So like... Because like... Then like...

All hail to mjl, who successfully combined Latin and an internet meme! Give hail to your king, peons!

moofrank wrote:

There is a book which absolutely must be listened to as an audiobook called "Bite Me: A Love Story" which pretty much is the epitomy of valspeak. And one of the funniest things I've ever heard)

Problem is: it is the third book in a trilogy.

On the plus side, the main character is a valgirl Goth vampire wannabe who has the most amazing grasp of insane english language ever: "Oh my god, ponies on a barbecue!"

FUCKSOCKS!

I'll have to track down the audiobook, it was funny enough in print.

My ex came over last night while I was in the shower and yadaa, yadaa, yadaa, I was really tired this morning

So Loter was furious with me because I made a gay joke, came at me with rage in his eyes and yadda yadda yadda, we're friends now.

Not Sure wrote:

FUCKSOCKS

...he said in perfect fucking French.

Christopher Moore ends up with the best people reading his audiobooks. Fool is my second favorite. After "Bite Me". The woman who reads that completely nails her character of the Backup Mistress of Night for the Greater Bay Area.

I've never listened to the audiobooks, I'm not really an audiobook guy. I have read all of his novels on paper, though. They're like candy.

Not Sure wrote:
" FUCKSOCKS!"
Is that valspeak for condom?

EDIT- The more I think about the comments, the more I'm inclined to get the book (even if it's the third of a trilogy). Thanks for mentioning it Frank. Can I just get the third book and not lose out on anything important to the story/background?

I just KNOW I would not get a long with myself if I met me 15 years ago

QFT

I think it would work. The entire first chapter is a summary of the first two books, as cribbed from Abby's diary. I needed it myself as it had been a couple of years since I read the second in the series.

As to Fucksocks, it turns up a couple of times in Bite Me, but came out of the reworking of King Lear called Fool. Fool is gloriously profane, obscene, and screamingly funny.

The only warning about Bite Me is that she is saying:

"'K. So." and not
"Queso". Took us forever to work that bit out. We were wondering what the cheese obsession was.

Thanks, I'll skip the first two.

In Japanese they say "anno" instead of "um" or "like".

"How much for the Picachu with the kung-fu grip?"

"Annoooo...no sell to gaijin. Anno....very sorry."

Black Barney wrote:

I saw the thread title and immediately assumed it was Schweig complaining about it.

I'm beyond "like" lol instead I despise the new trend of ending every sentence with "lol" as if it was a full stop lol I hate it because it's redundant lol

U newfagz are teh suxorz LoL!!!11!

Seriously, I have heard people actually saying "lol" or "OMG" during conversation. In The Czech republic...

yeah in live speech, I really hate hearing OMG or lol as well.