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Gooseberry Mods ([personal profile] goosemods) wrote in [community profile] goose_ooc2017-08-18 10:34 pm
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OOC CHATTER POST #7

This brand new chatter post doubles as the OOC chatter section of PART 2 of the Veritaserum meme. Links incoming, you needy, needy children.

YEAR 2 VERITASERUM, Pt. 2
Characters
General Questions
Part 1

Please put a subject line in your posts to help people sort through new conversations!
nothalfplaid: (Default)

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[personal profile] nothalfplaid 2017-09-03 07:31 am (UTC)(link)

My friend Edward says "eat medicine" instead of "take medicine" because I guess that's how it's phrased in Chinese and he always says "technically, it's more correct" and I'm like but???

threatens: (Default)

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[personal profile] threatens 2017-09-03 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
english is a stupid language, cheryl, stop DEFENDING it
nothalfplaid: (Default)

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[personal profile] nothalfplaid 2017-09-03 07:52 am (UTC)(link)

It is stupid and we have the French to blame.

browbeats: (Default)

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[personal profile] browbeats 2017-09-03 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
it just makes me so weirdly perturbed to imagine my pharmacist telling me to eat medicine
nothalfplaid: (Default)

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[personal profile] nothalfplaid 2017-09-03 07:42 am (UTC)(link)

I'm p sure he had to adapt since he became a pharmacist

browbeats: (Default)

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[personal profile] browbeats 2017-09-03 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
BUT I THOUGHT EATING MEDICINE WAS MORE TECHNICALLY CORRECT, EDWARD.
sunsoutgunsout: (Default)

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[personal profile] sunsoutgunsout 2017-09-03 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
if somebody told me to eat my medicine i would try to chew it even though you don't always chew things you eat (HELLO, SOUP)
nothalfplaid: (Default)

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[personal profile] nothalfplaid 2017-09-03 07:46 am (UTC)(link)

That was my argument (and the parenthesis part was his counter argument)

sheepish: (Default)

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[personal profile] sheepish 2017-09-03 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
even if someone says "swallow your medicine" it's weird and too literal of phrasing.
sunsoutgunsout: (Default)

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[personal profile] sunsoutgunsout 2017-09-03 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
or else it gets the hose again
nothalfplaid: (Default)

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[personal profile] nothalfplaid 2017-09-03 07:59 am (UTC)(link)

take your medicine then take your exam.

sunsoutgunsout: (Default)

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[personal profile] sunsoutgunsout 2017-09-03 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
counter-point: eat your medicine then eat your exam
sheepish: (Default)

Re: unlocking the SECRET to playing a non-american english speaker

[personal profile] sheepish 2017-09-03 07:56 am (UTC)(link)