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Mar. 8th, 2003
quel jour.
Mar. 8th, 2003 10:03 pmBlaaaaah. Today has been a nothing day. See, my housematemom didn't go to sleep last night, and left the house really early to run some errands. Around the time she left, the dog started barking. The dog who sleeps at the foot of my bed. Barking at an impressive level. I'd only been asleep for a few hours, but she woke me up. I tried to get her to hush for a while, then finally went into my mom's room, where the DVD player is, to watch a movie.
Picked The Rules of Attraction from the stack I rented earlier in the week. It's, um, I suppose it's good. ( The Rules of Attraction are, apparently, harsh. )
Last night I got fed up with something that had been bothering me. I went to the movies Thursday night - not alone, as it turned out - and I couldn't do anything with my hair. It hadn't been trimmed since September. Major split ends. I resolved to get a haircut by Sunday. On the spur of the moment, since my hairstyle is very simple right now, I called one of the mall places who can take last-minute appointments (my regular hairdresser needs like 2 weeks' notice). Clip snip snip. The lady kept me waiting for almost 1/2hr after my appointment time, but she did exactly what I asked for. So now I have taken an inch off the length, which is vaguely past my shoulders, and I have two layers chopped in around my face: one at the chin, one inbetween the chin and the ends. There is actually a third layer, the bangs I'm growing out. So, shoulder-length hair with shorter strands around my face. Yay!
After that, went out for dinner, then came home and packed excess dishes. We have too many mugs. Mugs galore.
I took a nap after the movie and reading this afternoon, and got up and watched Monsters Inc., and am going to watch Possession in a couple of hours.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
arwen_isobel is sitting behind me, on my bed, chewing on her treat (one of those dental strips made of compressed shredded rawhide). I'm drinking spring cherry green tea. I would have preferred a good night's sleep, but this isn't a bad alternative.
Picked The Rules of Attraction from the stack I rented earlier in the week. It's, um, I suppose it's good. ( The Rules of Attraction are, apparently, harsh. )
Last night I got fed up with something that had been bothering me. I went to the movies Thursday night - not alone, as it turned out - and I couldn't do anything with my hair. It hadn't been trimmed since September. Major split ends. I resolved to get a haircut by Sunday. On the spur of the moment, since my hairstyle is very simple right now, I called one of the mall places who can take last-minute appointments (my regular hairdresser needs like 2 weeks' notice). Clip snip snip. The lady kept me waiting for almost 1/2hr after my appointment time, but she did exactly what I asked for. So now I have taken an inch off the length, which is vaguely past my shoulders, and I have two layers chopped in around my face: one at the chin, one inbetween the chin and the ends. There is actually a third layer, the bangs I'm growing out. So, shoulder-length hair with shorter strands around my face. Yay!
After that, went out for dinner, then came home and packed excess dishes. We have too many mugs. Mugs galore.
I took a nap after the movie and reading this afternoon, and got up and watched Monsters Inc., and am going to watch Possession in a couple of hours.
arwen_isobel is sitting behind me, on my bed, chewing on her treat (one of those dental strips made of compressed shredded rawhide). I'm drinking spring cherry green tea. I would have preferred a good night's sleep, but this isn't a bad alternative.
neologisms / U and non-U
Mar. 8th, 2003 10:48 pmI'm reading a book called The Story of English, which is a basic linguistic history. One of the topics in it is neologisms; another is the "U and non-U" distinction made in the 1950s about British speech and word-usage. There is an interesting page HERE.
The thing is, most of the words called "neologisms" are not, in fact, new words; they are either phrases with obvious meanings, or idiomatic expressions. For instance, this page gives "red-letter day" (idiomatic expression) and "electronic funds transfer" (fairly obvious to anyone who would need to use the phrase) as examples. I don't think there is any question about the meaning of "style slave," even though it is vaguely idiomatic (it's a metaphor, OK?)
etc. check it out.
The thing is, most of the words called "neologisms" are not, in fact, new words; they are either phrases with obvious meanings, or idiomatic expressions. For instance, this page gives "red-letter day" (idiomatic expression) and "electronic funds transfer" (fairly obvious to anyone who would need to use the phrase) as examples. I don't think there is any question about the meaning of "style slave," even though it is vaguely idiomatic (it's a metaphor, OK?)
etc. check it out.
