NERD Alert

Too ridiculous not to be shared... An IM convo between Kathryn and myself:

kathryn (10:45:16 AM): crap, it's "accent egu"
Cookie (10:45:29 AM): not in french it's not
kathryn (10:45:34 AM): yes it is!
kathryn (10:45:40 AM): with an accent egu over the e :-)
Cookie (10:45:48 AM): hm - that's not how i was taught to spell it
kathryn (10:45:54 AM): damn canadian french ;-)
kathryn (10:46:32 AM): I see both spellings online
Cookie (10:46:46 AM): also...
Cookie (10:46:47 AM): aigue
kathryn (10:46:52 AM): cool
Cookie (10:46:52 AM): i wasn't sure about the e on the end
Cookie (10:46:54 AM): meh
kathryn (10:46:56 AM): yeah
kathryn (10:46:59 AM): beh
kathryn (10:47:02 AM): TME to figure it out
Cookie (10:47:51 AM): http://french.about.com/library/pronunciation/bl-pronunciation-accents.htm
Cookie (10:47:59 AM): that's how i learned it
kathryn (10:48:15 AM): yeah, I prolly learned the english spelling
Cookie (10:48:16 AM): egu seems phonetic
kathryn (10:48:25 AM): yes, but I see it out there
Cookie (10:48:29 AM): me too
kathryn (10:48:30 AM): aigu seems phonetic as well
kathryn (10:48:36 AM): not saying, just saying :-)
Cookie (10:48:40 AM): ok, by the way...
kathryn (10:48:42 AM): I believe my version is english
kathryn (10:48:43 AM): ?
Cookie (10:48:44 AM): i might have to post this conversation
kathryn (10:48:48 AM): LOL
Cookie (10:48:48 AM): it's SOOO dorky
kathryn (10:48:50 AM): nerds in paradise