Post #1004885
2026-04-08 09:04 UTC
#ScribesAndMakers 8. Victuals?
"Vittles? Don't mind if I do!" Betty excitedly grabbed an algae chaw.
Gozen cocked her head. "You can eat?"
"Darn tootin'! Got taste buds and errythin'. I ken even poop! Well, after a fashion. Me holes're all linked up fer easy cleanin', ya see."
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@pentup@mastodon.art 2026-04-08 10:53
Oh, and I was today years old when I found out that victuals is pronounced "vittles" (and it used to be spelt without the C, too - it came to English from French, without the C, then folks decided to "fix" it back to something more like the Latin, but we kept the pronunciation.)
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@adaddinsane@mastodonapp.uk 2026-04-08 09:16
@pentup