*sleepy*

Nov. 18th, 2004 03:01 am
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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!

Date: 2004-11-17 07:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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*

Let's see...

Date: 2004-11-17 07:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.

Date: 2004-11-18 08:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clo.livejournal.com
Very confusing, but also very helpful for me. ;-) Thank you!

We always call them 'mobiles'.

Re: Let's see...

Date: 2004-11-18 08:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clo.livejournal.com
Hhmm... that's okay the. I'll stick with 'cell phone' for Bounty.

Oh being British and not knowing these things. >_

Well...

Date: 2004-11-18 06:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-18 06:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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. ^__^

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-18 06:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liroa15.livejournal.com
Probably. I don't think Mardy would think of it as a mobile.

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-19 09:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-19 01:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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. ;)

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-19 03:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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?

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-19 09:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liroa15.livejournal.com
God, I hope so. It works in physics and that's a good enough basis for slash to me. ;)

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-20 03:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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...)

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-20 11:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liroa15.livejournal.com
Especially to people who have no clue what we're talking about.

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-20 06:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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. ;-)

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-20 07:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liroa15.livejournal.com
Either that or they'd send us back to the Asylum we came from.

Re: Let's see...

Date: 2004-11-20 10:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shana0809.livejournal.com
I have realized this, which is why I am going to such lengths to properly inform you ;)

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-21 05:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clo.livejournal.com
*amused* It helps to sign into the *right* journal before I reply to comments.

I'm [livejournal.com profile] 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. ;-)

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-21 12:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liroa15.livejournal.com
Is this you, ,lj user="clo">? Or someone else I should know, but don't?

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-21 12:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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. ;)

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-21 01:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-21 04:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liroa15.livejournal.com
This is true. Especially when no one seems to know how wonderful it is. *is confused*

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-22 10:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clo.livejournal.com
I know! They don't know what they've been missing. *sad*

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

Re: Let's see...

Date: 2004-11-22 12:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clo.livejournal.com
*giggles* 'Tis much appreciated! ^__^

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-22 01:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-22 06:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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. ^__^

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-22 08:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-23 09:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clo.livejournal.com
Then please for the sake of your sanity and the tennis fandom, never ever visit [livejournal.com profile] 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*

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-23 03:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liroa15.livejournal.com
I will remember that. Mary Sues *shudder*

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-11-25 01:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clo.livejournal.com
Tennis Mary Sues? *major shudder*

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