I'm not very good at telling what's an ESL error, and what's just being bad at your mother tongue, but I just read an otherwise unremarkable story where they used "sign" where it seems they meant "sigh". That's really confusing, but why would everyone be signing wehn they're exasperated, even though they're also using their voices?
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§ ita § - Jan 28, 2012 5:02:19 am PST #23808 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 28, 2012 7:58:15 am PST #23809 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I was reading an otherwise serviceable multi-chapter college AU the other day and got thrown out of it by Dean "putting a kettle on" to wake himself up in the morning. Um, NO, Limey McBritishism, not unless this AU's backstory includes the US never fighting the Revolutionary War.
Juliebird - Jan 28, 2012 8:22:14 am PST #23810 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Matt's kettle is my whilst. I'm working on ignoring it, but it's still jarring. Also, canonically, Dean doesn't drink tea.
Isn't there a website for Britishisms/Americanisms? There has to be! I've picked up things like saying University. I delight in dropping the "the". Car park still throws me because the words evoke "action" and not "place" and me and the operations guy have lots of fun poking fun at each other. I love "boot".
Laga - Jan 28, 2012 8:31:26 am PST #23811 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I went to see Billy Elliott with a Brit and had to ask why she laughed so hard when the girl offered to show Billy her "fanny".
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2012 8:35:27 am PST #23812 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm totally crap at noticing those things. Not moving to the US until I was in my 20s will do that for you.
Juliebird - Jan 28, 2012 8:41:17 am PST #23813 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Fanny isn't American? That's what my mum always used to talk about bums. So I always thought my godmother's name was hilarious.
Laga - Jan 28, 2012 8:46:22 am PST #23814 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
In the US your fanny is your bum. You might have noticed in the "merkin" clip that Lucy Lawless referred to them as "fanny covers".
Juliebird - Jan 28, 2012 8:57:23 am PST #23815 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
So why did your Brit friend find it funny?
tiggy - Jan 28, 2012 9:00:59 am PST #23816 of 30002
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
in the UK fanny isn't a bum, Juliebird. it's what we Americans would casually call a vajayjay these days.
Laga - Jan 28, 2012 9:01:08 am PST #23817 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
In the context of the scene it's a lot funnier that she's offering to show him her lady-parts as opposed to her bum.