Weddings, anyone?

[swatkat]

So, I had to attend this little wedding in the family. The bride is a second cousin I'd never met until the wedding day: "…and she's your cousin from… " *cue toothy grin* And it's highly probable that I'll never meet her again in the future, but after all, she's a member of the family, and isn't it my duty to attend weddings in the family? *headdesk*



The train trip was relatively uneventful, except for the cute little boy (he couldn't be more than five) who insisted on running around the train without his pants on, much to the consternation of his poor mother. *g*

Now, I don't mind 'uneventful' when it comes to train trips, but I can't say the same about weddings. Unfortunately, that's exactly what it was – borring. After being introduced to the bride, I realised that I had absolutely nothing to do except to roam around the premises and stuff myself with food (which I did), occasionally bumping into my sister to say, "I fucking hate weddings". I also spent a considerable part of the evening ducking family members who took every opportunity to pounce on me, gushing, "Oh, aren't you all grown up! So tall! And looking just like your mother!" Not to mention the favourite, "When you get married…" *rolls eyes* I do love my family, but sometimes… But the food was good. I ate. A lot.


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I've missed fandom (almost three days!), but looks like nothing interesting has been happening. No new fics (that I care about), no new chapters (at least, not the stories I've been reading), no new flamewars – nothing! Thankfully, the HP folks haven't been so inactive lazy, and there are quite a few fics that I need to catch up on, and some discussions I'd love to join.

Meanwhile, read this: How To Write Poor English. It's amusing. Read the comments with hilarious translation stories. Although, I'm sure I could tell you funnier stories than that. *g*

One thing that the author didn't mention was that, if you really want to be accurate, you'd have to know a little bit about the speech patterns of the native language of your character. Or at least, ask someone who does know. Because, a Frenchman wouldn't speak English the way a Russian does (and I'm talking about those who aren't fluent in English).

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Oh, weddings are all about food anyway

[jaybee65.livejournal.com]

Or drink, depending on your family. LOL. So it sounds like a good one, to me! *g*

As for the link about bad English, that was quite interesting. Let me quote my favorite part:

Obscure words: When they look up a word in the dictionary, they will look up the exact counterpart to their word in their language. This often lead them to a very obscure and strange-sounding word in our language. Use a Thesaurus to find words that are strange that have a similar meaning to what you want. Today Niko came up with effusion for 'spit.'

Oh, where oh where have we seen this? LOL.

Oh, it was good while it lasted...

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

but you can only eat so much. *g* And alas, no alchohol in weddings! But they were serving all kinds of other interesting drinks. There was a really good mango-flavoured drink (slightly different from the usual sugary sweet stuff) that I really enjoyed. I think I drank four glasses, till my sister dragged me away from the counter.

Oh, where oh where have we seen this? LOL.

I'll tell you another one. Student wants teacher's help regarding a few things. The teacher says,"Of course. Meet me behind the classroom when I'm empty." Needless to say, it's a direct translation. *g*

Swatkat

No complaining...

[mscyanide.livejournal.com]

You got good food and that's more than I got at one particularly boring wedding reception that followed an even more tedious catholic wedding - teetotaler wedding receptions are the worst, btw.

I also spent a considerable part of the evening ducking family members who took every opportunity to pounce on me, gushing, "Oh, aren't you all grown up! So tall! And looking just like your mother!" Not to mention the favourite, "When you get married…" *rolls eyes* I do love my family, but sometimes...

lolol, oh that's nothing! It's the uncomfortably earnest inquiries into one's "love life" by the favorite Aunt and the variety of other busybodies that get me. There's nothing like a sixty-year-old woman you've known your whole life asking if you're getting any, not in so many words of course. *g*

Loved the translation thing, btw.

Well...

