by Red Wolf"I didn't know you could speak Irish." Dawn found it endearing that Spike was multilingual.
"I can't."
There went that idea. "But you knew what Fuilteach meant."
Spike leant back in his chair. "You get called a bloody idiot by Angel often enough and you pick up on these things. I can swear and order beer in several languages if it's any help."
"I'm sure that skill will come in handy." Dawn mused that sometimes it was better to hold your tongue and think the best rather than have your beliefs turn out to be far less interesting in reality.
Jossverse Drabbles — challenge #75: silence
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dawn summers | fan fiction | fiction | london | spike
Ah, how true... :) Very cute ficlet — via LiveJournal
— posted by Laridian at 04.09.2004 17:42 AEST | 
It's about the extent of my language skills — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 17:42 AEST |
Trust Spike to know how to swear in several different languages ::hehehehe:: Great Piece. Oh, BTW I love Rome!verse ^_^ — via LiveJournal
— posted by Wednesday A at 04.09.2004 17:43 AEST |
Thanks! I know how to swear in several languages. Who says you don't learn anything from SBS and World Movies — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 17:44 AEST |
Hee! Leave it to Spike to know the important stuff. *g* — via LiveJournal
— posted by Anne at 04.09.2004 17:45 AEST |
Ooo... Cute new icon...
Never let it be said that he doesn't have his priorities right.
Bring me beer. Now, fuck off. What more do you need? — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 17:46 AEST |
Never let it be said that he doesn't have his priorities right.
Bring me beer. Now, fuck off. What more do you need? — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 17:46 AEST |
Ooo... Cute new icon...
From Barbie Girl. It was too cute to resist. *g* — via LiveJournal — posted by Anne at 04.09.2004 17:47 AEST |
From Barbie Girl. It was too cute to resist. *g* — via LiveJournal — posted by Anne at 04.09.2004 17:47 AEST |
Thanks. It is one of the oddities of learning languages — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 17:48 AEST |
Very cute, but would Angel really say bloody idiot? — via LiveJournal
— posted by Distant Image at 04.09.2004 17:50 AEST |
In Irish, yes. That's how Spike picked it up — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 17:51 AEST |
i think i have a buffy episode on dvd, with a flashback to angel and spikes earlier years, when angel does actually call him that. and in a rather shabby irish accent too :P — via LiveJournal
— posted by Pheral at 04.09.2004 17:51 AEST |
Ah, the shabby Irish accent. The true reason that Angel "lost" his brogue. James Marsters makes a very convincing Brit. David Boreanaz does not have the same such skill with his supposed Irish roots. ::snerk::
Any clue what episode it is? I'm curious as to when he says it, but am far too lazy to extract myself from my chair to pop the DVD into my PS2 and actually watch Fool For Love(which I'm guessing is the episode in question). That'd like, require actual effort and stuff — via LiveJournal — posted by Radia at 04.09.2004 17:53 AEST |
Any clue what episode it is? I'm curious as to when he says it, but am far too lazy to extract myself from my chair to pop the DVD into my PS2 and actually watch Fool For Love(which I'm guessing is the episode in question). That'd like, require actual effort and stuff — via LiveJournal — posted by Radia at 04.09.2004 17:53 AEST |
totally, Marsters accent shows many other actors up. and Poor old Davids was so typically bad, so much so that i know people that model thier own perceptions of the way irish talk on it, and then dont believe a true irish accent when they hear it LOL (and grrrrr also).
It is 'Fool For Love', indeed. When they are in the drains i think, discussing Spikes more than reckless treatment of his vampire-condition and abilities. Cant be sure he says it exactly, but it definitely rang a bell.
i need to make a spike icon... — via LiveJournal — posted by Pheral at 04.09.2004 17:54 AEST |
It is 'Fool For Love', indeed. When they are in the drains i think, discussing Spikes more than reckless treatment of his vampire-condition and abilities. Cant be sure he says it exactly, but it definitely rang a bell.
