back, even less interesting than before

[ambientlight]

[Poll #1041532]

and while it's probably bad form to have my first post since australia be a request: would anyone happen to have anything by The Triffids? they're a depressing and depressed eighties band from australia, whose albums are extremely elusive even there. ;_;

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[troisroyaumes]

I should probably qualify my answer by saying I've read "bad form" being used in dialogue pretty often, even if I don't actually hear it in conversations.

[ambientlight.livejournal.com]

ah, i see -- thanks! but would that be fictional dialogue, or written conversation? (e.g. in lj comments or over instant messaging programs.)

[troisroyaumes]

That would be fictional dialogue, yes.

[bangendedscoot.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! I hope you had a good time in Australia (:

I think I say "in bad shape" a lot more than "bad form"? XD I think it's not too uncommon a phrase in other parts of the world, though? Maybe it's just a cultural thing.

Australian bands! I have this strange thing for Australian musicians. Like, the fact that they're Australian pleases me greatly. I think the common ones are like...Jet. And Kylie Minogue *_* And Pete Murray (solo artist) is emo but cool. And I think Wolfmother is loud metal-kind so I don't quite listen to them.

and and and! Architecture in Helsinki :D They're mad and funny.

[ambientlight.livejournal.com]

hee, thanks! the trip was fairly enjoyable, yes. :D

mm, but "bad form" doesn't really mean "in bad shape"? i think. i generally use it in the technical sense but applied to non-technical things, if that makes sense. for instance: i consider it bad form to kill off all the characters at the end of a story.

hee, really? that's cool then. australia seems really supportive of local artists, their albums are always on prominent display and stuff. silverchair's also from australia, though i haven't heard much by them. and grinspoon, but i don't know what they sound like, i just saw lots of their CDs around.

architecture in helsinki is... idiosyncratic. :D;;

[feliciter.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! ^_^ I hope it was an enjoyable trip?

I tend to use bad form mainly when I can't think of any particular reason or qualification for something that is not cricket or beyond the pale in a situation when neither of these comparisons would be appropriate (for instance when the sport in question is football and someone has unprepentantly dived to get a defender sent off by the referee kayu) - just have a fondness for the latter quaint expressions.

[ambientlight.livejournal.com]

thank you! and yes, enjoyable enough. ^_^

not cricket! how delightful; i don't think i've ever heard anyone use that phrase, outside novels. :D to me, at least, bad form is a little different from the two phrases you mention (not as strong as beyond the pale, for instance), but i can see how it might apply in cases such as the example you gave.