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Those three little words, that don’t trip lightly off the tongue.
Cindy, one of the “Yoga Babes,”said she watched with great amusement as newscasters bumbled, fumbled, and stuttered over the 16 letter Icelandic word for: Island mountain glacier.
Granted, Eyajafjallajokull does not trip lightly off the tongue and actually, it sticks like a tablespoon of cold peanut butter on the palate.
Worldwide Newscasters on ABC, NBC, PBS, even BBC and C-SPAN attempted, imperiously, to pronounce (sorry, have marbles in my mouth) the Icelandic name of the volcano that has the world in a virtual headlock and a gridlock.
Can you say: Ey-ya-fyat-la-yoh kuht?
The week before, Cindy said she watched Thom, her boyfriend of three months, go spongy as he attempted to link three words to indicate he liked her. Three little words, four easy syllables. Three words said millions of times a day everywhere. And Thom was rendered speechless.
All she did was simply ask how he thought the relationship was going and the stuttering started. Generally garrulous and outgoing, Thom went chalk white and became tongue-tied. It was as though she had asked him to pronounce the 16-letter Icelandic volcano.
The week before, at the Giants Opening Day at PacBell Park, Thom was effusive and excited. He was a verbal volcano. He was all “hum baby” “ bool-yah” “oh yeah”! To say Cindy has suspicions that jovial Thom might be a commitment phobe, is putting it lightly. His Peter Pan tendencies were her first clue. His facile ways to change the subject when the topic of ‘relationship’ came up was another neon sign. Cindy didn't expect Thom to erupt in a fit of passion or poetry. She had just hoped for some pronounced connection and allegiance. He couldn't say a thing.
How about those Giants? Hope springs eternal -and then it dries up - and starts all over. Next?
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” Albert Einstein
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love the analogy, great article, thanks, very cute
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