StarryEyed<3

PS i'm totally trying to manipulate Ksen into showing up here and making a grand appearance lmao (how likely) 

It's old for me okay

I do not understand, you're mad. I won't listen to this nonsens Have you read the book thief?

The British version Not everyone will love it, but I laughed so much I woke my sister up, and I usually never laugh at movies But yeah it is special, and so is my humour I thought you would I just wanted to make sure

Well YOU'RE old. So there.  

No, I haven't read it. Bluh bluh bluh 

Of course. c: Well I don't normally laugh at much either, so I'm gonna take that as a good sign and go ahead! c: 

 

Danke Now I'll just have to learn old English

 

 

How can you say something like that It's one of my all time favourites

Oh yes Now I have to like it, feel like I'm letting you down otherwise.

Never :shu: :das:

Thank you Techno Wiz Kid. If I knew the name of the begging smiley I would insert it here.

I see! But a British show you have to see if you haven't already is: the inbetweeners. I laughed so much, and it's absolutely not pk (as we say in Sweden (an abbreviation for: politiskt korrekt/politically correct))

Okay, if you think Gatsby is old English, I have some disappointing news for you: it's actually pretty informal. 

Because it bored the heck out of me while I was reading it the first time, that's how. But if you want to defend it, now's the time  

OOH Okay! I'll watch it! I've got some free time on my hands, so why not. (ps i knew what you meant when you said pk anyways because we say PC and hey, that's like, the same thing) 

https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f_scott/gatsby/contents.html

     
 

Well neither have I because I never finished it. Didn't have the patience :/ Well it sounds like something I might like actually. Dry humour is my type of humour I like straight forward books that are not trying to over analyse every situation. Loved to kill a mockingbird

 

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE :das:

 

Please figure it out how to do it on the phone too. Please!

 

Ah I see! I have just watched one episode of the British series so I have nothing to compare to. But I've always thought that British humour is more funny, it's my type of humour. But didn't think it was that much of a difference.

Coincidentally, that's how I felt about To Kill a Mockingbird Yes ye s dry humour is everything. Dry humour and stupid funny characters and beautiful words you will love it 

STOP :das:ing me you NERD 

I will! I just need to charge mine, and I (the Techno Wiz Kid) will figure it out if there's a way to do it. 

Okay, see, American humour is dorky as heck. It panders. It also tends to be more, shall we say, politically correct... And just generally I feel like American Humour : British Humour : : Dogs : Cats ya feelin this sick analogy

It's on my to read list but I've dread it because I thought Lolita was so boring ( I know it's not the same author but they are both classics etc.)

Well I might give it a try then. I trust you on this

 

 

the Grimm Brothers, the Grimm Brothers,the Grimm Brothers, the Grimm Brothers, the Grimm Brothers the Grimm Brothers, the Grimm Brothers, the Grimm Brothers, the Grimm Brothers, the Grimm Brothers

 

It sucks, and it's like the most important feature

I've not read Lolita. But what I can tell you is that despite some "formal" language, the tone of Gatsby is very different to most classic literature. Actually, I'd say that classic American lit is written almost exclusively in that tone, depending on the area and time period it was written in. It's a bit stuffy but purposefully so; it serves the purpose of establishing the characters' background, in this particular work. The method of delivery, if you will, is extremely straightforward, and the humour is quite dry. I think you'll find it easier on the eyes than most other classics you might have read.  

THAT SOUNDS SO WRONG. what are u doin to me. 

I figured it ouuuuuuutttttttttttttttttttt somehow. I dont know how, but somehow. 

Is ut really that different?

Here's the thing. It's not really "different," per se. Like, the American version of the show was modeled directly off of the original one with similar casts and storylines and blah blah blah. But it FEELS very different because the American sense of humor and the British sense of humor are, well, let's just say... very distinct.

I've been watching the original version of The Office lately and never in my life have i felt so American than in the first few episodes of watching that show. 

Oh no that's horrible, I dread the day when I have to do the same...

 

So you're reading Gatsby, is it any good?

Oh man, I love Gatsby. I've read it a few times before this, i just have to probably do something with it for school so i'm going back through. I definitely recommend it! One of the American classics, you know how that works. 

I see, so I'm at least not completely wrong then

You're mistaken. I would

 

 

Nice! It probably doesn't work on Ipad :/

 

Why can't you multiquote if you use the mobile version? ):

well, maybe you would, but it would sound very, very weird.  

Probably not. Bluh. also beats me, multiquote isnt working on desktop either. B L U H 

Oh really, that's a good thing to know actually!

It only works one way in Swedish. You can't say the lionhearts brothers without sounding like an idiot.

Well, I guess it's just a word order thing. It's almost like slightly less formal when you say it that way, and then "The Brothers Lionheart" is more formal/antiquated but it's def. an internalized structure (i.e. The Brothers Grimm, no one would EVER say The Grimm Brothers even though that's grammatically correct). 

I had to leave almost all of mine behind when I moved. Will be nice when I can finally get them here. 

Oh my gosh, I'd be feeling so lonely if I were you. You can get used to having books around... 

