Eli-djah, music, pirates, fluff.

[mollyringle]

Many of you seem to have your minds where they should be tonight: on somber questions of war, freedom, patriotism, relationships, school.

Me, I just want to talk about pop culture. This is probably a sign that I've had enough studying for a while. (Though you wouldn't know it from what I post here, I do spend a fair amount of time every day absorbed in Linguistics tasks. And that doesn't count thinking up different ways to make FotR lines sound dirty.)

By the way, I wish to sincerely apologize to anyone who clicked all unknowingly on the last entry and was squicked into shell-shock. No one has complained as of yet, but it probably happened. Maybe this entry will clear the slash taste from your mouth.

Who am I kidding. No it won't.

Elijah was right again: this Doves album, "The Last Broadcast," is really really good. Glad I took a chance on it. Also I finally verified that he does pronounce the "j" in his name with an affricate sound--that is, "j" as in "jump," not "zh" as in "genre" (which is how I had been saying it). I had noticed his fellow actors constantly referring to Eli-djah instead of Eli-zha, and kept wondering why they were saying it wrong. Then I reasoned that since they're his friends, they probably weren't saying it wrong; he probably says it that way himself. (Steve: "I mean, he was right there to correct them.") And indeed, if you listen close on LordoftheRings.net ("Hello, this is Elijah Wood; welcome to Lord of the Rings dot net"), he does indeed say it that way. Isn't that nice? You know, if you guys were all linguistics geeks, I could just describe it this way: the "j" in his name is a voiced alveopalatal affricate, not a fricative. But instead, because very few people speak that language, I have to resort to this awkward "dj" vs "zh" spelling thing and hope you follow me.

Somehow, I hadn't seen any footage from the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean movie till tonight, on some entertainment news clip. Oh, my Lord, that was hysterical. I was snickering the whole time. Johnny Depp dripping with black hair extensions, daggers, and jewelry...swordfighting with Orlando Bloom in a puffy white shirt...accidentally nicking him on the wrist ("Are you okay?")...heehee. Whoever said "Most slashable movie ever" looks to be entirely right. The interview clip with Orlando had him saying, "I can't believe it; I've played an elf, a boxer, an outlaw, and now a pirate? I'm living every boy's dream." Rent-boy too, Orlando; don't forget you played a rent-boy. Which also is every boy's dream, I'm sure.

I just tried to make oatmeal scotchies. They look horrible - all flattened out and greasy. (Still taste pretty good, though.) But I figured out why. Guess what I forgot? The oats. Yeah. That would do it. Ahahaha...I'm such a dork.

Comments

[ophelia-falling.livejournal.com]

what sort of "stuff" do you study for linguistics? it's almost an interest of mine..but i took a french phonetics course once and it was a little intimidating.

*squints*

[debellatrix.livejournal.com]

There's a "Pirate of the Caribbean" movie? Really?? It's not a joke?
I've clearly spent too much time on TCM this week. Sorry Astaire/Rogers, you can't compete with Depp/Bloom.

[mekkio.livejournal.com]

Hey, I saw that "Pirates" bit. (While I was drooling over the men, I was floored by the ship. That is one goregeous ship) I can't wait until the movie. It looks so lush.

[jedmiller.livejournal.com]

What makes you more of a geek, lemon, the fact that you must have reloaded onering.net several times to get to the EW greeting (of course, there's probably a library of them somewhere and I'm just not enough of a geek to know about it), or the fact that you know about alveopalatal affricates (which sound like ancient Congolese giraffes to me!)?

[joemorf.livejournal.com]

Just a moment while I hunt for my Kenyan & Knott Pronouncing Dictionary of Standard American English.

It's high time I brushed up my IPA.

~j

[secretbutterfly.livejournal.com]

This was fun to read. :-)

[hollinelf.livejournal.com]

Men running around wearing tight leather trousers, shirts hanging half open exposing as much chest as possible and being surround by other men all day just screams to be slashed doesn’t it. I haven’t seen any of the Pirates of the Caribbean footage yet, just some pictures. There'll be three main types of people who go to see that film: Kids, people watching just to see Orlando, and the slashers who'll sit giggling all the way through it. And I'll be right there giggling with them *grins*

Damn I feel evil.

