Shir: I'd absolutely love some help. I just need to get some of the letters down first. I'm dyslexic, which I swear is *seriously* getting in the way of learning a whole new alphabet. I never had this much trouble with French, German or Spanish (I thought I had an ear for languages, until I encountered ones from outside of Western Europe).
Every nightmare I have that doesn't revolve around academic failure or public nudity is about that thing. In fact, once I dreamt that it attacked me while I was late for a test and naked.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Aug 20, 2009 5:36:45 am PDT #20144 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Shir - Aug 20, 2009 5:37:51 am PDT #20145 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I'm cannot help but imitating the accent of the person I'm speaking with.
After a week in U.S., my jaws hurt from trying to imitate the accent. But it worked, in a way: people thought I was an American. American with a speech defect, but an American.
Or, possibly, the Americans I came across didn't understand that those tourists have different accents than their own.
javachik - Aug 20, 2009 5:39:42 am PDT #20146 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I'm cannot help but imitating the accent of the person I'm speaking with.
Shir is me.
Hil R. - Aug 20, 2009 5:40:32 am PDT #20147 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
According to several friends who have done this, Barney Frank's phone-answering people are really appreciative if you call his office to let him know that he's awesome. They've been dealing with irate calls all day yesterday and today.
Shir - Aug 20, 2009 5:41:05 am PDT #20148 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Shir: I'd absolutely love some help. I just need to get some of the letters down first. I'm dyslexic, which I swear is *seriously* getting in the way of learning a whole new alphabet. I never had this much trouble with French, German or Spanish (I thought I had an ear for languages, until I encountered ones from outside of Western Europe).
Of course! Email me, and I'll send you my Skype username.
And I have to ask - what is it in Hebrew accents that you find hard to follow?
DCJensen - Aug 20, 2009 5:42:34 am PDT #20149 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
My officemate is a Democrat and also a hunter, and thus owns several guns. I think he's the only person I know who's ever told me that he owns a gun.
Maybe republican gun collectors are afraid Obama's going to have them on a list if they let you know?
Then there's the guys showing up at Obama's visits in Arizona toting their assault rifles over their shoulders.
I DO want those guys on a list. That's bad taste, and therefore a mockable offense.
DCJensen - Aug 20, 2009 5:45:24 am PDT #20150 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
I'm cannot help but imitating the accent of the person I'm speaking with.
Shir is me.
I am she as you are she as you are me and we are all together.
smonster - Aug 20, 2009 6:02:03 am PDT #20151 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Me too with the accent changing thing. I once left my parents a ridiculous and long British-inflected voicemail after watching An Ideal Husband.
Calli - Aug 20, 2009 6:07:01 am PDT #20152 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Maybe republican gun collectors are afraid Obama's going to have them on a list if they let you know?
Silly republicans. I'm the one keeping the list for Obama. (No exceptions! The first name on the list is my nephew's.)
Hil R. - Aug 20, 2009 6:10:51 am PDT #20153 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just put down a set of those interlocking foam tiles in my kitchen, and it makes a huge difference in how long I can comfortably stand there.