I am SO ready for some football, baby.CameronBornAndBred wrote:Hell yeah!!!wilson wrote:I'm just about ready for football season.
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Maybe it's the way I say dude. I don't say it in the proper southern way, I say it in the proper southern CALIFORNIA way. ;) Maybe it just started being real popular in Cali.wilson wrote:Every once in a while, I get called out for being southern, but not too often. With so many transplants, the Atlanta accent is considerably watered down. I must, however, quibble with your characterization of "dude" as a west coast thing. I use that word all the time, dude (and that is one word in which I naturally draw the 'U' sound in proper southern fashion). In fact, a certain vertically imposing, lemur-studying crazietalker has taken me to task a time or seven for "duding" him.bjornolf wrote:
I've lived in so many places that my accents have basically canceled each other out, though I do use vernacular from almost everywhere I've lived. It's funny, northerners think I'm southern, southerners think I'm northern, east coasters think I'm west coast cause I use dude once in a while, and west coasters think I'm from back east. It's pretty funny, actually. I'd love to meet one of those lingual specialists like that guy in My Fair Lady and see where he/she would place me. Some of those guys can supposedly tell you within a few blocks where you grew up if you're from one of the burroughs of New York.
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And I gotta say, it feels damngood to, for the second preseason running, be this excited about Duke football.bjornolf wrote:I am SO ready for some football, baby.CameronBornAndBred wrote:Hell yeah!!!wilson wrote:I'm just about ready for football season.
And this is to say nothing of the Atlanta Motherfuckin' Falcons, who also remain on the rise.
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G.I. JoeLavabe wrote:The Malagasy English major who came with us on the last trip and I were waiting for our guides who were searching for the correct path, when we got into a discussion about terms like "Dude." One of the cultural researchers in the area of Ankarana is known as "Joe Ankarana" (even though his name his something other than "Joe"). When I asked the student as to the meaning of a VERY local phrase of saying hello, he stated that it translated to "Hey, Joe." Apparently, a while ago, the term "Joe" was used as often as the current term "Dude," at least among the teachers of English in Africa. Think about "Joe Six-Pack" and "Joe Cool" (and now, even the corrupted "Joe the Plumber").
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What, no Stella Artois?wilson wrote:Well, the archive is closed today, and I was going to sit on the beach and drink Kronenbourg in honor of Bastille Day. But as of right now, it's rather gray, and this afternoon's forecast calls for thunderstorms. So, for now, I'm just interwebbing and watching the Cosby Show. Maybe I'll storm a prison later on.
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Throughout the UK, Budweiser was considered a premium. And they served it at the same temp as all the other beers, in other words, way too warm to be any good.wilson wrote: Question re: Kronenbourg: I distinctly recall it being the cheap stuff in France (I drank it on plenty a Friday afternoon as a 15 year-old ). But here, it clocks in just south of nine bucks for a six-pack.
Does this mean that Busch Light qualifies as premium brew in Europe?
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FIGHT CLUB proponents are still here. You still need to see it.Lavabe wrote:No need to duck. We survived the FIGHT CLUB dudes over yonder, and we're together on this one too. If they throw things at us, they'll hit the tall guy first. ;)wilson wrote:Speaking of dudes...'The Big Lebowski.' I don't get it. I'm really supposed to love it; lots of people whose movie tastes align significantly with mine are mildly obsessed. But I've seen it multiple times, and it just doesn't do a thing for me.
:shock: *ducking*
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My grandfather called everybody "Joe", especially if he couldn't remember their name. He was born in 1905 and grew up in Montana. Anyway, it's part of the reason my parents named me that.Bostondevil wrote:G.I. JoeLavabe wrote:The Malagasy English major who came with us on the last trip and I were waiting for our guides who were searching for the correct path, when we got into a discussion about terms like "Dude." One of the cultural researchers in the area of Ankarana is known as "Joe Ankarana" (even though his name his something other than "Joe"). When I asked the student as to the meaning of a VERY local phrase of saying hello, he stated that it translated to "Hey, Joe." Apparently, a while ago, the term "Joe" was used as often as the current term "Dude," at least among the teachers of English in Africa. Think about "Joe Six-Pack" and "Joe Cool" (and now, even the corrupted "Joe the Plumber").
