Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Wrong Clark TOC can be found Here

Sorry about the late posting. I'll try to catch up on the FDK from 51 sometime today.

Does this trickle of information clarify matters or make you (and/or Lois) more confused?

Part 53 should post as usual late Wed/early Thursday.

Wow! This was a bomb chapter! And what a powerful ending.

Andreia

for Clark. He lacked the resolve Martha and Jonathan gave canon Clark.

That was probably a factor, but not the factor.

Of course there is physical attraction. How could any man not be physically attracted to Lois?

With the amount of trouble she gets herself into isn't it often harder to breath. Lois touched me,

Clark: Lois touches me more.

Clark: Even better, she has toned down on the estranged wife Act.
Lois:Clark, just because I don't want everyone to know I am your estranged wife, does not mean we are going to share a bed.
Clark:I am taking little victories for now.
Lois:Well, those are the only ones you will get.

Lois really does need to come up with a better cover story.

Well, I am not sure if this fully explains why Lois calls her "husband" both Jerome and Chuck. At least she did not also call him Clark at some point, then he would have to introduce himself as Charles Clark Jerome Lane. I guess since Lana and Hank probably do not know Mrs. Kent's maiden name it would not be too bad in that case.

So do they know that Rachel had sex with Walt, or do they just assume such based on some other things?

It is possible the EPA were brought in by Sherrif Harris to fulfill his grudge against the Irig family and run them out of town for good.

Well, Lana seems to remain insensiutive as always. This man is dealing with the anguish of hearing of a death, not some physical ailment. I do not think I will ever like Lana.

Will Clark drink a soda? Arn't they chalk full of sugar, and thus will remind him of his parents' death?

Well, at least twice-orphansed, bounced around Clark has a friend, even if she went away.

Shouln't that be "at Kansas State"?

Hmm, another reason Clark should not have sex with a women before he tells her his secret. Maybe this is how the events at the Metro Club should have gone down
Lois:I don't have prtection on me, do you.
Clark:Lois, I don't think protection will work with me. There is something I need to tell you. I'm Superman.

Hmm, no maybe that would not have been the best course either.

I think it should be "an M.P." unless you pronounce it MiP and do not say the letter.

Plain speak: stolen, in that he did not ask permission.

My guess is her reaction would have been more like Lois. Of course Lois never had to confront finding out her boyfriend had abilities she had no clue existed. There is a big difference between finding out your boyfriend/work partner/whatever he is exactly at the time is the man who can fly, start fires with his eyes etc. and finding out that your boyfriend can fly, start fires with his eyes etc. when you did not know that such powers even existed.

Those who do write about Lois finding out Clark has such abilities before the world knows they exist seem to assume she would react more positively to the situation than Lana did but this Clark has no comparison.

Lois is of course in love with Superman, but he knows it will be hard if he ever tells her that he is Superman, although for slightly different reasons. The first Lois he met had a very different reaction. For one thing both Lois know that it is possible for Clark to use his powers and maintain a secret identity. The fact that they get fooled may be galling, but it shows that using the powers does not lead to being disected as a frog.

Well, at least Clark has found someone who holds a similar opinion of Sherrif Harris.

This Clark has been bounced between more foster homes than I ever imagined, at least 5, probably more. Have you ever figured out how many foster homes he was in, or is it a large but not ever determined number?

Inner Lois voice (ILV): I got him to consume artificial sugar. Maybe I can have a chocolate wedding cake yet.
Lois:We are not thinking about a wedding with Clark Jerome "the liar" Kent.
ILV:Maybe you arn't thinking of such, but I am.

Well, when you hold a shotgun wedding, you don;t want you daughter to starve. Yes, I read ahead, so am using knowledge learned from later.

Or is Sherrif Harris mad because he knows Hank has been covering up for Walt cheating on his sister the night of his death. Lots of people probably suspect it is odd that Barbara looks so much like her namesake, Barbara Irig, who she is not even related to, at least according to the birth certificate and all.

