[identity profile] cesperanza.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] ds_flashfiction
This is a challenge long-ago suggested by lynnmonster, who writes: I'd love to see a "jewelry" challenge. Ray's bracelet, Stella's earrings, pierced hidden body parts, or what-have-you. (For my own part, I'm terribly excited by the what-have-you...)

Go to it! Stories are due by September 15th at midnight!

Date: 2004-09-02 06:37 pm (UTC)
reginagiraffe: Stick figure of me with long wavy hair and giraffe on shirt. (Default)
From: [personal profile] reginagiraffe
Um, shouldn't that be "jewellery" challenge?

If, you know, we're doing the Canadian thing.

*grins*

Date: 2004-09-02 06:49 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] shayheyred.livejournal.com
No. You're kidding. They don't really spell it that way...do they?

Date: 2004-09-02 06:52 pm (UTC)
reginagiraffe: Stick figure of me with long wavy hair and giraffe on shirt. (Default)
From: [personal profile] reginagiraffe
Yup, they sure do.

I made fun of it when I was visiting friends in Toronto and then it ocurred to me that *she* was Canadian and probably spelled it that way. Oops. (He was American and laughed with me.)

Date: 2004-09-02 06:57 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] shayheyred.livejournal.com
I am amazed, and know not what to say.
It's a little like people who pronounce "athlete" "ath-a-lete." Too many syllables.

Oh well. I'm willing to accept colour and honour, so "jewellery" it is.

Date: 2004-09-02 07:47 pm (UTC)
reginagiraffe: Stick figure of me with long wavy hair and giraffe on shirt. (Default)
From: [personal profile] reginagiraffe
I think it's still pronouced 'jool-ry', it's just got extra letters.

Date: 2004-09-03 03:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] calathea.livejournal.com
Depends where you live. I spell it the English way - jewellery - but I also pronounce it the English way, which means I actually say the w, though very softly. The best phonetic approximation I can manage is that it is jew-ul-ry. The Canadian pronunciation, or at least where I lived, is closer to the US version (jool-ry).

Date: 2004-09-03 06:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenboo.livejournal.com
At least you don't pronounce it jool-er-y. I had a boss (American) who of course spelled the word jewelry and yet pronounced it jool-er-y. Drove me batty.
I mean, I could understand it if she'd grown up with the English spelling, but jeez!!

Date: 2004-09-05 09:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com
Heh, I'm pretty sure I go between jool-ry and jool-er-y pronunciations without noticing.

I'll just go hide over there, will I?

On topic: ooh, neat challenge. *ponders*

Date: 2004-09-02 06:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lynnmonster.livejournal.com
Well, since *I* will probably set *my* story in *Chicago*, I've got the right spelling already.

Pedant.

*g*

Date: 2004-09-02 07:45 pm (UTC)
reginagiraffe: Stick figure of me with long wavy hair and giraffe on shirt. (Default)
From: [personal profile] reginagiraffe
Pendant is a piece of jewelry.

Oh wait, you said 'pedant'. My mistake. *g*

Date: 2004-09-02 07:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] engenda.livejournal.com
Oh dear, it does look wrong spelled jewelry. But the idea of the challenge, intriguing.

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