'Serenity'
[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Some geek.
I didn't know it was a geeky phrase. Just Scottish. Wait...is it a Star Trek thing, or something?
Not a star trek thing, but he has a history of discussions involving SF&Fantasy, and I wasn't limiting him to being a tech geek, just identifying him as a fellow geek, albeit a higher ranking one. The usage of ken is popular enough in SF&F for me to have picked it up there more than from the original scots.
He also refuses to try watching Firefly, so he is a bit suspect, already.
not worth saying twice
I used to hear it all the time when I lived in Aberdeen. Although it's also possible the people I knew were sci-fi/fantasy nerds.
I got it from living in the UK, no nerdity required.
I think my family says it.
He also refuses to try watching Firefly, so he is a bit suspect, already.
Wierdo.
I got it from living in the UK, no nerdity required.
Uh, yeah. It's a usage that's alive and well, not even a little bit unusual among scots and brits in general.
I think I picked it up from murder mysteries. Like so many things.
Ah, now to teach the rest of the internet the Aberdonia speech patterns.
I think we have had this discussion before. I know "ken" from its usage in American Westerns.