I will admit, I am one of those people that says “Feb-roo-ary” and flinches an eensy bit when people say “Feb-you-ary”. I know that makes me an asshole because EVERYBODY says “Feb-you-ary”, just like everybody says “laying down” when they mean “lying down”.<\/p>\n
[“Lay” requires a direct object. You can lay your keys down on the counter or lay your baby in a crib or even lay your body down, but when you\u00a0head to the couch to\u00a0take a nap, you’re actually going to\u00a0lie<\/em> down. Even more confusing, the past tense of “lie” is “lay”. (The past tense of “lay” is “laid”.)\u00a0So you can<\/em> say, “I lay down for a nap”, but that would mean you did it before right now. I KNOW. I’M AN ASSHOLE.]<\/p>\n I further know it’s only a matter of time before we reach the tipping point and\u00a0the Grammar Mavens say, “Well, language evolves, and now ‘Feb-you-ary’ and ‘laying down’ are considered correct.” But that day has not yet\u00a0come, so if you notice that I have a tiny facial tic this month, there you go.<\/p>\n You can blame my parents for the above (see my dad’s comment on this post<\/a> from three years ago<\/strong>, which also explains why I use quotation marks the way I do).<\/p>\n Two years ago<\/strong>, I shared with you my magical pit-stank cure<\/a>. Still using it. Still giving myself Alzheimer’s. But\u00a0the ‘heimer’s\u00a0hasn’t hit yet! Still sharp as a marble! Now where in the world did I lie my keys? I’m confused—I need to go lay down.<\/p>\n I “competed” in an Olympic weightlifting meet<\/a> a year ago<\/strong>. I hit 79.2 lbs on the snatch and 107.8 on the clean & jerk. I’m proud to say that my clean & jerk is now 128 pounds, and I snatch 103. That’s right: I have a 103-lb snatch.<\/p>\n Happy Retrobruxist Friday, y’all.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I will admit, I am one of those people that says “Feb-roo-ary” and flinches an eensy bit when people say “Feb-you-ary”. I know that makes me an asshole because EVERYBODY says “Feb-you-ary”, just like everybody says “laying down” when they mean “lying down”. [“Lay” requires a direct object. You can lay your keys down on … Continue reading Retrobruxist Friday 2\/1\/13<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,12],"tags":[33,121,122,120],"class_list":["post-6259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-world-problems","category-liftin-heavy-objects-over-ma-head","tag-crossfit","tag-grammar","tag-im-an-asshole","tag-retrobruxist-friday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6259"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6261,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259\/revisions\/6261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}