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Questions and Answers - Part 3

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ONLY NICE THINGS

21:50 / 19.09.07

The eiron is a character in Greek comedy who draws a boaster into looking foolish through innocent questioning and self-deprecation. Eironia as identified as a Socratic technique comes from that role.

However, surely the key point here is that the 17th-century fellows should not describe whatever it is as ironic, not necessarily because it would be anachronistic (although I think that is certainly possible), but because it is not in fact ironic. It's just a pain in the hole.

Jack Fear

01:43 / 20.09.07

It would be anachronistic, actually, because chardonnay wouldn't invented for hundreds of years yet.

MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!

10:37 / 20.09.07

Jack's right -- I was wondering if one character turning to the other and saying "Isn't this ironic! Like rain on your wedding day!"* would be acceptable, or completely out of place.

Looks like it's safer to just work around it.

*not the actual line

MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!

10:40 / 20.09.07

.tramp, newer-model MD players are fantastic. But if you're on a budget, as much as I love my MD gear, I have to admit there are far more affordable options out there. Once you're into the world of digital recording, the actual sound quality is governed more by whether you have a decent mic than what the actual recorder is (assuming you buy something that records at a reasonable bitrate).

If you DO decide to go MD, make sure you get HiMD equipment, as it generally supports USB dumps right to your computer. Pre-HiMD, you could only get original audio off the MD player and onto your system by re-recording it in real time.

Triplets

00:12 / 21.09.07

After reading the synopsis (synopsese?) for the four main characters, which seem to be centered around their relationship to marriage/the men in their lives, is it worth reading Little Women?

ibis the being

00:48 / 21.09.07

Gosh, I hardly remember Little Women. I read it when I was 12 or so and vaguely remember hating all of the characters except Jo.

I have a random question that I have thought about way too often not to finally sort out... is there a Spanish word for cute? Like how babies and puppies are cute?

grant

01:34 / 21.09.07

Welllll, when the Colombian lady at work sees pictures of my kids, she'll say "Que linda!" and in Cuban Spanish I think it means something like that, too - although I know that in Miami, "Ay, que linda!" is equivalent to "Ag, shame!" in South Africa, which is a specific kind of "cute, little, dear" diminutive thing.

ibis the being

00:06 / 22.09.07

Hm, I always thought linda meant pretty, while bonita means beautiful. Come on, do we have no native Spanish speakers here??

Seth

10:31 / 23.09.07

Let's say one were to be posing naked for a night shoot out in the British countryside in late September. What tried and tested methods are there that will prevent one's tackle shrinking and retreating back into one's body for warmth so that one can, erm... show one's best face to the world?

Tea cosy.

Wool socks and a thermos of hot tea. Or, for the purist, a fluffer.

Triplets

12:44 / 23.09.07

Or you could crawl inside a vivisected tauntaun between takes.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

12:54 / 23.09.07

Cute is mono (monkey). "¡Ay, que mono!"

ONLY NICE THINGS

13:08 / 23.09.07

Cup and thermos of warm water?

Realistically, you're just going to have a fiddle in betwen takes.

Seth

13:34 / 23.09.07

One was hoping one wouldn't have to go the fluffer route. But that's just one's chap, isn't it? One's balls will also be seeking refuge. I guess there are no miracles to be found here, are there?

...when I say 'one' I mean it more in a Metallica sense than a U2 sense.

Seth

13:43 / 23.09.07

Where's daytripper when you need him?

Saveloy

13:02 / 24.09.07

Seth: Photoshop?

Question: Where can I get hold of replacement parts for a Tascam Portastudio?

Somebody has given me an old 4-track: PortaTWO

But it's missing a drive belt. Where would I get one? A nice, reliable web shop would be best.

Katherine

14:22 / 24.09.07

Warm coat which is taken away at the last minute and also a warm air battery fan heater should help you out.

Seth

18:17 / 24.09.07

I really think my particular problem suggests a niche in the market that needs filling by industrious persons unknown.

electric monk

18:52 / 24.09.07

I think this is your best bet.

Heat one up before your shoot and wrap it in aluminum foil to keep it warm.

CAUTION: LET HEATED HOT POCKETS COOL FOR AT LEAST FIVE (5) MINUTES BEFORE APPLYING. DO NOT BRING HOT POCKETS WITHIN THE VICINITY OF MR. PERKINS IMMEDIATELY AFTER WARMING HOT POCKETS IN THE MICROWAVE. SERIOUS INJURY MAY RESULT.

grant

19:07 / 24.09.07

Somebody has given me an old 4-track: PortaTWO

But it's missing a drive belt. Where would I get one?

I don't know, but if you Google up TapeOp magazine, someone in their forum is bound to have an answer.

Olulabelle

19:50 / 24.09.07

I cannot believe that in my head there is now an extraordinarily vivid image of Seth standing naked in the countryside with his manbits inserted into a ham and cheese hot pocket.

Thanks for that.

Saveloy

10:25 / 25.09.07

Cheers, grant, I'll give 'em a go.

Seth

11:15 / 25.09.07

Not fully naked. I'll be wearing wellies, a furry deerstalker and I'll be smoking a pipe.

And yes, by furry deerstalker I do mean a hat.

Mistoffelees

13:56 / 25.09.07

That´ll be the crowning piece of the photo thread!

Dead Megatron

15:15 / 25.09.07

Hm, I always thought linda meant pretty, while bonita means beautiful.

I can't be sure about Spanish, but in Portuguese is actually the contrary.

And "cute" is "fofo" or "fofa". Or "fofinho" and "fofinha", if you want that extra-cuteness tone.

Mistoffelees

15:46 / 25.09.07

Yes, let´s pool the different translations for cute!

In german, there are many words for cute situations. There are obvious ones like süß (sweet), and schnuckelig, putzig (if pets clean themselves they do putzen), possierlich (not in use anymore), goldig and the most accurate translation niedlich (need, li as in lips and ch as in chanson).

lille christina

16:23 / 25.09.07

People from London: I've been looking for a good website that contains for rent appartments in the London area, but I couldn't find any good ones. Do you know about the existence of such sites?

And also are there any good "jobs in London" websites?

thank you.

Alex's Grandma

21:37 / 25.09.07

Ah, schnuckelig, my new favourite word.

In other news:

www.moveflat.com (flats)

www.monster.com (jobs)

lille christina

09:24 / 26.09.07

Thank you Alex's Grandma's...issues.
I've heard of monster before, but I did not remember until now.

You also can combine schnuckelig and putzig and make it a "Schnuckiputz" (something you would call a really cute person).

Benny the Ball

07:35 / 28.09.07

Can anyone help recommend words that are the opposite of "oasis", but not "desert"?

To give an idea, let's say I wanted to say that the Daily Mail letters collumn was a place of idiots, but didn't want to be ironic (eg "an oasis of calm, measured acceptence") or overly literal ( eg "a desert of calm, measured acceptence") rather saying "the Daily Mail letters collumn is a [suggested word] of narrow minded, racist bigotry"

Twice

07:45 / 28.09.07

Wasteland?

kan

cesspit?

solitude, badlands

I second cesspit, or possibly "standing pool".

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