Also he thinks linguistic change takes hundreds of years.
OMGWTF? I'm going to google his ass and then blog about him.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Jan 24, 2005 12:34:09 pm PST #237 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
tommyrot - Jan 24, 2005 12:38:54 pm PST #238 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So tomorrow's my court date. I've never been to court before. I'm already all nervous. Should I dress up? Should I always say "your honon" - like, even if I'm just answering a question, should I say, "Yes, your honor"?
I imagine I should suppress my urge to say to the judge, "Woah, I thought all you dudes wore those funky wigs!", huh?
Allyson - Jan 24, 2005 12:39:03 pm PST #239 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Is Allyson around? I have questions and would like to for her to answer if possible.
I am here.
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2005 12:41:01 pm PST #240 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommy, totally call him "honon."
brenda m - Jan 24, 2005 12:41:50 pm PST #241 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
What's it for, Tommyrot, if you don't mind saying. Is this traffic court? I wouldn't worry too much in that case.
Daisy Jane - Jan 24, 2005 12:42:51 pm PST #242 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Can I email you, or you me?
Nutty - Jan 24, 2005 12:44:29 pm PST #243 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Also he thinks linguistic change takes hundreds of years.
FWIW, this is not totally wrong -- major pronunciation shifts tend to take a long time (or else happen suddenly every 500 years for no reason we can explain, depending on your theory) and grammar takes a long time to change usually.
It's just, yeah, everything else you would call linguistic change -- new words, words becoming archaic, change in a word's meaning -- those happen alla time, and instantly, and have since like forever. As anyone who has had to read a government report full of mysterious nonsense-jargon could tell you.
Allyson - Jan 24, 2005 12:44:34 pm PST #244 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Absocertainly!
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tommyrot - Jan 24, 2005 12:47:17 pm PST #245 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What's it for, Tommyrot, if you don't mind saying. Is this traffic court? I wouldn't worry too much in that case.
Yeah. I was driving with a suspended license (because I failed to pay a speeding ticket in Utah). I didn't know my license was suspended, as I never got anything in the mail telling me. That, howerver, was my fault, as I had not updated my license info when I moved. So there's several levels of naughtiness going on here....
brenda m - Jan 24, 2005 12:54:27 pm PST #246 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, I thought that was probably it. Dress nice, speak politely, you'll be fine. Traffic court they're mostly interested in moving you on your way asap.
Assuming you've gotten it unsuspended since, that is. If you get a chance to speak, just say what you said - I was unaware, yadda yadda, I've corrected the problem.