i need to make a spike icon... — via LiveJournal — posted by Pheral at 04.09.2004 17:54 AEST |
cute. Just listening to Angel might have clued Spike into Irish. And I've always found it useful to be able to swear and order beer in several languages — via LiveJournal
— posted by DM Evans at 04.09.2004 17:55 AEST |
It is one of the more useful skills you can learn. Perhaps that's just us — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 17:56 AEST |
I refuse to relinquish my belief that Spike can speak several languages, but that doesn't make this any less amusing. Giving his already colorful assemblage of insults in English, I'm extremely curious to what he can whip up in other languages. Touring around Europe with him would be fun, especially when people piss him off. Bwaha — via LiveJournal
— posted by Radia at 04.09.2004 17:59 AEST |
so very true. the internet and outside sources are definitely the write place for learning foreign swearing... i learnt my lesson when years ago i asked my norwegian friend to teach me the harshest insult she could think of, and she taught me to say 'lawnmover'. She caved in and told the truth a few weeks later though, cos she said i was staring to tarnish her view of garden electronics! hehe... it's not just the word, its the malice behind it... >:D — via LiveJournal
— posted by Pheral at 04.09.2004 18:00 AEST |
In Australia, we have SBS and World Movies to bring as the joys of swearing via foreign films. We get subtitles, rather than dubs, hence the learning of swearing and the knowledge that the translator didn't translate the swearing exactly.
Swedish death metal can be amusing. Some of the bands insist on singing in English, but their English is the very proper language they learned in school and the lack of swearing and general idioms is pretty funny in context — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 18:00 AEST |
Swedish death metal can be amusing. Some of the bands insist on singing in English, but their English is the very proper language they learned in school and the lack of swearing and general idioms is pretty funny in context — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 18:00 AEST |
Awww, cute! I can just see Angel/us swearing at Spike in Gaelic! Don't want to sound nitpicky, but Dawn's actual statement to Spike was "I didn't know you could speak Irish.", so shouldn't his response have been "I can't."? He didn't actually hear the "Dawn found it endearing that Spike was multilingual, which is the part he answered with "I'm not." (I beta the novels I read, also; can't help it — it's a quirk. *g*) — via LiveJournal
— posted by spikendru at 04.09.2004 18:02 AEST |
Aargh! Editing artefacts. Many thanks for pointing it out.
Fixed it now. I'll just go bang my head on the desk for missing the blindingly obvious — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 18:03 AEST |
Fixed it now. I'll just go bang my head on the desk for missing the blindingly obvious — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 18:03 AEST |
You're quite welcome — it happens to us all! — via LiveJournal
— posted by spikendru at 04.09.2004 18:04 AEST |
Don't forget his fluency in Fyarl! Too cute! — via LiveJournal
— posted by Jessica at 04.09.2004 18:05 AEST |
Spike is such a rebel and Dawn seems to fall into his trap each time.
I can swear and order beer in several languages if it's any help.
As can I. We have so much in common — via LiveJournal — posted by Dawn at 04.09.2004 18:14 AEST |
I can swear and order beer in several languages if it's any help.
As can I. We have so much in common — via LiveJournal — posted by Dawn at 04.09.2004 18:14 AEST |
Is there a 'ship ff.net doesn't have an 'anti' brigade? If it were not for the fact that the other fandoms are all there, 'd swear ff.net off — via LiveJournal
— posted by Leni at 04.09.2004 18:16 AEST |
I think ff.net is where female Slashdot-type trolls lurk.
I'm amused that they think I give a toss about their misspelled rantings. I especially like that the last bimbo managed to read through four chapters before bitching.
I heard way too much bad press about ff.net before I ever posted there. Which is why I never bother answering the reviews. Rude, possibly, but as most comments are either childish beggings in hope of mutual review, some lame wanker's sms text crap or a wally venting their spleen, I don't really care.
I do respond by e-mail to the coherent reviews if I'm not lost in a mound of work and have a message on my profile about how to contact me, so the trolls don't get the satisfaction of me biting back — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 18:17 AEST |
I'm amused that they think I give a toss about their misspelled rantings. I especially like that the last bimbo managed to read through four chapters before bitching.
