That stream of unconsiousness brought to you by someone who should be asleep, but isn't because he's not quite right in the head.

Personally, I hate expositon about language in Sci Fi.

And I hate sloppy worldbuilding, so I guess we're both disappointed.

The last time someone around you sneezed, did someone say "Gesundheit"?

Actually, no. And Cincinnati is a city with very strong German roots.

But that isn't my point. In establishing the setting in a work of fiction, incongruous elements are bound to make some readers/viewers confused. It's easier, in a way, in science fiction like Farscape or Star Trek where entirely new races/species/languages are created out of whole cloth. They don't have a pre-existing context in the viewer's mind, so they're less likely to trip them up.

t edit Or what Jess said about sloppy worldbuilding. I'm just going to start posting a picture of me pointing at her posts.

I just can't help wondering how many people tuned in to Firefly and wondered "What's with all the Chinese?" It kept making me think I just wasn't understanding the dialogue, that they were mumbling like Seth Cohen, because in a sci-fi show with strong American West overtones, I wasn't expecting any other language. I'd have to rewind and put the closed-captioning on to figure out that I wasn't supposed to understand it.

I didn't have a problem with the Chinese, but I can't remember why not. I sort of hoped that they'd get more into that as the series went on.

I loved the language though. And I kept expecting Mal or Jayne to start talking about people falling out rather than fainting or passing out. I just thought of that because when I went to the CPR training at work I realized that the whole class no one ever said fainted or passed out. Just variations of fell out.

I missed a birthday?

Happy (Belated) Birthday, D.!

So. we had our first house guest - which meant we had to make what will become the music/guest room habitable. unexpectedly, makeing that room habitable has made me fell 100x better about the house. Not sure what is going to happen with the 25- 30 boxes in the gargae, but I didn't know how much haveing a room of boxes bothered me.

Newscaster just now, on local tv:

"Chihuahuas are known for being hunters."

Bwahahahaha!

awww... today I was holding a little tiny chihauhua named annabelle. 2.5 lbs and about 11 wks old. yes, she is a mighty hunter when it comes to liver snacks.

Daniel has a new tag. Dong ma?