WireWork, novelties from the ride home, and an assortment of links

[skreidle]

Work today involved turning a mess of wires around a door into a very neat set of wire runs. I do good work. :D Work also featured two kinds of free brownies, which is never a bad thing. :) (And I learned that my team leader and one of my teammates have headed to New Zealand for a day to take advantage of a loophole in travel authorizations and time limits on working in Australia. Would've been nice to know this ahead of time, but I rarely get told much of anything--not that I'm bitter or anything. :P)

On the way home from work, I saw a whole mob of kangaroos--at least 15, I'd say, maybe 20--but they all hopped off before I could get any pictures, even though my camera was in my pocket today. :) I also saw some strange megacanoes--6-16 paddlers, with a coach at the tiller on the larger one. Took pictures. Odd. A bit later on the trip home, I got SMSed by Liz (the cute redhead from a while back) who wants to go clubbing this weekend. Woo! :)

And apparently Jillian just saw a preview for Shrek 2, and has rated it "FUCKING AWESOME!!!" :D

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Turing Train Terminal. Yes, that Turing. And model trains. Geeky-nifty.

kelwyn: "I wish I could open a Vietnamese noodle joint called Pho Shizzle, but someone already did." Hee. (Of course, "Pho" isn't pronounced "Fo'", but we'll let that slide. :)

Heart-Shaped Skull looks pretty. Comics and art and whatnot. Rather Tim Burton-esque. :)

From Jillian, ISeeYouPee.com--a variety of entertaining links and such. :)

From Ian of Mac Hall, an interactive art assignment: Cute or Creepy v2. (Well, I'm assuming it'll be cool when it's finished, which should be soon. :)

Comments

[jude.livejournal.com]

(Of course, "Pho" isn't pronounced "Fo'", but we'll let that slide. :)
but it's even funnier if you pronounce it "Fuh shizzle." :P

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[skreidle.livejournal.com]

I got the impression (through my mother and maybe a sister or two) that it was closer to "po" in pronunciation, since there's a Pho Gourmet restaurant about a mile from their houses.

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[jude.livejournal.com]

i'd always heard it pronounced "fuh." as in, Pho Q. (which does not, to the best of my knowledge, exist.) :P but i could be wrong.

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[skreidle.livejournal.com]

See Matt's comment--the accent marks may make a big difference. :)

[weeping-angel.livejournal.com]

and the weird thing is that the people I know pronounce it "pFo" the p is implied/ slurred onto the front it's an odd thing I know. However according to the food critic at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer -

"it doesn't take long for me to be reminded that accent marks make all the difference in the Vietnamese language. (Unfortunately we can't reproduce them in the P-I.) Pho Nuong doesn't serve pho, Hanoi-style beef and rice noodle soup (pronounced "phuh?"). Because of its accent marks and subsequent pronunciation "Pho" -- in this case, actually pronounced "pho" (rhymes with "toe") -- means "downtown," according to my server. "Nuong," he tells me, means "barbecue." Put it all together, you've got "downtown barbecue."

The way I read it - depending on accent marks - (which we cannot reproduce here) the pronunciation vaies (as does the meaning)

either way, "Pho Shizzle" is still a funny name for a resturant.

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[skreidle.livejournal.com]

I blame my mother for my pronunciation, but I believe she got it from the proprietor of the restaurant. But indeed, accent marks seem to make all the difference. :)

[shadowsong.livejournal.com]

the pho place next to my house is called "what the pho". good way to remember how to pronounce it. :)