random - kittehs, punctuation, feminism (etc), arashi daily (extended version!)

[cimorene]

• jurisimprudence for feminism. ahahha.



• this article co-written by a swedish-speaking finn and an irish dude is showing signs to me both of having been translated from swedish (at times) and of the english having been composed by an irish person (at times). i wouldn't have recognised the latter before since it's not like it sounds like the lucky charms leprechaun, but thanks to betaing for kessie my ear (...reading ear) was (without my knowledge!) primed for recognition. i mean, i had no idea before i started reading this paper that she sounded irish, but i definitely keep thinking that the writer sounds a bit like her. now i want to go to ireland and listen to some people talk. ;.;



• "~" is not a punctuation mark in english. kill it. with fire.



• yesterday a guy asked me if i thought that harvard had a sociology department. XD (um, yes.)



• lily just rolled over in her sleep and almost fell headfirst into the trashcan, which seems to be conclusive proof that the world is a wonderful place. or maybe that would only be conclusive if she actually had fallen?



• jun in a barbie pink and purple abba shirt might just be the essence of gay. actually it says 'gabba', but i'm going to write that up to a conspiracy of fiendishly clever and post-modern japanese tshirt makers and leave it at that. or maybe it was the work of evil!genius!aiba



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  ohno is a total space cadet. nino notices this.
  
  
  the face of My Mate Is Behaving Poorly In Public.
  
  
  the face of My Mate Is Going To Make This Up To Me Later Because He Has Ignored My Telepathic Reprimand For At Least A Full Second Now.
  
  
  the fact that his mate is staring fixedly at him begins to impinge upon ohno's consciousness.
  
  
  his automatic response is a faint, sleepy smile: Eye Contact With My Mate! = Warm/Fuzzy ♥!
  
  
  nino fails to maintain his severe expression in the face of such temptation. he smirks.
  
  
  and then he grins.
  

Comments

[anglepoiselamp.livejournal.com]

The use of ~ as punctuation comes from Japan, yes? I see it all the time in the sleeve notes of videogame/anime soundtrack albums. It never stops perplexing me.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

yeah, they use it a lot! i recently started to suspect it might indicate a kind of rising-and-also-falling sing-song intonation, but sometimes in the subtitles in arashi shows it looks more like you'd use an ellipsis.