You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.

River ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Jesse - Jun 30, 2010 4:04:27 am PDT #9706 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

But I have no problem with her being a sexual creature, nor with the idea of an international bootie call.

And realistically, it seems to me like it's less whorish to travel for cock, assuming you're working somewhere you don't know people, and the people you know are somewhere else. If you see what I'm saying. She's shooting in Bulgaria, so she should pick up a random Bulgarian??

Edit: I mean, assuming you're buying into the culturally-standard slut-shaming, which I am not. I don't care who anyone has sex with, or where they are located.


Jessica - Jun 30, 2010 4:23:18 am PDT #9707 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I've heard both definitions of code-switching, fwiw.

Mainly what I think of when I hear the term is when I used to sit at a desk right next to the Latin America Sales department, and every conversation I overheard was about half Spanish and half English, jumbled together in a way that obviously made sense to the speakers but was a total head-trip for me. (Since my Spanish is not only rusty, but also firmly lodged in the "second language" part of my brain.)

I had the same difficulty watching Monsoon Wedding - every now and then the subtitles would disappear and I'd miss half of the next line before I realized the characters had switched to English.


brenda m - Jun 30, 2010 4:30:00 am PDT #9708 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

You see that a lot in Quebec, but I've never heard code switching in that context.


Sue - Jun 30, 2010 4:36:42 am PDT #9709 of 30001
hip deep in pie

My coworker just asked me a code switching question: If you are referring to a committee with a French name in an English sentence, should the article proceeding it be "the" or "le"?


§ ita § - Jun 30, 2010 4:53:14 am PDT #9710 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

She's shooting in Bulgaria, so she should pick up a random Bulgarian??

When in Rome...

I mean, I'm not mad at her either way, but the idea that she's travelling for known quantities of cock is more respectable.

Mostly I think she wasn't allowed to say the word cock. However, she's already pretended to walk around with semen in her hair, so how prissy is she going to act now?

My home answering machine code-switches and has for years. It's been half in French since...well, almost since I left Montreal. Not quite clear why, but I can't bear to change it. Transferred it verbatim every time.


Jessica - Jun 30, 2010 5:01:55 am PDT #9711 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'd probably say "the" unless the article is part of the committee's name.


Jesse - Jun 30, 2010 5:03:21 am PDT #9712 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I mean, I'm not mad at her either way, but the idea that she's travelling for known quantities of cock is more respectable.

That's what I'm saying.


megan walker - Jun 30, 2010 5:09:02 am PDT #9713 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I'd probably say "the" unless the article is part of the committee's name.

This.

The head of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association said he would consider goal-line technology.


§ ita § - Jun 30, 2010 5:09:53 am PDT #9714 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Cock cock cock cock. The word has lost all meaning....


Lee - Jun 30, 2010 5:16:37 am PDT #9715 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Dick!