Friday, May 7, 2010

Pants vs. Shakespeare

I know I haven't blogged here in a while, sooo...


HAPPY NO PANTS DAY!


Not that I participated. Just thought you should know. I wonder if this is international, sort of a "make of it what you will" situation. Because in the UK/other English-speaking foreign lands possibly, "trousers" and "pants" are not synonyms. (I've watched enough britcoms to have figured this out... See? Television is educational, children. *nods knowingly*)

Aaaaannd that's why I haven't blogged. Because now the first post will be THIS instead of a brilliantly deep quote-related blog. **side, since I'm thinking about it: There are certain words that I will always pronounce with a British accent, whether in my head or in speech. Words include: (1.) Any Shakespearian preposition e.g "hast" "wilt" "dost" "thou/thine/thy etc. archaic words that I use to just be melodramatic. (2.) Brilliant-- referring either to exceptional smartness or an intensified version of "good" and (3.) Rubbish. Just. . . rubbish. (4.) Others I use sporadically but am lumping under this number that I can't think of, because there are a lot more than that. I like having an excuse to speak with any accent, it just so happens that my "British" accent is the one I perceive as best. And it's fun. I'm a lunatic, but I'm happy.** There was no point to this except to ease my own carefully-crafted bloggy-guilt, and as you can tell by now this blog is about nothing in particular. Yet I've suckered you into reading it, so let us continue:

Ummm.

Would you like a cookie?




No I didn't make them. I thought they were cool. Thank you, Google Images, for providing VIRTUAL REWARDS. Nomnomnomnom.

2 comments:

  1. No pants day? Fun! I love how the British call pants trousers. It makes them seem so fancy.

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  2. I approve of this on many levels. Firstly, I've taught myself to say "trousers" as opposed to pants to "dacks" (Aussie's a crazy) and I'm proud to say that I often have people asking me if I'm British (which I am technically, next to Aussie)... er, and Canadian. O.o OH! And I totes respect No Pants Day. =3 *nodnod*

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