Once in a while it's all about a girl in Boston

[sovay]

For the eleventh anniversary of Kittening Day, Hestia was made much of with ham and petting and tomorrow when the day is less frenetic, there will be salmon. Her brother is celebrated in memory, my flower-clawed movie cat.



I will not be attending the reenactment because my plans for tomorrow all involve absolutely not getting out of bed until after noon, but it is true that despite it being the first naval battle of the American Revolution, I had never heard of the Battle of Chelsea Creek. Then again, apparently I have to find out from the internet that I transatlantically pronounce "penalize." An envelope full of lino-printed stickers arrived in the mail from asakiyume.

Comments

[foxmoth]

Beautiful kitty, beautiful memory.

We learned about the Battle? of Menotomy? only three days ago, so...:wry:

[sabotabby]

Extremely noir kitten.

[asakiyume]

The day I mailed those stickers, I also deployed the first one ;-)

Gorgeous photo of Hestia. She's doing here/not here without needing to be boxed.

[umadoshi]

Scritches to Hestia and hugs to you. <3

[selkie]

I do too, I guess from penal colony or something like, that is colonialist from go and would only be said with the long e.
Hail, Hestia!

[pameladean]

Awww, happy birthday to the elegantly-striped Hestia. I think of her brother so often. P.

[genarti]

I just tried to pronounce "penalize" in my head, and came up with both pronunciations in an uneasy equilibrium. Maybe I alternate at random, according to the mysterious exhortations of my soul? I'll see if I can figure it out!

All blessings and love to your soft and watchful guardian of the hearth, and also the window blinds. <3

[gwynnega]

Happy Kittening Day anniversary to Hestia!

[sovay]

Beautiful kitty, beautiful memory.

*hugs*

We learned about the Battle? of Menotomy? only three days ago, so...:wry:

That one I grew up where it was unavoidable (I walked by markers for it on an accidentally daily basis!), but otherwise, legit!

[sovay]

Extremely noir kitten.

Black cats, best cats.

[sovay]

The day I mailed those stickers, I also deployed the first one

Huzzah! spatch has plans for them in Davis.

Gorgeous photo of Hestia. She's doing here/not here without needing to be boxed.

Schrödinger never knew the power of Bird Theater.

[sovay]

Scritches to Hestia and hugs to you.

*hugs*

[sovay]

I do too, I guess from penal colony or something like, that is colonialist from go and would only be said with the long e.

Penalty and penal have always been pronounced with different vowels as long as I've heard them. It had literally never occurred to me that the pronunciation of penalize could split the difference. The verb is built off the adjective, not the noun! It just tacks on the suffix! How is that supposed to change the pronunciation?

Hail, Hestia!

Always!

[sovay]

Awww, happy birthday to the elegantly-striped Hestia. I think of her brother so often.

*hugs*

Thank you.

[sovay]

I just tried to pronounce "penalize" in my head, and came up with both pronunciations in an uneasy equilibrium. Maybe I alternate at random, according to the mysterious exhortations of my soul? I'll see if I can figure it out!

Is it a regional difference? I have some vocabulary which I suspect of switching dialects depending on what sounds better around it, but I don't always notice in the moment.

All blessings and love to your soft and watchful guardian of the hearth, and also the window blinds.

Thank you!

[sovay]

Happy Kittening Day anniversary to Hestia!

On her much-petted behalf, thank you!

[theseatheseatheopensea]

For the eleventh anniversary of Kittening Day, Hestia was made much of with ham and petting and tomorrow when the day is less frenetic, there will be salmon. Her brother is celebrated in memory, my flower-clawed movie cat.

*hugs*

[sovay]

*hugs*

*hugs*