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...

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...

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...

As some of you may already know, I am one of the "newbees" here.I just had to speak up. I always try to find humor in everything, and in this forum, it runs rampant. stargzer- How many cups of coffee do you drink on a daily basis? :wink: Your mind stays on the run ! Sooo funny. gailr-I lik...

Everything??.. Huh, stargzer? Are you chatty in all those languages??

I happen to agree with "stargzer" about the efforts of our great troops here in the good ole U S of A some 60-odd-years ago. I don't know German but this message was clear-lol. By the way, didn't a lot of Germans fleeing war crime tribunals flee to Brazil after WW ll? I also thought most B...

I live in GA but am originally from CA. There is a small town here in GA called Martinez. Well, where I'm from, it is pronounced "mar-TEEN-ez", like the latin name. Well, here in GA they pronounce it "MARTIN-ez". Drives me crazy. Also, there is a town called McRae that the locals...

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....