I've never liked "shite" either. It just grates on me.
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
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.
DXMachina - Aug 18, 2005 11:32:22 am PDT #9196 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Glamcookie - Aug 18, 2005 11:33:47 am PDT #9197 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Does shite bother her more than shit?
Yes. Interesting that it bugs others as well.
Jessica - Aug 18, 2005 11:36:11 am PDT #9198 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
There is a new W&G film coming out this fall, I think.
Curse of the Were-Rabbit DH interviewed Nick Park about it a while back.
§ ita § - Aug 18, 2005 11:37:02 am PDT #9199 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It can be cheesy, I guess. I swear like all the places I've lived, so "shite" pales in comparison to "tabernac" in terms of incongruity with my accent.
I don't care either way.
Kat - Aug 18, 2005 11:37:15 am PDT #9200 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
YES! That's it. I was trying to remember what it was called.
Man, my brain is filled with bubbles today.
-t - Aug 18, 2005 11:39:26 am PDT #9201 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
DH says shite, but just because that's what he learned first, I think. It sounds odd, because he doesn't have a South African accent at all.
Eta: on further reflection, he uses both "shit" and "shite" with slightly different meanings. He'll describe something that's nonsense as "utter shite" but if he hits his thumb with a hammer, he'll say "Aynar! Shit!"
Jessica - Aug 18, 2005 11:40:02 am PDT #9202 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I can't remember where I picked up "shite" -- probably Trainspotting. I'm sure it sounds affected, but since I really am using it completely unconsciously, I can't help it.
Glamcookie - Aug 18, 2005 11:41:40 am PDT #9203 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I really am using it completely unconsciously, I can't help it.
This is me, too. I don't use it often but sometimes it just pops out.
brenda m - Aug 18, 2005 11:41:57 am PDT #9204 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
It can be cheesy, I guess. I swear like all the places I've lived, so "shite" pales in comparison to "tabernac" in terms of incongruity with my accent.
See now, tabernac I like. It would be such an obviously intentional usage that it escapes the twee factor, for me.
Kalshane - Aug 18, 2005 11:42:37 am PDT #9205 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I've seen various Kevin Smith movies uncensored, so I'm going to say yeah.
I've seen them censored occasionally and it's just pointless. Just about everything out of Jay's mouth is overdubbed with something really stupid.
I use friggin' a lot, even when I'm not self-censoring. I seem to use it for emphasis when I don't think something is quite f-bomb worthy.
I also tend to use "Fun" in a sarcastic tone of voice when something bad, but not overly surprising or tragic, happens which people have sometimes mistaken for "fuck".
"Fuck a duck!"
My friends and I used to use this one a lot in highschool. We almost died when one of our quieter female friends heard one of us exclaim it and replied in a sultry voice "Quack, quack, baby."
At some point later it evolved into "Fuck a duck with a rusty chainsaw!" but I have no idea why. I just remember that this indicated that the situation was more unfortunate than those that invoked ordinary mallard copulation.