Carlton

[jack]

And while I'm spodding, I went to the carlton. I hadn't for a couple of weeks, but it turned out I was just in the right mood and had a great evening.

I had little to drink -- one dionysus, and some lemonade and lime (why is that bad? it's the refreshingest drink of them all! :)) and lots of water -- but felt a bit spaced and slûrry[1] anyway. Maybe I should have had more of a dinner.

Naath is back from essex, welcome home! :) I chatted to Naath and Tom and Mr Janet (name?) about buying houses and whom Japan is in debt to; and thanked the last for having s Horlogette because that prompted Owen to suggest I get one.

I spoke to filecoreinuse for ages, which was lovely. I remember when first knew him as "Boyfriend of Jennie" but now I run into him in the carlton more often than I see her. Also said hi to caesium (I think).

I dragged out of Mobbsy and sonic a description of how Play.com was taking over the world. Scary, in so many ways.

I met Verity, who was nice. So *that*'s who lives in the Gallery.

[1] I mean "slurry" as in "slurred" not as in the semiliquid barnyard refuse. My browser choked on the IPA letter I think I should have used, so here's AHD because that's where dictionary.com took me :( How *should* I differentiate those words? Is there a difference in vowel or should I have used a stress mark?

Comments

[frithonthehills.livejournal.com]

You did indeed talk to me (caesium).

Nice to see you again. :)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Hi! I did know once which LJ was yours, but I couldn't drag it up now, so I stuck to real name/other handle. Nice to see you.

[satanicsocks.livejournal.com]

Rich passed on a hi, sorry I'm never in the carlton but I hvae lots of things clamouring for time and beer isn't my top priority :)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

LOL, I didn't expect him to *remember* :) Not at all, Rich filled me in, and beer not being your top priority is a *virtue* not a *flaw*, I'm glad you're doing so much.

[simont]

I met Verity, who was nice

... and who is hilarityallen, if that's any use to you.

[simont]

Also (come to think of it) it seems unlikely that she's stopped being nice since last night :-)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. I understand what you're saying, but I think "was" and "is" are both normal in that context, and "was" is marginally more precise. I'm describing meeting her, not pretending to have a perfect judgement of someone's character after half an hour drinking with them.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[vyvyan.livejournal.com]

Slurry the adjective would have the vowel of slur, for me a low-mid central unrounded vowel (like in her, girl, word, heard - does this work? /slɜ:ri:/
Slurry the noun would have (for me) a low-mid back unrounded vowel, as in luck, ton - /slʌri:/

I don't think there's any way to mark the distinction in conventional English orthography, though; the OED prints them identically, for instance. But I think it was obvious which one you meant from context, anyway!

[vyvyan.livejournal.com]

Oh, and of course the vowel in slurry the adjective would be long, while the one in the noun would be short.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I knew someone would help me out.

I don't think there's any way to mark the distinction in conventional English orthography,

I was thinking I could throw in one phonetic symbol, because it would be the most amusing way to disambiguate, and wondering which you'd think was best. I guess just using slu:rry would do the trick. Or I could use ɜ, but people who don't know IPA might not be able to parse the word at all.

But I think it was obvious which one you meant from context, anyway!

Maybe; but I think many people might think I did talk slʌrry! :)

[ceb.livejournal.com]

I wasn't *complaining* about the lime+lemonade, just surprised (it's been about 14 years, as I say).

lime+lemonade

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that was a humorous exagaration, but you seemed shocked to see someone drinking it 14 years on and I just wondered why (we got shanghaied by another conversation before you said :)). To me it seems like a very nice nonalchoholic drink, if you don't feel like coke or something standard, and I wanted to buy *something* to pay them for my three hours in the bar, and have have something tasty and hydrating :)

Re: lime+lemonade

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

nice = essence of pure green, but not sickly green like aftershock can be, but pure clear natural green, the green equivalent of a cerulean mountain stream or cherenkov[1] radiation :)

[1] What? It happens naturally :)