It does take courage to ask but I can't think of anyone braver than you, Jilli.

Ahahahahahaha. Ha. Um. Thank you for that very kind compliment. I haven't felt very brave lately.

It's as much for them as it is for you.

I know that, really I do. But thank you for reminding me.

Jilli, what P-C said. It's customary in my family to give a sympathy card with some money if there has been a loss, especially if there has been a financial hardship. You're internet friends haven't had the opportunity to do that for you and your dad, so I think the paypal link is a great idea. I'm sorry your dad is in a difficult position.

Okay, I made the post on LJ. Now to link it through my other social networking sites, and keep my fingers crossed that people don't think I'm an ass for doing this.

Crossing fingers for you, Jilli.

And those who think you're an ass because of it, well, all I'm saying is that I might have to talk with them. Privately. With a knitting needle.

Shir, I love your mearas and I wouldn't do this unless I'd heard you ask for English pointers in the past.

homely = not very pretty.

My sister did not know this. She's the 'girly' one in our family and one time after she'd spent a couple hours primping in the bathroom, my grandmother told her, "even after all that you still manange to look homely*" Meg thanked her quite sincerely and I think it was the best comeback any of us ever got at Mom's mom, even though we had to explain it to Meg later.

In cleansing news- 100% grapefruit juice is tasty! I shied away in the past because I thought grapefruit required sugar but this stuff is so good I had to double check the label.

*I know, grammas, right?

Thanks, Laga - of course, I had no idea (sorry, Jilli, to crash my lack-of-English-experiments on you!).

So wait. What word would you use to describe something that feels like home to you? Domestic is the only one I can think of which is around, but it's really not it.

Homey, maybe?

I thought homey was referring to a person, not a place. Huh.

I have a French Canadian friend who said his girlfriend looked middle-aged when he meant she looked medieval (it was her dress). She was 19 and didn't take it well, so it was pretty...okay, we shouldn't have laughed, but we did.

Of course, he's the same guy that when another girl asked him "Do I look fat in this?" his answer was "Not more than usual" so he was always a gold mine of the wrong thing to say to a chick.

I feel like homey is a pretty recent addition to English but if I heard, "this place has a homey feel" I would understand they meant it felt like home.