She was saying it to Marshall, but it was a perfectly acceptable response to the czech's questions as well: "Are you preggers?" "(a)No[=yes in czech]", no need to say a joke to czech dude. In fact, saying it was a joke would confuse czdude more= blow cover.

They are in Mala Strana!

So this person found a letter in which her (let's say) godson talked about looking for something that she'd never heard of, so she assumed it was drugs? Wow. Talk about a one-track mind.

Does one really get camel toes in swimsuits?

Also, I've noticed that apparently the not-quite-camel-toe "smile" is no longer a fashion danger, but rather a goal. Who knew?

Alias: Poor Arvin just has poor taste in buddies.

I will gesture or say something to "give permission" for the argument to go to that next level of intensity

What sort of signals do you give?

Hand-gestures that they should continue; body-language of interest; I'll sometimes ask for a clarification that gets into minutiae, to show that they're just not listening to themselves talk for no reason. I'm not the sort who particulalry enjoys eye-contact, but I use it a lot when I'm trying to prove that I'm both interested and invested in a discussion.

In other news, I skipped Alias! Well, no big loss. You guys will warn me when Baby Assassin is scheduled to guest star again, right? Wossname, Sark.

I am making comfort food for dinner: mashed sweet potatoes with marshmallows melted on top. Best use of an orange vegetable evar!

sara,

your original post said that (a)no=no in Czech. That's why I was confused.

Edited because I just re-read the orignal post that confused me.

Not quite. Czech is in italics. No whitefont, because, HEY, language lesson!

Ano- yes

ne- no

no (abbrv.)- yeah.

Confused yet? Try breaking in the language the first week. Or hell, after a few drinks. I got a lot of extra drinks, had to wiggle out of quite a few mistakenly accepted propositions, and just... trouble. Oh, and there was that free cab ride that I had to flee from. Oy.

Neni zac? It's nothing.

Ack! Did I? Feh.

Gotcha - I edited. In your original post, you said that ano=no (not yes), so that's why I was confused.

Fingers, meet brain. Fingers, obey brain. And yes, I expect you to read it even when it gives you bad signals. Figure out what it really meant.

no (abbrv.)- yeah.

That is super confusing for an English speaker!

Good lord why am I not writing my paper.