It's been a while, hasn't it? (Actually, I tried to post last night, but it didn't work; so techincally I'm posting for the second time in two days, which is actually quite respectable ( Read more... )

... de demander à ma prof et à un collègue de classe de collaborer avec moi sur un CHAPITRE?!?!?

( Did I really just ask my prof and my classmate to write a CHAPTER with me?!?!?!? )

... sur une affiche de "chat perdu."

( Osais-je? cliquez pour voir ... mwahaha )

-On "Strunk and White's toxic little book of crap" (a direct quote and my new favorite phrase in the world) and self-appointed guardians of grammaticality: a back-post from LanguageLog. (En anglais seulement)

-Quote of the day/citation du jour:

"All people will become, are in the process of becoming, aged, disabled, and dead."
(C'est-à-dire, " ( Read more... )

... pas assez aujourd'hui.

(I love you, my Québécoises, but not enough today.)

Update:

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In LSQ, unlike in ASL, when people give you a name sign, it is almost always a description either of your appearance, personal characteristics, or the spelling of your name. In my case, there are currently three name signs vying for supremacy ( Read more... )

I’m in love. Yup, truly, madly, deeply. The lucky recipient of my affections? LUSH, a British cosmetics/bath products company that has an outpost on St. Denis. After an exhausting day Tuesday, I walked in, codeswitched madly until I figured out that the saleslady who was helping me was Anglophone and the cashier was Francophone, and walked out ( Read more... )

That's my new word.  It means more or less the same thing as English "frankly," but can be used as an exclamation like English "Well, honestly!"  And it is thus that I have been using it.  Incessantly.  Whatever, it works.

My new occasion to use it?  I'm still not registered for two of my classes.  My request was turned down because - get this - ( Read more... )