I've lived in New York City for 18 years... it is odd to me that I am not considered "urban".
Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.
Zoe ,'Serenity'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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.
Trudy Booth - Oct 01, 2007 8:33:52 am PDT #4209 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
Jesse - Oct 01, 2007 8:35:58 am PDT #4210 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Everyone knows "urban" means "black," ita. Sheesh.
Here in PR, oatmeal is everywhere - you can even get it at McDonalds. It's usually a bit sweeter than I like but it's very convenient - especially when your two-year-old loves it.
A former coworker spent some time at a language school in Guatemala (?) last year, and her host family kept offering her Quaker, and she had no idea... until they showed her the actual container. Because of course they were pronouncing Quaker en espanol -- more like quah-care.
brenda m - Oct 01, 2007 8:36:26 am PDT #4211 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
Urban as code for black goes back a while - Network television demographers, IIRC, may have originated it.
[Aside from the Simpsons, context long forgotten:
Lenny: "Pick me, I'm Lenny!
Carl: "Pick me, I'm the urban Lenny!"]
§ ita § - Oct 01, 2007 8:40:49 am PDT #4212 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't know why it irks me more when black people use racial euphemisms than when white people do. But why the fuck do they have to do it?
Then again I have a general beef with descriptions of identity that leave the language with fewer words or fewer ways to be specific.
And that's before you get politically correct.
Porridge is pretty big in Jamaica, or was--we certainly didn't have much cereal growing up. For the kids it was oatmeal or cream of wheat. My father liked cornmeal best, and our dogs were fed leftovers tossed into hot cornmeal porridge every night.
brenda m - Oct 01, 2007 8:42:43 am PDT #4213 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
Mmmm, now I want cornmeal mush.
lisah - Oct 01, 2007 8:45:24 am PDT #4214 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
mmm I love hot breakfast cereals of all varieties.
I had catfish and mashed potatoes for lunch and I am starving still. WTF?
Connie Neil - Oct 01, 2007 8:46:07 am PDT #4215 of 10001
brillig
Mmmm, now I want cornmeal mush.
Oh, god, mush. I have no idea how my Grandma did it, but I cannot recreate it.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 01, 2007 8:46:29 am PDT #4216 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I don't know why it irks me more when black people use racial euphemisms than when white people do. But why the fuck do they have to do it?
I am always overhearing conversations on the bus, and black people are always asking people, "Oh is (this person you are talking about) white or black?" whearas the white people are all like "Um, is she, you know 'urban'?..."
shrift - Oct 01, 2007 8:47:09 am PDT #4217 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Big Brother is watching us: [link]
§ ita § - Oct 01, 2007 8:47:47 am PDT #4218 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Catfish! I haven't had that in forever. Maybe since New Orleans.
Lunch today will be pizza leftovers, as long as my stomach complies.