It's sort of similar, syntactically, to saying "I am a Danish" as opposed to "I am Danish".
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Wash: Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion. Kaylee: 'Cause I'm pretty? Wash: 'Cause you're pretty.
'Heart Of Gold'
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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Tom Scola - Nov 20, 2005 7:39:09 am PST #6351 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jesse - Nov 20, 2005 7:39:48 am PST #6352 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Just like that. "I am a Dane" = person. "I am Danish" = person. "I am a Danish" = pastry.
tommyrot - Nov 20, 2005 7:42:05 am PST #6353 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"I am a Danish" = pastry.
And song lyric.
WindSparrow - Nov 20, 2005 7:52:08 am PST #6354 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Wait, there are songs about being pastry?
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2005 7:54:12 am PST #6355 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Stop calling yourselves pastries!
Tom Scola - Nov 20, 2005 7:59:14 am PST #6356 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I once heard a parody of "Rock Me Amadeus", called "Eat Me, I'm a Danish". I don't know if that's what tommyrot is talking about, though.
Nilly - Nov 20, 2005 8:04:11 am PST #6357 of 10001
Swouncing
Thanks P-C and Jesse!
Couldn't he ask anybody before saying that in a speech where he could be recorded?
"I am a Dane" = person. "I am Danish" = person. "I am a Danish" = pastry.
Oh, I love this example and how it makes sense.
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2005 8:04:57 am PST #6358 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Nilly/sense OTP!
Nilly - Nov 20, 2005 8:17:10 am PST #6359 of 10001
Swouncing
Nilly/sense OTP!
So that is why I'm still single? Do you think you can explain this to my mom?
("No, see, she's in love with that piece of English language that works out so beautifully. And they can't get legally married, well, anywhere, and even if they could, this marriage wouldn't bring you the grandchildren you deserve and long for. And the reason I know this is because I'm one of those strangers-on-the-internet-who-aren't-complete-strangers-anymore. Hmm, OK, now how do I say that in Hebrew? In a way that wouldn't make me into a pastry?)
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2005 8:19:14 am PST #6360 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hee. That could work.
Oh, by the by: have you had a chance to read Cryptonomicon ?