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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by colchar » January 23rd, 2010, 6:29 pm

wilson wrote:
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Lavabe wrote:Why is Arkansas pronounced AR-KIN-SAW and not AR-KAN-SUS?
For the same terrible reason that Butte is pronounced with the long vowel U.
There's a suburb of Atlanta called Dacula, pronounced "Duh-CUE-luh". However, I resolutely refuse to pronounce it any other way than "DACK-you-luh," complete with Transylvanian accent. Seriously, every time I have said this word for the past 12 years or so, I have pronounced it with the classic vampire accent.

Try it with both a vampire and a pirate accent.
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by Very Duke Blue » January 24th, 2010, 12:43 am

Great day. Duke won a road game, very PROPER!!. No doubt why they won. They played like they needed too. I LOVE DUKE!! :) :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil: :ymdevil:
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by bjornolf » January 24th, 2010, 5:03 am

Good Morning, all! ~O)

Yea, it was awesome that Duke won. It also helped that UVA lost. Brings them back within reach. The only thing that could have made the night better would have been a NCSU win over MD, which would have put us solidly alone in second place. How crazy is it that the top two ACC teams, UVA and MD, have two of the worst overall records in the entire ACC, and Miami, who has one of the better ones, is LAST in the ACC? Just shows how skewed out of conference schedules can be, and how tough ACC play is, eh? And when was the last time UNC had the second most losses in the conference this late in the season?

On top of that, Texas lost two, and #8 and #9, Tennessee and Kansas State, both lost, which will help our rankings not to be TOO damaged by the NCSU loss.

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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by Lavabe » January 24th, 2010, 5:40 am

One more week closer to Daytona!
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by Lavabe » January 24th, 2010, 6:58 am

Anyone else tired today?
;) :D :tease:
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by ArkieDukie » January 24th, 2010, 9:22 am

Lavabe wrote:Anyone else tired today?
;) :D :tease:
Yes, but it sure is nice to wake up after a great Duke road victory! Good to see the team crank up the D in the 2nd half.

Rachael Flatt FINALLY won the US Figure Skating Championship last night. If she cleans up the little bobbles she made, she could be a serious medal threat at the Olympics. Definitely has the technical goods, and artistry is improving. Hope Mirai Nagasu gets that under-rotation problem fixed before the Olympics, too. She's amazing when she's on, but she always gets dinged for under-rotation of jumps (that's how she lost to Flatt last night). I was seriously afraid that the judges were going to prop up Sasha Cohen like they did in the short program in order to send her to Vancouver (no deduction for botched jump combo), but she took care of that for them by falling on one jump and visibly two-footing the landings on the rest. I feel sorry for Ashley Wagner; her fall in the short program kept her in 3rd place and just off the team. Her free skate was really good (she placed ahead of Nagasu in the long program).

The press about the Ladies Final reminded me a bit of the skit on SNL when Chris Evert hosted, the one where everything she did Martina Navratilova did better and snagged the headlines. Poor Rachael Flatt wins her first US championship, and all the articles' titles say something to the effect of "Sasha Cohen Falters in Comeback Attempt." Makes it sound like she won only because Sasha messed up.
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by CameronBornAndBred » January 24th, 2010, 12:32 pm

Lavabe wrote:Anyone else tired today?
;) :D :tease:
I slept until noon. :D
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by DukePA » January 24th, 2010, 1:37 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:
Lavabe wrote:Anyone else tired today?
;) :D :tease:
I slept until noon. :D
Me too! It was great to be so incredibly lazy :asleep: :asleep: :asleep: Of course, I was no where near as "tired" as Duke was last night!
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by cl15876 » January 24th, 2010, 3:46 pm

Lavabe wrote:Anyone else tired today?
;) :D :tease:
Yes, ....
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by cl15876 » January 24th, 2010, 3:49 pm

Lavabe wrote:One more week closer to Daytona!
Okay, still waiting for my Yahoo invite, YMO, did you get my reply? Let me know what I am supposed to look for... I don't want Lavabe to start busting on me.... ;-) He can be rough especially when Mark Martin wins! :D
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by CameronBornAndBred » January 24th, 2010, 3:52 pm

cl15876 wrote:
Lavabe wrote:Anyone else tired today?
;) :D :tease:
Yes, ....
I went back to sleep for a nap, and then DukePA rudely woke me up with a phone call. :violence-stickwhack:
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by DukePA » January 24th, 2010, 5:35 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:
cl15876 wrote:
Lavabe wrote:Anyone else tired today?
;) :D :tease:
Yes, ....
I went back to sleep for a nap, and then DukePA rudely woke me up with a phone call. :violence-stickwhack:
Totally stepson's and Sweetie Pie's fault!! Need to train them better :violin: :D =)) =))
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by cl15876 » January 24th, 2010, 5:52 pm

DukePA wrote:
CameronBornAndBred wrote:
cl15876 wrote:"quote="Lavabe""Anyone else tired today?
;) :D :tease:"/quote"

Yes, ....
I went back to sleep for a nap, and then DukePA rudely woke me up with a phone call. :violence-stickwhack:
Totally stepson's and Sweetie Pie's fault!! Need to train them better :violin: :D =)) =))
=)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =))
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by CameronBornAndBred » January 24th, 2010, 5:55 pm

DukePA wrote:
CameronBornAndBred wrote: I went back to sleep for a nap, and then DukePA rudely woke me up with a phone call. :violence-stickwhack:
Totally stepson's and Sweetie Pie's fault!! Need to train them better :violin: :D =)) =))
You would think the announcement "If anyone calls I'm asleep" would have given them a clue.
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by DukePA » January 24th, 2010, 6:02 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:
DukePA wrote:
CameronBornAndBred wrote: I went back to sleep for a nap, and then DukePA rudely woke me up with a phone call. :violence-stickwhack:
Totally stepson's and Sweetie Pie's fault!! Need to train them better :violin: :D =)) =))
You would think the announcement "If anyone calls I'm asleep" would have given them a clue.
Not to mention, "I'll call back later. Please don't wake him!!!"
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by CameronBornAndBred » January 24th, 2010, 6:07 pm

DukePA wrote: Not to mention, "I'll call back later. Please don't wake him!!!"
=)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =)) =))
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by CameronBornAndBred » January 24th, 2010, 6:56 pm

The clown commercial with bozo jumping on the unicorn is waaayyyy up there on the bestcommercialevermeter.
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by Rolvix » January 24th, 2010, 8:37 pm

Lavabe wrote:Anyone else tired today?
;) :D :tease:
Super tired.
Stayed up way to late with my friends in Wilmington.
We dressed up as made up characters from "Jersey Shore" for the night :D :D :D
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by CameronBornAndBred » January 24th, 2010, 8:52 pm

Rolvix wrote:
Lavabe wrote:Anyone else tired today?
;) :D :tease:
Super tired.
Stayed up way to late with my friends in Wilmington.
We dressed up as made up characters from "Jersey Shore" for the night :D :D :D
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Re: LTE 2.0

Post by DukeUsul » January 24th, 2010, 9:24 pm

Rolvix wrote:
Lavabe wrote:Anyone else tired today?
;) :D :tease:
Super tired.
Stayed up way to late with my friends in Wilmington.
We dressed up as made up characters from "Jersey Shore" for the night :D :D :D
Hmm, sounds like every weekend night in High School for me..... ;) ;) ;)
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