July 2012
Alright now, we gonna do the basic steps
to the roof
Reichenbach now y’all
One jump this time
Scream out lets cry
Face floor lets cry
Cha cha real smooth
#The Sherlock fandom’s sanity is obviously not going to last until the new season premiere.
I can quite clearly picture this happening at a Con dance: everyone chanting the new words, with actions.
clutter: fiz: hello-the-future: shiphassailed:tigerpellets: I NEVER KNEW THIS
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fiz:
I NEVER KNEW THIS
I NEVER KNEW THAT WAS WHAT AMERICANS MEANT WHEN THEY SAID “QUITE”
WHY DIDN’T ANYBODY TELL ME
SUDDENLY THAT ONE SONG THAT GOES “HELLO I MISS YOU QUITE TERRIBLY” MAKES LIKE A MILLION TIMES MORE SENSE
I can see how this might cause quite some confusion.
“It’s very difficult to sum up what I’m feeling in words. The thing that’s struck me most over the last 12 hours or so is just what it means to other people around me, like my personal photographer breaking down in tears in my room, and my mechanic in tears as well: you just think hell, it’s not just me who’s gone through this, everyone else around me has lived it too.”
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“The problem with the practice of captioning some accents is that it automatically implies that these speakers are deviating from some commonly agreed standard of comprehensible pronounciation. And it is almost impossible to set that standard without class-based or potentially racist implications and, just as insultingly, assuming a common ear among the audience.”
—When does subtitling risk becoming racially offensive?
“The omnibus is due to be launched at the Harrogate Festival this week, and I hope that, even though the focus of the Festival is naturally on contemporary crime, there will be a chance to interest readers in worthwhile writers of the past as well.”
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Author, and crime fiction enthusiast, Martin Edwards has blogged about our Best of British Crime omnibus which publishes on Thursday, launching just in time for the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival 2012.
(via bellobooks)
“Pay no attention to those bow-tied etiquette experts you sometimes see on CNN International, telling you how to behave while in Britain. These people are generally of dubious provenance, normally live in California and tend to peddle advice that is either irrelevant or out of date. For example, they will often say that Britons love queuing and are so fond of apologising that they will often say “sorry” even when something isn’t their fault. In reality, Britons are just as likely to jump to the front of a queue and then punch the person behind them for coughing. It all depends on how muggy it is.”
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London 2010: an etiquette guide for Olympics visitors
Other highlights:
Americans: While you’re here, why not pretend to be Canadian? Very few Britons can tell the difference, and it will allow you to rescue yourself from awkward conversations about the death penalty.
And:
British people may seem to apologise a lot, but it doesn’t quite mean the same thing here. In the UK, “I’m sorry” actually means either a) I didn’t hear you; b) I didn’t understand you; or c) I both heard and understood you, and I think you’re an idiot.
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