Midori - that's the melon liquer, right? Looking forward to hearing about a wild night of drunken debauchery. Or at the very least, a new drink recipe... *grin*
New one I've found is a good lemonade (like 'simply lemonade' brand, or chick-fil-a lemonade) with UV blue raspberry vodka. Yum!
And hee, because I actually didn't mean Midori the liquor, although it is delicious. I forgot that, you know, there's more than one popular use of Midori! I was actually talking about the violinist Midori Goto, who performs simply as Midori. (The clip I linked to is from when she was only a teenager - she's in her thirties now - but you get the idea.) Anyway, she's performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra this weekend, and my best friend and I had the great treat of attending opening night. It was, in a word, fabulous.
Although there was drinking on the night, as well. Ahem. ;-)
Lemon and blue raspberry vodka! That sounds... really tasty, actually. :D
*is slightly embarrassed* I must've missed a previous post about the concert, right? (I haven't been to a concert in years). It sounds wonderful - glad you had fun.
And now I'm also still thinking about Midori (as in the melon liquer), because it's such a lovely Slytherin color. *grin*
No reason to be embarrassed! I did make an earlier post about the concert, but I certainly don't expect everybody to have read every single one of my entries. I was just silly and forgot that "Midori" has more than one meaning.
Midori is a beautiful, perfectly Slytherin color, isn't it? Hmm, I wonder if it's been used in any appropriately Slytherin drink recipes.
By the way, welcome to Slytherin! :D Have you joined slytherin_owl yet? Drop by and you can introduce yourself--or I'll introduce you, if you prefer. Whatever you'd like.
WOW! /iz impressed I scored 76, but am wondering what would have happened if I'd answered the way I was tempted to all the questions (I couldn't resist Jethro Tull, though - LOL)
OTOH, the idea that a gerund might be a *noun* is mind-boggling by me. Sounds like saying that infinitive is "a noun formed by a verb preceded by 'to'" o_O
Forgot to say: YAYYY for the link to that delightful post about 'The French Connection,' - I hope I can add a comment there, even though it's an old post (never tried before.) I'm saving it for later, i.e. after RL duties and as soon as I'll be free to browse at leisure *bliss*
Aww, thanks, but I think I was kind of a ringer for the test. I'm much more impressed by your 76, because I know I couldn't have possibly scored that high if I were taking the test in Italian!
And yes, I was also sorely tempted to answer the questions in a... not particularly serious way. ;-)
Heh about the gerunds--I know what you mean, but here's why a gerund is, in fact, a noun (in English, I hasten to add, because languages differ): it refers to an action noun, using the "ing" suffix. It can behave like a verb within the phrase, but acts like a noun in the larger context of the sentence. And because I know that's not a very helpful explanation, I point out the following example from HP: "The Sacking of Severus Snape." "Sacking" is both a gerund and a noun. Or consider the Running of the Bulls; "running" is both gerund and noun. Sounds odd, but it's true!
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I'm so glad you had a good time last night.
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I did have a completely wonderful time. The music was sublime, the food was good, the company excellent. Will do a more comprehensive write-up today.
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Midori - that's the melon liquer, right? Looking forward to hearing about a wild night of drunken debauchery. Or at the very least, a new drink recipe... *grin*
New one I've found is a good lemonade (like 'simply lemonade' brand, or chick-fil-a lemonade) with UV blue raspberry vodka. Yum!
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And hee, because I actually didn't mean Midori the liquor, although it is delicious. I forgot that, you know, there's more than one popular use of Midori! I was actually talking about the violinist Midori Goto, who performs simply as Midori. (The clip I linked to is from when she was only a teenager - she's in her thirties now - but you get the idea.) Anyway, she's performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra this weekend, and my best friend and I had the great treat of attending opening night. It was, in a word, fabulous.
Although there was drinking on the night, as well. Ahem. ;-)
Lemon and blue raspberry vodka! That sounds... really tasty, actually. :D
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And now I'm also still thinking about Midori (as in the melon liquer), because it's such a lovely Slytherin color. *grin*
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Midori is a beautiful, perfectly Slytherin color, isn't it? Hmm, I wonder if it's been used in any appropriately Slytherin drink recipes.
By the way, welcome to Slytherin! :D Have you joined slytherin_owl yet? Drop by and you can introduce yourself--or I'll introduce you, if you prefer. Whatever you'd like.
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I scored 76, but am wondering what would have happened if I'd answered the way I was tempted to all the questions (I couldn't resist Jethro Tull, though - LOL)
OTOH, the idea that a gerund might be a *noun* is mind-boggling by me. Sounds like saying that infinitive is "a noun formed by a verb preceded by 'to'" o_O
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I'm saving it for later, i.e. after RL duties and as soon as I'll be free to browse at leisure *bliss*
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Please enjoy it!
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And yes, I was also sorely tempted to answer the questions in a... not particularly serious way. ;-)
Heh about the gerunds--I know what you mean, but here's why a gerund is, in fact, a noun (in English, I hasten to add, because languages differ): it refers to an action noun, using the "ing" suffix. It can behave like a verb within the phrase, but acts like a noun in the larger context of the sentence. And because I know that's not a very helpful explanation, I point out the following example from HP: "The Sacking of Severus Snape." "Sacking" is both a gerund and a noun. Or consider the Running of the Bulls; "running" is both gerund and noun. Sounds odd, but it's true!
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