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

The food was good. I ate so much of the initial snacks (well, I had nothing to do!) that I couldn't eat the main course, lol! But the snacks were better anyway. I don't mind ordinarily teetotaler wedding receptions - I'm not that much of a drinker. Besides, I have some some rather old-fashioned aunties and grandmas who'd probably start lecturing me on the evils of alchohol 'at my age'(in a truly well-meaning way, of course), and I'm not sure could put up with that in public. *g* I could've done with some alchohol in this one, though.

lolol, oh that's nothing! It's the uncomfortably earnest inquiries into one's "love life" by the favorite Aunt and the variety of other busybodies that get me. There's nothing like a sixty-year-old woman you've known your whole life asking if you're getting any, not in so many words of course. *g*

Hahaha! Mine usually begin with,"So, um, have you been seeing anyone lately?", followed by an earnest lecture about how one must be careful about picking the right man and staying away from the bad ones. *g*

Swatkat

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Heh. Am stalking you now, as you can see.

Heheh. But Bollyslash? Does it even exist?? The only thing I have been able to find is *one* pic, a manip someone (who? who?) made of the two Khans, Salman and Shahrukh. If you would like to see it, I will dig up the link somewhere. It's quite nice, actually.

Hoho. I feel naughty now. But how can you be shy about tigging (commenting) in LJ: you've been in this insanity since last November, I note! (See? Stalking.)

*big grin*

Hello, stalker. (r)

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

So nice to meet you. It's been there since November alright, but I've started posting more only recently, and I'm still shy about posting in journal's of peeps I'm not familiar with. *g* I'm getting better, I promise.

Bollyslash? *is suddenly having strange visions of SRK and SAK* But then, you know how prudish BW can be about somethings. *eg*

Swatkat

Re: Hello, stalker. (r)

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Prudish, eh? Well, I've been wondering *why* there is no Bollyslash whereas any new Hollywood film that has anything half passable and on legs in it gets ficced immediately (Lord of the Rings! Black Hawk Down! Troy! -- okay, so that's more than 'half passable' but hey). Do you think it's for moral reasons (prudery)? Or that people simply haven't cottoned on yet? Or is it so deeply hidden that even inveterate stalkers like me haven't been able to locate it??

Also, here is the picture (sorry, my lust-riddled brain had a memory gap: it's not actually the two Khans at all, it's Salman and Hrithik):

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

That's very well done. *g* I wish I could do such good photo-manips. *sigh*

Some of it is definitely because of prudery. And the rest of it is because the fandom thing hasn't simply caught on. I don't think they're hidden deeply - they probably don't exist. *g*

Swatkat

weddings??

[ms-artisan.livejournal.com]

...occasionally bumping into my sister to say, "I fucking hate weddings".

Bad news...they get worse as you get older. ...except of course as you get more disreputable and people stop expecting you to behave. *g*

Oh, in what way?

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

"You'll be next?" "It's high time you got married?" Something like that? *g*

Swatkat

Well...

[msgenevieve.livejournal.com]

Have you read/seen Bridget Jones' Diary? "Tick tock, tick tock!" That;s the sort of thing that awaits you, my dear.

Mind you, I really didn't experience this kind of nagging at all when I was in my twenties. Perhaps it was because I'm the youngest of six kids and none of them got married before they were thirty. It was only after I started dating my now-husband (when I was 28)that the coy "so, do you think you'll be getting married?" questions would start. After we got married, the "so, when do you think you'll be having kiddies?" questions started. But it was work colleagues and friends that asked, not family. I think my family knew me well enough to know that they would have gotten the replies of "don't know, don't really care, whenever" and "when hell freezes over" in quick succession, lol! *g*

I'm glad you made the best of the situation, though. When in doubt, head for the snack table.

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't (I know, I know. I'll read the book one day *g*), but I can guess what you mean. They don't exactly nag me to get married *right now* - they'd have to be totally insane to do say that - but somehow they always drift to the topic of marriage, and what it'll be like when I get married, blah blah blah blah. It will go the Bridget Jones way I suppose, because I've seen it happen with a couple of my cousins, "Sweetie, (in a very solicitous tone) now is the right time to get married", or "I've tried to convince her (sounding crestfallen), but she's so stubborn". As I said, I love my family. But sometimes... LOL

Perhaps it was because I'm the youngest of six kids and none of them got married before they were thirty.

Yes, that could be. Or maybe because they aren't the nagging type. *g*

When in doubt, head for the snack table.

That's my philosophy in life. *says as she munches on some yummy Cadbury's milk chocolate*

Swatkat