Something I just don't get is that he had to spend hundreds of hours watching the last two movies in the editing bays, right? How could you be exposed to that much Jar-Jar and not want to kill him in the most grisly fashion conceivable?
Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.
'Beneath You'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 19, 2005 1:31:23 pm PDT #7187 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
amych - Apr 19, 2005 1:32:33 pm PDT #7188 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
its imperative formatiion is even more irregular: Its singular imperative is «t;va»t;, not «vas».
Actually, it's normal/regular for informal imperatives (of verbs ending in -er, at least) to drop the final S.
Why yes, I really am this boring and pedantic, why do you ask?
Karl - Apr 19, 2005 1:39:03 pm PDT #7189 of 10001
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Ha! Score one for amych -- -er verbs do indeed drop the -s in the singular imperative, except when followed by en or y, as in «vas-y !» or «Manges-en»
Reference: [link]
(search on the phrase "go away" in that page to get to an answer to Susan's original question)
amych - Apr 19, 2005 1:40:56 pm PDT #7190 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Dude, I have to deal with French teachers every day. It's about time there was some benefit in it.
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 1:41:26 pm PDT #7191 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So one might shoo with "Va!" or "Vas-y!"
Sheryl - Apr 19, 2005 1:43:56 pm PDT #7192 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
We're playing hooky from dance group tonight so we can finish cleaning the condo before my folks arrive. Whee...
sarameg - Apr 19, 2005 1:44:39 pm PDT #7193 of 10001
I recall allez-y! from french classes oh,um..15 years ago?
Karl - Apr 19, 2005 1:46:07 pm PDT #7194 of 10001
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Amych, you are eminently more qualified to answer than I am, in that case -- I'm remembering university French from 1986.
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 1:47:01 pm PDT #7195 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I recall allez-y! from french classes oh,um..15 years ago?
The Académie française met and threw it out.
More seriously -- that's the plural/formal imperative.
brenda m - Apr 19, 2005 1:50:28 pm PDT #7196 of 10001
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
If the gun's actually put away, I feel safer than if it's where I can see it. Hell, just the idea that only the people who know it's there can use it is a comfort.
Point. But I'd still prefer that fewer people walking around had them at all.