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[Hinotori]

I'm in such a weird mood today. I think it's heat stress from all the mowing. Makes me even more off the wall than normal when I can't think right

 

[pennyJo1960]

I'm in such a weird mood today. I think it's heat stress from all the mowing. Makes me even more off the wall than normal when I can't think right

me too been getting allot done but mostly in the mornings
or late evenings

 

[torrelee]

I thought it was a freak thing, but my husband saw again it yesterday!

wow ! Into your sliding door ?

wow...usually they are so shy !
I have never seen one around birds...but I think I have heard of someone who had an otter go after a chicken.

 

[CarolynF]

It also bugs me when people call them Morons. It's pronounced Mah-RAHN. It's a French word, so the 's' is silent, unless you are referring to multiple birds.

Actually that's not the French pronunciation either. It's more like MEH-rone
You can listen in Google Translate here

So if we aren't going to pronounce it as the French actually do, should we really be splitting hairs? And Americans do pronounce Paris with the S.

At least we can spell it correctly, right?

 

[CarolynF]

Spelt is actually correct as well. One of those past tense irregular verbs I was talking about. It's archaic in use.

My brain just does really weird things. I've had to get up at night to look up say "Why do camels move both legs on the same side of their body in the same direction at the same time when walking?" (Most other animals move them opposite.) Or "What is the gestation period of primates?"

I really didn't know I was as bad as I am on words until Mike started asking me what the words were I was using in the story. Example - "What the HFIL is an Athame?"

Hey phonetics works, we can understand what it is. I can also read Typo. I'm really good at Typo. If one hand is offset a key typing I can still usually tell what the person is saying. That come from online gaming since 97.

I've noticed spelling like that by people from the east coast more than west coast. Maybe a coincidence?

 

[pennyJo1960]

these new acronyms they kids use now iso to me is

iso-
combining form
prefix: iso-

1. equal.
   "isochron"
   • Chemistry
     (chiefly of hydrocarbons) isomeric.
     "isooctane"
     
     founded in 1947, is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 100 countries, one from each country.
     
     now they say it is in search of
     

 

[pennyJo1960]

Quote: I am corrected mall the time colour and the way down here color?

 

[Hinotori]

 
[COLOR=FF8C00]Spelt is actually correct as well. One of those past tense irregular verbs I was talking about. It's archaic in use. [/COLOR]

My brain just does really weird things. I've had to get up at night to look up say "Why do camels move both legs on the same side of their body in the same direction at the same time when walking?" (Most other animals move them opposite.) Or "What is the gestation period of primates?"

I really didn't know I was as bad as I am on words until Mike started asking me what the words were I was using in the story. Example - "What the HFIL is an Athame?"

Hey phonetics works, we can understand what it is. I can also read Typo. I'm really good at Typo. If one hand is offset a key typing I can still usually tell what the person is saying. That come from online gaming since 97. 

I've noticed spelling like that by people from the east coast more than west coast.  Maybe a coincidence? 

Some things I probably picked up in the 15 years I spent over in Virginia, but some I was taught in school and I'm from eastern Oregon. That could have been influenced by teachers from east coast, though.


I did pick up a lot of slang and speaking methods while on the other coast. I also don't hear southern drawl as an accent anymore.

Yes, I very much know what "Bless your heart" means.

 

[pennyJo1960]

there are several things that have influenced my speech patterns over the years

 

[junebuggena]

I'm from Southern California. I say 'dude' way too much.