*sleepy*

[clo_again]

One final question before I go to bed -

Do Americans refer to mobile phones as 'cell phones'? Do you ever call them 'mobiles' or 'mobile phones' or is that mainly a British thing?

And on that note - and the news that Bounty has reached 10,453 words and the weather in Texas sucks and one of my flatmates just got home (it's 3am) - I'm going to bed.

*after twenty minutes of talking to a very amusingly drunk flatmate* Now I'm *really* going to bed.

Good night!

Comments

[greenwitch.livejournal.com]

Where I'm from, most people say just "cell", not "cellphone", which I find really annoying from some reason (it reminds me of ditzy teenage girls). After that, "cellphone". But professionally (like on a buisness card or resume) I've usually seen "mobile". Very confusing. *shrug*

[clo.livejournal.com]

Very confusing, but also very helpful for me. ;-) Thank you!

We always call them 'mobiles'.

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[shana0809.livejournal.com]

where I am they are generally refered to as just cells. The can also be called cell phones, or celluar phones. I've heard moblie a couple of times but it's not common.

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[clo.livejournal.com]

Hhmm... that's okay the. I'll stick with 'cell phone' for Bounty.

Oh being British and not knowing these things. >_

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[shana0809.livejournal.com]

I have realized this, which is why I am going to such lengths to properly inform you ;)

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[clo.livejournal.com]

*giggles* 'Tis much appreciated! ^__^

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[liroa15.livejournal.com]

I'm Canadian, so it's not quite the same, but I've never called it a mobile in my life. It's always, always, always cell phone. Not even cellular phone, just cell phone.

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[clo.livejournal.com]

*nods* I suspected mobile was very British but just wanted to check. It's for Mardy using his phone in Bounty so I thought the American name would be more appropriate than the British. ^__^

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[liroa15.livejournal.com]

Probably. I don't think Mardy would think of it as a mobile.

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[clo.livejournal.com]

Well it's a bizarre question to ask if we ever meet him. ^__^

Us: Do you call your phone a cell or a mobile?!
Mardy: o_O Um... *backs slowly away*

That's actually a sensible question in comparison to some of the ones Andy gets asked on his message board which seem to generally consist of "Andy OMGLOLILOVEYOU MARRY ME?!!"

Scary teenies.

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[liroa15.livejournal.com]

I liked the one about the crayons. I really did. Although I'm not sure what colour crayon I'd be, Andy would be something super bright and loud. maybe something neon. ;)

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[clo.livejournal.com]

*dies of giggles* Well y'know, what colour crayon you'd be says a lot about you. (don't know what I'd be either) ;-) Andy would *definitely* be one of the super bright ones. Maybe a neon yellow or green...

Roger'd be something dark and subtle. Maybe the darkest red or navy blue.

Oh my god Andy and Roger's crayon colours would clash so badly. o_O

... opposites attract?

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[liroa15.livejournal.com]

God, I hope so. It works in physics and that's a good enough basis for slash to me. ;)

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[clo.livejournal.com]

So we could say our basis for supporting Roger/Andy is that... their crayon colours are opposite and opposites attract?

Sounds good! :-) (Though we'd probably get a funny weird looks saying it out loud...)

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[liroa15.livejournal.com]

Especially to people who have no clue what we're talking about.

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[clo.livejournal.com]

... Absolutely. Which come to think of it is most of the world.

We'd just have to explain ourselves, and hopefully convert them at the same time. ;-)

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[liroa15.livejournal.com]

Either that or they'd send us back to the Asylum we came from.

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[liroa15.livejournal.com]

Is this you, ,lj user="clo">? Or someone else I should know, but don't?

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[clo.livejournal.com]

*amused* It helps to sign into the *right* journal before I reply to comments.

I'm dance_again by the way. I stick all my half-finished fic there because I like to have online backup copies of fic, just in case.

~

And if they sent us back to the Asylum, we'd just have to keep escaping and trying again. ;-)

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[liroa15.livejournal.com]

Okay, that just answered the question I asked in reply to that post.

And we would indeed continue to try and escape, only because we need to convert the world to the Andy/Roger and Andy/Roger/Mardy love. ;)

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[clo.livejournal.com]

And because y'know, we're Inmates. The day we sit quietly in our padded cells is the day the world ends. ;-) And of course the tennis!slash lvoe is too important to keep quiet about.

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[liroa15.livejournal.com]

This is true. Especially when no one seems to know how wonderful it is. *is confused*

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[clo.livejournal.com]

I know! They don't know what they've been missing. *sad*

At least we're spreading the word. ^__^

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[liroa15.livejournal.com]

Slowly, but people are learning. Apparently someone stumbled on my journal and read and reviewed. So there may be another convert, although maybe not. At least I tried.

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[clo.livejournal.com]

Converts are *good*.

It's dawning on me that we may have started something here. The amount of people who've said "Tennis slash! I've been looking/waiting/hoping for that!" is becoming a little spooky. Maybe all this fandom needed was a good kick to get it started... and now we've done it, it's way too late to turn back.

But we may have given life to a whole new fandom. We should be proud. ^__^

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[liroa15.livejournal.com]

Or perhaps scared. Because if it is then taken over by Mary Sues I will take it out and shoot it myself.

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[clo.livejournal.com]

Then please for the sake of your sanity and the tennis fandom, never ever visit tennisfanfic. It's too bad even to be funny. My Andy muse bursts into tears every time I mention it.

It's places like that which make me realise just how bad Andy Roddick fans are for the world of tennis. *sigh*

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[liroa15.livejournal.com]

I will remember that. Mary Sues *shudder*

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[clo.livejournal.com]

Tennis Mary Sues? *major shudder*