I was thinking about it. The problem about lie is that you have to come up with another lies to keep up the first one. It's a snowball, once you start it, you don't know how to stop it. At some point his name would be Charles Clark Jerome Kent Lane.

I went back to try to figure out what Hank's last name is, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Have we ever been told his last name?


I did not realize how bizarre it was that they had named this daughter Barbara until doing the FDK.

So is Lana continuing her lieing ways, or what? Since Hank is clearly not the girl's real dad. Of course, I am not sure I blame them for not telling her. Of course, the big question is, does Hank know? If Lana slept with him the day after prom, and he has never seen pictures of young Barbara later Irig, maybe he does not suspect that he is not the father.

Yes, Clark has called her out on her lies.

Any doubt that Clark had has no been confirmed.

Up until this point I had just thought that Lana was enraged that Clark was calling her out for having sex on prom night. I did not until this point realize he was calling her out for cheating on her prom date.

Well, it is a believable enough line. However it is not 100% true. Although, Lana did often treat him as if he was invisible, so it is not a total lie either.

He is making progress.

100% true.

Except it is also at least partly true.

True, but not 100% true. Of course, since she has now been married 7 or so years, it would be pretty hard to explain his relationship to her alternate personaility.

I guess at this point, with Clark still suffering from Kryptonite poisoning, it would be very difficult for him to convince Lois of the truth. I am not sure it would be impossible, but it would be pretty hard. Once he gets his power back, it will be potentially easy, although still emotionally very scary.

Good point.

Thus, he has no shock he is dead, because he knew he was dead. Just not that Rachel had died at the same time.

100% true. I was expecting he to ask the both much tougher and harder to explain question, how he managed to visit Smallville so often. I guess he and the Kents have been vague enough that she does not yet suspect how frequent his visits have been.

Actually, it is impossible for Clark to contact Superman over long distances, since he cannot be at a long distance. If she knew about Kryptonite she would be really scared now.

Well, she is nothing if not persistent.

I am not sure why Lois assumes she must either be attracted to bad or to good. First off, it is possible to be attracted to both. Secondly, it is odd to assume your being attracted to someone sees through the disguises they put out. Thirdly it seems odd that even if the first two are true, you would be attracted to all people of a certain type. So, trying to determine Luthor's true character from her lack of attraction to him just seems odd.

Shouldn't she see how proficient Clark is in this discussion to judge if he is really from Kansas? Also, maybe if she stays and keeps close to him he will drop more clues about the truth.

Maybe it will help if she gives him no option but telling her the truth. Of course, at the moment he will be really hard pressed to tell her the truth. Although, if she asks Martha, she might get Martha to tell her some things.

Is she telling this to Perry or just to herself. Hopefully it does not also happen to Wrong Clark at this point, but I am getting worried.

So is she going to share this info with Clark? Is he going to find her there?

Hmm, it is not looking good for Clark. It is looking worse for Lois. I am trying to not loose all hope, but it is a tough battle.

Of course part of me wants her to get her Clark back, but he is totally dead, so that seems a bit hard.

Hmm, except, since Wrong Clark saved the Space Shuttle, at least one of the needed precedents to the birth of Tempus is in place. Hmm, however that might not be enough to have recreated Tempus. This will be a hard Clark to save, and will Wrong Clark be willing to do it. I guess we shall see.

Charles Clark Jerome King Kent Lane and he has all names he has ever used wrapped into one.

What a tangled mess. How will they ever get out of it

Understandable. When you've long since just "bided your time" with someone rather than actively loving said person anyone new can seem to shake that foundation. Whether or not said foundation continues to stand after the shaking is what makes or breaks a true love.

Doubting the difficulty of Love (gic), Clark? I think you need to remember the Bard's words once again:
"The course of love never did run smooth."
(I think someone, possibly me said this before) but for you two it tends to be a veritable rapids!"

Passion, Clark. It's called passion. Something that I don't think you really had for Lana in the same way you do with Lois.

Clark: True.