I heard way too much bad press about ff.net before I ever posted there. Which is why I never bother answering the reviews. Rude, possibly, but as most comments are either childish beggings in hope of mutual review, some lame wanker's sms text crap or a wally venting their spleen, I don't really care.
I do respond by e-mail to the coherent reviews if I'm not lost in a mound of work and have a message on my profile about how to contact me, so the trolls don't get the satisfaction of me biting back — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 18:17 AEST |
It's a shame the Jossverse has so many 'trolls' over there. I truly adore the concept of ff.net, especially the part where everybody has a page for fav stories/authors, it's so much easier to hunt for the best fics in unknown fandoms! — via LiveJournal
— posted by Leni at 04.09.2004 18:17 AEST |
*laughs* Somehow I do believe Spike would learn a language just to swear and order beer. *ggg* — via LiveJournal
— posted by Leni at 04.09.2004 18:18 AEST |
Dawn mused that sometimes it was better to hold your tongue and think the best rather than have your beliefs turn out to be far less interesting in reality.
Very true! Nice Dawn/Spike moment — via LiveJournal — posted by Jane Davitt at 04.09.2004 18:20 AEST |
Very true! Nice Dawn/Spike moment — via LiveJournal — posted by Jane Davitt at 04.09.2004 18:20 AEST |
I'm loving the story, so write write write!
P.S.: Check out my Dawn & Spike in Rome story. It's not done, but it's called "All Grown Up" and it's on my website — via fanfiction.net — posted by Lori at 04.09.2004 18:23 AEST |
P.S.: Check out my Dawn & Spike in Rome story. It's not done, but it's called "All Grown Up" and it's on my website — via fanfiction.net — posted by Lori at 04.09.2004 18:23 AEST |
You added a lot of dimension to this !verse with one hundred words. Very cool! Your Spike makes me smile — via LiveJournal
— posted by Chessie at 04.09.2004 18:25 AEST |
Many thanks, I'm just happy you're enjoying the ride — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 18:26 AEST |
Is there such a language as Irish? Isn't it Gaelic or some such? Maybe I'm getting confused — via Forever Fandom
— posted by Cress at 04.09.2004 19:14 AEST |
Gaelic comes in several flavours, including Irish, Scottish and Manx — via Forever Fandom
— posted by Red Wolf at 04.09.2004 19:16 AEST |
I liked this one. Languages is another semi-kink of mine, so reading about him speaking a few words in many languages made me happier than the idea that he'd be fluent in just the one. I can just see him casually tossing that off while leaning back in a chair looking bored, too — via LiveJournal
— posted by Julie at 27.09.2004 18:11 AEST |
Sorry for the delay getting back to you. I do seem to be making something of a habit of scratching your kinks — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 27.09.2004 18:13 AEST |
You do, don't you? Odd, that. I'd say all those years in the Harem together managed to rub off, but we've hardly written any fic in the last few years at all — via LiveJournal
— posted by Julie at 04.10.2004 14:43 AEST |
I hadn't written for years until I hit LJ and discovered challenges. The muse likes challenges. It could have mentioned this earlier — via LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 04.10.2004 14:44 AEST |
It's funny the things you learn first.
Blegh. Not to butt in (again), but that's all too true. First Irish (and German, come to think of it) I ever learned from my guy was a bit of swearing (he told me that after the fact) and how to order Guinness. Knowing that I don't drink. ::makes a face:: Nice — LiveJournal — posted by IrishVampire13 at 27.11.2004 16:11 AEST |
Blegh. Not to butt in (again), but that's all too true. First Irish (and German, come to think of it) I ever learned from my guy was a bit of swearing (he told me that after the fact) and how to order Guinness. Knowing that I don't drink. ::makes a face:: Nice — LiveJournal — posted by IrishVampire13 at 27.11.2004 16:11 AEST |
Guinness is, well, Guinness. Strangely, dark, and tasting slightly burnt. Not a fan of it, even though it does look pretty — LiveJournal
— posted by Red Wolf at 27.11.2004 16:12 AEST |
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