• When people give them money or things: “oh thanks to the god(s)”
• when nothing is given: “there is so much evil in the world”; or “the gods never give us a challenge we can’t overcome”

Why would you think it can only be pronounced with an “uh” at the end? Where did that come from?

I can’t think of any words that end in the hard a (but I’m willing to learn, hence this post).

But words that end in the letter a with the “uh” sound seem to be common:

China Koala Academia Pizza Cicada

I doubt anything will happen. They’re “too big to fail”. people will still want their products and we’ll move on and forget. Like Boeing or Microsoft or Sony or Tesla, Crowdstrike will issue a media release that basically says, “Oh whoops, my bad!” and just keep going.

!upliftingnews@lemmy.world

Crowdstrike
Microsoft

As a former linesman, I get homesick when I see Stobie poles in film or photos.

That’s cool, I’ve come to accept it.

If you have to interact with them, make it as minimal as possible. Otherwise just blank them out; ignore them, don’t look at them, don’t talk to them, don’t notice them.

I have incurable cancer and it’s expected I have ten years or so.

Walking the dog

My son came up with “epilopter” and that’s what we call them now.

It’s a bird’s talon on a tree.

It could be an offering, a warning, a guide, a sign of respect, or a leftover token from a ritual.

Magick is a personal and deeply intimate practice. What has meaning for one person might have none for another.

Two equally plausible explanations:

• aliens
• god(s)

!thesatanictemple@lemmy.world

The One With the Porn Star

police said that because it was a sharply pointed item, it could be used as a weapon

So pencils and screwdrivers are also illegal in the UK?

an order to pay a victims’ surcharge of £154

Who was the victim?

Not allowed to call them “females” any more.

• Death in Brunswick
• Malcolm

Yup