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Old Aug 9th 2017, 6:18 pm
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Originally Posted by caretaker
Adam, (said Eve), should you choose to deceive, I'll throw this apple at 'cha.
Excellent! Stolen.

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Old Aug 9th 2017, 6:37 pm
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Originally Posted by robin1234
Pronunciation of state names - some foolish foreigners pronounce Connecticut as if it has several vowels in it! And a second "c."
lol!

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A personal pet peeve of mine is the rampant mispronunciation of Appalachia. All 4 a's are short! It is not 2 short, 1 long, 1 short. It is not app-ah-l'eh-tcha.

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My wife gets very uptight about the pronunciation of Appalachian - she's a App State grad.
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Old Aug 12th 2017, 10:09 pm
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Originally Posted by Octang Frye
Water still gets me flustered even after all this time.
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Old Aug 17th 2017, 1:24 pm
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Originally Posted by tom169
...... My bad entirely. ....
It didn't take you long to go native!
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Old Aug 17th 2017, 7:17 pm
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It didn't take you long to go native!
That's just dodgy Ameri-Barnsley right there
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Old Aug 17th 2017, 7:38 pm
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Originally Posted by iarnell
The woman progressively less attractive as the ad continues...
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Old Aug 17th 2017, 8:21 pm
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The woman progressively less attractive as the ad continues...
Funny that, since it's the exact opposite of how beer's supposed to work ...
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