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| grant228 |
2017-09-16 04:13:17 |
 | All right, Dave. Educate this ignoramus. What's a Sooner? |
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| dave |
2017-09-15 19:57:00 |
 | Hi Deb, I meant to say congratulations to the Sooners for defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes in the college football opening weekend. |
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| dave |
2017-09-14 15:48:02 |
| | Let me see if I can summarize the conversation since the last time I chimed in. Abba, Overreacting, Flip Flops (thongs), Accents, Hurricanes, Family Re-unions, Walter Becker (Steely Dan). :) Phone and zen, good to see you. |
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| phonerec |
2017-09-04 18:06:24 |
 | 2 things. Zen, I'm so glad you and yours are ok. And finally, my heart is broken at the death of Walter Becker, the co-founder of my favorite band ever, Steely Dan. He was a remarkable man, both creative, and hilarious. I had the great pleasure of seeing SD in concert 3 times and was in heaven 3 times. Rest easy Mr. Becker. As Boz Skaggs said, I hope his spirit had a peaceful transfer. :(
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| phonerec |
2017-09-03 01:42:08 |
| | As a native Okie,,,,I say I'm "fixing" to do something, I say it all of the time, lol. But I never, ever, say y'all. I tend to say "hey guys" even if I'm talking to a group of woman. For instance, Hey guys, ready for lunch? Anyway, I'm so glad you and yours are ok Zen. Bill, welcome to my part of the world!! Only, we don't call everything a coke, we call it pop. Not soda,,,pop. Aren't different terms strange? Kind of cool.
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| bill |
2017-09-02 13:18:30 |
 | Liz, nice to see you back at this blog site! Terrible what happened in Texas. They say this is a 1,000-year event. People will bounce back.
I have a Texas friend who always says, "I'm fixin to" or "Hey, do you want a coke?" Even if it's not coke.
Speaking of the south, Dana and I are currently in Missouri for a family reunion (my Dad's side). Even though MO was a neutral state during the Civil War, we're very close to the Arkansas border and most folks down here certainly consider themselves southerners! Yee-ha!
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| zendyk |
2017-09-02 05:51:16 |
 | Grant, lots of my ancestors lived in Miss Sippy and Vadjinya. It's weird that even WITHIN Texas there are varied accents. For instance, in some parts, people pronounce "fifty" as "fiddy", while in other parts they say "fit tee". Some people say, "I'm fixin' to leave", while others say, "I'm fin to leave." I have never said I was "fixing" to do anything. I don't even say "y'all". Ugh. |
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| zendyk |
2017-09-02 05:44:23 |
| | Phonerec, we got lots of rain and damaging winds for several days, but the weather is nice now. A cat condo in my backyard was blown over and demolished. Lots of tree branches broke off and fell, but we're OK. People have been having trouble getting gasoline in many places. Just like the 70s, eh? |
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| grant228 |
2017-09-02 05:38:43 |
| | Lis, my statements about Queenslanders were made with a broad brush. I have in-laws who live in Qld and they don't fit the stereotype either. No Queenslanders get close to sounding like your compatriots in Mississippi. I watched a video recently where inhabitants of that state were interviewed and was amazed! I live in the state directly south of Qld, New South Wales. I've been told by Australians who've visited the south of Wales that the two areas bear no resemblance. James Cook must have been pining for his homeland when he named us. |
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| phonerec |
2017-09-02 02:08:51 |
| | Good thoughts are with the people of Huston Texas. Please donate if you can, I did. Zendyk, are you close to the affected area?
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| zendyk |
2017-09-01 06:07:30 |
| | Grant, I have a good friend in Queensland. Although I don't really have any experience with Australian accents, he never sounded slow to me. He once called the place where I worked and said he was shocked at the accent of the girl who answered the phone, in spite of the fact that she had less of a drawl than most of the others who worked there. He doesn't seem to think I talk in a southern accent. I think southerners here do tend to talk more slowly, but I don't think my friend does. Where do you live? |
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| grant228 |
2017-08-31 19:05:47 |
| | Lis, thanks for improving my knowledge base. The accents of those from the southern regions of your country are interesting to listen to. The extended drawl seems to indicate the speakers find communicating a little challenging. It must be the warmer climate that slows down vocal skills because we have a state (Queensland) that is in the tropics and the charitable opinion is the inhabitants need a little more time to collect their thoughts. |
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| zendyk |
2017-08-31 00:15:55 |
| | Grant, I'm not sure it's regional. Most people who live in the south call them flip-flops. My family called them thongs. Maybe more people called them that in the 60s and 70s. There are, however, many differences in dialect here, depending on the region. I've always found Texas accents annoying, so I have made it a point not to pick it up. I've lived in many other places and I've tried to maintain as neutral an accent as possible. |
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| grant228 |
2017-08-30 08:22:36 |
| | Lis, that's an interesting snippet as I always thought Americans called them flip-flops. Do you have any other regional linguistic variations? I'm sure there must be a chasm of understanding between north and south. I'll finish with a corny joke but to understand it you need to know we had a singing groups called The Seekers. Here it is - What are thongs? Things the Theekers thing!