*Clark figures out he has them and does this*
*Lois's eyes grow to saucers*
Lois: *a little breathlessly* So I guess I'm not actually cheating on you, am I?

I'm sure they're trying to place him and failing miserably at that comment.

Cat to Lana: It's an involuntary reaction, isn't it?
Lana: No comment. *goes to kiss her husband in front of Clark in an attempt to show him that she's taken.*

That has to his him in the gut in a way that Lana's wouldn't. She had meant something to him after all.

Just as I thought.

Oh my goodness, the fact that Max stole from Rachel... *growls*

Oh those woulda, coulda, shouldas of life. They are rankling at times, aren't they Clark?

It is true, but it's hard for him to admit it as he never followed up on it.

Cat: What, you mean the fact that your from another world?
Clark: More complicated than that even.
Cat: *sidles up to Clark with a seductive look on her face* Wanna tell me about it?
Clark: *upon her reaction* Um... not really at the time.

I hope the Kents or Irigs are ready to defend Clark if need be (or Lois grabbing an extra gun that fell somewhere.)

Clark: I'm the son of Kryptonian parents, raised by farmers until they were killed in a car crash then bumped from home to home to home. Lover to Rachel Harris, former fiancee of Lana Lang, oh and all of that happened in a different universe.
Lois: Are you sure you didn't need to see a doctor for that concussion?

Clark: Oh they did, just not in this universe.
Lois: You're delusional, Chuck!

Been reading too many of those bodice-rippers, Lois?
Lois: *defensively* No. Not at all. (refuses to admit that she has a small corner of her romance book shelf dedicated to that kind of book.)

I'm a little split on this one. One side it shouting to have Lois's logical self hog-tied and thrown out the window of the Love Place while the other is saying "good for her."
Oh boy, she's right in that it's the Clark he soul was originally destined for. Now she'll be furious that Clark's not "her" Clark and will want him to come out and tell her who he is. Whether that will make him tell her he's Superman or from another universe entirely remains to be seen.

Hi Virginia,

Well, that explains Lana's attitude toward her daughter, she's illigitimate.

I keep hoping that Herb is going to show up and straighten everything out.

Do you have any idea as to how many posts total this story is going to run? It begins to look like I'll be in Volume 20 of Matchmaker before you finish.

Clark's reaction to Rachel's death was very touching. I can understand Lois' growing concern, especially given her nature. I hope her discovery brings things to a head soon.

Joan

Ultra Woman: Wow! Thanks for delurking to comment. I figured those of you who had read Another Lois knew Lois would be drawn that way at some point.

EDIT: Ooooh. More.

CLARK: Tell me about it.

