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Post by iceish on Dec 23, 2011 14:52:47 GMT -5
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Post by HoppersSkippersMiners on Dec 23, 2011 14:53:51 GMT -5
It feels terribly annoying that the media in USA refers to Sauli as *a beau* .. as if he had no value at all but is just a playmate for Adam. Why do they underestimate Adam's inteligence so much? .. Is Adam considered some kind of a stupid person in USA??..To live with a beau???.. crap!! ok.. in Europe it means a boy toy:))) Awwww..... I love the word "beau"! To me its one of those sweetly old-fashioned, repectable terms used to describe an obvious significant other even if one isn't [yet] engaged or married. I always think of Laura Ingalls and Alanzo Wilder from the Little House on the Prairie books when I hear it. [grin] Or sometimes the Vanderbilts. I think its one of the nicest terms that could be used to describe each of them, as IMO "beau" has a more serious connotation than the sometime shlocky "boyfriend". More like "novio" in Spanish. Kinda disappointed it doesn't hold the same meaning in other parts of the world. :-/ |
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Post by reihmer on Dec 23, 2011 14:54:20 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2011 14:56:49 GMT -5
Thanks Linda So many things can be understood in a different way.. as here in Europe *a beau* is a prostitute.. Well, it's not same for everybody in Europe though. At least for me beau has always meant just boyfriend, nothing else. I have to agree with Zinnia. I have never heard the word used in the context you mention, dingit. |
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Post by bobo on Dec 23, 2011 14:57:48 GMT -5
Thanks Linda So many things can be understood in a different way.. as here in Europe *a beau* is a prostitute.. Well, it's not same for everybody in Europe though. At least for me beau has always meant just boyfriend, nothing else. For me it is also just boyfriend. Maybe it originates from French: beau = handsome. |
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Post by Zinnia on Dec 23, 2011 15:00:26 GMT -5
It feels terribly annoying that the media in USA refers to Sauli as *a beau* .. as if he had no value at all but is just a playmate for Adam. Why do they underestimate Adam's inteligence so much? .. Is Adam considered some kind of a stupid person in USA??..To live with a beau???.. crap!! ok.. in Europe it means a boy toy:))) Awwww..... I love the word "beau"! To me its one of those sweetly old-fashioned, repectable terms used to describe an obvious significant other even if one isn't [yet] engaged or married. I always think of Laura Ingalls and Alanzo Wilder from the Little House on the Prairie books when I hear it. [grin] Or sometimes the Vanderbilts. I think its one of the nicest terms that could be used to describe each of them, as IMO "beau" has a more serious connotation than the sometime shlocky "boyfriend". More like "novio" in Spanish. Kinda disappointed it doesn't hold the same meaning in other parts of the world. :-/ I think beau is a very American thing, not so much used in non-English Europe anyway. My thought about the word is very same as yours  . |
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Post by lynne on Dec 23, 2011 15:01:01 GMT -5
Well see thats the problem. You and I see it as two guys "communicating" with each other and others (mostly in the media) immediately see it as domestic violence, where one of them is the abuser and the other the victim. In terms of the media, I'm thankful we are going into the holiday. For me, the difference is that these two guys are in a relationship together. Regardless of what kind of physical contact there was, it seems what is certain is that they were both upset. I'd feel bad about that even if it was just a verbal thing, and the fact that it got physical in some way is unfortunate, at the very least. I see a distinct difference in guys (friends/relatives/whatever) rough-housing or mock-wrestling or even getting into a minor physical altercation, and 2 guys in a relationship whose disagreement devolves into the physical. And for the record, I'm definitely not casting either one of them as the "aggessor" or "victim," since we have no idea how it went down. Good point as always! |
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Post by wal on Dec 23, 2011 15:03:15 GMT -5
hooplamagnet Hoopla Magnet BTIKM on Amazon RT @mydangdang: NOW 99 CENTS ---> Adam Lambert's new single Better Than I Know Myself is.gd/TTMN0f1 minute ago |
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Post by adamme on Dec 23, 2011 15:03:19 GMT -5
tkradio toby knapp Truth: @adamlambert would have done a better cover of this christmas song than these fools... bit.ly/sQs5yy1 minute ago Friday, December 23, 2011 WTF: Adam Lambert Could Have Covered This Better IMHO!!Yes.. they showed their metal attitude but the pitch men.. the pitch.. he's ruining George Michael's song... JUST DON'T! ETA: ohh.. I forgot, in the rock/metal world the singer doesn't need to sing with the correct pitch...  Um..... Yeah. NIGHTLIFE covers WHAM. I'd rather have seen Adam Lambert and QUEEN write something new for the holiday. But that's just me. If you watched and feel like you just wasted four minutes of your life, I'm sorry. But, I did want to share because I thought it was funny! |
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Post by wal on Dec 23, 2011 15:09:31 GMT -5
Matthew Breen @matbreen Los Angeles Editor-in-chief, The Advocate www.facebook.com/matbreenmatbreen Matthew Breen @adamlambert Now Laughing About Arrest bit.ly/tQE3ZS1 minute ago Posted on Advocate.com December 23, 2011 02:57:40 PM ET Adam Lambert Now Laughing About ArrestBy Jeremy Kinser Adam Lambert has tweeted a message about being arrested along with boyfriend Sauli Koskinen, saying jetlag and vodka are to blame for the public altercation between them, but they've learned their lessons and are now laughing about it.  more... |
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