01:32 <alexgordon> cuttle: you should call your language "intrenchant"!

09:17 <whitequark> HP was so thoroughly mutilated in translation :(

09:18 <devyn> whitequark: aww

09:20 <whitequark> and Gryffindor is because gryffins, and Ravenclaw... you get the idea.

09:20 <whitequark> it was just transliterated to russian.

09:22 <whitequark> btw, our english teacher in uni thinks that Rowling is a truly amazing writer, mainly based on how she works with the language

09:23 <whitequark> after looking at the english text, I'm inclined to agree

11:20 <cuttle> whitequark: yeah, it's interesting, she doesn't really do anything new or particularly interesting; she just has this really simple, standard, conversational style, and pulls it off

11:20 <cuttle> whitequark: in a way, you have to be really good for something as not-new as what she does to be notable

11:21 <cuttle> whitequark: though I still wouldn't say she's one of the best writers ever or anything, just a very good one whose series became a pop cultural phenomenon

19:47 <cuttle> alexgordon: what

19:58 <alexgordon> cuttle: look it up

20:12 <cuttle> not to be gashed or marked with furros

20:12 <cuttle> hah hah

20:17 <joelteon> ok, EVERYTHING is synced now

20:17 <joelteon> ssh keys, passwords, browser history, everything

20:18 <joelteon> having two laptops really is a pain in the bum