John: You spoil me with your long FDK responses! Thanks. Sorry for not responding sooner, but I’m trying to catch up on my writing.
Yes. He has had to learn a lot on his own.
True.
LOIS: I have to agree 100% here with John. I don’t know either, but it’s amazing how it worked that way for years, then Superman came into town and WHAM, I’m suddenly popular.
CLARK: Okay, I’ll admit that I also hold my breath often around Lois when I’m in the uniform. The ‘breathing easier’ thought was for all the other times.
Yes, sorry, I’ve drawn this Smallville arc over many weeks for you and only a couple of days for them. Yes, the opening of the box (and NOT finding the globe) was the night before. He’s still in recovery.
Actually, it’s always shocking. Especially if that someone is someone I care(d) about.
CLARK: What? Lois touched me. <checks memory> So, she did. Hmmmm. Er… No, on the dancing. I was still in shock over hearing about Rachel.
Well, he doesn’t have a concussion. He IS hurt though.
CLARK: I’ve gotten other kinds?
LOIS: Well, no. And I can be civil, though, in public. The estranged wife bit doesn’t work for the general public. It makes me seem uncaring and people are less likely to open up to me. Hello? Story!
Neither would Clark and Chuck, since “Chuck” is a nick-name of Charles. It was a band-aid excuse, so they could move past it.
Let’s just say that Hank and Lana know more than they’ve shared.
Yes. Thank you.
CLARK: I’m not planning on making love to anyone other than Lois and I plan to still be around in the morning and the morning after that and the morning after that… Okay, you’re right.
LOIS:
CLARK: Luckily, Jimmy… I mean, Toni… I mean, not luckily… I mean… So, you’re saying that I shouldn’t take advantage of Lois the next time she gets drunk and begs me to come home with her, because that would be bad? Even though she gave me a guilt-free card? Shucks.
Hmmmm. I thought “a” turned to “an” only before a word that started with a vowel. You’re saying there are consonant exceptions to this rule? Oh, and thanks.
CLARK: Yes, I would have described it as “stolen” but for some reason Rachel still loved her brother enough to hope he planned on repaying her.
True.
I think it would depend on how Clark revealed this side of himself to Lois. Was it sprung upon her out of the blue, like it had been with Lana? Or did she have an inkling that there was something different about Clark before he accidentally revealed himself? Or did he sit her down and slowly and carefully explain his origins and how his powers came upon him as a teenager?
Also, true. But an Alt-Clark (who didn’t have Mayor White and former President Presley on his side) could easily been taken in and had tests run on him. He doesn’t feel pain? How much? How long can he survive being exposed to that rock? How long does it take him to recover? <Similar things that happened to S in DC’s new story.>
The Irigs weren’t the only outcasts.
Well, let’s see, he was in 3 foster homes (Irigs, Harrises, and the Rosses) after he was 16. He was in at least one a year before that, if not more. One year, when he was 15-16ish and all of his powers developed at once, he had been at least 3 foster families. He was considered a “problem child” that’s why he was bounced around a lot. That was when social services contacted the Irigs again, who couldn’t take him when Martha and Jonathan died because Barbara was fighting cancer. So, a lot, over 10.
When it’s a shotgun wedding AND you don’t want the community to look down upon you for mistreating your own child, her husband, and grandchild. Things might have been different if Lana had remained unmarried.

Who said that everyone remembers what Barbara Irig looked like when she was a pre-teen? Was she even from Smallville? Maybe she and Martha came from Lawrence? Barbie’s name is “Barbie” not Barbara. Lana’s not THAT stupid. Homage perhaps, but not a direct link. Also, the Jessups (Hank’s last name) live in Wichita and have for the last 5 years, so it’s not like Barbie has been obviously around for the townsfolk <cough> Maisie <cough> to gossip about.
That’s for you to decide.

LANA: Yeah, right. Like you’d believe me even if I told you the truth… I mean, of course, Barbie is Hank’s daughter. That reporter guy is full of it.
JONATHAN: I believe the word you’re looking for is “biological” father.
Telling the daughter?
CLARK: My point exactly.
If she knew that he had only been coming since May of that year, yes, that would be the obvious question. But logistically he could have been coming off and on for years.
You mean if she knew CK=SM and knew that he had been exposed to Kryptonite and it had taken away his powers, so that he was basically human. Possibly.
LOIS: One doesn’t become a three-time Kerth Award winner by giving up.
She’s spit-balling ideas. Her thoughts are babbling, being that she’s Lois, of course.
She’s tired of the whole “Rachel and Walt” small-town drama. She wants to get back to her story.
It doesn’t matter whether or not he tells her the truth. She’s not going to believe anything he says anyway, is she?
Why would Martha do this?
Find out tonight in Part 53. Or not.
Hope will reappear… eventually.
HERB: Hard, yes. But nothing is impossible.


CLARK: You forgot “Superman” and “Kal-El”. Lois, you’ve really got to find me a new nickname besides “Chuck.” I love it, but it does complicate things.
LOIS: Honey, they’re a dime a dozen for you.
CLARK: “Honey” – yes, call me that.
LOIS: NO! That was a slip of the tongue. You’re not “honey”, he was “honey”. You’re not him. You’re wrong.
CLARK: Him, who?
LOIS: I don’t know. I just don’t know.
CLARK: And she’d find me crazy if I told her the truth. Tsunami, we’re two of a kind.
LOIS: Don’t call me that!

