In which my rare political side comes out to play; also, Trio drabble

[rynne]

So, John Edwards came to Reno and gave a speech yesterday. I had a ticket to go see him, but bugger it, I completely forgot until I went out to dinner and saw my parents watching his speech on TV.

Also, Edwards deserves a gold star for having pronounced "Nevada" correctly. Which Bush couldn't do when he came here to speak. *snicker*

Note to people who are not native Nevadans--it is not pronouned the Spanish way ("Nev-aw-da"), but with a short a, like in bat, for the second syllable. Anyone who pronounces it Nev-aw-da is mocked mercilessly, and that includes the President. (Even if all these conservatives wrote letters to the editor yelling at anyone who mocked him. *sigh*) And you'd be amazed at how many people can't pronounce it correctly, even when I hear it on the radio on local stations. *mind boggles*

ETA: Discussion of the word Nevada reminded me of this one book I shelved at work on Friday. It was a romance novel, which should give you an idea of the plot (or lack thereof), and the woman's name was Nevada. The man's was Jack Roulette, or something like that. *g* We can't escape the gambling...

Anyway. Moving on.

Pronouncing the name of the state correctly is one step closer to winning the state. Or at least I so hope--Nevada is traditionally conservative. But there is the whole Yucca Mountain deal...

Cheney is coming to speak on Thursday. I would go hear him, just to know what he has to say, if it wasn't the sixteenth. However much I want to be informed, I don't want to listen to a member of an administration that I don't like on my birthday (speaking of which, please ignore it. I will otherwise feel extremely guilty about pretending it was in May).

And now back to fandom. lizardlaugh has decided that Harry needs a hug, and so this is what I wrote in response. Short Trio drabble.


“Go away,” Harry said dully, lying on his bed in Grimmauld Place with his eyes closed.

“No,” Hermione said. Harry looked up to see her putting her hands on her hips. “The last thing you need is us going away and leaving you alone.”

Harry shrugged, as if it did not matter to him. “Whatever,” he muttered.

Ron walked over and sat down next to him on the bed. “Harry, mate,” he said, “it’s obviously not all right, and I’m not sure it ever will be, but you know you’ve got us, don’t you?”

“Right,” Harry said, his voice completely without inflection. Hermione let out a large sigh.

“Right, that’s it,” she said. “Ron, move over a bit.” Ron obligingly moved over, and Hermione sat down beside both of them on the bed.

“Going to make me talk about it?” Harry asked without looking at them.

“No,” Ron replied, after exchanging a glance with Hermione. “You have to talk eventually, but it doesn’t have to be now.”

“Then would you mind leaving?” Harry asked, turning over on his side so that he wasn’t facing his friends.

“Yes,” Hermione said, “we would.”

The next thing Harry felt was two slender arms wrapping around his waist from behind, and he turned over to see Hermione smiling into his face. And then Ron was hugging him from his other side, and Harry twisted his head to see Ron smiling at both of them.

“We’re staying here,” Ron said, and both his and Hermione’s arms tightened around Harry. Harry sighed, but didn’t try to move away, and, eventually, relaxed in their embrace and fell asleep between them.


Feedback is always appreciated. :)

Comments

[latentfunction.livejournal.com]

So, like Ne-vad-uh?

Maybe it's just being from Texas, but pretty much everything Bush has been mocked for saying......Isayexactlythesameway.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Yes, like Ne-vad-uh. :D

Well. Not everything. You don't say "Is our children learning?", do you? Or "Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never been better"? Or various other things immortalized at www.dubyaspeak.com? *g*

Also, don't feel bad about the Nevada pronunciation. So many people can't pronounce it right that it's not even funny, and the fact that it's a different pronunciation than the language it came from doesn't help. :p

[latentfunction.livejournal.com]

You know, I'd heard that pronunciation before, but always thought it was wrong. I mean, *again is massively from the South* I thought it was the Yankee way to say it, and don't you just know they're always wrong about everything? :P

I meant pronunciation, actually. Like "nuclear". When people starting making a fuss about that, I had no idea what they were upset about.

My favourite Bushism is still "NATO is very important to the United States. We are a part of NATO. Europe is very important to the United States. We are a part of Europe".

And! I have no idea how I missed the triodrabble the first time around, but I definitely just read it for the first time. Very cute. :D

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha. Are Westerners Yankees? *g* I mean, Nevada was made a state specifically so it could vote Lincoln President in 1864...XD

But now that it's straight from the Nevadan's mouth, remember it! Surest way to piss off a Nevadan is to pronounce it the other way. :p

*snerk* I love Bushisms...

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

mmm...triolove...

[chimbleysweep]

...wait. People actually say Nev-aw-da?

Oh, mother of Merlin.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Yes. People say that. A lot.

*wibbles*

[chimbleysweep]

IT'S LIKE THOSE PEOPLE WHO SAY, WAR-SHING-TON.

WHERE DO THEY GET THE 'R'?

[rynne.livejournal.com]

...People say Warshington?

o.O

Dude. This world has some stupid people. Especially if any Americans say that--GEORGE WASHINGTON, PEOPLE!

[chimbleysweep]

It's frightening. I mean... Washingtonians do it! Of all people! They ought to know better. There is no 'r'. NONE.

And every time someone mispronounces a state, I cringe.

*still not over Nev-aw-da*

[ashesofautumn.livejournal.com]

I've always thought it was Nev-ah-dah. It's the 'a' as in bat? o_O? Oy, this is what we learn in New Jersey!

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Yes, the 'a' as in bat. It is a random pronunciation, considering "nevada" is a Spanish word and the Spanish pronounce it like you thought it was, but no. I suppose we Americanized it, but it is indeed the 'a' as in bat. Educate New Jersey! *g*

[antosha-c.livejournal.com]

:-D

In college I had a Nevadan threaten to run me through with a sword (it was during a rehearsal of a Shakespeare play) if I called it "Ne-vaw-da" again. "Only fucking Californians and fucking Mexicans call it that!" he howled.

I've never pronounced it in the Spanish fashion again--even when we got a cat named.... Nevada.

And the fic was lovely. Ron and Hermione soothing the Wild Harry--very sweet.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

In college I had a Nevadan threaten to run me through with a sword (it was during a rehearsal of a Shakespeare play) if I called it "Ne-vaw-da" again.

I am, quite frankly, not surprised. I might even use the same threat. *g* We Nevadans do get touchy about the pronunciation of our state...

Thanks! The Trio's friendship is one of my absolute favorite aspects of the books, even if Remus and Sirius take over my brain enough that I hardly write it. :p

[antosha-c.livejournal.com]

It didn't help that he was the most stereotypical queen I've ever known. He played Antonio the pirate in Twelfth Night; we called him The Swishbuckler. He thought that was very funny.

But he still made his point.

And re: the Trio... :nods: Whatever your feelings, their relationship is the emotional center of the series. And it's nice to see R/Hr meet Hormonal!Harry head on.

Amusingly enough, I'm writing a Hormonal!Harry post-OotP fic. But it's Luna that gets Harry out of his funk.

[ariastar.livejournal.com]

First, re: fic-- aww! I love your trio fic. <3

And re: Navada, pronunciation thereof-- hah! I say it correctly! I live surrounded by Californians who insist in using the long a, so I feel wonderfully justified now. ^^

[rynne.livejournal.com]

:D

Californians are some of the worst about the pronunciation, and considering they're right on our border, they really should know better. But yay to you for saying it correctly! *gives you a gold star*