Comments | comeuppances: Day 109 of 2010

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Day 109 of 2010 - Fare Thee Unwell

Apr 20, 2010 21:05

Today was my last day of classes at Northeastern. It was kinda weird ( Read more... )

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platomapus April 21 2010, 01:51:44 UTC

her real name is heather? never knew and it doesnt fit...even though idk what she looks like.

but YAY that it wasn't anything bad!!! now you can sleep peacefully tonight! apart from my pickle... :/
which isn't looking good, btw. i'm trying my damnedest though!

Wonder no more! comeuppances April 21 2010, 02:09:03 UTC

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Re: Wonder no more! platomapus April 21 2010, 16:15:55 UTC

oh damn. was NOT expecting her to look like that! i was expecting her to at least be fat...

fordmadoxfraud April 21 2010, 13:30:14 UTC

I'm pretty into the democritization of things like those suffixes, so long as they communicate something understandable to their hearers. Sure, "Cheeseburgerpalooza" doesn't communicate much different shade of meaning from "Cheeseburger Fair" (why anyone would have a cheeseburger fair is beyond me--I think I'm just hungry), but it does communicate the finesse (or lack thereof) with language the speaker is pitching, and that of the audience he or she is addressing or wooing. I'm pretty happy making room for most things like this so long as they aren't confusing (like how "disinterested" is losing its original meaning and gradually becoming "uninterested"); we've got the space. It's why our synonymy is so badass, while that of the rest of the world is pretty bullshit.

ravenface April 21 2010, 16:56:24 UTC

I thought of you on the bus. There is an article on Turkish cooking in last week's New Yorker, and at one point a dog comes sniffing around a farmer, and the farmer tells the dog to go away, but...he uses the Turkish word that means, "Go away, dog," since...they have specific words for each animal they want to go away.
I just say, "gwan git!" to a dog or a cat or a chicken or even a prancing, curious ocelot who comes snorting around my greens. Our words just mean, "go away, non-human thing" (which is a pretty big class). The Turks have taken the time to specify!

Also, it says they call turkeys "Indians." in Turkey. Not making that up.