Um... with time and paitence? And lots and lots more parts?

Christina: Another long FDK! Thank you!
One of my favorite lines from “When Harry Met Sally…” is when she says (and I’m paraphrasing), “But… she was supposed to be his transitional (rebound) person, not the ONE.” (When her ex-boyfriend married the next woman he dated...)
CLARK: Phew. It’s not just me, then.
Yes, no passion in the Kent-Lang relationship.
CLARK: <once again setting his foot in his mouth> Depends. Are you still seeing Luthor?
Can you remember everyone you met 10-15 years ago? Me, either.
CLARK: <raises hands>
LOIS: Oh, shut up!
CLARK: Why? I don’t want her.
Yes, sadly, Rachel meant more to him than the woman he dated for 10 years and obsessed about for years before that. (Sadly for that wasted time and effort on Lana.)
It was mentioned back in… <guessing> Part 4?
CLARK: I agree.
Those are ten years he can’t get back.
He did follow up, but by then, she was gone. By the time she returned, he was engaged.
Thank goodness that Cat’s in Paris.

CLARK: Thank you again for reminding everyone why Lois won’t believe the truth.

LOIS: Imagine how I’m feeling.

<Lois searching for the truth>
<Christina searching for answers>

Or Lana blames her daughter for prisoning her in this small town life.

He's supposed to come back three months after... mid August.

Let's see, I'm just about to send Part 61 to Beta... Um... ... er... a lot. ... um... maybe all the Matchmakers Volumes written to date combined? Hopefully not that many, but I had already committed to a *3* Book trilogy and had written 20 parts before I looked how long it would take to get to the end and started hyperventilating. (Otherwise I would have broken this up into smaller bite-sized portions.) It should speed up after (timeline wise) after Smallville, but there's a lot to accomplish here in Kansas first. Right now, I'm just taking things one day at a time.

I like Rachel's character. I needed Clark to have someone positive in his life at some point (after his folks' death) otherwise he'd have no reason to have any hope at all with Lois (and be TOTALLY afraid of having sex with her).

A head? Depends on what you mean by "head". So, I'll just say "kind of". Soon? By the end of the Smallville arc? She'll know the "truth" by then.

That would be exciting!

Well, in canon it seemed like Lois always had some guy to go out with her. Of wait, they were the type that caused Lois to say "define guys", maybe she does have a point.

Clark:Well, I am not sure if "recovery" is the word. I do not feel like I have recoered at all, I still feel totally not-super.

Good point. Rape is always a shocking thing, even if you know the person involved is in theory capable of it, and you have stopped them before, or at the same time or whatever.

Good point.

I was more thinking he hit his head when exposed to Kryptionite the night before. Or am I wrong about that too. Hmm, can Clark get concussions when exposed to Kryptonite, my guess is yes.

Clark: I deduced that once Barbie showed up.

It is words that start with vowel sounds. Thus you say an hour. In this case generally it is prounced as if it was spelled empee, so it starts with a vowel sound.

Or we could just point out that Bureau 39 shows up just after Superman appears, and if they could catch him almost certainly would drag him off to a lab and disect him like a frog. If he did not have a secret identity to sleep under things might go much worse.

Hmm, I guess you are right. His observation about Lana just going with Hank because he was more likely toenable her winning as Prom Queen caused me to think that. I guess I forgot that Lana liked to bounce from boy to boy.

Actually, I doubt that. In many states statuory rape requires the victim to be under the age of 17, and generally if the potential vicim is at least 16, even in states where 17-year-olds can be statutory rape victims, there is generally some sort of sliding scale rule, so very few states consider sexual relations between an 18-year-old and a 17-year-old to be statutory rape. 19-year-old and 17-year-old and 18-year-old and 16-year-old maybe, but generally not 18-year-old and 17-year-old.

