Normalcy is a relatively recent word, dating back only to the mid-1800s. I'm fond of it, but it's used most often in my experience with reference to post-war periods, which explains my fondness.
(Edit: specifically, US politics post WWI)
You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Buffista Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies
Where the Buffistas let their fanfic creative juices flow. May contain erotica.
P.M. Marc - Feb 25, 2003 3:00:09 pm PST #1711 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Fay - Feb 25, 2003 3:00:41 pm PST #1712 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
is struck by thought.
Hang on - was it a pun? Did I just miss that?
t /stupid blonde
Connie Neil - Feb 25, 2003 3:01:40 pm PST #1713 of 10001
brillig
I've come to realize that I grew up in an area that uses more archaic speech than the rest of the country. Most of the spellings I was taught are UK-normal, not US-normal, ie, judgement. "Judgment" just looks utterly wrong to me, and I didn't run into that until college, when suddenly I was getting notes in papers asking why I was using British spelling. I never used the "our" endings, though.
deborah grabien - Feb 25, 2003 3:01:40 pm PST #1714 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Allegedly, anyway. (ducking, running, fearing being chased by UKistas)
not pissed off, but puzzled.
I think (not certain, mind you), that it was our (one half mine, since I'm only half) personal normality/normalcy being poked there, rather than the linguistic end.
erikaj - Feb 25, 2003 3:03:26 pm PST #1715 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
No, hon, it was a feeble joke cause you didn't " normality. So it seemed like you were saying you were all normal in the UK. My bad. So I was all "That's not what I heard," or something. Pretty naff, really.
deborah grabien - Feb 25, 2003 3:03:38 pm PST #1716 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Connie, I've had to make an actual effort over the years to tailor my spellings to the area in which I'm writing things down. College was UK, so that was no problem, but I'd drive NY copy editors insane while galley prep was going on. "-or? -our? make up your mind, lady!"
because I get sloppy, and I forget.
Deena - Feb 25, 2003 3:03:44 pm PST #1717 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
This is interesting, partly because I use "gotten" as well.
Now I'm wondering if it's because of my reading habits... I learned most of my language from books and have startled more than one person by using something archaic that I didn't know was archaic because it was Just Used in the book I read (sure, written in the 1700s, but I don't get your point). At least I stopped using phonics to determine pronunciation.
Fay - Feb 25, 2003 3:05:12 pm PST #1718 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Pretty naff, really.
No, it's just me being dim. Dim dim dim. Like a thing that is dim. Eating Dim Sum. In a room with the curtains drawn. And no lightbulbs.
Deena - Feb 25, 2003 3:05:32 pm PST #1719 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Ah, gray/grey, colour, flavour, judgement!
I love those words, though I always forget which gray is grey. I got very upset with one of my teachers in grade school for telling me colour was spelled wrong.
Connie Neil - Feb 25, 2003 3:06:21 pm PST #1720 of 10001
brillig
FayJay is so darling when she's flustered.