espagnole
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« on: September 11, 2007, 08:05:27 AM » |
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Perhaps as an over-40 academic I'm just a bit out of touch, but what in the world are the "squirrel ears" mentioned in today's Ms. Mentor column? I would love to know.
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mythbuster
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« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2007, 10:35:14 AM » |
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I thought they were Mickey Mouse ears.
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elsie
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« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2007, 01:56:23 PM » |
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I suspect they're cat ears too, and I would go so far as to suspect the grad student is an anime fangirl.
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felix_unger
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« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2007, 02:46:17 PM » |
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I'm sure it's her clever code for flip-flops, or those teeny tiny little short denim jackets, or a nose piercing, or microskirts, or any number of fashion "affronts" that don't meet with her approval.
I will stop myself there.
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« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2007, 02:52:13 PM » |
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I suspect they're cat ears too, and I would go so far as to suspect the grad student is an anime fangirl.
That's what I assumed. Cat ears strike me as unusual, but not odd (if that makes sense). Though I guess now we'll have to explain what an anime fangirl is. |
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ferrisfactoid
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« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2007, 02:59:54 PM » |
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She says "species changed," not "fashion changed."
I think it's cat ears, for an anime fangirl. We have one in our department. At least one.
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georgia_guy
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« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2007, 03:11:20 PM » |
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She says "species changed," not "fashion changed."
I think it's cat ears, for an anime fangirl. We have one in our department. At least one.
Seriously? you mean people actually wear cat ears, not to costume parties, but as fashion? And you've seen it more than once? I must be at a boring school, I've seen nothing like that, except at halloween. |
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jmcfann
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« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2007, 06:11:08 PM » |
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I suspect they're cat ears too, and I would go so far as to suspect the grad student is an anime fangirl.
That was my reaction, too. Or, someone who is a "furry." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom |
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philnotfil
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« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2007, 07:16:55 AM » |
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Hmmm, I wonder if that was my little sister? In addition to the ears she often squee's. Many people look at her strangely. She is mostly amused by it, but wonders why people don't take her seriously.
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elsie
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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2007, 07:29:34 AM » |
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Ears + squee? Your sister is definitely a fangirl of some kind.
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philnotfil
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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2007, 12:13:04 PM » |
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Yes, yes she is.
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farandwide
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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2007, 03:04:34 PM » |
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I assumed they were Spock ears. (Or Vulcan ears, or whatever the correct Trekkie term is.)
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norvell
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« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2007, 09:29:18 AM » |
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My guess is that the species and the anatomy was changed. As in, digit of the tylopoda.
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