Happy birthday, Vortex!
Woo, money! to Smonster.
Hell, I don't know. If I had wanted schooling, I'da gone to school.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[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.
DebetEsse - May 17, 2012 6:20:39 am PDT #13458 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Fred Pete - May 17, 2012 6:22:11 am PDT #13459 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Happy Birthday, Vortex!
Strix - May 17, 2012 6:41:21 am PDT #13460 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
All right, smonster!!
LIESE, if you are around, I have a question. I'm editing a short story, and the protag is Native American and he makes a comment, "I don't even know what reserve he [other character] was from."
Now, I've heard "rez" but is "reserve" common slang for reservation among any of the NA populations you've encountered?
Liese S. - May 17, 2012 7:28:03 am PDT #13461 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Is he Canadian? I've heard reserve used very rarely, but only in slightly odd contexts, like British talking about Americans, or maaaybe northern territories tribes, although they're more likely to say First Nations stuff.
Also, even 'rez' is careful slang. That is to say, you kinda have to earn the right to say it.
beekaytee - May 17, 2012 7:34:58 am PDT #13462 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
brenda m - May 17, 2012 7:35:26 am PDT #13463 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
I was going to say, that sounds like Canadian usage to me.
t /not an expert
Strix - May 17, 2012 7:43:05 am PDT #13464 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
And it is indeed Canadian; just came across ref to Tim Hortons.
The protags of the story are Native, and using the term. When it's not being used by a Native, it clearly couched as a perjorative.
Thanks, all!
Now! Must get haircut! I am multifaceted, yo.
Zenkitty - May 17, 2012 7:44:02 am PDT #13465 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Happy Birthday, Vortex!! 40 is a great age and the beginning of a great age!
Hanes white cotton granny panties. I'm so sexy, I don't even have to try.
Hey! I got my raise yesterday!
Mo' money is good!
Much ~ma, Morgana!
Gathered lunch from Whole Foods. Hot outside. I have a week's worth of work to do in two days, and all I want to do is go see Avengers again.
Maria - May 17, 2012 7:48:03 am PDT #13466 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Happy birthday, Vortex! I am so sorry I cannot celebrate with you in person.
§ ita § - May 17, 2012 7:49:19 am PDT #13467 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Happy birthday, Vortex, entering your fifth decade.