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| zendyk |
2017-08-30 01:20:36 |
| | Grant, I saw your comment about thongs. I'm American and my family always called flip-flops thongs. I was 12 before I heard them called anything else. I was in my 40s before I heard people calling underwear thongs. I think that kind of underwear became more popular after 2000 or something. Anyway, I still call the sandal things "thongs". I was married for 10 years to a man who called them "zorries". I guess it all depends on where and when you grew up. |
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| grant228 |
2017-08-28 09:34:05 |
| | Bill, that's me with the Abba replicas in their museum in Stockholm. It's an interesting place to visit with a huge amount of memorabilia to view. All the Swedish women I saw in Stockholm were eye-catching! Glad to know you haven't succumbed to that revisionist stupidity afflicting some of your states. Lee and Jackson were similar to Rommel - honorable men. To treat their statues as they have is a sad commentary on overreacting. Deb, the saddest part of Trump's antics is people have almost become inured to whatever he does. I don't know if that's part of his strategy? I shudder to think what Harry Truman would think of him. |
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| bill |
2017-08-27 22:40:22 |
| | Grant, is that you with Abba? Those chicks were hot!
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| bill |
2017-08-27 22:40:16 |
| | Not removing any quizzes here, Grant. Those who erase history are doomed to repeat it! |
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| phonerec |
2017-08-27 18:33:52 |
| | Love it Grant!!! |
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| dave |
2017-08-25 02:41:08 |
| | Yes I saw the eclipse here, where I believe it was around 80% |
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| grant228 |
2017-08-24 11:51:43 |
| | Deb, down here we had a cartoonist's impression of your eclipse with the sun labelled as "truth" and the moon labelled "Trump". Says it all!
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| phonerec |
2017-08-22 23:22:25 |
| | Did anyone see the eclipse yesterday? I couldn't find any glasses to save my soul, but a girl at work had some and generously shared them. We had 90% coverage, and it was awesome!!! The sun looked like the sliver of a crescent moon!!
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| phonerec |
2017-08-19 18:49:45 |
| | Even I think they are getting a bit carried away with the statue thing. How about moving them to a museum? Those that want to see them can, and those that don't, won't have to. They are talking about changing the name of a school in Tulsa, and that's ridiculous, leave it alone. And leave the quizzes alone. Just my 2 cents worth. |
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| grant228 |
2017-08-19 12:19:11 |
| | Bill, on another tack, should we remove all quizzes based on Confederate generals like Lee and Jackson? It's a sad day when people want to rewrite history. I couldn't believe some of your countrymen and women wanted to do what they did with those statues. It smacks of "1984" in the way it treats people like idiots. Pol Pot would approve. |
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| grant228 |
2017-08-18 20:49:14 |
| | Deb, I was hoping what the world saw during the election campaign was an act and the "real" Trump would emerge when he appreciated the gravity and history of his position. The expression "leader of the free world" is thrown around but accurately describes the POTUS and sadly this fellow is clueless. He makes George W look measured and intelligent. Quite an achievement! That speech he made was embarrassing to watch. When he used the word "egregious", I thought that's the first time he's come across that one! Are we witnessing the last days of the American empire?
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| phonerec |
2017-08-17 23:26:04 |
| | I have no words. After all of the things Trump has said and done, how can anyone still support him? I think a lot of those who voted for him didn't so much vote for him, as they voted against Hillary, but how can they still support him? He's INSANE!!!! Can anyone enlighten me? Grant, any idea's? Especially after the tragedy that happened in Virginia, and his words after that! |
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| bill |
2017-08-14 15:19:46 |
| | I like those thongs better than the thing thong, Grant. Thank you. |
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| grant228 |
2017-08-06 06:23:09 |
| | In case I've offended sensibilities...... |
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| bill |
2017-08-05 16:26:30 |
| | No sir, I don't like it!
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| phonerec |
2017-08-05 01:28:19 |
| | I'm cracking up Grant!!! |
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