Just for you, dahling (and, and for Aesiron, too, since I know he wants to see it) - my list of more uncommonly confused words, which occur in writing instead of speech:
panic and penis photographic and pornographic
audible and edible (“he was barely edible” - Writing class, '94)
bi-polar and bi-lopar (“I’ve recently been diagnosed with bi-lopar disorder” - Writing class, '94)
oscillating and ovulating (“I bought a new ovulating fan” - English class, 96)
cod and cock (not yet, Aesiron, but it could happen)
Malapropism abounds. Penis ensues.
I still can’t tell them apart. Granted, aside from whichever one was on *Friends *for a few years as Monica’s boyfriend, I don’t think I’ve seen either one since the early 1980s, when I was still in diapers.
Having seen neither of you, I remember you both as “gay, male, with a bear in your names”.
However, I do think you’re the one who refers to his SO as a big fuzzy teddy bear. Either that or that’s what you’d like him to be. Am I right there at least?
I forgot about Raquel Welch and Raquel Darrian. One is a porn star, the other is a mainstream actress. This cracks my boyfriend up every single time.
Also Morgan Freeman and Morgan Fairchild, even though Morgan Freeman is my favorite black actor and I barely know who Morgan Fairchild is. As a matter of fact I just had to ask someone to remind me before I posted this.
I refer to him as ACBG, short for A Certain Burly Gentleman. Also, I call him critter a lot. Believe it or not he likes it when I call him critter. He’s weird. I find that attractive.
I didn’t post to make you admit you email me (who would be envious of that?), but to get a dig in at you for confusing Alessan and me. That you didn’t specify which of us was which just allowed a more droll punchline. 'twas just a joke.
“Hmm, well, I could specify Aesiron as my e-mail buddy, but he might not want me to bandy that about. I don’t think he’d mind, but stil… Or, I could not do it and have him make fun of me.”
In the end, I decided I’d rather have you make fun of me than risk offending you. I set myself up pretty good, didn’t I?