Heh, so the oatmeal scotchies were just 'meal scotchies in the end? Ah, mention of food makes my already empty stomache grumble *mental note - food is good*

Mmm Depp/Bloom.

Pirates of the Caribbean

[celticmommy.livejournal.com]

I saw a trailer or something for that movie when I finally went to go see LOTR:TTT ... I didn't see Orlando Bloom in the trailer though. I must've missed that or they just didnt show him on it. I saw Johnny Depp, and Pirates of the Caribbean, and said "Isn't that a ride at Disney World???" Didn't have an interest in it ... until now. Might be worth it to see Orlando all pirate-y.

Guess I'm one of the ones that will be seeing it just for Orlando. Oh well. If it's horrendous, it can't be as bad as, say, the mere CONCEPT of "Dumb and Dumber-er". *shudders*

[convictchick.livejournal.com]

i saw the Pirates trailer today and almost passed out from excitement!!

i reckon it looks freaking AWESOME! of course its going to be cheesy and campy, but its a Disney movie about PIRATES...what else could it be?!

the words 'swashbuckling adventure' come to mind! i for one cannot wait to experience all the slashy goodness :)

[deza.livejournal.com]

I could just describe it this way: the "j" in his name is a voiced alveopalatal affricate, not a fricative.

Sad thing is, I understood every word of that.

[kateelvellon.livejournal.com]

Yay linguisitics! I nearly shot myself over Sanskrit last year because of that crap.
Mmm. Pirates.
I am actually excited that Geoffrey Rush is in that movie too. I adore him. He's so amazing.

[juliebean.livejournal.com]

I've noticed on the cast commentary on the DVD that they (Ian, Dom, Billy) say Elidjah, but I thought perhaps it was just a difference between British and American accents. I'll have to adjust my pronunciation.

I love oatmeal scotchies. When I was a kid, my mom always used to make them as cookie bars and I got to pack one per day in my lunch. And just so you know - I'll be they turned out better without oats than they would without flour - which is something I did once.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

They have us do a little bit of everything: phonetics, syntax, semantics, morphology (roots, suffixes, etc.), social factors, historical changes, language families...

Phonetics usually is the most intimidating at first, probably because of the new symbols and technical terms, but it's kind of fun when you get used to it. Or else I'm just a geek, which is also quite likely. :)

Re: *squints*

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

There is, there is. Depp/Bloom...ehehe...yes, poor Johnny probably had no idea that by taking this movie offer, he was plunging himself headlong into the world of Slash (which, I'm guessing, Orlando is destined to take with him wherever he goes).

Bloom is looking Most Hot with his long pirate hair, incidentally.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

The ship was indeed very cool. And I hope the movie isn't too cheezy, because while I normally steer clear of such Disney things, I do secretly (or not so secretly) want to watch this one.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Heheheh...Congolese giraffes...

And yeah. It must have taken about twenty reloads. I think it hit every single other actor before it got to 'Lijah, some of them twice. (I giggled at Billy Boyd's Scottish accent even though, as a linguist, I should know better than to giggle at accents.) If there's a library of them, then I don't know about it. Would've been useful...

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

I think they should teach IPA in elementary school. It's rather handy. And all the dictionaries should use it, instead of making up their own codes. Only the Oxford employs it as their pronunciation key, I think.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) I was in a giggly mood; glad it carried over.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

I might have considered watching it just for Orlando, or just for Johnny. (Johnny is one of my longtime favorites--for his looks and acting, anyway. In real life he seems to find it hard to string together a sentence.) But the combination of them both, in pirate gear, makes it almost too much to pass up.

Depp/Bloom...heehee...still makes me laugh. In an eeeevil way.

Re: Pirates of the Caribbean

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Yes, Disney apparently is so hard pressed for new stories that they're making movies out of their rides now. But Orlando does look rather fabulous in his pirate get-up, so maybe it's all worthwhile.

Amen on Dumb and Dumber-er. How did such a lame preview get tacked onto the splendidness that is The Two Towers?

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

I'll be shocked if it isn't cheesy...but there's more than enough slashy goodness to go around, looks like.

