I just gave Eva her “Gandalf for President” button…
She is wearing it with her Doctor Who t-shirt.
I forgot my button, but I AM wearing my “Hello, I am Dovahkiin” t-shirt.
WE ARE THE GEEKIEST BOOKSELLERS EVER.
ornery, adj.
Definition: Of bad temperament, cranky
Example: If I don’t have at least seven cups of tea a day, I get quite ornery.
The Story: This ITP’s WotITP comes to us from Battle - yay! Whilst we were engaging in some delightfully amusing wordplay (it’s like sex, but for those of us…
A couple weeks ago, these Mysterious Benedict Society pens came in. Since I’m alllll about the free bookstore swag, I grabbed a couple of them and was playing with the little flashlighty part. But when I tried to use one to write down an order for a customer, it didn’t work. Then I had the following conversation with Heather:
Heather: Hey, Sarah, did you see those Mysterious Benedict Society pens? (everyone at work knows how much I love free stuff)
Sarah: Yeah, but they’re lame. They totally don’t work. I kept scribbling and no writing came out.
Heather: Um, are you serious?
Sarah: Yeah, the flashlights are neat, but they don’t actually write.
Heather: That’s because they are INVISIBLE INK PENS.
Not my finest moment, I’ll admit.
“I am the greatest swordsman that ever lived. Say, um, can I have some of that water?”
Oh man, I am so going to watch this movie today while I’m tagging* for a welcome break from TNG.
*I get a lot of shit for watching videos while doing my research**, but there is a legitimate reason - I do it to keep myself from becoming so immersed in the language of my texts that I stop noticing nonstandardisms as they occur. It’s actually a really good system, because it is my wont to watch things I’ve seen a zillion times before, so it always just ends up being a pleasant background noise of StAmE and StBrE to keep me from thinking that sentences like ‘I do be walking my dog every day’ are standard!
**Mostly from people who are probably just doing it because they understand how uncool their ‘read some books and think about them’ research looks compared to my ‘multiple computer screens and obscure software’ research. Sorry, guys.
