What's a stor?
But those who had left for America as yound adults had been listening to radio and TV, and and interacting with other humans in English, so their childhood language was preserved.
Because they had been completely separate, you mean?
Wash: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction. Zoe: We live in a space ship, dear. Wash: So?
'Objects In Space'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Apr 28, 2010 12:00:30 pm PDT #25955 of 30001
Because books.
Jesse - Apr 28, 2010 12:03:52 pm PDT #25956 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Stors were these awesome cartoon figures. I hope while I am typing this, someone is getting a link....
Kate P. - Apr 28, 2010 12:04:20 pm PDT #25957 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
And I know Buffistas are all about the debates, but it didn't feel like good faith to me (or erika or DJ) so we called it out.
And I respect that. I know your concern was coming from a good place, and I love you guys for it. Also, when are you going to come to Nashville again? t bats eyelashes
I miss the stors too!
msbelle - Apr 28, 2010 12:04:47 pm PDT #25958 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I'm home because mac got all wild child with the babysitter. poor noodle. he spit on her and pulled at her clothing. Good thing I am staying home tomorrow so I can pick him up from school and try to get a handle on this.
Gudanov - Apr 28, 2010 12:05:37 pm PDT #25959 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I wish I hadn't lost the edited screencaps I made for the WX avatars
Daisy Jane - Apr 28, 2010 12:06:44 pm PDT #25960 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
erikaj - Apr 28, 2010 12:06:55 pm PDT #25961 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
I didn't know that. I never met her then. Fine. I'm a total idiot.
Daisy Jane - Apr 28, 2010 12:09:27 pm PDT #25962 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Don't feel bad erika, that was my (admittidly possibly wrong) impression as well. The last time I remember seeing her post was some other political dust-up.
§ ita § - Apr 28, 2010 12:11:13 pm PDT #25963 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man, we were obsessive about those puppies. I did bloody fist!Fred, headless!Lorne, maybe even William to Spike. That's a lotta pixellation.
Rick - Apr 28, 2010 12:12:12 pm PDT #25964 of 30001
Because they had been completely separate, you mean?
If you mean the languages, yes. For the emigrants, their new language (English) continued to evolve over time, in ways it would be hard for them to strip away in recalling the English they originally learned. But their childhood language was unaffected, in a kind of long term storage (Icebox)because it wasn't in use.
My grandfather was 20 when he left Sweden and 84 the first time he returned. Children liked to hear him talk becasue it was like watching the Swedish version of a victorian costume drama. He pointed out when he returned home tha, ironically, he and his childhood friends now "speak the same English but a different Swedish."