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Heck no - it's still a long way until football season - the summer's just starting!CameronBornAndBred wrote:Hell yeah!!!wilson wrote:I'm just about ready for football season.
(Damn, I've been out in the Pac NW for too long, haven't I?)
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Where you goin' with that gun in your hand?bjornolf wrote:My grandfather called everybody "Joe", especially if he couldn't remember their name. He was born in 1905 and grew up in Montana. Anyway, it's part of the reason my parents named me that.Lavabe wrote:The Malagasy English major who came with us on the last trip and I were waiting for our guides who were searching for the correct path, when we got into a discussion about terms like "Dude." One of the cultural researchers in the area of Ankarana is known as "Joe Ankarana" (even though his name his something other than "Joe"). When I asked the student as to the meaning of a VERY local phrase of saying hello, he stated that it translated to "Hey, Joe." Apparently, a while ago, the term "Joe" was used as often as the current term "Dude," at least among the teachers of English in Africa. Think about "Joe Six-Pack" and "Joe Cool" (and now, even the corrupted "Joe the Plumber").
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I'm goin' to shoot my old lady cause I caught her messin' round with another man.
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I haven't. But I will as soon as it's pointed out to me.Bostondevil wrote:Nobody has noticed yet.
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Hopin' yer quotin'.bjornolf wrote:I'm goin' to shoot my old lady cause I caught her messin' round with another man.
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Hey everyone. Thought I'd drop in and say hi. It's late here so I'll be brief.
Two days in London seeing sights. Two days at the Univ. of Surrey in class. Lots of beer, bangers, mash, fish and chips, english breakfast, and shepherd's pie under the belt. Plenty of walking to work it off. Meeting some real nice people from UK, India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, South Africa, Greece and France. Three more days of class here, a day seeing the English countryside on Saturday, the back home on Sunday.
It rains here pretty much randomly every day.
Off to bed. Check out the pics on Facebook.
Two days in London seeing sights. Two days at the Univ. of Surrey in class. Lots of beer, bangers, mash, fish and chips, english breakfast, and shepherd's pie under the belt. Plenty of walking to work it off. Meeting some real nice people from UK, India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, South Africa, Greece and France. Three more days of class here, a day seeing the English countryside on Saturday, the back home on Sunday.
It rains here pretty much randomly every day.
Off to bed. Check out the pics on Facebook.
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I'll bite. Noticed what? Or will I need to read some posts to understand?Bostondevil wrote:Nobody has noticed yet.
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Nevermind, I'm catching up. Happy to know your safe Mrs. Bjornolf.bjornolf wrote:I'm goin' to shoot my old lady cause I caught her messin' round with another man.
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Glad to hear your having a good trip, outta start your own thread. I did the UK when I was about 12 or so with my family; a vacation I'll never forget.DukeUsul wrote:Hey everyone. Thought I'd drop in and say hi. It's late here so I'll be brief.
Two days in London seeing sights. Two days at the Univ. of Surrey in class. Lots of beer, bangers, mash, fish and chips, english breakfast, and shepherd's pie under the belt. Plenty of walking to work it off. Meeting some real nice people from UK, India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, South Africa, Greece and France. Three more days of class here, a day seeing the English countryside on Saturday, the back home on Sunday.
It rains here pretty much randomly every day.
Off to bed. Check out the pics on Facebook.
Duke born, Duke bred, cooking on a grill so I'm tailgate fed.
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I got LOTS of catching up to do as far as DD and bjornolf go. I remember in a distant past when I was the top PW.CameronBornAndBred wrote:Nevermind, I'm catching up. Happy to know your safe Mrs. Bjornolf.bjornolf wrote:I'm goin' to shoot my old lady cause I caught her messin' round with another man.
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I blame San Francisco. And art. Sigh...I gotta go paint some more. (I walk away towards my brushes as the post gap grows ever wider.)CameronBornAndBred wrote: I got LOTS of catching up to do as far as DD and bjornolf go. I remember in a distant past when I was the top PW.
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