And the class giggles...
May. 8th, 2006 01:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
candylandAttention to certain choir directors with mad-scientist hairdos:
I think there needs to be some clarification here. I realize that languages tend to shift and change over time, as does slang. When dealing with young adults of the high school and college age, however, I feel it is highly important to keep up with slang terms as they evolve so as not to say something completely embarrassing. Having said that, I hereby outline my complaint:
Flip-flop equals those sandals with a little piece that goes between your toes.
Thong equals underwear.
Yes, we all know that once upon a time, "thong" referred to a type of shoe--my father used to call them thongs until I enlightened him to present terminology. Therefore, given its new meaning, telling the choir not to wear THONGS to the concert makes several people think of certain things of a more intimate nature, and prompts many jokes about how nothing in their underwear drawer is now appropriate. And then you look confused when we giggle.
Pretty, pretty please--say flip-flops if you don't want us to wear sandals. There will be less giggling, and more people will know what you're talking about. I'm just waiting for someone to show up in flip-flops, and when she flips, point out that their lingerie is fully butt-covering. Following the letter of the law, though not necessarily the spirit.
In other news, I impressed my mother when I told her that I was not feeling terribly magnamonious towards my laptop. And after the band concert yesterday,jewelsybear1017 and I reaffirmed her faith in education when we both chimed in together and recited a basic math principle in unison: "The short distance between two points is a straight line." I ♥ my friends.
I think there needs to be some clarification here. I realize that languages tend to shift and change over time, as does slang. When dealing with young adults of the high school and college age, however, I feel it is highly important to keep up with slang terms as they evolve so as not to say something completely embarrassing. Having said that, I hereby outline my complaint:
Flip-flop equals those sandals with a little piece that goes between your toes.
Thong equals underwear.
Yes, we all know that once upon a time, "thong" referred to a type of shoe--my father used to call them thongs until I enlightened him to present terminology. Therefore, given its new meaning, telling the choir not to wear THONGS to the concert makes several people think of certain things of a more intimate nature, and prompts many jokes about how nothing in their underwear drawer is now appropriate. And then you look confused when we giggle.
Pretty, pretty please--say flip-flops if you don't want us to wear sandals. There will be less giggling, and more people will know what you're talking about. I'm just waiting for someone to show up in flip-flops, and when she flips, point out that their lingerie is fully butt-covering. Following the letter of the law, though not necessarily the spirit.
In other news, I impressed my mother when I told her that I was not feeling terribly magnamonious towards my laptop. And after the band concert yesterday,
jewelsybear1017 and I reaffirmed her faith in education when we both chimed in together and recited a basic math principle in unison: "The short distance between two points is a straight line." I ♥ my friends.