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WCT 24-28 January, 2011
Akima:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 26 Jan 2011, 06:29 ---Nothing personal, Mr. Moderator sir, but FTFY (Americans call them that; "flats" are a type of women's shoes).
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So? Mr. Hodges is English (or at least lives in Oxford), and was not putting the word "flat" in the mouth of an American person or character, so why should he use anything but his native dialect of our mostly shared language? Are you going to start nitpicking my Australian English next*? Should I start using USAnian spelling conventions, for example, to avoid pricking your precious bubble of cultural uniformity? :-D
*In Australia we refer to "flats" as "units", and either is way shorter than "apartments". Short words have been preferred to polysyllables by users of English far more skilled than I, such as Abraham Lincoln, George Orwell, and Winston Churchill. :angel:
Skelepunk:
--- Quote from: Murphoid on 26 Jan 2011, 14:35 ---
--- Quote from: Delator on 26 Jan 2011, 13:07 ---I could see Dora and Hanners being roommates, provided that Sven's willing to take in Mieville.
He's already got one cat...Sven can morph into Crazy Cat Dude.
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Taking a roommate could be very therapeutic for Hanners. Living to learn with someone who might leave the butter dish out and all.
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Well, no. OCD doesn't work like that. Perhaps if she was just a bit anal about things, then perhaps, but since she has an actual disorder it would probably make it worse. If she later learns to handle her disorder even more effectively than she already does, then perhaps. But as of right now, I doubt it'd be a good plan.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Akima on 26 Jan 2011, 15:50 ---Mr. Hodges is English (or at least lives in Oxford)
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Yes, I am as English as they come. Went to Oxford University, and now (after many other things) work there. Have also worked at the BBC. When I used to travel more on business, I was several times asked by Americans on planes to talk for them so that they could relish my accent - which is best RP (here are some examples recorded for another part of the forum a while ago: Kafka on the Shore*; John Betjeman).
* In this URL, change M/F to something similar to mediafyre
As for language - so long as we understand one another, that's cool. And if we don't we can ask. No more need be said on that.
Murphoid:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 26 Jan 2011, 16:08 ---
--- Quote from: Akima on 26 Jan 2011, 15:50 ---Mr. Hodges is English (or at least lives in Oxford)
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Yes, I am as English as they come. Went to Oxford University, and now (after many other things) work there. Have also worked at the BBC. When I used to travel more on business, I was several times asked by Americans on planes to talk for them so that they could relish my accent - which is best RP (here are some examples recorded for another part of the forum a while ago: Kafka on the Shore*; John Betjeman).
* In this URL, change M/F to something similar to mediafyre
As for language - so long as we understand one another, that's cool. And if we don't we can ask. No more need be said on that.
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Are you a Doctor Who Fan?
AnAverageWriter:
--- Quote from: Murphoid on 26 Jan 2011, 16:26 ---Are you a Doctor Who Fan?
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Doctor Who rocks! Sometimes there's nothing more smashing than, after a long day at work, taking the lift up to my flat and enjoying some Who on the telly while munching on a spot of chips. :)
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