My otherwise beloved husband cannot spell the word "quiet." I married him even knowing this!
It's because you didn't have a strong father figure isn't it?
Joyce ,'Chosen'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
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.
flea - Oct 06, 2010 3:38:43 pm PDT #28033 of 30001
information libertarian
Daisy Jane - Oct 06, 2010 3:40:10 pm PDT #28034 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Also, meara and Plei, I'm so sorry. I have a bit of sad fatigue due to some in-law drama (mine are awesome, just that family is having some inheritance stuff that my backwoods po' ass doesn't understand).
Steph L. - Oct 06, 2010 3:40:25 pm PDT #28035 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And "woah" isn't even how it SOUNDS.
eta No, it doesn't, either!
Zenkitty is right. They both sound like w-sound followed by long o-sound.
"Woah" reads like a 2-syllable word -- wo-a.
WRONG.
Beverly - Oct 06, 2010 3:43:12 pm PDT #28036 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Persay.
Um, ouch.
Jessica - Oct 06, 2010 3:44:16 pm PDT #28037 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I can't get worked up over "free reign" either - how does it change the idiomatic meaning of the phrase? Unrestrained monarch vs unrestrained horse.
§ ita § - Oct 06, 2010 3:45:11 pm PDT #28038 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What the hell does "free reign" even mean?
I assume people think of it as reigning freely, which I can't hate them for. Except, they're wrong.
Zenkitty - Oct 06, 2010 3:45:59 pm PDT #28039 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Unrestrained monarch is more dangerous.
Vortex - Oct 06, 2010 3:46:04 pm PDT #28040 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Hey Zen, you have email if you're online.
Typo Boy - Oct 06, 2010 3:46:44 pm PDT #28041 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Cass
I assume it's like when I was young and would clip a lead rope to my horse's halter and drape it over his neck, lie back and let him wander around the desert while I watched the clouds.
Was this horse, by any chance, unnamed?
Steph L. - Oct 06, 2010 3:47:53 pm PDT #28042 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Well, a horse with a rider is generally under the rider's control at all times, unless and until the rider gives the horse free rein (or the horse bucks the rider off or the rapture occurs, or whatever). But for the most part, the vast majority of the time, the horse is not the one in charge.
A monarch tends to be the one in charge fairly well all of the time. I know, I know, it's more complicated than that, but I think the cliche isn't really derived from the fiddly bits of politics involving monarchies and the issue of Parliament vs. the Windsors.
"Free reign" is a given. (At least, when it comes to cliches.) "Free rein" is not. (Ditto.)