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Re: coloured or colored?
« Reply #30 on: May 23, 2006, 08:44:56 AM »
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So, when a transatlantic conversation is going on, which English is typed?  American?  British?  Both?
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I spent a month in Holland 27 years ago, and was always struck not only by how well they generally spoke English, but even more by how much it was American English, not British.  POC, do you find this to be true where you're at?  In subsequent travels in Asia I met some folks who were speaking good English & asked them if they were American only to find that they were Dutch! This happened to me on more than one occasion.


it is an odd phenom. everyone else (french, germans, spanish, etc.) speaks british english, but not the dutch! perfect american accents. or as near as they come. i think they're just awfully good at imitation. channel-surfing will yield results in six different languages, at any given time.

he-spyra-gira!
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The Drive, 5/23/06: 1976
« Reply #31 on: May 23, 2006, 08:45:57 AM »
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Just woke up, just in time for my BOS, "Coyote."  Cheers, VWP.


are you staring a hole in your scrambled eggs?


No, but tired as I am, I could go for some white, white lines on the freeway's way.


clapton was yesterday, bub.
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The Drive, 5/23/06: 1976
« Reply #32 on: May 23, 2006, 08:46:40 AM »
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Just woke up, just in time for my BOS, "Coyote."  Cheers, VWP.


are you staring a hole in your scrambled eggs?


No, but tired as I am, I could go for some white, white lines on the freeway's way.


you'll have to settle for some Silver Spring(s)water.
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Re: coloured or colored?
« Reply #33 on: May 23, 2006, 08:49:57 AM »
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he-spyra-gira!


Is that really how it's pronounced?  I thought it was "Heh-JEER-a" all these years.
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« Reply #34 on: May 23, 2006, 09:41:36 AM »
TEN @ 10 LOG FOR 05.23.06
1976

Manfred Mann  -  Spirit in the Night
AC/DC  -  TNT
Peter Frampton  -  Show Me the Way
Jackson Browne  -  Here Come Those Tears Again
Steve Miller  -  Rock 'n Me
Seals & Crofts  -  Get Closer
Steely Dan  -  The Fez
Stevie Wonder  -  Sir Duke
Queen  -  Bohemian Rhapsody
Joni Mitchell  -  Coyote

1982 will be the focus of Tomorrow's Ten @ 10.
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Re: coloured or colored?
« Reply #35 on: May 24, 2006, 01:33:41 AM »
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he-spyra-gira!


Is that really how it's pronounced?  I thought it was "Heh-JEER-a" all these years.


i thought it was, too!
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« Reply #36 on: May 24, 2006, 07:42:10 AM »
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he-spyra-gira!
Is that really how it's pronounced?  I thought it was "Heh-JEER-a" all these years.
i thought it was, too!

Not that you can believe everything you read on the web, but:

http://www.answers.com/hejira&r=67
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Re: Hejira
« Reply #37 on: May 24, 2006, 07:53:10 AM »
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he-spyra-gira!
Is that really how it's pronounced?  I thought it was "Heh-JEER-a" all these years.
i thought it was, too!

Not that you can believe everything you read on the web, but:

http://www.answers.com/hejira&r=67


you say "he-jie-rah," i say, "huh-geer-ruh"
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Re: Hejira
« Reply #38 on: May 24, 2006, 08:03:27 AM »
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he-spyra-gira!
Is that really how it's pronounced?  I thought it was "Heh-JEER-a" all these years.
i thought it was, too!

Not that you can believe everything you read on the web, but:

http://www.answers.com/hejira&r=67


you say "he-jie-rah," i say, "huh-geer-ruh"
:)


It's been heh-JY-ruh for as long as I've known -- It seems to me if deejays were misprounouncing it in 1977, Joni woulda said something, no?
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Re: Hejira
« Reply #39 on: May 24, 2006, 08:24:47 AM »
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he-spyra-gira!
Is that really how it's pronounced?  I thought it was "Heh-JEER-a" all these years.
i thought it was, too!

Not that you can believe everything you read on the web, but:

http://www.answers.com/hejira&r=67


you say "he-jie-rah," i say, "huh-geer-ruh"
:)


It's been heh-JY-ruh for as long as I've known -- It seems to me if deejays were misprounouncing it in 1977, Joni woulda said something, no?


pshaw. as if a dj would listen to joni mitchell. ;)
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