Here it is, for those of you who don't get DRIN. Thought someone might be interested. Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
Thanks, that was interesting.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Yeah, it was.
Although my jaw dropped a bit at this:
quote: Q: Wait, so there really is a Baldwin Hills, California?
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I realize that this was (apparently) a publicity interview, given that it's on Random House's own site, and so it's not intended to be confrontational or anything, but I found this interesting:
quote:. . . what gives you, a white male, . . .
I haven't read Magic Street yet, but my understanding is that the stretch might be because OSC's white, but not because he's male. So when I see the phrase "white male" used when his male-ness is not an issue, it strikes me as being, really, an epithet. I think it says something either about the prejudices of the interviewer, or about the extent to which we as a society have internalized the use of "white male" as a phrase, where you don't use one without the other when both apply.
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I also found this interesting (from OSC):
quote:It is to laugh.
Now I'm being a pseudo-linguistic geek. To me, this sounds like a very Spanish phrasing. I can clearly hear this in Spanish in my head, and it sounds idiomatic, whereas in English, it does not seem so to me. I wonder if this is a Brazilian Portuguese thing, which OSC picked up during his mission days and imported to English (or, of course, if it's actually more idiomatic in other regional versions of English, or if it's just a freak thing.)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
It's a quote, Ic. I don't even remember what it's from, but I hear it used all the time.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Ah . . . pardon my unhepness.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Comic Book Guy on the Simpsons says it a lot.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Icarus: Ah . . . pardon my unhepness.
*blink* Does that mean I'm hep?
YES! *high-fives Ic*
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Oh, and this made me smile with hope:
quote:Q:And wait again: you’re working on a project with Queen Latifah? OSC: I can’t say any more about that right now. Sorry.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
High-fives are so unhep, rivka. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dagonee: High-fives are so unhep, rivka.
That was kind of the point, Dags.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Yes, but the network suits decided the joke needed clarification for some of the slower viewers.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Ah, so you're the designated . . . um . . . what?
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Just your humble straight man.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*doesn't take bait* Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
quote: Q:And wait again: you’re working on a project with Queen Latifah?
OSC: I can’t say any more about that right now. Sorry.
My interest is piqued.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Our interest peaked at around 29% last year, and now it's starting to drop again. My Citicard has gone down to 19%, and my new bank gave me one at just 9%.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
"Ho ho, very funny. Ha ha, it is to laugh." -- Daffy Duck, Robin Hood Daffy
Dunno if that's a reference to an earlier usage, but it goes back at least that far.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
H.P.Lovecraft (pretty sure this is out of copyright)
quote: On a broken brick that didn't show Or a banana peel In the fifth reel By George Creel It is to laugh And quaff It makes you stout and hale And all my days I'll sing the praise Of Ivory Soap Have you a little T. S. Eliot in your house?
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Much of Lovecraft is free of copyright, as he died in 1937 (definite cutoff date is 1923).
Even if it was published between those dates, if the copyright wasn't renewed (as was once required) its now in the public domain.
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