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turrell 
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 Posted - 04/09/2008 : 19:24:50
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
An American once asked me where I was from, I said Australia, she said oh, that's part of New Zealand isn't it! 
That was in a niteclub in NYC, so maybe she had too much to drink. 
Was that a friend of Seans just trying to piss you off? |
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randall 
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 04/09/2008 : 19:34:41
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
It's practically maths! And as MguyX has [inadvertantly] remarked -- advanced maths is a "sin" 
Oops, MguyX beat me to it, but he's actually right -- and I'd check my dictionary a little closer next time... |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 04/10/2008 : 09:19:13
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Originally posted by Randall
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
It's practically maths! And as MguyX has [inadvertantly] remarked -- advanced maths is a "sin"
Oops, MguyX beat me to it, but he's actually right -- and I'd check my dictionary a little closer next time...
I'm afraid, gentlemen, I only own The Devil's Dictionary
OK, copper, you got me, bang to rights, I ain't no mathematician. So sue me. Just don't ask me to add up my sentence. 
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thefoxboy
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 04/10/2008 : 10:36:23
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Originally posted by turrell
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
An American once asked me where I was from, I said Australia, she said oh, that's part of New Zealand isn't it!
That was in a niteclub in NYC, so maybe she had too much to drink.
Was that a friend of Seans just trying to piss you off?
She was too attractive to be a friend of Sean.  |
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MguyXXVI 
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 04/10/2008 : 18:00:22
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
OK, copper, you got me, bang to rights, I ain't no mathematician. So sue me. Just don't ask me to add up my sentence.
I'm willing to offer a plea bargain, so's long as youse goes straight from now on: no mah knockin' ovah milk stands! Gimme 3 random votes an ah letcha off widda wahning.    |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 04/10/2008 : 19:39:26
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Originally posted by MguyX
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
OK, copper, you got me, bang to rights, I ain't no mathematician. So sue me. Just don't ask me to add up my sentence.
I'm willing to offer a plea bargain, so's long as youse goes straight from now on: no mah knockin' ovah milk stands! Gimme 3 random votes an ah letcha off widda wahning.
I never realized you were Polish!
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 04/11/2008 : 16:45:02
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After this thread, I belatedly read Simon Hoggart's column from last Saturday's Guardian. There are a couple of apt segments:
"A wise American reporter based in London once told me that every British news story is, deep down, about class. Every American story, he said, is about race."
"At the meetings addressed by Hillary and Barack, there were signs up saying: 'Rebuild the middle class with the unions,' which is not a sign you'd be likely to see at home, where 'middle-class' means 'comfortably off'; in the States it means 'not comfortably off'." |
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MguyXXVI
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 04/11/2008 : 18:07:50
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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I never realized you were Polish!
Nah, I'm not really into poles. |
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 04/11/2008 : 23:01:40
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Just random responses as I've read through the thread:
Living 40 miles from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, I always appreciate when someone differentiates it from University of Miami. And I won't even venture toward Oxford University. Plus it gets even more confusing for others, since I live(d) in Hagerstown. Not Maryland, but Indiana.
Sometimes it's not a matter of mispronunciation of a given word due to ignorance, but a difficulty in saying it for other reasons. I have a horrible time pronouncing "ostensibly," my mouth wants to put the B after the O, although I know how its spelled and pronounced. I have a friend who could never pronouce "abominable" until I suggested he envision a bull, with a bomb inside it: A bomb in a bull. It cured his problem. But that's just me. As Dave Letterman says "It's satistics, as we say in Indiana."
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Originally posted by MguyX
I've been with a peak number of British women, and believe you me, sonny jim, I find them very enthusiastic and supportive.
You don't say? One wonders how to quantify a "peak."
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Originally posted by Salopian
It doesn't just have to be laughter. There's all that "Go Ricki! Go Ricki!" stuff as well.
*wince*
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Originally posted by Salopian
"At the meetings addressed by Hillary and Barack, there were signs up saying: 'Rebuild the middle class with the unions,' which is not a sign you'd be likely to see at home, where 'middle-class' means 'comfortably off'; in the States it means 'not comfortably off'."
Ah, but that's the point. The middle class used to be much more comfortably off than they are now, before 8 years of Bushnomics and the diversion of billions of dollars to finding and spanking (remember the original point of it?) Osama bin Laden from desperately needed programs to fund health care, infrastructure upkeep, intelligent education incentives, development of alternative energy sources, environmental reclamation, preservation of social security retirement benefits.....oops, sorry. All of this has served to make the rich man richer, the poor man poorer and is costing the middle class their homes, retirement security and peace of mind.
All I can think to say in closing is....
Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, yes I'll say it once again...
OHHHHHHH, Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 04/12/2008 : 00:39:31
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Originally posted by Salopian
I asked why they didn't consider New Zealand, as it seems beautiful and varied. He reacted as though it were a ridiculous suggestion. When I asked why, he said the people were just boring!  ( Sean)
Well it's true. Very easy going and chilled-out, but not the most interesting people you'll ever meet.  Not as boring as Aussies though. |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 04/12/2008 : 00:41:47
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Originally posted by Randall
Meanwhile, I hope to God it was a canned laugh-track I heard screaming at THE YOUNG ONES, or whatever that pathetic piece of tripe is actually called.
I watched that religiously when I was 18, and it was the funniest comedy series ever. It was! I haven't seen it since, but my guess is I've grown out of that kind of humour now though. |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 04/12/2008 : 00:42:52
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
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Originally posted by turrell
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
An American once asked me where I was from, I said Australia, she said oh, that's part of New Zealand isn't it!
That was in a niteclub in NYC, so maybe she had too much to drink.
Was that a friend of Seans just trying to piss you off?
She was too attractive to be a friend of Sean.
Ahah, so my plan worked then.  |
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MguyXXVI
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 04/12/2008 : 05:42:13
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Originally posted by wildhartlivie
Sometimes it's not a matter of mispronunciation of a given word due to ignorance, but a difficulty in saying it for other reasons. . . .
A perfect example of exactly my original point. As livie has aptly identified (in her ever so gentle way), there was a direct implication in my observation as to the word "specifically" that persons who pronounce it "pacifically" are somehow defective. Hence livie has outed my own snobbery, of which I did not readily take notice until reading her post. I never thought about the function of oral mechanics that may interfere with pronunciation; instead I simply assumed some sort of laziness or inferiority.
I stand quite duly corrected.
Sincerely, I apologize for my snobbish lack of insight in using that example. |
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MguyXXVI
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 04/12/2008 : 05:43:10
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Originally posted by wildhartlivie
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Originally posted by MguyX
I've been with a peak number of British women, and believe you me, sonny jim, I find them very enthusiastic and supportive.
You don't say? One wonders how to quantify a "peak."
Well, I think we can all agree that the numeral "1" has a pronounced "peak," ergo ....  |
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turrell
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "
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Posted - 04/12/2008 : 15:20:57
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Originally posted by Salopian
"A wise American reporter based in London once told me that every British news story is, deep down, about class. Every American story, he said, is about race."
I'm not sure I buy this at all - just look at our current Presidential primaries - ok well that's not a good example. I think the race issue is overplayed outside of the United States. Class is perhaps less of an issue because in the US it is far more fluid (upwards and downwards) than in much of Europe. In the US you are just poor or rich not of a class unless its working. Th ebiggest dream is to do better for your children than your parens could do for you, but there is little interest on being of classes, because there are cultural, ethnic, and social strata that are not entirely based on class. |
Edited by - turrell on 04/12/2008 15:24:24 |
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