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| 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 |
| Organization | . |
| Message-ID | <op.yaqmpxr786ebyl@red.lan> (permalink) |
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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
Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:12 +0000
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
Re: 15 million fools musika <mUs1Ka@NOSPAMexcite.com> - 2016-01-01 08:16 +0000
Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 19:30 +1100
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
Re: 15 million fools CDB <bellemarecd@gmail.com> - 2015-12-31 08:31 -0500
Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 16:46 +0000
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