Working for Auntie Beeb has ruined me for American spell-checkers. Colour. Theatre. Programme.
If you want me to leave, you can put your hands on my hot, tight little body and make me.
Spike ,'Get It Done'
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.
Jessica - Apr 29, 2010 1:29:42 pm PDT #26314 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2010 1:32:47 pm PDT #26315 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
HOW DID I NOT NOTICE YOU GUYS WRITE IT MUSTACHE? That's so ugly.
A couple months ago I was hanging out with a Canadian and a Scot transplant and I was regaling them with tales of American horror spelling, even though the Canadian swore he'd adopted the way of the masses. The Scot was all "traveler???? For real???" It was very traumatic for us all. I still play a strange juggling game with the word "favorite" since it's a label in the web application I work with. When I describe it, I often spell it favourite, but I quote it "favorite." Which is different from my previous jobs in the US, where I stuck faithfully to US spelling in business documentation. Not sure why that changed.
Cass - Apr 29, 2010 1:36:46 pm PDT #26316 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
That's so ugly.
As are so many mustaches, tragically.
Dana - Apr 29, 2010 1:37:14 pm PDT #26317 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
HOW DID I NOT NOTICE YOU GUYS WRITE IT MUSTACHE?
Does the first syllable rhyme with "mouse"? or "mousse"? Or any other sound?
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2010 1:38:38 pm PDT #26318 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does the first syllable rhyme with "mouse"? or "mousse"? Or any other sound?
GHOTI.
IJS.
Amy - Apr 29, 2010 1:39:16 pm PDT #26319 of 30001
Because books.
I'm copyediting a cozy British mystery right now and I have to retain British spelling (and not use a serial comma!), and it's driving me nuts. All those extra letters! My red pencil hand is all twitchy.
Dana - Apr 29, 2010 1:39:46 pm PDT #26320 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
IJS.
Speak English!
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2010 1:41:42 pm PDT #26321 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm copyediting a cozy British mystery
I think you mean a cosy British mystery, ma'am.
And yet I'm a devotee of the Oxford comma. I wish I had an iota of consistency, but I fear that ship has sailed.
eta:
Speak English!
Or American????
tommyrot - Apr 29, 2010 1:42:54 pm PDT #26322 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If GHOTI is good enough for Bat Man, it's good enough for me.
Amy - Apr 29, 2010 1:47:03 pm PDT #26323 of 30001
Because books.
I think you mean a cosy British mystery, ma'am.
She hasn't used the word coz/sy!
Ooh, look at that horror. That's the stuff of nightmares.