I'm with you Anne. And I think parents do have a responsibility to explain how things in the world fit into their moral framework. I would disagree with people who use a book about gay people to explain to their kids that homosexuality is a sin and gay people will rot in hell, but I wouldn't disagree with their right to do just that. But you can't "protect" your kids from the world.
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jesse - Mar 19, 2004 7:26:28 am PST #1559 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Skyzy - Mar 19, 2004 7:39:59 am PST #1560 of 10002
My step-mother went to elementary school in Ithaca NY, then junior high in Atlanta GA. When she started high school in Sacramento CA she was told she had a "speech defect" and sent to remedial English. Made her so mad she is now a Ph.D. in linguistics.
I'm a So. California native. My dad's family is all from NJ. When I was 7, I had to see a speech therapist because I had a NJ accent in California. To this day if they have to guess, people still think I'm from the east coast.
On the Merry/Mary/Marry note...I say them Mehrry/Mairy/Maiyry
deborah grabien - Mar 19, 2004 7:43:13 am PST #1561 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I've got an accent that's a bizarro blend of London-East Coast-West Coast and, when I'm really tired, Canada.
People have no idea where I'm from.
Vortex - Mar 19, 2004 7:48:20 am PST #1562 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
People have no idea where I'm from.
People say the same about me. The accent itself if very bland, midwestern-y generally. BUT, it has hints of the south and England in it as well in words and phrasing.
Katerina Bee - Mar 19, 2004 7:50:33 am PST #1563 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
People ask me about my accent all the time. I've heard guesses ranging from Irish to tony East Coast boarding school, both wrong. I think it's because my mother spoke English as a second language, and I picked up an emphatic pronunciation from her textbook English. What's interesting is that my little sister hasn't a trace of the accent thing. I figure she must have learned a lot from me. A generic American intonation, how to swim and ride a bike, and why the Ramones were the coolest ever.
Aims - Mar 19, 2004 9:59:46 am PST #1564 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Pronunciation:
A woman I worked with many many moons ago called a resident of the nursing home we worked at Ms. Camp-bell. When I corrected her with "cam-bell. the p is silent", she stared at me and asked how I knew.
"Do you call it camp-bell's soup?"
"Yes."
I left her alone.
Skyzy - Mar 19, 2004 10:08:35 am PST #1565 of 10002
Yikes! I do an almost Camp-bell pronunciation. I pronounce the 'P' very softly, so you can't really hear it. I basically slur the the p and the b together. Thank you for correcting the error of my ways!!!
Aims - Mar 19, 2004 10:10:23 am PST #1566 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Heheheh.
t says "campbell" to self a few times out loud.
It does sound like the p and b are sorter combined, huh? Well, that's the way to say it. NOT CAMP-bell.
Megan E. - Mar 19, 2004 10:13:50 am PST #1567 of 10002
Supposebly. Supposebly? They went to the zoo? Supposebly. t /joey tribianni
Aims - Mar 19, 2004 10:15:20 am PST #1568 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
BWAH!!