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Re: This thread is like a broken pencil: pointless.
« Reply #3400 on: 02 Jul 2021, 01:35 »

Written by someone unfamiliar with the pronunciation of Worcestershire, clearly.
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Re: This thread is like a broken pencil: pointless.
« Reply #3401 on: 02 Jul 2021, 03:36 »


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« Reply #3402 on: 02 Jul 2021, 14:24 »

Written by someone unfamiliar with the pronunciation of Worcestershire, clearly.

Yeah, in England that's something like 'wooster' or 'woocher' or halfway between.  It remains familiar, at least in part because some folks live there.

In America, people look at an unfamiliar word and pronounce it the way it's spelled.  And then their kids and grandkids have no idea what the correct pronunciation originally was. 

At this point?  I'd be hard pressed to call the above incorrect; I'd just say it depends on the American accent.
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Re: This thread is like a broken pencil: pointless.
« Reply #3403 on: 02 Jul 2021, 16:58 »

We say "Wooster", with the "oo" sounding like in "book" or "look", not "hoot" or "shoot".

And having it with a Heinz label is an abomination - the one true maker is Lea & Perrins:


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« Reply #3404 on: 02 Jul 2021, 21:14 »

Exactly.  Heinz is for beans or brown sauce.
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« Reply #3405 on: 02 Jul 2021, 21:15 »

Heinz is for ketchup
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« Reply #3406 on: 02 Jul 2021, 22:15 »

English spelling and pronunciation haven't quite gotten a divorce, but they are sleeping in separate beds.
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« Reply #3407 on: 04 Jul 2021, 09:26 »

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« Reply #3408 on: 07 Jul 2021, 18:37 »



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« Reply #3409 on: 11 Jul 2021, 03:56 »

Someone here might be interested in this. Hop on a train from Woy Woy to Hornsby, north of Sydney.

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Re: This thread is like a broken pencil: pointless.
« Reply #3411 on: 12 Jul 2021, 02:39 »

That dog is better at picking up his toys than any human child I have ever met.
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« Reply #3413 on: 07 Aug 2021, 19:10 »



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Re: This thread is like a broken pencil: pointless.
« Reply #3415 on: 16 Aug 2021, 10:53 »

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« Reply #3416 on: 22 Aug 2021, 12:04 »





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« Reply #3417 on: 22 Aug 2021, 15:19 »

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« Reply #3418 on: 31 Aug 2021, 08:46 »

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record scratch, freeze frame. bet you’re wondering how i got here huh? me too bud. well, let me take you back, to where this whole mess got started. footage rewinds…


haha, no keep going, we’ll get to this part later.


there it is. that’s me. innocent little monkey. wouldn’t hurt a fly. and that screen? well, that’s about to activate my mk ultra assassin programming.
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« Reply #3419 on: 04 Sep 2021, 11:04 »

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« Reply #3421 on: 16 Sep 2021, 14:59 »

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« Reply #3422 on: 22 Sep 2021, 22:02 »

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« Reply #3423 on: 23 Sep 2021, 00:10 »

Is this a parody of something?
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« Reply #3424 on: 24 Sep 2021, 11:35 »

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« Reply #3426 on: 28 Sep 2021, 06:15 »

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« Reply #3427 on: 28 Sep 2021, 07:04 »

Every so often, it does my soul good to be climbed by a kitten.
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« Reply #3428 on: 01 Oct 2021, 06:16 »

Beyond Belief introductions slowed down:

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« Reply #3429 on: 18 Oct 2021, 08:51 »

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« Reply #3430 on: 24 Oct 2021, 16:02 »

A friend of mine saw a Ford truck drive by.

She was on the sidewalk at an intersection. The driver was a woman. This was in Arizona. The truck was a flatbed. This was in Winslow.

Yes. That happened. She was standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see, it's a girl my lord in a flatbed Ford.

The driver didn't slow down or look at her though.
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« Reply #3431 on: 24 Oct 2021, 18:36 »

Well, that's my ear worm for the day sorted 😉
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« Reply #3433 on: 30 Oct 2021, 08:15 »

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« Reply #3434 on: 04 Nov 2021, 03:22 »

Facebook spyware is really not all it's cracked up to me if it's gonna suggest a Marvel page to me.

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Re: This thread is like a broken pencil: pointless.
« Reply #3435 on: 11 Nov 2021, 14:51 »

Amazon keeps pestering me to buy books that I have already purchased. From Amazon. AI stands for Artificial Imbecility, apparently.
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« Reply #3436 on: 11 Nov 2021, 15:55 »

I get that too - not only books, of course, they can do it with anything.
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« Reply #3437 on: 23 Nov 2021, 06:10 »

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« Reply #3438 on: 23 Nov 2021, 08:42 »

When Medusa teases her hair....

Does she use mice?

I mean, she can't very well use mousse....
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« Reply #3439 on: 23 Nov 2021, 10:39 »

Amazon keeps pestering me to buy books that I have already purchased. From Amazon. AI stands for Artificial Imbecility, apparently.

They also suggested that I should buy myself a nursing camisole.
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« Reply #3440 on: 02 Dec 2021, 11:43 »





Awesome reverb from a cathedral in Montefrio, Spain.
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« Reply #3441 on: 02 Dec 2021, 17:09 »

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« Reply #3442 on: 02 Dec 2021, 18:58 »

Just to make sure that I get the joke: are those all NFTs?
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« Reply #3443 on: 03 Dec 2021, 02:40 »

Yep
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« Reply #3444 on: 07 Dec 2021, 07:41 »





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« Reply #3448 on: 11 Jan 2022, 10:25 »

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« Reply #3449 on: 19 Jan 2022, 06:25 »

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