I do hehehehehehe as the short B&B kind of laugh and wasn't insulted. I have also been told I have a "machine gun" laugh and hehehehehehe sort of fits that bill, too.

my name is master's pet. my Master is Sir Kicksyourass. W/we are looking forward to meeting Y/you A/all at the next event lol. i hope W/we make many new friends, if i am not too naughty hehehehe. See Y/you soon! smiles

I think the "Y/you" bothers me much more than the "W/we." Because it's imposing the capitalization rules that this couple uses for themselves onto other people.

Three more days until I speak at the math conference. Anxiety level rapidly rising.

Speaking of English...

From yesterday's broadcast of "Midmorning" on Minnesota Public Radio:

Every year has its buzz words, and 2008 was no different. Midmorning word guru Anatoly Liberman takes a look at some of this year's buzz words, and the effort to reform English spelling. And as always, he'll answer listener questions about words and word origins.

Anatoly Liberman: professor in the Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch at the University of Minnesota. His new book, "an Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology," came out in March.

The [link] can get you to a podcast of the discussion, or listen online.

I think the "Y/you" bothers me much more than the "W/we." Because it's imposing the capitalization rules that this couple uses for themselves onto other people

"Grammar play" should be listed along with anything else, you know? FULLY CONSENTING, people.

We seem to be approaching 10,000 COMM incidents. I wonder how much that is in accumulated paper towels used?

I don't know if Gunga Din could ever not be funny.

well there was that time my (now ex) husband sent an email to the entire (mostly Indian expat) company thanking the front desk for straightening out a water delivery problem with "you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din."

they said they fired him for tardiness. heheheheheheheheh.

the moral of the story is: know the full meaning of your literary references.

Um, Tep? I can only assume that, because you capitalized it, Gunga Din is a dom's name?

Because that seems like a very odd/counter-intuitive choice to me. Wasn't Gunga Din a servant in the poem?

I can only assume that he wants people to keep saying "You're a better man than I am."

Some of them are praying for such an opportunity.

Alas, yes. Thus the fallback to plan B of SHOOTING THEM IN THE FUCKING HEAD. Because rewarding this grammar abuse is not cricket.

well there was that time my (now ex) husband sent an email to the entire (mostly Indian expat) company thanking the front desk for straightening out a water delivery problem with "you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din."

Good grief. Spectacular.

Teppy, I entirely agree - risibility really wouldn't be cranking up the hot for me. But I confess I am loving the notion of playing Make Up Your DomName.

Sir Spanksalot.

The Punisher.

The Dark Master. (....BATOR!)

The Mighty Boosh.

Zod.

...heh. This could keep me amused indefinitely.

Um, Tep? I can only assume that, because you capitalized it, Gunga Din is a dom's name?

Because that seems like a very odd/counter-intuitive choice to me. Wasn't Gunga Din a servant in the poem?

Ooops. I didn't explain properly. That's part of why I laughed. (The other part being, oh god, why do doms try to make themselves sound lofty with weird-ass names? And the women dominants are just as bad as the men -- I can't keep a straight face when I'm introduced to "Goddess" so-and-so.)

Of course, being a switch, I can't really take any sort of title, other than The One Who Laughs At Everyone's Name.

A lot of people take scene names because they -- understandably, especially here, the land of uber-conservativism -- don't want to be outed with their real name. The Boy's best friend goes by "Jasper," which is not his real name. But he also doesn't put "Lord King Mack Daddy" in front of it, either.

I kept meaning to use Teppy as my scene name, but I kept forgetting, so everyone knows me as Steph.

The Punisher.

You know, I don't know why no one has used this! I mean, I'm sure that someone, somewhere, has. Just no one I've met. I think if I met someone who said "Hi, I'm The Punisher," I'd have to high-five him.