Sojourn
Okay, you English majors and spelling bee buffs out there - settle something for Max and me.
Being the wonderfully whimsical person that I fancy myself to be, last night after brushing my teeth and taking out my contacts, I announced to Max, who was laying on the couch out in the living room, that I was "sojourning to the bedroom."
This sparked a funny debate about whether that was the proper use of the word "sojourn."
Max felt like it was not. We agreed that "retiring" would have worked here. I argued that "adjourning" would not, although he insisted it would.
So "sojourn" and "adjourn".....any thoughts on if you can do either "to the bedroom...?"
Being the wonderfully whimsical person that I fancy myself to be, last night after brushing my teeth and taking out my contacts, I announced to Max, who was laying on the couch out in the living room, that I was "sojourning to the bedroom."
This sparked a funny debate about whether that was the proper use of the word "sojourn."
Max felt like it was not. We agreed that "retiring" would have worked here. I argued that "adjourning" would not, although he insisted it would.
So "sojourn" and "adjourn".....any thoughts on if you can do either "to the bedroom...?"
posted by S at 12:18 AM
7 Comments:
I hate to be the diction girl, esp because I'm not always right (and I really like being right). I think max takes this one- adjourn would work better, though sojourn seems ok. I always think of a sojourn as like a trek or an adventure. Like a sojourn to europe, or to the bronx. My favorite mix up is that we showed up to the home of some family friends when i was a lot younger, and the daughter of the family said "welcome to our humble comode..." meaning "abode," but not quite getting there. Here's the dictionary stuff, and I put the third thesaurus one on because it says "hauling ass."
sojourn
n : a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) [syn: visit] v : spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
ad·journ
v. ad·journed, ad·journ·ing, ad·journs
v. tr.
To suspend until a later stated time.
v. intr.
To suspend proceedings to another time or place.
To move from one place to another: After the meal we adjourned to the living room.
Retire (synonyms)
Synonyms: bid farewell, blow, depart, flake off, get, get away, get off, git, go, go away, go out, haul ass, hotfoot, issue, move, move out, quit, retreat, say goodbye, split, withdraw
LOL. Yeah, looks like "adjourn" would work better.
Damn.
Maybe it would be better, but let's face it, correcting you for using something so close is a little uptight... Definately tease him about how many pairs of shoes he owns or something ;)
Nahh, it's just a running joke between the two of us. The other day I discovered he had a gross but hysterical misunderstanding of the word "impale." I'd explain it in more detail but he pleaded with me not to expose him on the blog!
So what's the rule with correcting your SO's grammar/word usage? Are you a total jerk if you do it? Do I still need to endure every time Kevin says 'borrow' when he means 'lend' in silence?
Haha - mixing up "borrow" and "lend" - that's funny. And potentially confusing. I've always corrected, not in a mean way, tho. My favorite is when Max says "heighth."
so adorable. andy doesn't use to many things the wrong way, but he has funny words for things, cuz he's from boston. He calls goosebumps "chicken skin," and ice cream sprinkles "jimmies." It's a little bizarre, but certainly cute. Correcting something that is way wrong like lend vs borrow seems legit. I bite my tongue like every day- I've told my assistant like every day that you spell the word antepartum, not anti-partum (or even anti-pardem), as he insists on spelling it. I keep telling him we aren't against pregnancy, but it doesn't sink in. He also gave me my schedule one day, and my first thing to do, at 7 am, was go to Ground Rounds (for those who don't hang out in hospitals, it's Grand Rounds when people go talk about all the patients at once...).
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