I had that thought too, except I say "about."
So do I!
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - May 01, 2012 10:07:30 am PDT #3282 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Ginger - May 01, 2012 10:08:55 am PDT #3283 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
DC movers:
Alfred packs. Superman moves the heavy stuff, because what else does he have to do?
Zenkitty - May 01, 2012 10:09:11 am PDT #3284 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, just hire S.H.I.E.L.D. and be done with it.
Amy - May 01, 2012 10:17:11 am PDT #3285 of 30001
Because books.
Completely random, but I always forget how happy Ellen DeGeneres makes me. I'm also tempted to dress like her. She always looks so good, and so COMFORTABLE.
Burrell - May 01, 2012 10:17:53 am PDT #3286 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yeah, that's what I figured you'd claim, Sue. Mostly on account of I hadn't said how I say it.
Sue - May 01, 2012 10:20:57 am PDT #3287 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I really don't say aboot! Only hosers do!
Burrell - May 01, 2012 10:24:02 am PDT #3288 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I believe you. But regional accents are curious. Like why should you and I have the same basic accent? Or meara? Aren't we from 3 different places?
Typo Boy - May 01, 2012 10:27:42 am PDT #3289 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
In North America, anyone not of Native American descent is an immigrant or descended from immigrants*. So maybe very different places were settled by similar ethnic groups, leading to similar regional accents. One hypothesis anyway.
- If you go far enough back native Americans are descended from immigrants too - the whole land bridge from Asia thing. But ...
Sue - May 01, 2012 10:32:40 am PDT #3290 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Like why should you and I have the same basic accent? Or meara? Aren't we from 3 different places?
Hey, I don't disagree with you there. Where I come from, practically every town has a different accent. I really think only a tiny percentage of Canadians sound like they say aboot.
Zenkitty - May 01, 2012 10:34:20 am PDT #3291 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I wish I could find where I read about this, but apparently there's a pocket of people (must be tiny tiny people) in North Carolina who have the same accent as Shakespeare. The person who figured this out got a troupe of actors to do a couple of Shakespeare's plays in that accent, and everything rhymed! The rhythm was effortlessly right! It sounded odd, but it was wonderful.