the Process of Making Tea

[kaberett]

kaberett: "I knew a Slavicist once. ... no actually I don't think I did. Okay this just smells like - I'm just going to assume that's enough water. I don't know. Does that look like enough water to you, Alex? Is that too much water? Are you unhappy? Am I doing this wrong?"
noldo: ask him if I can be a Slavicist or is that not hip enough
kaberett: ...
kaberett: ...
kaberett: and then he left the room
kaberett: (before I asked the question)
noldo: (DREAMWIDTH THAT PARAGRAPH AFORE HE RETURNS)
noldo: (DO IT)


[meanwhile he returns. "Dear Korean. What is the word for water in you?"]

Comments

[mustela_nivalis]

I WAS RIGHT IT WAS MUL (물).

[kaberett]

... shortly afterwards:

kaberett: ...
noldo: what
kaberett: yes
kaberett: well done
kaberett: you are thesaurus
kaberett: v proud
noldo: what
noldo: am thesaurus
noldo: thus must go extinct
noldo: can tell coz end in -saurus
noldo: anything that ends in -saurus is a dinosaur and thus extinct
noldo: qed
kaberett: ...
kaberett: ...
kaberett: ...

[mustela_nivalis]

no see some sauruses are extant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elops_saurus.

[kaberett]

TRIGGER WARNING: FISH

[cxcvi]

Today's fish is trout a la creme. Enjoy your meal.

[steorra]

(But not WARNING: TRIGGERFISH.)

[jamfish]

YOU AND NOLDO HAVE THE BEST CONVERSATIONS

[sorrillia]

This is, in fact, approximately the only word of Korean I know.

My violin teacher, back when my parents made me be cultured and learn violin, taught me three words of it, and that's the only one I remember...

[kaberett]

A+ would lol again

[kaberett]

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE OPINION I AM OF YES