My boss just put up signs in our building that say, "This door is alarmed."
We have that all over the doors in our stairwells, and I never fail to feel for the doors either.
Hush, poor door. Calm down.
Riley: Maybe I should just let you rest. Buffy: You sure? I bet if you just lay down with me- Riley: Nothing you are about to say will lead to rest.
'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
§ ita § - Aug 25, 2010 3:01:15 pm PDT #94 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mala - Aug 25, 2010 3:07:08 pm PDT #95 of 30000
This reader needs de-lurked...
Hil, that's a Pittsburgh thing; we drop the "to be" all the time. I was well into my 20s before I knew that saying "My hair needs cut" was wrong. I try not to do it in written form now, but I can't eradicate it from my speech; it's too set-in.
Connie Neil - Aug 25, 2010 3:10:51 pm PDT #96 of 30000
brillig
Is this a Pennsylvania thing?
Yup.
Or what Mala said. But I don't agree that it's "wrong", per se, though if someone's formatting is against regionalisms I'd accept the foul. (Though I might not change it because I'm stubborn like that)
Cashmere - Aug 25, 2010 3:11:00 pm PDT #97 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
P-burgh also uses the word "slippy" for slippery. I like it.
Of course, Wisconsin uses the word "bubbler" for drinking fountain.
Jessica - Aug 25, 2010 3:13:49 pm PDT #98 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
The beer flights I've seen have been served like this - tiny wee beer glasses on a wooden serving platter. Tasty AND adorable!
Hil R. - Aug 25, 2010 3:14:52 pm PDT #99 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
This is odd. I just glanced at my cable box, and the place where it usually shows the time currently says 16:9. Turning it on then off again fixed it, but I wonder what that meant.
smonster - Aug 25, 2010 3:16:33 pm PDT #100 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
smonster needs a transporter.
Or a time-turner. Or some more brain cells. But I've settled for animal crackers dipped in Nutella.
Buffista conversation #17 - regionalisms!
Mala - Aug 25, 2010 3:17:18 pm PDT #101 of 30000
We also say "gumband" for "rubberband" which my from-elsewhere spouse can't get over.
And yeah, I shouldn't call the dropped infinitives wrong, but they are certainly non-standard.
ETA: And we use the word "nebby" for somebody who is nosy; I didn't know that wasn't common till about 3 years ago.
-t - Aug 25, 2010 3:20:57 pm PDT #102 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've seen the beer samplers like Jess's picture, but I haven't seen them called flights. It wouldn't surprise me, though.
I'm gonna guess it's like flights of stairs, things grouped together, rather than flying.
omnis_audis - Aug 25, 2010 3:34:18 pm PDT #103 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Hil, that's a tv format. I'm guessing the remote button got squished on the button that toggles 4:3 and 16:9.