Re: Pirates of the Caribbean

[celticmommy.livejournal.com]

Beats me. I wanna know who the "GENIUS" is that decided it was a good idea to make a prequel for a movie that stunk anyway.

Maybe its for those people that alter their realities with recreational drugs or something. Yeah, that's my theory at least, cuz someone would HAVE to be on something to enjoy the movie.

:-p

So what ya thinkin of The Hulk movie? I can't wait.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Well, that's just proof that you're really cool.
;)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Hehe...That Sanskrit writing system looks tough to master. I don't blame you.

Geoffrey Rush too? Wow. How'd they get all these good people? Maybe the movie won't suck too much. :D

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought maybe it was a British thing at first too. Then I noticed Sean Astin saying it, and he's American, so...had to start wondering. If I ever meet Elijah, I'll be sure to ask him first thing. (Yeah, right...I'd probably end up saying something completely lame and inappropriate.)

[juliebean.livejournal.com]

How funny! I imagine situations like that sometimes. I'd so love to be suave and charming and cool if I met someone famous. "I adored you in The Ice Storm." But no, I'm sure I'd drool or pass out from the excitement. "Uh, uh, uh, Hobbits are cool."

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[deza.livejournal.com]

And that I had to take three linguistics courses before I could really understand Old English. ;)

Re: *squints*

[debellatrix.livejournal.com]

An unbidden image of Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom dancing ballroom style has just popped into my head. I wonder whose leading?

dreams of meeting famous people

[celticmommy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, one would think that you'd be able to act intelligently when you meet someone that you have admired for ages. Or just talk to them like normal people. (I had a dream I did that with Orlando Bloom recently LOL) ... but we'd all get flustered and stutter and stammer and go "you looked really cool in that blond wig and ear prosthetics ... can I have your autograph on this greasy-lipstick-smeared-napkin that I just happened to have clutched in my sweaty clammy fist??"

I feel sorry for famous people sometimes, just because of the inanities that you KNOW they put up with on a daily basis. Poor famous hunks, can't eat a meal in public without some crazed fan rushing up to them and groping them with cold sweaty nervous hands ... and stuttering about stupid stuff.

Boy, that was vivid, wasn't it?

[wildendeavour.livejournal.com]

ooooh! Pirates of the Carribean is sounding more and more interesting by the moment. Orlando looked really hot in his pirate costume from one pic that I saw. *drools*

Ha! I so want to see Orlando as a rent-boy! that would be just priceless.

Re: dreams of meeting famous people

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Hehheh...exactly. I fear it would basically end up a huge disappointment on my part, and just a mild nuisance on theirs. Still, I'd like to meet one of our guys sometime. I never meet any famous people...but then, I seldom try.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Then go rent the movie Wilde - he's got a cameo as a nicely-dressed street gigolo in Victorian England. He's only onscreen for about twenty seconds, but it's memorable. :)

(I imagine one of the million Orlando Bloom websites has screencaptures from it...)

Re: dreams of meeting famous people

[celticmommy.livejournal.com]

Me either. Maybe next time there is a movie being filmed in Savannah, I should try to get a part as an extra.

You'd be surprised at the amount of movies that have at least PART filmed in this area. It's insane. There is at least one every couple of years. Recent ones that I can remember: Now and Then (chick flick), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (makes sense, the story took place here), The General's Daughter, The Legend of Bagger Vance ... I know there are more but I literally just woke up.

Oh the joys of parenthood, to be awakened at 7:30 to hear your four year old eating potato chips that your husband forgot to put away somewhere out of kid reach... her breath is going to be NICE ... salt and vinegar chips and hubbys sour trolli gummi worms first thing in the morning. :-p

Re: dreams of meeting famous people

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

I saw (and read) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - very interesting. I'm not surprised Savannah gets a lot of film deals. It appears to be a very charismatic place.

Now, this little Sacramento-valley city, nobody ever films in. So I may live in the same state as most of the LotR actors, technically, but I might as well be on the other side of the moon in terms of real distance from Hollywood.

Chips and sour gummi worms...*shudder*...ah, the strong stomachs of childhood. How I miss them. :)