then it turns out it makes up for simple verbs by using complicated nouns.
Then there's the challenge of using different words for counting, depending on the type and shape of the thing you're counting.
Cordelia: You're him. You're Angel's son. Connor: It's not like I got to choose.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
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.
Ginger - Sep 16, 2008 11:15:08 am PDT #8969 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Tom Scola - Sep 16, 2008 11:17:48 am PDT #8970 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Woo! Trader Joe's opens in my neighborhood next week!
Gadget_Girl - Sep 16, 2008 11:20:52 am PDT #8971 of 10003
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
My real name gets me Rifle Panzer Palin. Guess I'd be going after the NRA vote?
sarameg - Sep 16, 2008 11:27:33 am PDT #8972 of 10003
I'm going to go see my brother's PhD defense! Woohoo!
Jesse - Sep 16, 2008 11:28:14 am PDT #8973 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yay!!
Shir - Sep 16, 2008 11:29:58 am PDT #8974 of 10003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Yay sarameg!
§ ita § - Sep 16, 2008 11:30:07 am PDT #8975 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Then there's the challenge of using different words for counting, depending on the type and shape of the thing you're counting.
And different words for the same actions depending on the relative status of the subject and object, in some cases.
God, Japanese was hard. And after a year we still couldn't read a little kid's book.
Cool, sara!
sarameg - Sep 16, 2008 11:31:55 am PDT #8976 of 10003
It'll be short: I get there thursday early afternoon and fly back sunday night. But I get to see the nephews and all that!
Since I get there Thursday, I won't surprise him by showing up at his defense, but I think I won't tell him I'm coming. May tell SIL, as my parents are staying at hotel, & I may see if I can stay at the house.
Gadget_Girl - Sep 16, 2008 11:37:03 am PDT #8977 of 10003
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Wonderful, sarameg!
Emily - Sep 16, 2008 11:38:35 am PDT #8978 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Then there's the challenge of using different words for counting, depending on the type and shape of the thing you're counting.
Oh yeah, I just found out about that! It made me wonder -- do you use the same counting word for penises that you do for bottles and cigarettes, or does that go in a different category?
What? Yes, I have a dirty mind.
"I eat" and "you eat" is the same verb in Hebrew as well (though the "you" changes according to the gender, but it's still the same to the different "you"s).
Well, and Arabic balanced it out by having different verb forms (sometimes) for I (fem), I (masc), you (fem), and you (masc). Oh, and there's a particular noun ending for two of something which is distinct from the plural.
(I'm totally getting into all this language stuff. Sorry.)