Cattycorner is very midwestern. I've gotten made fun of using it on two coasts and in the intermountain West. Apparently the "correct" term, according to those friends, is "kittycorner." Um, same thing?
My grandma always apologizes that her cookies are "store-boughten" instead of homemade, which is how she prefers to be hospitable.
I'm very much a Stealth Geek, to the point that most of my geeky friends deny that I'm any sort of a geek. Okay, whatever. Hey, I admit, I was a cheerleader in high school. (But I was also on the yearbook committee and captain of the scholastic bowl team.)
However, I very much do the talking-over-another-person if they're not listening to me. I don't think that's FanSpeak, I think that's my upbringing--my mom's side of the family is very much the same way.
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Date: 2007-08-13 10:05 pm (UTC)My grandma always apologizes that her cookies are "store-boughten" instead of homemade, which is how she prefers to be hospitable.
I'm very much a Stealth Geek, to the point that most of my geeky friends deny that I'm any sort of a geek. Okay, whatever. Hey, I admit, I was a cheerleader in high school. (But I was also on the yearbook committee and captain of the scholastic bowl team.)
However, I very much do the talking-over-another-person if they're not listening to me. I don't think that's FanSpeak, I think that's my upbringing--my mom's side of the family is very much the same way.