More Fun with Language

[revena]

I was talking to Jameson about the "set/step" thing last night, and then observed after a while that I was feeling logy, which got me an immediate "wtf?" reaction. Oh, English! You never stop being hard to understand! So here are a couple of things that I say that other people around me totally don't (and often don't grok, either). I think I picked them up from my Utah-raised parents, maybe?

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Comments

[shiv5468.livejournal.com]

I presume this is some slang you younglings use.

[revena.livejournal.com]

Well, I am always on the cutting edge of cool...

[scatteredgray.livejournal.com]

I have never heard either of these.

[revena.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't think you're alone in that.

[cavalaxis]

"logy" I've never heard of, "hairy eyeball" I have, and "step foot" sounds like either a non-English speaker, or a ninth grader trying to write fanfic and sound all ~hand waves~, as we all did at one point and time.

[revena.livejournal.com]

I didn't know about fanfiction when I was in ninth grade. Thank god. I did write some really awful poetry, though.

[aphrodeia.livejournal.com]

"Logy" is one I've never heard before. How interesting!

[revena.livejournal.com]

My mom says it a lot, but I don't know that I've heard it from anyone outside my immediate family.

[cabell.livejournal.com]

I would say "with hostility" rather than "dubiously," but I have a sense of the word.

[revena.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's probably a better definition, really.

[snarkypants.livejournal.com]

I've heard/used both words, but I didn't get 'em from my Utah forebears. I heard "logy" on The Simpsons, and read "hairy eyeball" in a book once, about the time I started hearing "stink eye" used in the same sense.

[revena.livejournal.com]

The Simpsons, eh? The finest in educational television! ;-)

[raghnaid.livejournal.com]

but how do you pronounce "logy?" i use a long 'o', like low-gy.

[revena.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's how I pronounce it.

Also, hey! Long time no see!

[raghnaid.livejournal.com]

i know, i know. i'm really diligent about my lurking, though! i may not feel like i have anything to say, but i'm here every day and my thoughts are with you, fer sure. "logy" i just had to weigh in on, i guess. :D

[revena.livejournal.com]

It's an important concept!

[almostsophie.livejournal.com]

I only know "logy" from the Simpsons. I can't remember hearing anyone use it around here. I do hear "hairy eyeball" occasionally, though.

[therem.livejournal.com]

"Logy" definitely isn't just a Utah thing. I've heard it plenty, and I live in Vermont. EtymOnline says it might be from Dutch "log, meaning heavy or dull."