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  1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

    Ponies don't have a word for "one". Pony counting goes Pony, 2, 3, 4.

    Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 08:48:50 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
    1. chiefanchor chiefanchor

      @ceruleanspark Then what's eleven?

      Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 08:49:37 UTC from web
      1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

        @chiefanchor It's 11.

        Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 08:50:33 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
      2. Michael Michael

        @chiefanchor PonyPony?

        Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 08:50:48 UTC from web
      3. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

        @chiefanchor They obviousy have a glyph for 1, but I was just thinking about how "Somepony" and "everypony" have replaced "someone" and "everyone" despite the fact that the source words don't have anything "Human specific" about them.

        Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 08:51:27 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
        1. chiefanchor chiefanchor

          @ceruleanspark True...

          Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 08:51:48 UTC from web
        2. Michael Michael

          @ceruleanspark Very true indeed

          Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 08:52:35 UTC from web
    2. Pony Pony

      @ceruleanspark "One would hate to slip."

      Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 08:58:13 UTC from web
      1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

        @pony Twilight says "Everyone" in Over a Barrel when she's being PC for the buffalo too.

        Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 08:59:15 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
        1. Pony Pony

          @ceruleanspark ah there's the exception.. I guess pony-speak is just more ethnocentric when it comes to "everypony" etc. than non-equestrian English.

          Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 09:00:34 UTC from web
          1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

            @pony I like that Twilight is polite to the buffalo, but says "everypony" around Spike all the time.

            Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 09:01:27 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
            1. Pony Pony

              @ceruleanspark yeah. :) I guess Spike is too much like family to her for her to really put that kind of effort into her normal speech.

              Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 09:04:36 UTC from web
              1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

                @pony Or alternatively, when she says "Everypony here is my best friend" she's intentionally leaving out Spike because he sucks.

                Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 09:05:29 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
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                  @ceruleanspark Well they have a brother-sister relationship as I see it so she wouldn't bother to mention him

                  Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 09:06:50 UTC from web
                  1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

                    @purplephish20 I think it's because Spike is irrelevant because she's basically guaranteed to be a princess and he's guaranteed to be a horrible monster.

                    Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 09:08:18 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                    1. Pony Pony

                      @ceruleanspark @purplephish20 While it's fun to notice how Spike gets dumped on a lot, I kind of see Twilight as Spike's adoptive mother/boss/owner... They have a wierd relationship obviously. I like the fan thing where Spike grows up and goes away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpMKUR022as

                      Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 09:14:07 UTC from web
                2. Pony Pony

                  @ceruleanspark The craziness Spike puts up with!

                  Tuesday, 28-Feb-12 09:08:17 UTC from web