying. It all worked out, but sometimes society does this to me in small ways.

Also, I’m still trying to figure out if it’s “a historical moment” or “an historical moment”.

I’m not even going to bring up the Who vs. Whom thing. No matter how many times it’s explained to me, I just don’t know how to use it in a sentence.

 

[Endless_Night]

And have you received this gift?

Well, I mean, I would have said this about you, for one.

 

[Endless_Night]

Also, I’m still trying to figure out if it’s “a historical moment” or “an historical moment”.

This still makes no sense with me. History and historic is what rings true to my ear.

I’m not even going to bring up the Who vs. Whom thing. No matter how many times it’s explained to me, I just don’t know how to use it in a sentence.

Laid, lay, lie, lying. No matter how many times I read the rules ---

Nope!

Proper usage simply will not stick in my head.

 

[hotwords229_A]

Well, I mean, I would have said this about you, for one.

Aww.
Normally, when people ask me if they can trust me I always say, “No.”
It makes life so much easier.
But if I earned trust, we’ll, that just feels nice.

This still makes no sense with me. History and historic is what rings true to my ear.


Laid, lay, lie, lying. No matter how many times I read the rules ---

Nope!

Proper usage simply will not stick in my head.

I get the laid, lay, lie, etc. that’s one I understand (somehow).

But a or an before historic, I just don’t know. “A” sounds dumb and “An” sounds pretentious.

 

[Endless_Night]

Normally, when people ask me if they can trust me I always say, “No.”

But if I earned trust, we’ll, that just feels nice.

Awww.

But a or an before historic, I just don’t know. “A” sounds dumb and “An” sounds pretentious.

This one bothers me as well. It's "A" because it begins with a consonant rather than a vowel, with requires the "An".

But. It. Sounds. Weird.

 

[Oralinator]

Alrighty. I am faced with a multiplicity of things I need to accomplish this year. Waaaay too much to cram into one measly little twelve month cycle. So, it’s going to be a case of nose to the grindstone.

A thread to keep me on track seems…not entirely inappropriate.

There are four large projects on my plate:

- The Last Ditch.
- Serious Misgivings. (Also know as Dead Man Walking.)
- Gah! *thunk*
- Project Claw.

The Last Ditch runs all year and will require little here except me dropping in occasionally to utter a suitable expletive.

Serious Misgivings. This one I am trying to think about as little as possible. It runs through mid-September and consists of four sections. None of them fun.

Gah! *thunk* This one...this one is a beast. Not some mundane little mythical creature either, but a chimera of epic proportion. Rather like the Lemurian hydra in nature. You manage to get one thing done only to find two others have popped up in its place.

Six stages, and it won’t really kick off until mid-May.

Project Claw. Arguably the most important item on the list. I have no idea how this little matter will be accomplished. Or how long it will take. Yeah.… *pushes it to the back*


Juuuust to task my keep my sad multitasking skills on their toes, there are a couple of smaller items on the list.

- Digger
- Suck it Up
- File Clerk
- Anaerobic
- Ramses

All of which have to be handled before Gah! *thunk* kicks off. Eesh.

Progress (or lack thereof) will be posted. I hope to update all as marked off the list by the end of the year.

(There's about as much chance as hell freezing over.)


Oh. It’s possible I’ll toss in some book talk and the occasional pondering. The amount of things I ponder is extensive. If I ponder too much, someone have mercy and kick me out. I should be working. Not pondering.


Feel free to stop in and say hello! Old friends and new.

It will be ultra boring.

Promise.


*Thank you EC and others for encouraging this accountability thread!

As my daughter stationed in the Peace Corps in west Africa would say ‘Sounds like a first world problem’.

 

[Wand3rlust]

In normal English, words beginning with an h have 'an' before them rather than 'a'.

I'll see you in an hour.
However, you have a hotel, an historic event, a home.

Usage is what forms language. And so, English will, as it always has, evolve. And so it should. Language is, and always has been, fluid.

 

[Endless_Night]

In normal English, words beginning with an h have 'an' before them rather than 'a'.

