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.

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.

[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*

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*