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09-06-2008, 10:30 AM | #121 |
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I'm 100% with Dana on this one.
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09-06-2008, 10:48 AM | #122 |
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Actually Dana, pronouncing the t in often is not limited to brits...I don't think this has a bit to do with the Brit vs US dynamic.
Tons of US people do it that aren't half-brights or less. I think UG is aiming at offending globally.
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09-06-2008, 03:16 PM | #123 |
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UG ofTen offends.
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09-12-2008, 06:37 PM | #124 |
I know, right?
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Spotted in another forum, on a thread regarding Ike:
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09-12-2008, 06:45 PM | #125 | |
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Quote:
Curious, though -- what do you say when you want someone to repeat something? "Huh?" "Pardon?" |
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09-12-2008, 07:03 PM | #126 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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Usually, I'll say either "say again", or "what was that sorry?"
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09-12-2008, 07:22 PM | #127 |
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We say either "wha?" or "fuckyousay?"
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09-12-2008, 07:39 PM | #128 |
Are you knock-kneed?
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To customers I say, "Could you say that again?", but to everyone else its "huh?"
I dont prounounce the 't' in often unless Im reading it, otherwise its awfin...as in 'how awfin do you go to the store?' FStop - I think there some similarity between Pittsburgh English and the way people from Chi-Town talk. |
09-12-2008, 07:56 PM | #129 |
Are you knock-kneed?
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I do the same thing, a lot. I also mix up phrases. I once said a can of beans when I meant a can of worms...
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09-14-2008, 11:17 AM | #130 |
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I overheard some terribly terribly nice ladies who lunch the other day and they dropped the T in ofTen. They pronounced it "orphan". I thought of UG and laughed.
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09-17-2008, 02:43 AM | #131 | |
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Oh, that happens when all the Realtors in town go bugfuck, all together.
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09-17-2008, 02:47 AM | #132 |
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Orphan... okay, now this is beginning to resemble the first act of Pirates of Penzance.
"...O'fen-frequently only once!!" Yeah, I'm in rehearsal. My first experience of G&S.
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04-02-2009, 06:31 PM | #133 |
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There may be a better thread than this one to resurrect for what I wanted to share, but I couldn't find it, so this will do.
I'm taking two online classes this quarter and they're always a rich source of funny typos and mistakes. I saw this one today and it made me chuckle. Maybe you will too. A little. I work two jobs and go to classes. I am a very very orangized individual. I play tennis and watch movies in my spare time. Later. |
04-02-2009, 06:34 PM | #134 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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I have some great scholarship application quotes from my old job. I'm not sure where my notebook is, but two that stand out in my mind are:
I want to major in medical assassinating. and: (end of a sentence.) Because I like to see things through and I never leave anything undone. (start of another sentence.) My sis-in-law was one of my committee members (I was chair and she's VP of Development) and we probably laughed reading scholarship applications more than was nice.
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