Grace you should also read:

Lotta on troublemaker street

Seacrow Island and

Mardie

 

 

I'm thirding the "can't help self at bookstores" thing. And heck yes, I will! I just have to finish annotating Gatsby. Then I'll be free all summer, books-wise.

So it's translate to English then The name sounds really odd in English though, I think it sounds better if lionhearts comes before brothers, but English is not my mother tongue so what do I know

Yes, please do that. I've never seen it.

Here's the thing, it SEEMS like it should be that way, but in actuality it doesn't really make a difference, to me. The way it reads is kind of the same. OK!

Figured out the font thing, I'm happy now.

Awesome!

It was a nice feature.

 

 

 

It does, it's better than nothing (:

 

 

Apparently her books have been translated to ver 30 languages

I haven't actually read my favourite one, I think But they showed the movie all the time on the TV when I was little. It's called: Bröderna Lejonhjärta witch would be something like: The Lionhearts brothers in english

Probably, it's very weird.

WAIT WHAT! HOW!?

Yes! The Brothers Lionheart. I found it hehehehehehehehe 

I don't know! Next time it happens, I'll take a screenshot. It's just a little text box that shows up at the top of the browser and it says smth like "there are x new posts" and with a button that says "show" 

Thanks, but people can still be online even if they aren't visiting the thread. That's the function I'm missing, to be able to see if the person is online with out leaving the thread.

 

  

Well she's famous but not world wide famous, a couple of tv-shows and movies. She's not writing high class literature, mostly crime stories.

 

I don't know if you can find all of her books in English, but she's written books that are way way better than Pippi Longstocking. I probably think they are better than they are because I grew up with them

 

I believe you! I used mfc on my phone and then it was written in the real comic sans

Great :thumbs_up:

Well if she's not world famous there's not a high likelihood her books would be in English, which explains why I don't know her, I guess.  

Oh, is that so? Which is your favourite?  

I have no idea what'd be causing your ipad to screw up that way. Maybe something about the way it's coded? Weird. Weird. Weird. 

DUDE. THERE ARE NOTIFICATIONS WHEN PEOPLE POST NEW THINGS, NOW. This is such a win. Best new function of the site hands down

Downtime with no housemate and her kiddos, it's not bad.

 

All this talk of fonts got me looking at that site. Can you remind me, since it's been over a decade, how I add fonts to my computer? I'm getting a little carried away with some of the ones I like...

That sounds really nice~ I'm sorry I can't help you much on the fonts issue, though! I don't remember off of the top of my head, since I don't do it much. If no one else here knows, the best advice I could give you is to google around a bit. I'm sure you could find loads of tutorials. 

It was cold today & there was hailstones which i got caught in so wasn't very nice

ah that is ok,there  is only three of them tho

I'm everyone's first scottish person to meet if live outside of UK it would seem

Perhaps you're an endangered species. I know at least three or four people from every other country in the UK...  and in scotland, it's just you.  

Ta-daaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

I hope you're having a lovely day, btw.  

Just a head's up... if you go to the bottom of the current page, it'll tell you who's reading it. It won't say who's online, but who just happens to be on the page at that moment. Thought I'd let you know.

Oh man! Thanks! For some reason, I hadn't thought of that.  

 

 

It is She's a famous Swedish author

 

Yeah it kind of sucks :/

 

Yes yes do that! They are children's books but some of them are really funny. They are my childhood

 

Really, this is how it looks for me I can barely read it

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I agree! you should suggest it in the suggestion thread

Well that just goes to show how much I know about Swedish authors  

I LOVE CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Okay. I'm gonna do the thing. 

what to heck i swear im not typing that way I SWEAR IT IS COMIC SANS 

okay i'm just going to not but whenever you get to a computer you will see and you will believe me then 

Good idea! I'll do that! 

I know, but I want that little light under everyone's profile pic back, so you don't have to leave this thread to see if someone still is online

 

  I need that, I need that now!

Me too. Me too. Me too. Me too. Me too. 

Like, this new format is great. don't get me wrong. but it's missing things. IMportant things. 

When have I ever said Lisa Marklund xD

 

Well you can't see that bar if you use iPad So I can only use the smileys I remember and never change colour or anything

 

I'll try and se if I can find some book of him on the library and the I'll give you my opinion

Well done, a gold star to you! You'll get a second one if you can name one other book than Pippi Longstocking

 

I have all of things against comic sans, but the font you use it's not comic sans it's the cursive font from hell, my eyes are bleeding... *imaging smiley crying blood*

I don't know! I don't even know who that is! Is it a real person? *googles* 

BLUH. ICK. I don't have an ipad that works anymore, but eventually im gonna try and go on my iphone and see if there's a way. I'm sorry  

Well, it looks like I've already lost. But I'll look one up? Maybe I can find one? to like, read? I'm trying omg

NO WAY. I'm only writing in this (what i assume is arial or TNR) and Comic Sans. Nothing cursive. That must be the mobile format? or something? 

I'm sorry I like the messy looking fonts. My favorite font is shadows into light

and I can see your 'hidden' message I hope my message is more hidden than yours

ive never seen that font example pls plspls 

It is. The reason i used the font colour i did was bc i wanted to make sure you knew it was there. Because now the reply box is on white text too, and blah blah blah