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- Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:03 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Soldier
- Replies: 57
- Views: 100514
BD, I was only trying to complement you for your knowledge but I guess that backfired, too? I meant english is hard to learn because of all the slang. That is what I keep hearing from my friends from Mexico and Russia. Please don't feel like you have to be defensive. That is not what I am doing here...
- Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:49 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: ¿Concordancia en plural?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 133894
gailr, Thank you for the warm welcome! As usual I see your humor. I think I fit in here in GA. I think people here in the south are courious about me. They can never figure out what ( for lack of a better term) race/ backround I am. I think it is funny. It did keep me on guard for the first few year...
- Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:13 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Soldier
- Replies: 57
- Views: 100514
I was simply referring to some posts made by BD and others on Mon. May 29 '06 re: why we should thank a soldier. I was referring to why we as Americans (in general) thank our Soldiers for being able to continue speaking English. It is because we are still a free country. I was not referenceing any o...
- Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:21 am
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: ¿Concordancia en plural?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 133894
- Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:26 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SKINFLINT
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9912
re:skinflint
Everything??.. Huh, stargzer? Are you chatty in all those languages??
- Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:03 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Soldier
- Replies: 57
- Views: 100514
- Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:58 am
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Local pronunciations of place names...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 161977
- Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:01 am
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: talkin' southern
- Replies: 34
- Views: 164552
Talkin' Suthern
Talk about mixed-nuts-- I was born and raised in beautiful Santa Barbara, CA, by southern parents and grandparents from BOTH sides. They were very proper, so I was raised that way (raised on grits, too). Then, I moved to Georgia and met and married a (these are his words, not mine) true Georgia Boy....