I actually looked it up. In Kansas once someone turns 16 staturoy rape is not possible. Even in New York once someone is 17 it is not possible. I know Michigan has passed recently laws that make sexual relations between teachers and any student, even if the student is 18, illegal, but I do not think any such laws existed in the 1980s, and even if they did they would not apply here.

John:

There was whats-his-name the hypocondrac who stood her up for Luthor's Orchid ball. He's a "define guys" type guy. And Lucy did mention that Lois had more "interviews" than "dates" (until Luthor, who was really -- let's face it -- only trying to get in her pants.)

Well, isn't "Recovery" in medical terms where they put you between surgery and your hospital room to see if you're going to flatline on them?

CLARK: Well, in that case...

Yes, he could have gotten a concussion, but my feeling was that he tripped and hit his head at the beginning of losing his powers and that Martha went to help him (as Jonathan did in canon) while leaving the box open, thus draining away his invulnerablity while he was knocked out.

CLARK: I've also find it's good policy to believe that Lana isn't telling me the full story.

Right.

Yes. That is true.

Yeah, I went a little overboard on the backstory for this arc a bit.

CLARK: I like to err on the side of caution.

I just watched "Green Green Glow of Home" and realized that one of Rachel's deputies in there is named Hank.

Was that factor an inspiration for the Hank here, or is that just a chance coincidence?

Hmm, that Hank was the person Jimmy at first thought was the sherrif. This will make things interesting.

Yep. That's the Hank that Lana married. 2 Points!

Ooooh! Is this going to be another part about Clark’s exes?

/imagines mugging and stuff/ What a *creep*.

Is he now serving a life sentence for continuing to rob, do stuff, and murder young women at Six Flags?

Well, she was military, so she might have dug up some crystals and tried to vanquish the alien threat.

That would have been awkward.



So, the Kents?



Can you imagine *that* gossip?

So, Max put some potassium chloride into his dad’s beer?

So, getting arrested in Smallville is worse than getting arrested by a stereotypical Middle-to-South American militia captain? And Clark doesn’t even have his powers to protect Lois from the frequent dangers of prison in such an environment.

But he’s the guy who took Lana away from Walt! Wouldn’t that show the world that he’s broken up with his best bud? Plus, wouldn’t the Town Banker hold significant sway over the townsfolk if they misbehaved like that?

Yes, it is. Had he not taken Lana away from Walt, Rachel would still be alive.

Rachel’s daughter with Clark?

Aaaaahhh! There’s our Lana

From the Smallville Smalls?

Umm… Shotgun wedding with Hank?

Michael

Hi Virginia,

Finally, it's Sunday and I'm trying to catch up with my reading. I didn't have a minute this week.


French? Sorry, I don't understand.... I don't see any French word here.

Poor Clark! And poor Rachel: why did you have to kill her? I like her! You could have killed Lana.

And she even has her first name.
So, if this Lana slept with Walt, Clark's Lana may have slept with "her" Walt. And, may be, she got pregnant and had to abort. It's why she didn't (ou couldn't) have children.

CLARK: Who? Me?

PERRY:

Hi Sidney!
American colloquialism for using strong language.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_my_French

Michael

Thanks, Michael! I didn't know this American colloquialism.

But it seems to me that, in the US, people have very strange ideas about French language!

Michael: It must be the weekend!

Kind-of sort of, not really. I think the part you're looking for is #54.

CLARK: No comment.



Um... technically... it started with the bounce, then lead to that.

True. Clark never cared enough to ask what alt-Max was up to when he last saw Rachel.

Nope, she's good military, not psycho military.

After he and Rachel had moved on.

Yep. Those radical hippy types.

MR. HARRIS:

MAX: I plead the 5th.... I mean, no comment. I mean, you're under arrest for slander!



Leaving Walt dateless for Prom night.

MR. LANG: I find it best not to anger the hoards... I mean, the customers, who might then make a run on the bank.

SEE!

Wrong dimension. Walt was stocky with red hair. Rachel was blonde. Not ravishing blonde like Lana, more dishwater blonde.

