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[pledged_to_me]

Lass, 'tis nearly three in the mornin', should be sleepin'. Oh don't be lookin' at me like that, you're knowin' I'm right. Feelin' that sting in your eyes, aye?

Are you really that much after doin' somethin' with me, just to be gettin' rid of the boredom? Talk to your friends when they're wakin' up, England's lass should be bein' up in a few hours, perhaps you'll be lucky 'nough to be catchin' Big Brother's 'fore she's goin'. Turn your light back on and be workin' on that baby blanket, startin' to run out of time on it you are and you've already pulled it out and started over again the once, and you've still the pants to make. You've several fics to be writin', aye? Things to be gettin' done 'fore... well, 'fore March?

[She sighs] Aye, fine. Never been listenin' to me 'fore, why would I be thinkin' you'd be doin' so now? Goodness but you're provin' that heritage of yours, aye you are.

Sincerely,
Brigid Erin Aine O'Donnell, Republic of Ireland

PS: Thinkin' you could stop makin' those jokes? Welsh does indeed have vowels and you're well knowin' that too.

Comments

[belarusy]

Stubborn-sounding woman. She should learn better responsibility.

[pledged_to_me]

Oh aye, that she should. Or least time management, stop leavin' things to the sleepless nights of rushin' 'round to be finishin' things. But cannae be teachin' old dogs new tricks they're sayin'.

Though if I'm bein' fair, when 'tis really matterin' she's actually doin' right. Wishin' 'twas just a bit more often.

[belarusy]

Child-like. You should discipline her better. Children must be learning, da?

[pledged_to_me]

Now childlike 'tis hardly a terrible thing, could be standin' to be havin' a wee bit more of that in the world I'm thinkin'. Though aye, if I was thinkin' anythin' short of stabbin' her would be gettin' her to be learnin', I'd be doin' it.

[belarusy]

Is something wrong with stabbing?

[pledged_to_me]

[She grins evilly] Not in the slightest, in fact I'm of the mind that few problems cannae be solved with a well placed knife or nine. Just not thinkin' the lass can be sparin' much blood, 'tis a tiny thing she is, needin' all she can be keepin'.

[ofhopeandglory]

Do they ever listen, really?

[lefteros]

Three in the morning? That's an earlier time than I would choose, Irlandía.

[aportofcall]

Goodness. The way you paint it, someone certainly sounds busy.

[pledged_to_me]

Sometimes I'm gettin' her to listen! ...Very rare sometimes all things bein' honest, but sometimes! Cannae be speakin' for yor lass, but 'tis only your own fault if you've never managed a once.

[pledged_to_me]

You're thinkin' that's countin' as busy, Port? Hardly. Lazy lass 'tis what she is, plenty of time to be doin' all that if she'd be bothered to be doin' it. 'Tisn't as though 'tis hard, any of that.

[pledged_to_me]

'Tis horribly late when a body 'tis used to goin' to bed at ten in the evenin' at latest, An Ghréig. 'Twas nearly nine in the mornin' when she finally fell asleep.

[ehforeffort]

Just because Wales uses a few vowels doesn't mean they're always enough to speak of.

[pledged_to_me]

Oh hush, you're only encouragin' her me Maitiú. [Said fondly and with a smile, of course] 'Sides, 'tis hardly Wales's fault English 'twas nickin' off with all the vowels and makin' Wales use W and Y to be makin' up the lack. [She winks] Though I'm havin' to be wonderin' what you lot are needin' so many letters for anyway, doin' fine with the eighteen I am, aye.

[ehforeffort]

[He murmurs a 'sorry' at the start, but with the sort of unrepentant grin that means jokes about any of his family are always fair game, in his books, so long as it's done with the right respect.]

If you've got to write a language, why not make is as specific as possible, right? And more characters must mean it's more precise.

[pledged_to_me]

Or only makin' it more difficult for folk wantin' to learn the language. Me own 'tis hardly so difficult compared to the mongrel of English. 'Tis the sayin', English is attackin' other languages in dark alleys and takin' off with spare words? On the other hand of it, I was takin' only the best bits for meself. [Snuggles Canada while mun bemoans the loss of her Canada-America-Aussie exclusive hug icon] And Scotland and I were passin' it on to you.

((...Have you looked at your language woman?!))

Oh hush lass, 'tis hardly me own fault all those extra letters you were growin' up with are confusin' you when droppin' down to a proper number.

[ehforeffort]

I'm pretty sure language difficulties all depend on which you learned first. They're all about equal, if they're not your own. [But there are auntie cuddles, so everything is awesome.]

I think everyone's complaints are valid.

[lefteros]

Ah, that is late... Sleeping at night is better when one turns in while there is night to sleep through.

[pledged_to_me]

English 'tis needlessly complicated, all the words that are lookin' alike but soundin' different, soundin' alike but lookin' different, all the complicated rules... [It's a good thing you weren't born yet when auntie was learning English, Canada, it was a mess and a half, and she still has a time reading it every now and again] 'Least your brother was tryin' to be makin' more sense of it.

Valid or nay, the lass is whinin' when she was knowin' she'd be havin' trouble with it, even after she was learnin' Japanese, Spanish, and Elvish.

[pledged_to_me]

[She sighs] The lass has never been good at sleepin' at night, sadly, and when she is goin' at a reasonable time... for her... she's wakin' up least twice. Thinkin' she was born on the wrong side of the world sometimes, aye.

Still, she is behavin' sometimes, cannae deny that.

[lefteros]

[A shrug.] If she can't help it...

Only sometimes? [The corners of his mouth turn up.] You might teach her discipline yet, Irlandía. Or is this how you indulge her?

[pledged_to_me]

Oh aye, sometimes. [She chuckles] Perhaps the third year will be bein' the charm, as I've not been able to be doin' it the past two. Thinkin' she's the one doin' the indulgin' sometimes though, the few times she is listenin' to me.

[lefteros]

Give her time. It's difficult to truly learn the value of something you don't have.

I'm sorry, I just want to say I just adore your Greece.

[pledged_to_me]

Aye, 'tis right you are. Just wishin' she'd be learnin' it a bit faster than a turtle with a wee bit of a limp. [Chuckling softly]

Thank you! ♥ I love your Ireland; she's so vivid, and I've never seen one around before.

[lefteros]

She'll learn well enough when the baby comes and she has no pants for him.