Tuesday, August 2

A Clarification

weary ( P ) Pronunciation Key (wîr'ee)
adj. wea·ri·er, wea·ri·est
1.Physically or mentally fatigued.
2.Expressive of or prompted by fatigue: a weary smile.
3.Having one's interest, forbearance, or indulgence worn out: weary of delays.
4.Causing fatigue; tiresome: a weary wait.

wary ( P ) Pronunciation Key (wâr'ee)
adj. war·i·er, war·i·est
1.On guard; watchful: taught to be wary of strangers.
2.Characterized by caution: a wary glance at the black clouds.

Please note the distinction and adjust speech and writing accordingly.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hehehe. At work, there's a Unix-style system that I have to use, and there's a command called "LIST-LINES", and sometimes when I'm typing fast I'll type "LIST-LIENS" and each and every time I do so, I giggle to myself thinking if the program could actually do it. Hehehe.

Dennis

Anonymous said...

Also, my sister made this word error last weekend and I pointed it out with a clever know-it-all devil-may-care attitude.

Dennis

Anonymous said...

I'm weary of this lack of updates. How do you like DEM apples?

Anonymous said...

Neill, perhaps you should be wary. Who knows what this silence bodes?

Dennis

Zach said...

Oh yeah, Neill? I'm weary of your not having a blog! Apples!

neill said...

I meet your challenge, sir, and present you four of the lamest, most totally banal "postings" ever conceived of by man.