>:O

[thejunipertree]

When one wishes to communicate that they are hestitating over something because of being unsure of it or afraid of it, the word that one uses is 'leary'. Not 'weary'.

ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER. DO YOU SPEAK IT?!


argh.
hatehatehate

Also, while I'm on the subject. When an animal is flighty and shy and startles at small sounds, it is 'SKITTISH' not 'SKIDDISH'.

FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!






I hate the internet.

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Re: Umm.

[theepumpkingirl.livejournal.com]

i've also always spelled it leary,
never thought of doing "leery"
because i thought that was a mis-used tense of "leer"
which we know has no link to leary.

Main Entry: leary
variant of leery

Pronunciation Key

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and this is interesting. looks like it could be a neat site:
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/wary.html

Re: Umm.

[jwmfleming.livejournal.com]

Weird. Merriam Webster's online dictionary is where I checked in the first place. Oh well.