A Recent Conversation With My Family

Posted by Anonymous On 8:23 PM

There's no graceful way to transition from the celebration of the resurrection of Christ to... well... almost anything else. So I won't try.

After church today, we went over to Casa Baker, the residence of Crackhead and the Colonel. There, Beeki had an interesting question for the Crackhead. You see, Crackhead is an English teacher. So whenever a grammar question arises, we take it to her.

Such was the case today as we sat down for lunch. Following my recent bout with vertigo, Beeki said:

Beeki: I have a question: what's the difference between nauseous and nauseated?


Much discussion ensued before the Crackhead brought her dictionary to the table and proceeded to read all the various definitions of nausea. At the dinner table. While we were eating.

It's not that I have a weak stomach. Quite the contrary. I haven't barfed in at least 10 years. I just found it... well, if I'm telling the truth, I suppose I didn't find it all that odd. But I thought you might.

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4 Cachinnations

  1. Beeki Said,

    Just so everyone knows and can use the correct grammar:

    nauseous is a adjective:

    "I feel nauseous."

    Nauseated is a transitive verb:

    "That boat ride nauseated me."

    I feel that my work here is done.

    Posted on 3/24/2008

     
  2. Anonymous Said,

    Anyone have any poop-related questions that we can discuss over dinner next time?

    Posted on 3/24/2008

     
  3. Bibb Leo File Said,

    What would be the nominative singular of the word 'feces'? As in, "These are his feces."

    Would it be something like, "This is his fecis"? Or must one always resort to that tired old standby, "fecal matter," which is still implicitly plural, incidentally.

    Posted on 3/24/2008

     
  4. Douglas Said,

    Sounds like an interesting dinner conversation to me. Sure beats the boring conversations I've had at most company Christmas parties (e.g., do we really want to hear for the umpteenth time how so and so's dad was part of the Battle of the Bulge?).

    Posted on 3/26/2008