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elvenlaughter

Word of the Day

Oct 08, 2007 21:31

foible: FOY-bell
noun
1. A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character
2. Fencing: the weaker part of a sword blade, from the middle to the point.

Origin: late 16th century (as an adjective in the sense 'feeble'): from obsolete French, in Old French fieble. Both noun senses also formerly occurred as senses of the word feeble and all date ( Read more... )

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tkurogrym October 9 2007, 03:00:57 UTC

I see you're in Paris tonight. Good, good. Have a street vendor crepe on the steps of the Opera House for me. ;)

And will we get regular Words du Jour?

elvenlaughter October 9 2007, 04:35:50 UTC

I love how your picture reflects the subject matter of my post. The crepe was lovely. I got one au chocolat avec un tasse de café que je n'ai pas bu, parce que je n'aime pas le café... mais la crépe soit magnifique! Merci pour la suggestion... (Et pardon le mauvais (sp?) français)
And I hope to continue avec les "Mots du Jour" because it's just kind of fun.
Speaking of pictures, how do you get your mood pics to be something other than the little animated smileys? I'd like to get some HP pics in there.

Frenchness elvenlaughter October 9 2007, 04:37:42 UTC

I think it's actually supposed to be "la crépe a été magnifique" but I can't remember. It's been three years...

Re: Frenchness tkurogrym October 9 2007, 17:24:17 UTC

Honestly, I wouldn't know. I studied German in high school and grad school, and that's about it. (Pathetic, but true. I love languages, though. One of these days I'm going to take El Centro's conversational Spanish courses for faculty...)

As for the icon, feel free to snag it if you need a PotO icon. The creator actually has TONS of beautiful Phantom icons for use in her LJ. (You can find her LJ linked in the comments section for my userpics. I hope. It should be there.)

The mood pics are a pain in the arse. I'm sure you know that LJ has quite a few mood themes available in general, which you can select somewhere under Customize Journal. The specialized ones you can find in sundry communities or personal blogs like crackified. They take some patience to put in place. Here's one set of instructions for how. If you're a member of any fandom-specific communities, you can always ask around for directions to a mood theme of interest ( ... )