and this is for you k-chan...
Aug. 28th, 2002 07:55 pmmel and christy MSTed a plagerization of one of their fics and posted it on the gw-fan ML. this little section had me think of you for some reason. plus, it's really dumb and we all know how i like really dumb things.
>>>The loudespeaker blared on overhead,
QUATRE: That would be Ye Olde Englishe version of a loudspeaker, yes?
>>>talking in fluent Scottish.
MEL & CHRISTY: _What_?!
CHRISTY: Oh, come on! There is no such language!
MEL: There are Scottish people, also called Scots, and there is an
alcohol called Scotch, but the official language of Scotland is
_English_. It's part of Great Britain, for crying out loud! Some
Scots do speak a language other than English sometimes, but it's
called _Gaelic_.
CHRISTY: Actually, Mel, to be perfectly accurate it's Scots-Gaelic,
as distinct from the Gaelic sometimes spoken in Ireland. Far from
being the official language of Scotland, it was actually banned along
with the clan tartans and bagpipes when--
QUATRE: Ladies! Back on track, please! We _are_ trying to MST this!
CHRISTY: Errrrr… okay. We're both part Scottish, okay? We care!
>>>The loudespeaker blared on overhead,
QUATRE: That would be Ye Olde Englishe version of a loudspeaker, yes?
>>>talking in fluent Scottish.
MEL & CHRISTY: _What_?!
CHRISTY: Oh, come on! There is no such language!
MEL: There are Scottish people, also called Scots, and there is an
alcohol called Scotch, but the official language of Scotland is
_English_. It's part of Great Britain, for crying out loud! Some
Scots do speak a language other than English sometimes, but it's
called _Gaelic_.
CHRISTY: Actually, Mel, to be perfectly accurate it's Scots-Gaelic,
as distinct from the Gaelic sometimes spoken in Ireland. Far from
being the official language of Scotland, it was actually banned along
with the clan tartans and bagpipes when--
QUATRE: Ladies! Back on track, please! We _are_ trying to MST this!
CHRISTY: Errrrr… okay. We're both part Scottish, okay? We care!