"Jotaro." His name felt odd and heavy on his tongue, he could tell the guy was a stranger to foreign names, he added a slight "U" after the "Jo" and lingered on the ending "O", but he looked at him nonetheless.
"Rise and shine. Miissster Freeeman. RIiise and. shiine. Not, that I, wIsh to IMply you have been slEE-ping on. the jo-ob. No-one is more deserving of a ressst. And all the effort in the wORld would have gone to waste, until... well, let's jUst say your hour has. come again... The right man in the wrong pl-Ace. can make ALL the dIFFerENCe. in the world. So, wake up, Miisster Freeman. Wake up and. smell the aashess."
Besides, you're saying it wrong. It's "Levi-O-sa, not "Levio-SA."
—Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Who is who? (I don't know!)
And what is what? (I just don't know!)
And how is this... (Tell me now!)
Appropri-aht? (That's a funny pronunciation if'n I ever heard one...)
And what is what? (I just don't know!)
And how is this... (Tell me now!)
Appropri-aht? (That's a funny pronunciation if'n I ever heard one...)
—Frank Zappa, from You Are What You Is
I often think it's comic-AL
(Fa la la! Fa la la!)
How nature always does contrive
(Fa la la! La!)
That ev'ry boy and ev'ry gal
That's born into the world alive
Is either a little liber-AL
Or else a little conserva-TIYVE!
(Fa la la! Fa la la!)
How nature always does contrive
(Fa la la! La!)
That ev'ry boy and ev'ry gal
That's born into the world alive
Is either a little liber-AL
Or else a little conserva-TIYVE!
—Gilbert and Sullivan, from Iolanthe
"Bird vetch. A plant native to Europe and Asia. An 'in-vah-sive' species to Alaska. Huh. What's an 'in-vah-sive species?"
—Trini, Molly of Denali, "It Came From Beyond"
