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Re: 15 million fools

From "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Newsgroups alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage, misc.writing, soc.culture.usa, talk.politics.misc
Subject Re: 15 million fools
Date 2016-01-04 23:40 +0000
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On Mon, 04 Jan 2016 22:58:36 -0000, Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:27:40 -0000, "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 22:54:51 -0000, Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>> Hindis here speak very clearly and use proper English, but leave no
>>>> spaces between the words.  Easy to understand if you can prevent
>>>> yourself from laughing.
>>>
>>>    They run practically every "convenience store" in America
>>>    at this point, so we're well-exposed  :-)
>>
>> Same here.  When possible I avoid those ones.
>
>
>    Aww ... SOME aren't so bad ....... just make
>    sure to check the "Best If Sold By" dates on
>    whatever you purchase  :-)

It s the folk I don't like, not the food.  Although they do tend to fail cleanliness checks.

>>>    They seem to replace the 'gaps' with harder letter sounds,
>>>    "WeMustNowGoToTheMeeting" - at least to my ear. This,
>>>    combined with their native accents, can make it rather
>>>    difficult to understand them at times.
>>
>> I have no problem understanding them, in fact those harder sounds make the words clearer.
>
>    Not to my ear ... though likely with more exposure
>    I could follow the cadence and rythm better.

The consonants are stronger, so easier to hear.  Like the opposite of a drunk slurring his words.

>>>    Now if you want funny,
>>>    find a store clerk that has been living in our deep south
>>>    for a long time ... Hindglish with a slow drawl  :-)
>>
>> Deep South accents just make people sound stupid.
>
>    That's just to throw you off guard ... with every
>    smoothly drawn-out syllable they're plotting ways
>    to defile your teenaged daughters  :-)

Doesn't need much intelligence to do that, just a big cock or a fancy car.

>>>>>    "Colour" -vs- "color" ? Americans are lazy too, we tend
>>>>>    to drop "useless" letters  :-)
>>>>
>>>> You're not lazy when it comes to eating!
>>>
>>>    We're hardly the only 'pudgy' country in
>>>    the world.
>>
>> You're the country famous for it.
>
>    Greater volume of exported news/cultural
>    media than anywhere else ...

Pah!  Go find stats that prove otherwise.

>>>    To some extent I think our culinary habits
>>>    are a reflection of the "great depression"
>>>    of the 1930s. There were a lot of skinny
>>>    kids then ... and not skinny by choice.
>>>    Once the food returned I think they started
>>>    making up for lost calories - 'fat' meant
>>>    'healthy', 'happy' and to some degree 'wealthy'.
>>>
>>>    There are also our not-THAT distant colonial
>>>    roots where people expended vast amounts
>>>    of energy in hard labor in rugged environments.
>>>    A 6000 kCal dinner wasn't actually excessive.
>>>    The recipies and traditions stuck ... even after
>>>    life became easier.
>>
>> Look up ectomorph.  Now explain to me why they
>> don't supersede everyone else.
>
>    Too fat for the desert and too skinny for Alaska ?

Huh?

>> When you choose your spouse, if an ectomorph is
>> available, you'd obviously pick one.
>
>    Careful ... a lot of them inflate into huge pinatas
>    30 days after you say "I Do". Always check the
>    family photos   :-)

Rubbish.  Ectomorphs are easy to spot.

-- 
What's the difference between a black and a white fairytale?
White begins, "once upon a time," black begins, "y'all motherfuckers ain't gonna believe dis shit!"

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15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-30 18:42 +0000
  Re: 15 million fools "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-30 19:12 +0000
    Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-30 19:21 +0000
    Re: 15 million fools Simon Grushka <s.grushka83@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 14:14 -0800
  Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-30 22:19 -0500
    Re: 15 million fools James Hogg <Jas.Hogg@gOUTmail.com> - 2015-12-31 09:22 +0100
      Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2015-12-31 04:31 -0800
        Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:13 +0000
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        Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-31 22:00 -0500
          Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 17:47 +1100
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            Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 06:41 -0800
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 14:59 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 19:44 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 19:48 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 22:24 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 22:46 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-02 12:28 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-02 15:04 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 12:03 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-02 20:51 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:58 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:02 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:14 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2016-01-03 19:14 +0100
                Re: 15 million fools the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 19:19 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-04 09:02 +1100
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 19:57 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools pensive hamster <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-01-01 12:10 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 20:18 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 22:27 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 22:47 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 20:17 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:48 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 12:55 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 21:05 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 21:09 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 22:29 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 22:51 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-02 12:29 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:53 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:03 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:14 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-05 10:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-05 07:12 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 00:14 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 00:14 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2016-01-01 17:02 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools musika <mUs1Ka@NOSPAMexcite.com> - 2016-01-02 01:43 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:42 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 14:58 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:52 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:42 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:54 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:09 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:47 -0500
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:42 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 14:57 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:54 -0500
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:44 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:55 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:10 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 11:09 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 19:27 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:32 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:25 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 11:56 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 17:21 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 17:44 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:38 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 23:12 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-05 22:16 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-05 22:04 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 20:09 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools pensive hamster <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-01-06 11:10 -0800
    Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:11 +0000
      Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-31 22:36 -0500
        Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 18:12 +1100
          Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 06:48 -0800
          Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 22:17 -0500
        Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 11:00 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 19:46 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 19:54 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2016-01-01 12:27 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 20:34 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 12:57 -0800
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 21:05 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 22:41 -0500
            Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:46 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:52 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2016-01-02 22:03 -0700
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-02 21:48 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-03 17:34 +1100
                Re: 15 million fools Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-03 11:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:40 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-04 10:13 +1100
                Re: 15 million fools Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-03 16:15 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-05 16:43 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 17:36 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 18:36 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 11:11 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 19:28 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 13:47 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2016-01-04 00:07 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:29 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:13 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 04:17 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:16 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:15 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-05 10:24 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 00:13 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-06 13:42 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 19:04 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 04:19 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:16 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 11:58 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:30 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2016-01-04 20:02 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2016-01-04 20:10 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 13:17 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Reinhold {Rey} Aman <aman@sonic.net> - 2016-01-03 18:18 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:54 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:27 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 17:58 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:40 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:06 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:15 +0000
        Re: 15 million fools Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2016-01-02 17:29 -0800
          Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:09 +0000
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