"Apron" did the same thing, only in reverse (it was originially "napron" from the same source as "napkin," but the "n" drifted back to the article "a" instead).
Ditto "orange" - formerly norange!
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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.
Fay - Apr 24, 2009 7:06:46 am PDT #7741 of 30000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Barb - Apr 24, 2009 7:09:21 am PDT #7742 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Your friend is probably just feeling the absence of showing something new to people - seems small but hey peoplez are weird.
I guess. What's weird is if I send this same friend links (which is not often), I get the "OMG, you must spend all your time checking out blogs and pop culture sites!" response.
There's no winning so I guess I should just pretend to be clueless.
Polter-Cow - Apr 24, 2009 7:09:24 am PDT #7743 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Holy shit, what the fuck, English.
Connie Neil - Apr 24, 2009 7:10:35 am PDT #7744 of 30000
brillig
Ditto "orange" - formerly norange
Really? I thought "orange" was French, or at least I'm thinking of L'organge.
Connie Neil - Apr 24, 2009 7:12:04 am PDT #7745 of 30000
brillig
Since you're here, Fay, what is the British term for a driver going through a red light? Is it "running a red light," like here in America?
Polter-Cow - Apr 24, 2009 7:12:12 am PDT #7746 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
La naranja!
Steph L. - Apr 24, 2009 7:12:28 am PDT #7747 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Somewhat relatedly, I share a TON of links with my boss, and she always says, "How do you find this stuff???" Just to be safe, so she doesn't guess how much time I spend on teh interwebs trolling for stuff, I always say "Oh a friend sent me the link". That's what b.org and Facebook and LJ really are...right? :)
Hah. I totally do that.
I had to do that with the awful ICCM and mime Web sites that were linked in Natter earlier this week. I mean, they were so bad that I couldn't NOT share, but I had to have a safe explanation of why I knew about them.
I now own a corset, but haven't worn it anywhere yet. Also, I'm pretty sure that when I do, I'll be wearing a camisole under it to add a bit more coverage.
I always wear something under my corset (of course, it's an underbust, so...yeah). But wearing something under it (even if it's an overbust, you can wear a tank top with the straps cut off) keeps the lining of the corset cleaner.
Connie Neil - Apr 24, 2009 7:13:15 am PDT #7748 of 30000
brillig
La naranja!
That's the French for orange? I should Babelfish this sort of thing.
Jessica - Apr 24, 2009 7:15:08 am PDT #7749 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Naranja is Spanish.
Without Googling, I'd guess that at the time of the Norman invasion (when English aquired most of its French), the French was "n'orange" as well.
edit: And Wikipedia tells me it actually comes from Sanskrit nāraṅgaḥ, which means it probably traces all the way back to Proto Indo-European. Way cool!
Polter-Cow - Apr 24, 2009 7:17:30 am PDT #7750 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's the French for orange?
Spanish. But it would explain why it started out as norange. Romance languages!