Me: So how is the J.K. Rowling book?
Husband: It's okay - it's a lot like "Midsomer Murders" without the murders. The weird machinations of an English village. Is that MAK-inations or MACH-inations? That's one of those words your read all the time but never actually say.
Me: Don't ask me - you know I always mispronounce words. Want me to look it up - they have audio pronunciation.
Husband: No - I don't need to know. It's not like I use it a lot in conversation. Of course it could become my new favorite word and I could just throw it in anywhere "...all those machinations - you know the people from Machina.."
Me: The people from Machina...? ::Wild cackling, choking, table thumping laughter:: The people from Machina??
Husband: *Laughing* Yeah that would probably be spelled "ian" not "ion"
Me and Husband: ::More crazy laughter::
