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lkh_lashouts2006-04-16 04:36 am
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Something that has been bugging me...
Hello, all. I'm new to this group and this is my first post. I figured I'd introduce myself with this peeve of mine.
I was reading the sample chapters for the next Anita book, and it was mentioned Anita is 27. This made me back up and go WTF(well, more than I already was). I know Anita is supposed to be in her twenties, yet that fact just never seems to stick, and I constantly find myself envisioning her as mid-30s with the mind-set, perhaps, of someone much older, if not the maturity. And giving her the age of 27 in this upcoming book really drove home the point to me, as that is my age.
Anita does not act like any twenty-something I know. For any of you around Anita's age, do you feel the same way? And I know I'm making a sweeping generalization about how a 25-30 year old should act, but shouldn't there be some consistencies with the popular culture for this age group? I have so many examples, but here's two obvious ones:
-Does she dress like someone my age dresses? Maybe if it were the 80's or early 90's, with her silk shell blouses and pantyhose and power jackets. Maybe she's going for a retro-ironic hipster thing, and I'm too dull to see it?
-She speaks with none of the slang commonly used. And while yes, "nifty" is a, well, nifty word...it's not exactly the cornerstone of a young person's vocabulary, right? Doesn't she, in one book referencing her brother's opinion of her line of work, even say something like "he says it's cool, or whatever the kids are saying these days?" Uh. Right.
In general, this is such a minor pet peeve, what with the many many MANY issues with her books I am having these days. But still, shouldn't there be a least a few references here and there anchoring Anita to the age she is supposed to be?
I was reading the sample chapters for the next Anita book, and it was mentioned Anita is 27. This made me back up and go WTF(well, more than I already was). I know Anita is supposed to be in her twenties, yet that fact just never seems to stick, and I constantly find myself envisioning her as mid-30s with the mind-set, perhaps, of someone much older, if not the maturity. And giving her the age of 27 in this upcoming book really drove home the point to me, as that is my age.
Anita does not act like any twenty-something I know. For any of you around Anita's age, do you feel the same way? And I know I'm making a sweeping generalization about how a 25-30 year old should act, but shouldn't there be some consistencies with the popular culture for this age group? I have so many examples, but here's two obvious ones:
-Does she dress like someone my age dresses? Maybe if it were the 80's or early 90's, with her silk shell blouses and pantyhose and power jackets. Maybe she's going for a retro-ironic hipster thing, and I'm too dull to see it?
-She speaks with none of the slang commonly used. And while yes, "nifty" is a, well, nifty word...it's not exactly the cornerstone of a young person's vocabulary, right? Doesn't she, in one book referencing her brother's opinion of her line of work, even say something like "he says it's cool, or whatever the kids are saying these days?" Uh. Right.
In general, this is such a minor pet peeve, what with the many many MANY issues with her books I am having these days. But still, shouldn't there be a least a few references here and there anchoring Anita to the age she is supposed to be?
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Nobody I know in the whole 25-30 age group acts like Anita. Except for the whole, "YOU TOUCH MY COFFEE, I WILL KILL YOU!" kind of thing, because university teaches us that coffee = food of the gods.
We're not that self-righteous and preachy. The people I know would rather stand back and make fun of people like her, and then laugh maniacally if she'd ever give us a "What kind of crack are you smokin'?" look.
We don't dress like her. We realise that the 80s was a traumatic era for everyone involved and cling to the revolution of the 90s and the retro of the 70s. We don't follow the fashion trends because A) they're stupid, B) trashy and C) none of us can afford it.
As for the slang, I had to ask people what she meant by something to do with Merlioni (one of the RPIT detectives) and it's meant to be an old-style Italian derrogatory term. I was all, "Wtf?" because I've never heard it before. I know I use some jazz-age slang, simply because it's from the era of cool and nobody knows what the hell you're talking about, which suits me just fine. Then again, I live in the country of slang, so...I'm probably not one to talk.
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well said, well said.
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So that's six years of drinking under my belt. I spent about a year (back when I was working 8-4) going, "ZOMG COFFEE!!!" *pounce* because I honestly wasn't human until I'd had my morning caffiene.
Come to think of it, I had more sleep when I was on the coffee, too.
I should get back on the train, maybe I'll be awake during the day and sleep at night instead of the other way around.
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One of the most giggle-inducing memories of uni for me was the shambling line of groaning, bleary-eyed fine arts students (myself included) at the one good coffee store on the campus in the morning.
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