Hello, Friends

Hi. I feel the need to mention something tonight, because I'm afraid some on my f-list might get hurt if I don't 'fess up.

I find out-of-character writing and certain misuse of the English language very, very funny. I love house_mst; I love the funny parts of the original MST show; I belong to wrongworddammit and summary_fail.

The intent is never to laugh at a person; it's merely the words on a page or screen that are amusing. My own mistakes in writing are funny; my friends' mistakes in writing are funny.

People who are trying to learn the English language as teens or adults, and trying to sincerely communicate -- their mistakes are generally not funny. ... Well, unless they are. The tour guide in Amsterdam who mentioned the need to combat "smugglery" got a warm laugh from the Americans in the boat. English language is hard, dude. If one crime is burglary, why wouldn't the other be smugglery? Given how hard learning a second language is, though, merely not being in perfect command of English is certainly understandable and won't provoke a second thought in me.

Some stuff is just funny, though. If I ever hurt you or a friend by laughing, please email me or comment, and let me know. I don't want to hurt you; I don't want to be mean.

It's more fun to laugh together. XD XD