Monday, May 20, 2013

More random things about me you'd best find endearing

1)  I like to say "Misli, gammi gra'dil, Strygalldwir," in response to certain bits of news or status updates. And yes, not only do I have the spelling memorized, I also say it in a funny accent.



If you don't know where it's from or why it's relevant, you're a bad geek. Bad, bad geek.


2)  Despite being female, I am still a brony. Most fans of the show agree that brony is gender neutral, as the adult fandom started on the /br/ (for BRoadcast television) channel of 4chan. Ponies on /br/ = brony.

However, some subscribe to the understandable-if-wrong conclusion that brony means "bros who like ponies", and those folks refer to their female counterparts as pegasisters.

I tried to get eunuch-corns going for hermaphrodite, gender neutral and genderqueer fans, but that never took off -- probably because it sounds fucking awful.


3) "Wouldn't it" sounds like "wooden tit" and that makes me giggle.


4)  I wrote this years ago, and I still think it's one of the most brilliant things I've ever done. I am terribly disappointed no one else loves it the way that I do.


5) Yes, that's a hint.
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Posted by Erin Palette at 5/20/2013

7 comments:

  1. Francis PorrettoMay 20, 2013 at 5:06 PM

    -- I like to say "Misli, gammi gra'dil, Strygalldwir," --


    Have you no fear of having your heart and liver eaten?

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  2. Erin PaletteMay 20, 2013 at 5:40 PM

    Not at all! I don't use it for conjuration. :P

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  3. AndyNMay 20, 2013 at 7:12 PM

    3) "Wouldn't it" sounds like "wooden tit" and that makes me giggle.

    My parents watched My Fair Lady with me often enough as a child that even decades later I still remember thinking the same thing when the men sing the last line of the intro to this...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5fW7sERw7I

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  4. NathanMay 20, 2013 at 7:44 PM

    Thank you for pointing out the Dr. Doom post. He is my favorite villain of any fandom in any genre. I named my son Victor.

    "I came for the guns and stayed for the RPGs. I have no comment on the ponies <_< >_>"

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  5. SiGraybeardMay 20, 2013 at 10:07 PM

    I don't know that anyone can love your creation as you do, but it's great and I love it. I bow deeply in your general direction.

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  6. dave wMay 21, 2013 at 12:02 AM

    I love it. G&S parodies rule.

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  7. Christopher HuntMay 23, 2013 at 9:30 PM

    Well put.

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