Because I don't consider myself to speak American English.
Giles! I accidentally killed Spike. That's okay, right?
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
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Elena - Jan 29, 2004 8:08:59 am PST #3473 of 10289
Thanks for all the fish.
Megan E. - Jan 29, 2004 9:05:09 am PST #3474 of 10289
Yah, what are you talking aboot? Colour me surprised.
Jeff Mejia - Jan 29, 2004 12:32:47 pm PST #3475 of 10289
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
And I think Jeff is saying that he's looking forward to having his name verbified to something that's not an insult, but I defer to him of course.
Sorry about the confusion. Yes, this is what I was trying to say.
It's pronounced Mu-HEE-uh. Mexican origin.
Laura - Jan 29, 2004 12:41:18 pm PST #3476 of 10289
Our wings are not tired.
Thank you! I really prefer to read with proper pronunciation. (Also, easier to say than the odd pronunciation my mind was using)
erinaceous - Jan 29, 2004 1:38:45 pm PST #3477 of 10289
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
That's 1) or 2), erinaceous? I doubt any of my posts'd be long enough to qualify, but I am 2) and not 1).
Yep, 1 OR 2. And the corpus is supposed to cover American and North American English, both. I'm not sure if they're tagging Canadian material, or just hoping it will sort itself out ... poor Canadians, they're always caught between the Brits and the Yanks ...
Anyway, this will all be marked "online", so it's not as cut-and-dried as it would be if I were soliciting published novels ...
moonlit - Jan 29, 2004 6:38:53 pm PST #3478 of 10289
"When the world's run by fools it's the duty of intelligence to disobey." Martin Firrell
So, do UnAms vote?
Jon B. - Jan 29, 2004 6:45:05 pm PST #3479 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'd say yes. The board is "owned" by ALL its users. Everyone should have a say, even if not everyone's posts will be used.
erinaceous - Jan 29, 2004 7:55:01 pm PST #3480 of 10289
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Yes, please, the unAms should vote! Nobody should be disenfranchised just because they put extra 'u's in things.
Trudy Booth - Jan 29, 2004 10:49:51 pm PST #3481 of 10289
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Nobody should be disenfranchised just because they put extra 'u's in things.
Well, not this time.... t sighhhhhhhhhhhh
Megan E. - Jan 30, 2004 12:52:08 am PST #3482 of 10289
Nobody should be disenfranchised just because they put extra 'u's in things.
Just make sure you don't use a butterfly ballot.