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.
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
Buffista Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies
Where the Buffistas let their fanfic creative juices flow. May contain erotica.
erikaj - Feb 25, 2003 3:03:26 pm PST #1715 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
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.
erikaj - Feb 25, 2003 3:07:25 pm PST #1721 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, she's cute all the time.
Fay - Feb 25, 2003 3:07:42 pm PST #1722 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
To clarify - I believe that gotten is perfectly standard US usage. But it's archaic UK usage. Ditto normalcy.
Atropa - Feb 25, 2003 3:08:45 pm PST #1723 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
feel like putting recommended music in with this.
But I won't.
A short note at the end of a piece saying "I was listening to such and such" would be lovely - Charles de Lint does that pretty often with his novels. Just please please please don't go the route of "during this particular scene, you MUST be listening to track X on CD blah" ...
... why yes, I once read and reviewed a novel that did just that. Said novel STILL holds the slot of "Worst Thing I've Ever Read. Ever."
Connie Neil - Feb 25, 2003 3:09:12 pm PST #1724 of 10001
brillig
Grey! Yes, I've always spelled it with an "e". I got self conscious about it a while ago and tried to fix it, but now I'm going to claim it as a printed dialect of my home region.
I will use "gotten" in speech, but I avoid writing it except in dialogue. I wonder if it comes from "forgotten" somehow, rootwise. wondering about the connection betrween "forget" and "get"