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[quinnr]

Saw my great, great grandmother today. She hasn't been doing well the last few months (fine at the moment though), and it makes me sad since this very well be the last time I see her.

[NinjaBoot]

My (ex)girlfriend decided to let me know she cheated on me, so naturally I dumped her!

What makes me sad is that she will most likely be spending the next few weeks saying she "still loves me" and "wants to be with me" and so on and so forth.  *Le sigh*

[Reudh]

Ninja, i COMPLETELY understand.

[Cheeetar]

A friend who I would like to correspond with on a regular basis is not always available for regular correspondence. I feel kind of despondent.

[Truean]

Didn't sleep last night for numerous reasons. So, I made this: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=97801.msg3011495#msg3011495

At least I'm being productive, but insomnia isn't nice.

[JoshuaFH]

Man, it's days like this that I really feel the pain of one ear being much larger than the other. My right ear just hurts, apparently just because it hates me.

Also, and this has bothered me for a few weeks now, but a few weeks ago I stepped on the smallest, most minute, microscopic sliver of glass or something, and it's just been stuck in my left foot with no way of getting it out besides just cutting my foot open (like, wide open) and brute forcing it over a particle that can barely be seen with the human eye that's dug it's way who-knows how far down into my skin.

Problem is, it's formed something of a welt or a callus, I don't really know the correct term for it, and goddamn it just fucking HURTS. It didn't start out painful, but it's been getting progressively more irritating and painful as time passes. Now, when it's acting up atleast, I walk with a limp just because the little bastard is too painful.

I hate having to go to a doctor over something so... trivial! But it looks like I'll have to.

[Pnx]

So... *deep breath*

My pronunciation has been slipping. After all these years being a Brit in America I'm finally turning into one of them. My middle brother is already most of the way down that road, and I fear I may soon follow.

I'm doomed!

[Heron TSG]

I'm so sorry, Pnx! I think I've been slowly absorbing your powers. I've even started using these 'quotation marks' to denote emphasis as the British do!

[Pnx]

I'm so sorry, Pnx! I think I've been slowly absorbing your powers. I've even started using these 'quotation marks' to denote emphasis as the British do!

Isn't that technically more of an American thing?

[Heron TSG]

Americans use quotation marks like "this", usually. I suppose that 'those' are normally called inverted commas. I don't use double quotes, is the point. And my punctuation comes after the marks, too.

[blackmagechill]

So... *deep breath*

My pronunciation has been slipping. After all these years being a Brit in America I'm finally turning into one of them. My middle brother is already most of the way down that road, and I fear I may soon follow.

I'm doomed!

This sounds like an amazing setup for a parody of the King's Speech.

[RedKing]

So... *deep breath*

My pronunciation has been slipping. After all these years being a Brit in America I'm finally turning into one of them. My middle brother is already most of the way down that road, and I fear I may soon follow.

I'm doomed!

This sounds like an amazing setup for a parody of the King's Speech.

That sounds like you're insinuating that "speaking American" is akin to having f**king Tourette's Syndrome, motherf**ker.

Hmm....you may have a point.

[Frumple]

Americans use quotation marks like "this", usually. I suppose that 'those' are normally called inverted commas. I don't use double quotes, is the point. And my punctuation comes after the marks, too.

If it helps any, there's actually a specific cross-dialect grammar rule for the use of " and ', though I keep forgetting exactly what the rule is. Suffice it to say that "a line like this" and 'a line like this' doesn't mean the same thing.

Then there's some weird stuff as to it denoting dialogue in less formal writing that people can't seem to make up bloody mind on.

[Bauglir]

Hm. I use single quotes for quotes inside quotes, I suppose.

And my punctuation comes after the marks, too.

This, however, is the Way and the Light. Punctuation that is part of the quote is inside the marks, punctuation that is part of constructing the sentence containing the quote remains outside them. The quotation marks denote what the speaker said, dammit! There was no comma in what they said, usually!

[Pnx]

So... *deep breath*

My pronunciation has been slipping. After all these years being a Brit in America I'm finally turning into one of them. My middle brother is already most of the way down that road, and I fear I may soon follow.

I'm doomed!

This sounds like an amazing setup for a parody of the King's Speech.

That sounds like you're insinuating that "speaking American" is akin to having f**king Tourette's Syndrome, motherf**ker.

Hmm....you may have a point.

The thing that really bothers me is that I keep catching myself mentally thinking "eye-ran", or "eye-raq", rather than "ih-ran", and "ih-raq".