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#1492 Illuyankas

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Posted 08 October 2009 - 07:58 PM

Do you say Zoinks a lot?

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#1493 bubba

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Posted 08 October 2009 - 08:22 PM

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 08 October 2009 - 07:56 PM, said:

I just had a group of 5th graders tell me I amm cool because I sound like Shaggy from Scooby Doo. Not sure how to take that, don't think i do but whatever.

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#1494 Raymond Luxury Yacht

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Posted 08 October 2009 - 08:52 PM

like, wow!

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#1495 Darkwatch

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Posted 08 October 2009 - 09:04 PM

I want to know how a 5th grader actually attempted to debate the importance of that subject.

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#1496 Raymond Luxury Yacht

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Posted 08 October 2009 - 09:12 PM

He felt that von Leeuvenhoek's contributions were not as significant as other people who contributed to cell theory, such as Robert Hooke, Robert Brown, Mattias Schleiden, and Theodor Schwann.

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Posted 08 October 2009 - 09:25 PM

Wow, that's rather pretentious.

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#1498 Raymond Luxury Yacht

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Posted 08 October 2009 - 09:27 PM

It's that kind of school.

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Posted 08 October 2009 - 09:31 PM

As long as you don't say the atom is indivisible or that the space shuttle discovery went to the moon like my 9th and 7th grade science teachers, I'll back you up any time.

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#1500 Raymond Luxury Yacht

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Posted 08 October 2009 - 09:50 PM

One of the points of cell theory I was supposed to teach them is that all cell coem from existing cells. This of course led to a kid trying to draw me into a "where did the first cells come from" creationism debate. Sorry kid, save that oone for your regular teacher.

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#1501 Slow Ben

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Posted 08 October 2009 - 10:10 PM

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 08 October 2009 - 07:46 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 08 October 2009 - 07:40 PM, said:

So, whilst reading Harry Potter i've been pronouncing it wrong in my head the whole time!

Interesting.

The whole thing?

I've actually found a few words on here i was reading wrong. Row, whinging, etc.

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Posted 09 October 2009 - 01:49 AM

come to think of it me too.

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Posted 09 October 2009 - 02:18 AM

Yeah, I thought it was pronounced like "row" your boat for a long time... oh well, not really a correct use in American-English anyway.

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Posted 09 October 2009 - 10:19 AM

There is one language, it's called English, we all speak it. There are regional variations in slang, pronunciation and spelling. There is no such thing as US or UK English. Just English.

It's not like the distinction between the versions of Spanish. It's totally acceptable to spell a word in two different ways in the same language, or have two different words for the same thing without having to make such a pointless distinction (fucking Microsoft with their electronic imperialism).

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Posted 09 October 2009 - 02:10 PM

Back on topic - I made a perfect hollandaise sauce last night

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Posted 09 October 2009 - 03:44 PM

It makes me happy to point out how pointless it is, it's not an anti-US thing, it's an anti-pointless bullshit thing.

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Posted 09 October 2009 - 05:06 PM

And yet, say it here or use it in an academic paper here... not pointless anymore is it? Acceptable there, not here. Unless you think all the academics over there would think it's okay to start taking out the "u"s in humour, colour, and whatever else is spelled that way.

How to tell when using one variation over another... how about distinguishing them by the region in which that variation is being used? Grand idea, that!

Don't you all have concepts like the "Queen's English" anyways? As opposed to less proper forms?

Bah. No more rowing about American-English. Microsoft has settled the issue.

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Posted 09 October 2009 - 05:08 PM

"I thought this country spawned the fucking language, so far nobody seems to speak it."

Its interesting because we dont use those words.

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