Is anyone else watching The Next Food Network Star? I really hope the cute semi-Jake Gyllenhaal-looking guy can keep getting better. But will they have another fairly bland white guy win? I also hope the obnoxious bald guy goes soon.
I think what my daughter's trying to say is: nyah nyah nyah nyah.
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
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.
Jesse - Apr 09, 2006 4:27:30 pm PDT #9761 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Apr 09, 2006 4:28:30 pm PDT #9762 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Survivor.
Let's see if I can get "I Will Survive" out of my head now. Chances are slim.
I remember a handful of Mahgreb-Arabic words. Some of the ones Fay posted, and "Agi" with a "g" like George. Meaning come here, and used with a hand gesture that looks kinda like our shooing.
Cashmere - Apr 09, 2006 4:28:46 pm PDT #9763 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
My brother went to language school when he joined the Navy right out of high school, and learned Farsi.
Owen's going to the sitter one day a week with out friend's 2 year old son who speaks Farsi (his dad is Iranian). I figure if they grow up together, Owen will at least learn to swear in Farsi.
Strega - Apr 09, 2006 4:30:16 pm PDT #9764 of 10001
He wasn't dating her? He proposed to someone he just knew? Huh.
Oh no, he's known her for 15 years. They've dated for intervals during that time, just not lately. It sounds more insane when summed up than it is. I think.
[Supernatural] Hm. Striga seems to be a "noxious weed." Oh, wait: " Latin striga and Italian strega also derives from hedge." So the words are related. Was it an evil plant? Because that would be kind of awesome.
ETA: ack, wrong whitefont code.
Jesse - Apr 09, 2006 4:33:02 pm PDT #9765 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I always think Strega Nona. Is that wrong?
SailAweigh - Apr 09, 2006 4:38:09 pm PDT #9766 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Strega:
It did appear kind of plant-like when it's first introduced. You see something that looks like tree branches in a window and then it turns out to be a hand. It was nicely creepy.
Trudy Booth - Apr 09, 2006 4:40:18 pm PDT #9767 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Anyone watching Law & Order du jour ? Writers can't tell the difference between a vulcan mind mold and a jedi mind trick? Bad Geeks.
brenda m - Apr 09, 2006 4:41:23 pm PDT #9768 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
Yeah, that made me scratch my head.
§ ita § - Apr 09, 2006 4:43:18 pm PDT #9769 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They've dated for intervals during that time, just not lately. It sounds more insane when summed up than it is. I think.
No, I like it. It's very charming.
Aha! It was a shtriga on Supernatural.
SailAweigh - Apr 09, 2006 4:50:44 pm PDT #9770 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I think you're right that it was a shtriga on the show, but I think they spelled it striga. When I looked it up on wikipedia, it sounded like it had earlier root derivations. The Albanian shtriga is related to other witch/vampires such as the Romanian striga and the Roman strix. Of course, my eyes and my hearing isn't so good, if you think they actually used shtriga, they probably did.