Quick fic question - Tea
Oct. 17th, 2006 07:54 pmGreetings, friends,
For anyone wondering, I survived the winter campout with the Boy Scouts, and that is a Much longer and Funnier story that you do Not get to hear right now.
I'm repressing, yes. How did you know?
At any rate, I know some of you will know this. Tea customs, British, Gilesean in particular.
What do they call tea to which milk and sugar have not been added? "Black" is coffee, but it seems wrong here. There should be a phrase similar to "take it black" for tea, but I can't come up with it, and I kinda need it.
And would Giles offer someone Cream and sugar, or Milk and sugar?
For the purposes of my scene, I'm having Giles take his tea black in contrast to someone else, for reasons I hope will sort themselves by the time I'm done-- and I'm postulating that he normally does take it with milk/ cream and sugar, to underscore my point. I'd love it to have that "fact" confirmed by those of you in the know, but I'm keeping the interchange regardless. Because it's the remaining thing keeping my old fic from being done-- I punted on showing Giles and a much changed Spike under the influence of that magical poison, and it's time to rectify that.
If I can get any writing done without little boy *poinging* in every few seconds in a desperate attempt to avoid his homework....
Thanks in advance,
Hypothermic Hob
For anyone wondering, I survived the winter campout with the Boy Scouts, and that is a Much longer and Funnier story that you do Not get to hear right now.
I'm repressing, yes. How did you know?
At any rate, I know some of you will know this. Tea customs, British, Gilesean in particular.
What do they call tea to which milk and sugar have not been added? "Black" is coffee, but it seems wrong here. There should be a phrase similar to "take it black" for tea, but I can't come up with it, and I kinda need it.
And would Giles offer someone Cream and sugar, or Milk and sugar?
For the purposes of my scene, I'm having Giles take his tea black in contrast to someone else, for reasons I hope will sort themselves by the time I'm done-- and I'm postulating that he normally does take it with milk/ cream and sugar, to underscore my point. I'd love it to have that "fact" confirmed by those of you in the know, but I'm keeping the interchange regardless. Because it's the remaining thing keeping my old fic from being done-- I punted on showing Giles and a much changed Spike under the influence of that magical poison, and it's time to rectify that.
If I can get any writing done without little boy *poinging* in every few seconds in a desperate attempt to avoid his homework....
Thanks in advance,
Hypothermic Hob