a linguistic sidenote

When I say the word "cockroach," I add an extra 'a' syllable in there. "Cock-a-roach." I don't know where I picked this habit up; its just the way I've always said it. It wasn't until I heard people out here saying it that I realized the extra a is not in the word, and most people say it properly with 2 syllables. Now the linguist in me can detect a very faint sound between the k and the r that just naturally occurs because of the way our tongues work so I can see how that could get exaggerated into a full extra syllable in some dialects.

The reason I bring this up is because the other night, I wake up to find a cockaroach on me. Yes, it was fucking ON me! Crawling around on my shoulder like he owned the place. In my panic I flicked him off in the direction of Logan's cot. Logan was awake enough to realize what happened, and now a minor freak out turned into a major freak out as our scampering around trying to stomp the thing woke everyone else up, who in turn were grossed out by the fact there were cockaroaches in our basement. It was quite a sight to see. Or hear, since the lights were out.

My you-tube training prompted me to grab my camera to record the incident. I'd post it, but you really can't see anything (no night vision or lights on this thing, after all) and the audio is NOT family friendly, so I think I'll just leave that one on the hard drive for a while. G'night.