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WCDT: 1-5 November 2010 (1786-1790)
pwhodges:
With all this talk here of slash, I was a bit surprised to hear today of a new search engine which uses "slashtags" as its main USP :mrgreen:.
Mr_Rose:
I am now officially shipping Jeph and Fanfiction.net: http://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/1456308074/fffffffff
Mad Cat:
--- Quote from: Heliphyneau on 01 Nov 2010, 09:50 ---Here's a litmus test to see if you've read fanfic: "Still the prettiest!" If you recognized that quote, you have.
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[grumble] Not King yet. [/grumble]
How about "I'll curse you if you even ATTEMPT!"
Akima:
--- Quote from: westrim on 01 Nov 2010, 09:30 ---
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 01 Nov 2010, 02:02 ---And yes, it was Chinese food (or at least what we Americans call Chinese Food).
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What, fortune cookies and chow mein aren't native Chinese cuisine?
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You can blame the Japanese for fortune-cookies. "Chow-mein" (炒面 chǎo-miàn, pronounced roughly chow-me-en*) is an authentic traditional dish, or rather family of dishes, since all it really describes is fried noodles with shredded meat and/or vegetables, and there are many, many variations prepared in China, and wherever Chinese people have settled.
Chop-suey, by contrast, is often represented as being some sort of invented, leftover glurge foisted on unsuspecting Americans by sneaky Chinese immigrants, but I am dubious. Chop-suey (杂碎 zá suì pronounced roughly dza-sway*) means "assorted stuff" or "odds and ends", and does anyone actually imagine that nobody in the whole history of China ever threw a meal together out of whatever leftovers they had available before they got to the United States?
*My pronunciations are those of Mandarin Chinese. Many English loan-word names for Chinese food, and many other things, are derived from Southern Chinese pronunciations.
jwhouk:
What's on the Menu for this week?
Teh Drama! - 10 (18.5%)
Faye & Angus II - The Second Date - 6 (11.1%)
Sven woos Hanners (again) - 2 (3.7%)
Sven woos Marigold! - 3 (5.6%)
PVP: Dale vs. Marigold! - 14 (25.9%)
More Singularity Jokes! - 0 (0%)
Will & Penelope Elope! - 2 (3.7%)
BUTTS LOL! - 11 (20.4%)
GOOGLE IT! - 6 (11.1%)
Total Voters: 54
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