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I was reallyquiteill last night. I think it was something in the kedgeree or possibly just my wonderfully ineffective stomachal system. I'm vaguely upright, now, and experiencing a bizarre urge to watch original Star Trek. And I was prompted to make this entry by the fact that I've seen the same mistake in fic twice in the past two days and it's really annoying me. It's lay on. Lay on, alright?

Thank you.

Date: 2006-10-14 12:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soupytwist.livejournal.com
Oh, honey. How'd we both manage to be pukey at the same time? it's like a cuuuurse. or something.

*love*

(also, *cough*it's 'all right' two words cough*)

Date: 2006-10-14 12:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] villainny.livejournal.com
"Bergen and Cornelia Evans, in their "Dictionary of Contemporary Usage," point out that there's a case to be made for "alright." Using "alright" as a synonym for "O.K." or "satisfactory," they note, "would allow us to make the distinction between 'the answers are alright' (satisfactory) and 'the answers were all right' (every one of them).""

Date: 2006-10-14 12:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soupytwist.livejournal.com
I should have known you could out-grammar-nazi me. LOL.

*sticks fingers in her ears and goes "la la la la PUPPY DOGS AND ICECREAM!"*

Date: 2006-10-14 12:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] villainny.livejournal.com
Apparently it's considered non-standard in American English, but either is acceptable in British English. And I've always been one for the evolution of the English Language, since sticking on some points and not others always seems dreadfully silly. And yet misquoting puts my back up. I am a mess of contradictions, and I'm not going to change it now, just to annoy you.

(For the record, though, I try to remember to 'all right' it with Aziraphael. XD)

Date: 2006-10-14 12:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] villainny.livejournal.com
HEEEEEE ICON

Date: 2006-10-14 12:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soupytwist.livejournal.com
Huh, that I didn't know - I foolishly let my prejudice rule and assumed it was just plain wrong. Heh. Though fear not about annoying me - uh, unless you start saying "I could care less" when you mean you COULDN'T, cause then I might have to do the fish-slapping dance on yo' ass. :P

Date: 2006-10-14 12:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soupytwist.livejournal.com
*blush*

:D I love that picture. I wish I could get a better icon of it - pictures big enough to keep the expression don't get in enough of the computer, really. But heeee, Rodney. (and YOUR rodney icon! *hart*)

Date: 2006-10-14 12:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] villainny.livejournal.com
Yeah, no, I really won't. That pisses me off 'cos it's just wrong. XD

Date: 2006-10-14 12:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] villainny.livejournal.com
I love my Rodney icon. I love my Rodney in general, really - I'm watching the storm/the eye and he's all "I'm sorry I tried not to tell them, I tried but I couldn't," and John being all "Oh, he told you, did he? (ffs Rodney)" And I'm like NO NO HE TRIED and it's so sad and I'm sure I've read a fic where John is all I'm sorry I didn't know and I don't know where and :(!

Date: 2006-10-14 01:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soupytwist.livejournal.com
RODNEY RODNEY RODNEY RODNEY RODNEY!

Hi. :D

But omfg the Storm/Eye is so sad- poor baby was TORTURED and thought he didn't stand up well enough and he really, really tried and OH RODNEY. *cuddles him tight* And yes there are a few fics where John's all "d;oh i was an ass" and I especially love the one where it turns out the reason Rodney's bandage is on the outside of his uniform is cause he tried to do it himself and then John's all "wha, ok, I'll re-do that" and Rodney's all "ok, but, just, don't tell me if it's nothing and I should've been fine, ok?" and BABIES.

Date: 2006-10-14 01:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] villainny.livejournal.com
PLEASE TELL ME WHERE THAT IS

Date: 2006-10-14 01:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soupytwist.livejournal.com
I can't REMEMBER! I was just looking for it so I could link you. Dammit. Um... maybe [livejournal.com profile] z_rayne?

Date: 2006-10-14 01:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] villainny.livejournal.com
I JUST STARTED WATCHING THE EYE AND RODNEY STEPPED IN FRONT OF ELIZABETH AND SO MUCH BLOOD AND AND AND RODNEY!!!

Date: 2006-10-14 01:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] villainny.livejournal.com
"What would McKay do?"

DUDE I NEED THAT BRACELET.

(The answer is usually be arrogant and bitch loudly, which I think would do me good. :D)

Date: 2006-10-14 01:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soupytwist.livejournal.com
BEST. SLOGAN. EVER.

(also, slob on the couch and watch documentaries. :D )

Date: 2006-10-14 02:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] villainny.livejournal.com
(This is why McKay is my ideal man. McKay and Tim from Spaced. :D)

http://astolat.livejournal.com/85023.html here, sweet.

Date: 2006-10-14 02:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soupytwist.livejournal.com
Have I said yet today that you win, like, everything?

Cause you really do.

Date: 2006-10-14 03:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shati.livejournal.com
NNY I AGREE

If you actually see it enough to learn it, whether or not it's accepted as standard English, you've learned it properly and it's not a mistake. If you learn it one way but write it another (er, without conscious decision to), you've made a mistake.

Therefore alright is all right.

THIS IS MY THEORY. MY HANDS ARE BANANAS.

Date: 2006-10-14 04:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unravels.livejournal.com
...But who, exactly, is laying on whom? *suggestive eyebrow waggle*

Oh wait, that's 'lying on', isn't it. Dammit.

Date: 2006-10-16 02:01 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] batyatoon
I just have to say:

I adore that icon.

Because I've been saying "Discourse unto the hand, for the ears hear thee not" for years. :D

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