LANA: Thank you for the clarification.

Thems the ones.

Let's just say Hank's more well-mannered than Walt. <a shotgun wasn't needed>

RACHEL: What would I care? It was just a first (and LAST) date, IMO.

Traumatize Lois? Why? Because he loved someone before meeting her? Or because all of Clark's loves seem to be danger-prone? Probably best not to introduce her to dead Mayson, then, huh?

CLARK: Besides the female form, I also minored in double-speak (under the political science wing of humanities).

LOIS: Tahiti?

LOIS: Clearly!

LOIS: Well, he could try that, but I'm not going to say that I liked it.

So, once she got her release, she'll not want Clark anymore?



LOIS: Oh, I thought disgusting creep was just a sub-section of bad boy. My mista... er... misunderst... er... Well, he IS bad!

Alt-LANA: He never said he was nobelity!

ROMANCE, Michael, not HORROR, or GOTHIC ROMANCE.

Crashing the truck?

Possibly.

Strange. I thought it was obvious.

Well, they are WALKING over to the Irigs' farm.



Yep, there goes his blood pressure again.

Yea! It IS the weekend!

Er... sorry... I meant to put an apology note at the bottom of the part for you. As Michael said, it's what crass Americans say when they swear. "I'm not swearing, I'm speaking French." :rolleyes:

Where would be the fun in that? Anyway, I doubt Clark would have mourned as much.

CLARK: I was ENGAGED to Lana.

EW: And?

CLARK: <sheepish shrugs> Okay, you might be right.

Barbie, as in doll.


CLARK: But... She displayed all the traits of a rape victim. She stopped partying, she stopped dressing sexy, even to the point of wearing baggy clothes. She cut her hair. She wouldn't have done that, would she? Would she have?

Americans also think the French language is the language of love and romance, and that nothing is sexier than a French accent (Why Claude had such an easy time with Lois). We think French cooking the best food in the world, so much so, we add the word "French" in front of foods that may, or may not, have originated in France just to make it sound more exotic and fancy (French Fries, French Dressing, French Toast). We're a weird mish-mash of ideas, aren't we?

And when we don't understand something we say "It's all Greek to me." Does that mean that we think that the Greeks are smarter than us, because *they* can speak (and understand) Greek?

"It's all Greek to me" was used by Shakespear, so it is not particularly American.

Really? I didn't know that. Learn something new everyday!

We use the same words (translated in French) when we don't understand something. I find it very funny.... because I teach Greek (ancient Greek)!


I don't know what is "French Dressing"....

I never went to the US, but a few years ago, I went to Australia and, in the restaurant of my hotel, for breakfast, I saw something called "French Toast". I didn't know what it was and I immediately wanted to taste it. It's something that in France we call "pain perdu": something you eat at home when you don't want to waste old pieces of bread! Not something fancy.
So, 10 years ago, you couldn't find it in a restaurant. Now, I think you can.... for tourists!

And you know, Americans sometimes use French words in their language: for example "déjà vu". And I'm sure I've seen other ones, on these boards.

And I'm a Greek Classics Major. We, Americans, like our breakfasts! I didn't say it *was* fancy, but that adding the word "French" to it made it *sound* fancy.

Yes, there are many French originated words in the English language, most of which I have to spell check, because I'm constantly misspelling them. faux pas, rendezvous, derrière. Of course, this means nothing, because I often misspell words in English as well.

Good choice, Virginia!


Ketchup? With salad? Certainly not a French dish!

No problem, Virginia. I'll write in English. Or at least, I'll try to: sorry for the mistakes.

And speaking of mistakes, the funniest mistake I ever saw was in the French translation of the show L&C.

The first time I saw it, it was on French TV. So, it was in French, not with subtitles,but with the actors speaking French (do you use the word "doublage"?).

In Soul Mates (I think), Lois speaks about the black teddy Clark bought her. The translator was certainly tired, VERY tired because we sometimes use the English word "teddy" fot this sort of lingerie. And he translated it with the word "nounours".... and this word means "teddy bear"!

