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"You know what's wrong with America? If I lovingly tongue a woman's nipple in a movie, it gets an "NC-17" rating, if I chop it off with a machete, it's an "R". That's what's wrong with America, man...."--Dennis Hopper
"One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." -- Klaus Kinski
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Originally posted by revo View PostNailed it for me-- NYC/Jersey City/Yonkers. Said the most distinctive answer was "sneakers." Jeez, what do all you cowpokes call them?One martini, two martini, three martini, floor.
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I took the test twice (the questions weren't all the same the second time, some were).
For the record--I was born in NYC but lived there for less than a year, Buffalo until age 7, Pittsburgh for three-plus years, Cincinnati for 14 more, OKC for three-plus, back to Cincinnati for the last 29-plus.
The first time, it said the three cities whose dialect my speech most resembles were NYC, Baltimore, and Washington DC. This is odd, since I was born in NYC but lived there for less than a year as an infant and have never lived in the other two. The "hot" regions seemed to be the Deep South (where I've never lived), Florida, and New Mexico, where I've also never lived.
The second time, it picked Louisville (nearby, but never lived there), Jackson, MS (been there for two days ever), and Columbus, GA (never been). Western KY, western TN, and Colorado joined my "most similar" areas this time.
I'm inclined to think this scientific survey isn't as scientific as it claims.Only the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William James
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Originally posted by johnnya24 View PostI say Mary and Merry the same (well, very similar), and Marry different.
I spent a few minutes trying to say Marry like Mary.
Do you say mar-ree?
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maihry
mehry
mahrry
is that difficult?finished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84
SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
C Stallings 2, Casali 1
1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1
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Originally posted by Judge Jude View Postmaihry
mehry
mahrry
is that difficult?If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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Originally posted by johnnya24 View PostMarry = Maa - ree
Mary = May - ree
Merry = mare - reeIf DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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I enjoy hahrible vs hawrible, which is a draw - but leads to hahrer vs hawrer, which sounds like whore.
Of course, some horror movies ARE whore movies, too.finished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84
SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
C Stallings 2, Casali 1
1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1
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I pronounce Mary and marry the same, merry differently"You know what's wrong with America? If I lovingly tongue a woman's nipple in a movie, it gets an "NC-17" rating, if I chop it off with a machete, it's an "R". That's what's wrong with America, man...."--Dennis Hopper
"One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." -- Klaus Kinski
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Originally posted by johnnya24 View PostMarry = Maa - ree that seems to be Marie
Mary = May - ree I didnt know it was the Virgin Mayree
Merry = mare - ree This is the correct response to all of them.......It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years and we must stop it.
Bill Clinton 1995, State of the Union Address
"When they go low - we go High" great motto - too bad it was a sack of bullshit. DNC election mantra
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