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Auuugh! Cliffhanger! Spike, what am I gonna use the internet for if I can't keep frantically checking for the next update, knowing you'll be selling things and making money at a con?! What, I ask, what?!
One hell of a cliffhanger to leave, though. I like that you used the term madam - ever since French class it's always made me quite tickled whenever someone in 'polite' anglican society refers to a respectable woman as such.
Posted by Alan Tyson at October 5, 2007 08:56 AM
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... I hope you used respectable ironically there Alan. ^^; You know that madam is the term traditionally used in the states for a female pimp, right? And considering the statue and the dialog, I'm pretty certain that that is the context it's being used in here...
Posted by Mabus at October 5, 2007 12:03 PM
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Ooh, Mabus, you're not about to suggest that the oldest profession is an unrespectable line of work, are you?
I certainly hope not!
Posted by Kitty at October 5, 2007 12:43 PM
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Pre' sure you misunderstood 'Alan Tyson', 'Mabus'. I think what he was getting at was it was funny when in French class he got to call his teacher Madame when it was the name of a female brothel operator. As far as I can tell. But maybe you're right and he's ridiculous.
Posted by Minka at October 5, 2007 02:01 PM
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But don't you use the term "Madam" at all, unless to refer to a brothel owner, in english ?
I thought it was the female Equivalent of "Sir", and that you called the brothel owner a "Madame" (with a final e).
Posted by Wood at October 5, 2007 02:19 PM
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Right you are, Wood.
Cliff hanger? Am I to understand that there won't be an update for quite awhile? I assume this has something to do with this "Fallcon" thing, yes?
Posted by Finch at October 5, 2007 08:47 PM
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Actually, it's madam if you're talking about a brothel owner. Madame is the polite title. Check dictionary.com. :)
Posted by Kitty at October 5, 2007 10:06 PM
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Kitty's right. What I meant was, in American pronunciation, or at least the flat midwestern dialect I'm used to, both terms are said the same way, I just never noticed anything was weird about it until I took French and found out how you're really supposed to say "madame."
But Minka is right. I AM ridiculous. C:
Posted by Alan Tyson at October 5, 2007 10:25 PM
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I think those two terms are confused for a reason. Female brothel owners probably tried to cultivate the idea that they were, in fact, a kind of misunderstood gentility, and try to call themselves Madam Dove or Madam (insert name here), and play up their occassionally maternal relationships to "their girls". This makes it easier on the more upperclass clientele to attend their establishment, make the clientele feel like they're doing respectable business instead of just paying to geet some. But did you know that "ma'am", the sorrect term for a female military officer of higher rank, is just a slurred version of "madam"? And that one is considered to be equal to calling a male of higher rank "sir".
Posted by Jala at October 6, 2007 08:53 AM
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Not sure if I already said this or not, so bear with me if I seem to be losing my mind.
The other day I was at the store and ran across a young man with a crazy wonderful faux-hawk/dreads hairdo, striped kneesocks, and artfully ripped clothing who was purchasing large amounts of Spam. My first though was "Wow, he looks like he jumped right out of Templar." My second, of course, was that I wish I had a picture for you.
Just thought you might like to know how much Templar is inserting itself into my day-to-day life...
Posted by Gwen at October 8, 2007 06:31 PM
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How do you have a faux-hawk and dreads in the same hairdo, Gwen? I'm having trouble picturing this.
Posted by Jala at October 8, 2007 10:00 PM
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While I miffed (miffed!) over the terrible wait (it's terrible), it feels 'less' as I hold my precious copy of The Great Outdoors. It really is awesome. (I'm the guy who asked for the dragonfly sketch. It's awesome)
Posted by Dan. at October 10, 2007 01:40 AM
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Well, his hair was much longer at the back of his head than everywhere else, and he'd made the long parts into dreads, you see. But the rest of his hair was stuck up into a mohawky thing.
People are pretty creative with their hair around here, but that was the oddest/coolest I'd seen in a while.
Posted by Gwen at October 10, 2007 08:43 AM
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