So, I thought that it was the black and white teddy bear that Clark won for Lois in Smallville. Sure, I was a little surprised: why did Lois want this teddy bear for her wedding night. It was cute, but....

And I forgot all about that ... until a few years ago, when I finally understood the meaning of the word, because of some fics on the Archive and on these boards...

In Portuguese was made this same mistake. I just found out when I got to read the scripts. It didn't make sense that Lois would want a teddy bear in her honeymoon, but it was what aired.

At least we're not alone in the mistakes department.

True. Then again, Lois bounced into the office, or onto him, in Alt-Clark’s case.

Michael

Fiance and fiancee are the ones that comes to my mind the fastest. They also are among the few that are generally differentiated by gender in the French manner.

Intellectual historians love to use French terms for all sources of things. At times I think it gets excessive.

In English this is generally refered to as dubbing. If I remember correctly in "Just Say Noah" Lois makes a comment about this being done very poorly on Japanese films.

Actually what would not make sense would be Clark's extremely fast and enthusiastic getting of the bag with that item.

The teddy comes up again in either "Faster than a Speeding Vixen" or "Shadows of the Past", when they are packing to go to the news conference and Clark says he has room for it in his bag even if Lois doesn't.

What can I say? I'm a sucker for good professors and the best was an Ancient Greek prof.

No, I don't think so.

Trust me, you make less English mistakes than I do, and it's my native tongue.



Well, LnC were going to have a much more innocent honeymoon than we were led to believe.

Clearly the dubbers weren't watching the show or they'd have said something about the error.

The same mistake in two languages?? Hmmmm. I'm thinking that the mistake must have originated back in Hollywood.

Thanks, Virginia!

CLARK: What can I say? I like girls who bounce.

Are they? Sorry, your honor, that should have read "alledgedly raped Rachel". Also, as far as Clark knows Walt is still alive and kicking in alt-dimension.



The phrase you’re looking for is ‘I was wrong’ </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOIS: About Ralph, I'm NEVER wrong.

LANA: He was CHEATING on me with that brunette skank!

Well, let's see if you notice... well, I won't say anymore. Nobody else caught it either, not even my Betas. We'll see.

Sounds hilarious!

LUKE: Crazy old Jedi, why is he talking to me about the sky?

Lois wouldn't go to bed without her Clarkie bear?

/watches as Clark gets distracted by the Baywatch opening credits/

No, I meant who cares if he did it. He’s still a bad guy and works great as target practice.

Yah yah yah, Mr. Big City Buck Shot. Out here in the boonies, we take what we can get into our beds.

RACHEL: I would think so. And yet, I never got chocolate’s form him on subsequent Valentine’s Days.

Michael

CLARK: <clearly distracted> What's that, honey? <listens with half an ear> The world's being attacked by another asteroid. But... but... but... Baywatch is on!

CLARK:

CLARK: <looking skeptical> You're saying you prefer stick figure modeling types with eating disorders and no intelligence to curvey women with fire and wit? <shrugs> No accounting for taste.

CLARK: You joined the army and MOVED away! There was almost 6 billion people on the planet and you expected me to find you by Valentine's Day with no forwarding address, not skipping a class, or missing a practice or deadline?

RACHEL: And you call yourself an investigative reporter?

Pretty much.

RACHEL: Why, thank you, kind, sir. Of course, I wouldn't have survived 8 years in the Army without some form of backbone. on the teddy stuff.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I agree.

Michael

CLARK: Yep, she's the smart one.



Clark or Hank?

CLARK: Will you two stop bashing my intelligence?

LOIS: Also, the pretty one. He’s really only handy when it comes to cooking and cleaning.

Hank.

LOIS&RACHEL: Why?

Michael

CLARK: Really? That's it? I'm not good in any other room of the apartment?

CLARK:

LOIS: So far, no. And boy, have I been *trying* to use him.

Michael