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Questions for 22 - 24 December
24 Dec 2021 09:12 pmA fun and relaxed (and possibly also merry, as that means "pleasantly tipsy" to me) Christmas to all who celebrate it!
It's just past the summer solstice which means it doesn't get dark till 9:30 down here, yet there are still a few people who light up their houses US-style. I hope they do it again at Matariki (our latest holiday) next year; we so need a winter festival of light, and it will at pretty much the same time in our winter as Christmas is in the northern one, just after that solstice.
Aucklanders were released this month after a long lockdown and travel ban. Seen yesterday outside a steampunk shop: "Welcome to Orclanders who have escaped Mordor!"
On to the questions. Enlighten me on #23 if you can.
22. Is there anything about technology that scares you?
Data mining: how much companies and other entities might know about me because of my online activity. Not that any of it's unlawful; I just value my privacy.
23. What’s a word/phrase that’s commonly heard in your region, but not anywhere else?
Wee!
It's not unique to here, but since we moved down south, Greg and I have been fascinated and amused by its wide and varied usage. When the English boy in Derry Girls complained about it being used for everything regardless of size, we both cracked up. I only use it for size, as in "a wee bit" of something, but people here use it as a catch-all adjective. They call Oamaru "our wee town", have wee jobs and businesses, and live in wee houses. Is it a term of affection, which I originally thought? Not really, as when I got my last Covid shot, I was asked to take a wee chair, and who would feel fondness for a generic plastic one? I have had wee haircuts and asked how I liked my wee meal, and all our wee seasonal festivals have been cancelled this year.
Ha!
Our neighbour just texted, "There's a wee present at your front door". There was indeed: two (normal-sized) bottles of the wonderful craft beer he brews and a delicious Christmas cake (i.e. a fruitcake) his partner made. YUM!
Anyway, if you live in a "wee" region, does it mean anything specific to you, or is it just a filler word?
24. Do you bite on straws, lollipop handles, or ice-block sticks?
No. And not on pens, hair, or fingernails either. (And if that's drink straws, they're mostly steel these days.)
It's just past the summer solstice which means it doesn't get dark till 9:30 down here, yet there are still a few people who light up their houses US-style. I hope they do it again at Matariki (our latest holiday) next year; we so need a winter festival of light, and it will at pretty much the same time in our winter as Christmas is in the northern one, just after that solstice.
Aucklanders were released this month after a long lockdown and travel ban. Seen yesterday outside a steampunk shop: "Welcome to Orclanders who have escaped Mordor!"
On to the questions. Enlighten me on #23 if you can.
22. Is there anything about technology that scares you?
Data mining: how much companies and other entities might know about me because of my online activity. Not that any of it's unlawful; I just value my privacy.
23. What’s a word/phrase that’s commonly heard in your region, but not anywhere else?
Wee!
It's not unique to here, but since we moved down south, Greg and I have been fascinated and amused by its wide and varied usage. When the English boy in Derry Girls complained about it being used for everything regardless of size, we both cracked up. I only use it for size, as in "a wee bit" of something, but people here use it as a catch-all adjective. They call Oamaru "our wee town", have wee jobs and businesses, and live in wee houses. Is it a term of affection, which I originally thought? Not really, as when I got my last Covid shot, I was asked to take a wee chair, and who would feel fondness for a generic plastic one? I have had wee haircuts and asked how I liked my wee meal, and all our wee seasonal festivals have been cancelled this year.
Ha!
Our neighbour just texted, "There's a wee present at your front door". There was indeed: two (normal-sized) bottles of the wonderful craft beer he brews and a delicious Christmas cake (i.e. a fruitcake) his partner made. YUM!
Anyway, if you live in a "wee" region, does it mean anything specific to you, or is it just a filler word?
24. Do you bite on straws, lollipop handles, or ice-block sticks?
No. And not on pens, hair, or fingernails either. (And if that's drink straws, they're mostly steel these days.)
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