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  O Canada today

  by z in

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  canada day.

  formerly (until 1982) dominion day the national holiday of canada.

  the possibility of a confederation between the colonies of british north america was discussed throughout the mid 1800s.

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  sonnyboy

  I let off a few fireworks last night and probably woke up the whole neighborhood.

  Does anyone know if they still make bottle rockets? I couldn't find any.
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  Potty Mouths?

  by Low-Key Lysmith in

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  when i got out of the dumbs, i use to cuss non-stop i think as a pathetic tactic to make worldy people think i was a little more worldy.

  i still swear from time to time, and foul language does not offend me at all, but i was talking to my sister the other day, she just turned 21, has discovered alcohol, is currently on public reproof, and i think is really close to being on her way out herself.

  she cursed like a sailor the whole time i was talking to her.

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  sonnyboy

  I've been cussing nonstop for two decades.

  I'm one of the baddest mother f*ckers of all time. I'm one of the best singers, I'm one of the best looking mother f*ckers you've ever seen.

  Hold my drink bitch.
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  Just curious - did you know of any little people (dwarfs) that were JW's?

  by DanTheMan in

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  i didn't, but i just saw a great program on pbs that was a "20 years later" follow-up on a documentary film from 1982 about dwarfs, that's what got me wonderin'.

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  sonnyboy

  We had an old midget lady at our old cong. She never said much.
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  [Inglish speli? riform]

  by dorayakii in

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  thought i'd open up a new thread to discuss the benefits and downfalls of spelling reform.

  "aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pcleas.

  the rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.

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  All I'm saying is that you don't move to someone else's country and expect them to change their language for your sake

  Well, we did it with the Native Americans, but that was more of a conquest thing. Maybe when the Mexicans take our scalps, steal our land, and rape our women we'll be forced to speak Spanish.

  Wait a minute...we did that to the Mexicans too.

  Never mind.
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  [Inglish speli? riform]

  by dorayakii in

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  thought i'd open up a new thread to discuss the benefits and downfalls of spelling reform.

  "aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pcleas.

  the rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.

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  Tuve tres anos de Espanol en la esquela secundaria. (and that's three years, not anuses...couldn't get a tilde above the n).

  I never implied that we're not better because of immigrants; we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them. All I'm saying is that you don't move to someone else's country and expect them to change their language for your sake...at least I don't think you should. There was a man at my former job who'd been in the U.S. for 15 YEARS and still couldn't speak English. We always had to have a translator handy to tell him anything. Although I can speak a few primitive phrases in Spanish, I can't understand a word they say.

  It was a royal pain in the ass. There's no excuse to be in a country for that many years and not make an effort to speak the language.
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  Wife's weight problem

  by dangel in

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  i amlooking for advice.

  before getting married, my wife was slim and took care of herself.

  after the wedding however, she started to eat much more and not exercise.

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  Single women come home and they look in the fridge and then they go to bed.

  *hasn't read the entire thread*

  When women get married and have families, they generally make large meals every night. That may have something to do with it (in addition to a slower metabolism).
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  aggressive jw's on reno 911 tonight

  by candidlynuts in

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  if you get a chance to catch the new episode when it replays... 3 jw's get dangle in a choke hold and demand his home address... hilarious parody..

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  Reno 911's one of those hit and miss programs. It has its funny moments, but then it just gets stupid IMO.
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  [Inglish speli? riform]

  by dorayakii in

  1. jw
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  thought i'd open up a new thread to discuss the benefits and downfalls of spelling reform.

  "aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pcleas.

  the rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.

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  We should definitely get rid of some of our whacky spellings. Maybe they came from French or some other language, but this is English we're talking about. We already changed the words at least once, so why not go all the way?

  Mexicans are flooding into the US like crazy, and I don't want to hear any excuses as to why they can't learn our language. Most of them are good people, but many seem to make no effort to learn English or act like they can't speak it when they really can. Maybe if things were spelled as they're pronounced it would be easier for them to grasp.
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  small children seeing ghosts and hearing voices

  by moanzy in

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  does anyone have any experience with this or know what is happening?.

  moanzy

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  kids make stuff up all the time.

  That's true. I remember telling my parents that I saw Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy during the same night.
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  What words and phrases do Brits and others see as 'American'?

  by sonnyboy in

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  as an american, i see words such as cheerio, blimey, bloody (when referring to something negative), loo, bugger, fag (cigarette), etc.

  as chiefly british (i suppose they are).. what words and/or phrases do you consider to be chiefly american?

  i'm honestly unaware of which words i use that may not be used in other english-speaking countries.

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  Ok - am sticking neck out here. I see the absent of letters from ENGLISH words as laziness

  I think it has more to do with the way we pronounce words than laziness. How hard is it to add an extra U or write an S instead of a Z? I'm not sure exactly when the spellings changed; maybe it had something to do with rebelling against England. Or perhaps it has something to do with all the immigrants coming into America? How would a non-English speaker know when 'our' should be pronounced 'er' or 'ore'? I've heard many people say how difficult English is to learn as a second language, and these funky spellings probably have something to do with it.

  I often wonder why some words were changed while (whilst) others were left alone. What about wise? Disguise? Rose? Hose? Shouldn't Americans spell them with a Zee too?