Maybe if it was easier to pronounce, typo. I stumble over it so badly, I lose all sense of the sentence afterward.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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SailAweigh - Jun 05, 2009 10:42:04 am PDT #1650 of 6690
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Scrappy - Jun 05, 2009 10:42:19 am PDT #1651 of 6690
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I know the expression, but if I didn't, I think I would find that usage off-putting. Just having to sound it out in my head was a distraction.
Typo Boy - Jun 05, 2009 10:43:33 am PDT #1652 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
OK, that makes sense. Out it goes. (Really, when I wonder "should I keep this", I should remember that if I have to ask the answer is almost certainly "No".)
Burrell - Jun 05, 2009 10:43:48 am PDT #1653 of 6690
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I suspect you are asking because you think it's too obscure. In which case it's too obscure.
amych - Jun 05, 2009 10:43:59 am PDT #1654 of 6690
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
It's neither familiar nor clear from context to me -- for reference, I'd rate my Yiddish knowledge above average compared to the gen. pop., but nowhere near the level of someone who's actually studied it.
amych - Jun 05, 2009 10:43:59 am PDT #1655 of 6690
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Also, I'm double-posty today.
Burrell - Jun 05, 2009 10:44:11 am PDT #1656 of 6690
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
hah! Like minded cross post.
Gudanov - Jun 05, 2009 10:44:20 am PDT #1657 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
It's not clear to me in that one sentence. In a larger context maybe. I think it is a bit distracting. I'd rate my Yiddish knowledge as nonexistent.
Barb - Jun 05, 2009 2:29:21 pm PDT #1658 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
I've been given an offer of representation.
-t - Jun 05, 2009 2:35:09 pm PDT #1659 of 6690
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay! I hope it works out