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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is woke a dirty word now? |
| naturalplastic |
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"Woke" is a convenient new epithet to toss around.
It seems to mean "not racist".
If it doesnt mean that then...I am not sure what it does mean. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: DeSantis goes after Furries |
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Replies: 5
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Well...we can compromise.
Allow Furries to have conventions, and encourage children to come, but ALSO mandate conceal and carry guns -especially AR15s at these conventions.
Kids seeing Furries is bad. But kids being shot by AR 15s in school (ergo any place else) is okay. So...it cancels out!  |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Brits say these words wrong! |
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Replies: 49
Views: 375
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Glacier differs too.
We yanks say "GLAY-shur".
Upper class Brits like David Attenborough say "GLASS-ee-er". Harder to say. But since ice IS rather glass-like in appearance it has a certain visual logic to it. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: DeSantis goes after Furries |
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| the 2024 Republican presidential candidate had 'sucked the pleasure out of many of life's little joys.' Life's little joys like exposing children to obscenely explicit sexual performances. Those poor furries. Since youre an expert on the Furry subculture could you please elaborate upon this, and ex... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Brits say these words wrong! |
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| An elderly gentleman is a "geezer" (prounced "geezer"). Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park is pronounced "GUY-zer" or "GUY-ser". No, no, no. You American types always get it wrong :wink: :P A geezer in Britain is a general term for a man of any age. It depends ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Brits say these words wrong! |
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Replies: 49
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An elderly gentleman is a "geezer" (prounced "geezer").
Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park is pronounced "GUY-zer" or "GUY-ser". |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Why do NT Males Hoot Like Gibbons? |
| naturalplastic |
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,431
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| Can you explain that because I have no idea what you mean? It sounds interesting though. If "breeding" individuals grew antlers, or a showy fan of tail feathers. It's impossible for Humans to do so, of course, (though some of our "relatives" do have a certain... um lost word aga... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Brits say these words wrong! |
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| "Maths" looks and sounds odd to us Americans. But Americans say ceramics, linguistics, electronics, ballistics, statistics, physics, to name a few fields of endeavor that dont have any obvious need to be plural. So both sides of the Atlantic are being a bit arbitrary in their choice on that. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Saudies and Iran to form "joint navy"? |
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| Yeah. The Saudies have been playing four dimensional chess for a long time. Being our loyal friends...while funding militant schools in Pakistan and allowing (even bankrolling) its citizens to ...hijack airliners to fly into our buildings. On that map both parties to this naval marriage look to be a... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Brits say these words wrong! |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:03 pm
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Replies: 49
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How do Brits pronounce the other words on the list?
In the US there is divide between the literate and the illiterate when saying "Byzantine".
The educated say "biz-AN-TEEN". The illiterate say "uhhhhh....BUY...uhhhh...ZAN-teen".  |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Brits say these words wrong! |
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Posted: Yesterday, 3:43 pm
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mrpieceofwork wrote: I didn't add aluminium bc it's a different spelling. Then, scones... I've heard more than 1 person saying "SKONS" as opposed to "SKOWNS" like it's said over here.
Didnt realize that the Brits also MISPELLED aluminum too! |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Preachers to Stand Up to Christian Nationalists. |
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Posted: Yesterday, 3:33 pm
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| I know Umberto Eco primarily as a writer of fictional murder mysteries set in the Middle Ages. Like "the Name of the Rose". |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Brits say these words wrong! |
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Posted: Yesterday, 3:30 pm
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| You forgot "aluminum". :lol: Not sure about everything on your list though. "Scones"? The Brits are the ONLY people in the Universe who ever utter that word. So how can they be wrong in how they say it? Lol! We americans have a completely different word for what the Brits call &q... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Saudies and Iran to form "joint navy"? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 1:04 pm
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| Supposedly Iran (and its allies) and the Saudies and its allies have secretly agreed merge their navies to guard the Persian Gulf (to boot the US out?). Only Iran has confirmed this. Iran and the Saudies forming a joint navy would be like Biden and Putin agreeing to create a joint US-Russian army. I... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Who's Your Favourite WP Member? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:26 am
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IsabellaLinton wrote: I think he's run off with Raleigh.
Or hopped a freight train to parts unknown. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Misheard Song Lyrics |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:33 am
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| A friend of mine always used to think a line of the chorus was "Mosquitos and Potatoes" in Smells Like Teen Spirit. With the lights out, it's less dangerous <--- Maybe Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious <--- or this one maybe? Here we are now, entertain us A mulatt... |
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