I'll see you in an hour.
However, you have a hotel, an historic event, a home.

Usage is what forms language. And so, English will, as it always has, evolve. And so it should. Language is, and always has been, fluid.

Interesting. This made me curious, so I hit my grammar books. So, according to what I read - here at least, because I think some rules vary between the US and Britain - words that begin with h get an 'a' unless the h is silent, in which case the word gets an 'an'.

Hiccup and hot = a
Herb and honor = an

One of the things I love about Lit is the ranging conversation.

 

[Wand3rlust]

Except we say herb. Not erb. A herb.

But other than that it seems fair.

 

[Apisto42]

Yeah, but we say “erb” because then when it’s some dude’s name, we can call them Herb. Makes for less confusion.

Especially in the kitchen.

 

[Wand3rlust]

I can see how that could happen so frequently you would need to change the language to negate it.

 

[Apisto42]

I can see how that could happen so frequently you would need to change the language to negate it.

I blame Shakespeare. Mother fucker spelled his own name 15 different ways, so I think a couple different pronunciations on “Herb” is frankly a-ok.

 

[Wand3rlust]

Of course it is.

I love the English language. It has always evolved, assimilated other languages into it, and will continue to do so.
I also hope other languages are maintained and celebrated.

There is still no excuse for the US pronunciation of buoy though.

 

[Apisto42]

We’re not French. If there’s a letter in a word, we like to say it dammit.

(Yes, I’m obviously ignoring the bijillion other words that also have extraneous letters that aren’t pronounced, but I’m justified in that. It’s all the fault of the French, and by extension the Normans.)

 

[Endless_Night]

There is still no excuse for the US pronunciation of buoy though.

We’re not French. If there’s a letter in a word, we like to say it dammit.

- and by extension the Normans.)

*dying*

 

[Endless_Night]

Six more weeks to go.

Come on, end of 2026!!!

*waves pompoms to give it encouragement*

 

[Endless_Night]

Wow. I remember, couple decades back, reading something that average height in the US for women was 5'5" - which placed me marginally tall.

Current in US:
Women: 5'3.5"
Men: 5'9"

I'm not sure if the original article was on point or some offbeat stats, but it turns out height in the US is, indeed, declining! Not only here, but in a couple of other what they called developed countries.

A variety of factors, naturally, but childhood obesity has been strongly linked. It seems obesity causes the growth plates to close earlier resulting in shorter adults!!!

Maybe it's just that being, easily, the shortest in my family group, makes 5'7.5" seem short. Either way, height in the United States is definitely shrinking. I find that shocking for some reason. I think, perhaps, due to it being vaguely reminiscent of Heinlein's short story The Locusts (1979).

 

[hotwords229_A]

Wow. I remember, couple decades back, reading something that average height in the US for women was 5'5" - which placed me marginally tall.

Current in US:
Women: 5'3.5"
Men: 5'9"

I'm not sure if the original article was on point or some offbeat stats, but it turns out height in the US is, indeed, declining! Not only here, but in a couple of other what they called developed countries.

A variety of factors, naturally, but childhood obesity has been strongly linked. It seems obesity causes the growth plates to close earlier resulting in shorter adults!!!

Maybe it's just that being, easily, the shortest in my family group, makes 5'7.5" seem short. Either way, height in the United States is definitely shrinking. I find that shocking for some reason. I think, perhaps, due to it being vaguely reminiscent of Heinlein's short story The Locusts (1979).

I don’t buy this for a second. People are huge lately, especially kids. I was under the impression all the growth hormones in the food were making people bigger.

Seriously, in public, and around anyone under 30, the majority of people seem much, much taller.

 

[Apisto42]

I don’t buy this for a second. People are huge lately, especially kids. I was under the impression all the growth hormones in the food were making people bigger.

Seriously, in public, and around anyone under 30, the majority of people seem much, much taller.

You’d probably get more useful statistics if you broke out average height by race, ethnicity, and economic groups. America has changed a lot in the last 40 years. Anyone non-white was definitely under represented in older statistics.