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- Goatweed - 05-20-2003
I thought it was frigidaire?
- GonzoStyle - 05-20-2003
Oh, thats what I call the fridge.
There's probably a bunch of words that are common place for me that might make galts heart explode.
- diceisgod - 05-20-2003
Gooks are from Vietnam.
Chinks are from China.
Nips are from Japan.
Very big difference. You can tell them apart from their shade of yellow and the angle of the slants.
- Mad - 05-20-2003
Don't forget the Slopes from Korean.
- GonzoStyle - 05-21-2003
Quote:Gooks are from Vietnam.
Chinks are from China.
Nips are from Japan.
Very big difference. You can tell them apart from their shade of yellow and the angle of the slants.
yeah but who has the time or patience to dechipher that shit.
Like the great archie bunker said
"african-americans, mexican-americans, it's all hog wash. We's all americans, now if you're a spook or a spic that's your own problem".
- Arpikarhu - 05-21-2003
you dont say off OF it. its off it. as in "get off the floor"
- Is Don on the phone? - 05-21-2003
Quote:It's not "nucular" it's nuclear
And it amazes me that educated people in the industry still add the u where it does NOT belong!
Oh, and if I had a nickel for every misused apostrophe I catch, Id be Apri.
- Kid Afrika - 05-21-2003
What's funnier is that people will say nucular and then blame it on their accent. There's a difference between having an accent and just plain saying the word incorrectly.
- GonzoStyle - 05-21-2003
George Bush has an accent. He isn't even in the ball park on nuclear, let alone nucular
- Galt - 06-17-2003
Bobby Valentine just talked about something being "mano a mano"
That pisses me off too. People say it as if it translates to "man to man".
"Mano" means hand
"A" means: to
"Y" means: and
So if you say: mano y mano. you are saying "hand and hand" And that is just stupid.
- Sir O - 06-17-2003
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- Suzie - 06-17-2003
I hate it when people say "Alls I know"
- HollywoodJewMoses - 06-17-2003
some people pronounce cocaine all weird
- Galt - 06-17-2003
yeah, say tete-a-tete instead.
- Suzie - 06-17-2003
what's your problem WBK?
- HollywoodJewMoses - 06-17-2003
i dont have a problem, i say cocaine like most people do. but i have heard some people say it in some REEEEEEEAAALLY WEIRD ways.
- LyricalGomez - 06-17-2003
You've mentioned it to me
Those people are retarded
- Hey Ladi - 06-17-2003
pitcher instead of picture, hurts my head
- Is Don on the phone? - 06-18-2003
They say that if you want to write real good, you should avoid cliches like the plague.