long-skirted Latin speakers from the planet Zurg

[deird1]

Conversations that make me feel like an alien:

1)
Coworker: "What did you do this weekend?"
Me: "I went to a wedding."
Coworker: "Ooh, did you get drunk?"*

2)
The whole skirt thing.**

3)
Me: "Yeah, I'm teaching myself Latin."
Coworker: "...why?"***

4)
Random Acquaintance: "Anyone else hungry?"
Me: "Yes! Very!"
R.A.: "Great! Let's have Devonshire tea!"****

5)
*Coworker inspects my window ledge of fictional space things, including Serenity, Starbug, a DRD, and a Skutter*
"Are they... planes or something?"*****

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* Seriously, why???
** I have finally tracked some long skirts down, and now have a spiffy winter wardrobe.
*** I keep feeling like staring at them blankly and asking "Why wouldn't I?"
**** Scones with jam and cream. I seem to be the only Aussie in existence who doesn't like this.
***** Yes, these are all different coworkers. They all think I'm very strange.

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Comments

[curiouswombat]

Ah - you mean this is another word that left home a couple of centuries ago and eventually got misused by the dominions? Like pasty...

PS - 'Scotch' is a type of alcoholic spirit and is never used to refer to the people or the language - it is a sad sign of a poor upbringing to not understand these fine points of linguistics I feel :~P :~P :~P

(I really must import some icons over here...!!)

[owenthurman]

Pasties like the buttery, flaky empanadas? Or like the nipple covers you wear exotic dancing?

>>'Scotch' is a type of alcoholic spirit

Yeah, but I was getting tired of all the tea with my scones.

[curiouswombat]

Pasties like the buttery, flaky empanadas? Or like the nipple covers you wear exotic dancing?

Exactly. Although the original is a very solid and indigestible hunk of pastry with meat at one end and jam at the other to be lowered on a string down a mine. The current version is slightly lighter...

I was getting tired of all the tea with my scones.

Seems fair enough to me.