Two Times!!!
Mar 1st 2006, 2:13 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
Originally Posted by rushman
go back to post #27
Mar 1st 2006, 2:14 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
Originally Posted by rushman
go back to post #27
Mar 1st 2006, 2:17 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
Make it multiple choice.....
Mar 1st 2006, 2:18 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
Originally Posted by rushman
OK!! Go to bed or piss off
too early for bed and I'm not about to piss off - but go ahead
I don't watch tv......well unless they've got reruns of The Dinner Ladies
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Mar 1st 2006, 2:19 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
awwww......
Mar 1st 2006, 2:21 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
Originally Posted by rushman
Now I know that you were just sitting there refreshing the USA page waiting for me to respond. You stalker!!!
lol - no - but if that's what it takes to flatter yourself.....
Mar 1st 2006, 2:23 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
I don't watch tv......well unless they've got reruns of The Dinner Ladies
Mar 1st 2006, 2:24 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
Originally Posted by rushman
Like to take your work home with you?
Mar 1st 2006, 2:32 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
Originally Posted by Lynne
I have also noticed that a lot of Americans cannot comprehend "double" as in spelling out a name L Y double N E. I spelt it that way to one lady on the phone and she read it back as "LYWE".
A lot will also say "one time" as opposed to once.
My other pet peeves are:
overages
arrearages
and winningest
A lot will also say "one time" as opposed to once.
My other pet peeves are:
overages
arrearages
and winningest
Mar 1st 2006, 2:34 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
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But then again, when I was driving to my new post-doc at Bath University, I asked someone on a country lane if I was going the right way for Bath. He looked at me sideways and up-side-down, and then from top to bottom, then bottom to top and said (starting off slowly), I've never heard of Bath, but Baaaattthhhh is that way.
But then again, when I was driving to my new post-doc at Bath University, I asked someone on a country lane if I was going the right way for Bath. He looked at me sideways and up-side-down, and then from top to bottom, then bottom to top and said (starting off slowly), I've never heard of Bath, but Baaaattthhhh is that way.
Mar 1st 2006, 4:19 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
Originally Posted by Bradford Lass
And 'My Bad' whats that all about?
Mar 1st 2006, 4:23 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
Originally Posted by Sugarmooma
This one annoys me. Loud people on cell phones starting the conversation with........"where you at?"
Is that just a Texas thing or is it all over?
Is that just a Texas thing or is it all over?
Mar 1st 2006, 5:43 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
I was rather amused today at work when they started going on about 'terminal objectives' and 'enabling objectives'.
So, who's up for a bit of burglarizing?
So, who's up for a bit of burglarizing?
Mar 1st 2006, 10:01 am
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Re: Two Times!!!
Originally Posted by Patrick
What ever happened to the word twice? Why do Americans use "two times" instead of twice. I noticed it on an advert the other day now I cant stop listening for it, no-one says twice, why, why, why?
Mar 1st 2006, 12:44 pm
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Re: Two Times!!!
I've been in the US for 51/2 years and I still don't understand what time a radio announcer means when he says 'quarter of seven' when he's telling the time.....I have to look at my watch to see if it's quarter to seven or quarter past seven... 
Another one I often overhear when people are talking on their cellphones is .....'she axed me/I axed him' instead of pronouncing 'asked'. It is soooo irritating! (Actually I've noticed that it is mainly black people who say this but I don't know why?).
Another one I often overhear when people are talking on their cellphones is .....'she axed me/I axed him' instead of pronouncing 'asked'. It is soooo irritating! (Actually I've noticed that it is mainly black people who say this but I don't know why?).