Fortune Cookies & Brit Bridezilla OMFG

[ankhorite]

What a day! Okay, everyone, go play Fortune Cookie with cleverpunition, a game of her own devising. Go! It's gooood!

Second, anyone who has had a wedding, planned a wedding, been in a wedding, or seen a wedding, you must see these URLs given me by elegaer, OMFG, from a British facsimile of the U.S. "Bridezilla" show. Yes, they're safe for work, but first, some

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[elegaer]

and it wasn't actually from a bridezilla program, though it should have been! it was a program about young brides, there were 3 or 4 normal ones, then THIS!

Young Brides?

[ankhorite]

Err... how young?

This one looked rather long in the tooth... or, as we say in some parts of the states, rode hard and put away wet. Both horsey references, now that I think about it. Hmmm.

Maybe she's 18, and the tanning booth made her look 30. I noticed some skin damage around her eyes, that bleaching pattern some women get.

Anyway, I don't want to humiliate her further because doubtless this was her dream and it ws one day out of her life, and who am I to mock that?

Well, who I am is, someone who doesn't believe in

A. Weddings
B. Expensive Weddings
C. Pre-teen trollop attire
D. Any article of dress that limits a woman's ability to walk, much less defend herself.

But still, I am trying to be nice about this, and stick to being horrified without turning horrible.

PS: How did she offload her lagers in that thing? Just crouching at roadside, like the hoop-skirted aristocrat in The Piano?

Re: Young Brides?

[elegaer]

she was 18, yeah. groom was 20. Honest, she was! Really!!

I think it was her dream, until she realised the reality. Her face looked so tired by the end.

[belle_marmotte]

OK I had to double scroll because my understanding of Chav is completely different to what this is. Despite being derived from the Romany word for 'young boy' or 'child' the word Chav is more commonly used to describe white British of the 'lower social orders'. To wit the acronym for 'chav' as Council Houses And Violence, describing both the habitat and temperament of such creatures

[elegaer]

Chav *and* travellers I think!

Chav, Traveller, Gypsy, Rom

[ankhorite]

Thank you both for weighing in on this -- I'm sorry I missed it at the time.

I still get chills when I think about what a nightmare that contraption must have been to wear.

[mehitabel1]

I am not commenting on the wedding. It needs no comment.

BUT - a tinker's dam, as I understand it, is a tiny bit of clay, used to hold the molten metal in place until it solidifies, in the process of repairing a bucket or pan. I have never seen the process, but have been assured that this is true. After the process, the clay is just discarded. I was trying to describe what I had been told (and didn't truly comprehend) about this to someone, and went to the dictionary for assistance. I got "referring to the low speech of tinkers". I have not forgotten, or forgiven. I disposed of the offending dictionary.

Tinker's Damn v. Tinker's Dam

[ankhorite]

This is fascinating!

I need to go looking for this. I don't have time today, but I'll keep it in my mental queue and report back later.

Thanks!

Tinker's Dam / Damn, Redux

[ankhorite]

I told you I wouldn't forget! :) Here, a year later, is a link to Podictionary's Word of The Day.

You addressed this over in your own LJ here.

He repeats the worthless-person's-curse theory, and doesn't mention the clay business at all. He's a nice guy, though, and responds to comments if you care to leave one.

I would, but I'm packing! First trip home in four years starts three days from now. :)

Re: Tinker's Dam / Damn, Redux

[mehitabel1]

You spent a lot of time finding the references for this. I appreciate it.
As I prepared to answer this gentleman, I looked through all the references again. The one in Wikipedia had been deleted, and the one in Wiktionary had been modified to the point of deletion. It used http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20000114 as a reference. I decided that it was a complete enough reference that I didn't complete my answer. I decided to let it go. I can't believe it myself, but I did.
Thank you.
Enjoy your trip!

So I'll Tell You

[ankhorite]

Drat! Well, okay. Basically, the first clip is her attempt to get herself, her gymshoes, and her giant dress into the van. She has family members both pushing and pulling as she attempts to get her body, encased in a giant hoop skirt, into the back seat. Horizontally

Re: So I'll Tell You

[ankhorite]

Grrlchik, if I could figure out a way to steal the vids and put them on a CD, it would be in the mail tomorrow.

Alas, I lack the skilz.