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MrHambre
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Message 104 of 164 (153388)
10-27-2004 1:04 PM 		Reply to: Message 103 by Parasomnium
10-27-2004 10:37 AM

Re: Less vs. Fewer
Clumsy passive-voice construction, there, Para. Don't you know nothing?
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Esteban Hambre
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MrHambre
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Message 111 of 164 (153431)
10-27-2004 4:01 PM 		Reply to: Message 106 by Loudmouth
10-27-2004 1:49 PM

Down East
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Also, given that there are a lot of fishermen and kayakers, up and down also reflect river directions.
Here in New England, we travel "down to Maine" as a holdover from the days of windborne travel. PC busybodies claiming to discern a dehumanizing contempt for the rural poor can stuff it.
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My New England linguistic pet peeves include the nonsense term irregardless, the oxymoronic dismissal same difference, and the use of wicked to mean "extremely." That last one, I'll wager, is a legacy of the Salem Witch Trials.
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Esteban Hambre
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MrHambre
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Message 118 of 164 (153446)
10-27-2004 4:50 PM 		Reply to: Message 114 by Parasomnium
10-27-2004 4:19 PM

New English Lessons
Para,
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You're supposed to put the subject first in English. Thus, your post should have read you're keeping us in the dark instead of we're kept in the dark.
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Dan,
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Indeed R is the rogue consonant in New England. From the sentence Carla will dump Dan for being a fuckwit, the contracted form Carla'll makes the R from the first syllable move to the end of the second, and the word comes out sounding like CAH-luh-rull as if spelled "Calar'll." Just a reminder to stay away from the Northeast. And Dan, you know your hoboes: isn't that Nomar sleeping off a two-day bender in that alleyway outside your window?
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Esteban Hambre
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MrHambre
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Message 122 of 164 (153558)
10-28-2004 1:20 AM 		Reply to: Message 121 by crashfrog
10-27-2004 8:29 PM

Imperative? Are you drunk?
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Esteban Hambre
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MrHambre
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Message 129 of 164 (153596)
10-28-2004 6:45 AM 		Reply to: Message 128 by Parasomnium
10-28-2004 3:34 AM

Re: New English Lessons
I have been made glad by this.
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Hambre Esteban
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MrHambre
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Message 138 of 164 (153831)
10-28-2004 6:20 PM 		Reply to: Message 137 by Ooook!
10-28-2004 4:46 PM

Re: The use of "Innit?"
A British friend complained about the exact same thing, and this was a dozen or so years back. David Brent only began shaping your culture in 2001, if memory serves. Strange that languages like French and Spanish have similar phrases (n'est-ce pas? and no es as?) that are considered proper.
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Esteban Hambre
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