considerations

[snugbug42]

a thought-- the use of chatting/texting speech is the foil of creating a creole... the youngest generation is paring down the language to what they consider the essentials, creating a dialect of sorts. In creating a creole, the youngest speakers of a pidgen fill in grammar regulations and conjunctives, where in text speech, those are the first

Comments

[sam_stil]

This song comes from pain. More specifically, the flashback scene in "Shells", following Winifred Burkle's most untimely death. Goddamnit Joss.

[bonniecharlie]

goddamnit sam

[__gilded_lace]

Sam.

We're having a Buffy-vention.

[not_a_girl]

You're getting married?! Yay! You have to share pics of dress and especially shoes, as I know you'll have fantastic choices.

As to parents...that's tough. One humble suggestion? If it might make you feel better, find someone older to be a mentor, like a mom and dad should be. It can be really nice.

[keety531]

So: On the subject of chatting, which is both my bane and my loving mistress