methinks this won't be quite as popular as the word association thread

/me thinks that its good to have a thread like this.

"shit, still does the OnDropFiles() not work in Object Dock, useless update for me"
> I'm having negative thoughts today, written too much shell code.

Bummer. Oh well, you could probably take a break. With all the awesome stuff you do, you probably deserve it.

I wish people wouldn''t use then when they really mean than.

Ooooh ! That kinda stuff drives me absolutely batty ! My experience has been, however, that I can count on being flamed for mentioning those kinds of things at all.

But while we''re at it, G. Bush and even J. Carter (a nuke engr. himself):

IT''s NUCLEAR, not nucular, OK ???



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Oh yeah, and for one other Texan I know > :

It's Graffiti, NOT Confetti.

It's REALTOR, NOT Realator.

It's Chicken Pox, NOT Chicken-Pops. (sounds like Atkins diet cereal > )

AND, last but not least, for ANY malapropist out there: before giving birth, women have contractions, NOT CONTRAPTIONS !!!

Ooh ! Ooh !

And merely one more:

It's SIMILAR, not SIMULAR !

syrup, or syrup?

tomato or tomahto?

It's also aluminium, not aluminum......as it really IS sad that a nation perpetuates a typo.....

I disagree Jafo.

It''s frustrated, not flustrated. If you must start the word with "fl", it''s flustered.
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How come people don't use textures for windowblinds???


What is up with that???


(another joetheblow thought)

...And it's pronounced Auzzies, with a 'Z'....not like Ossies, with an 'S'

Get it?!

Eric....I did not know Australia is still Austraylya, isn't it?

....New Hampshire is pronounced New Hampshah like in Shanana with the "r" silent not New Hampshire like The Shire in LOTR or New Hampsure like "Fer Sure Dude!"

Correct, Essencay... Unless you are H.R.H. (the Queen of England)

... Then it''s Orstreighleah, (pronounced like as in sleigh, and a pronounced, but slightly understated ''h'' at the end of leah)

Always makes me laugh when I hear her say that!

And we Australians would only say New Hamsha....



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/me wonders who ****** up the thread

Sheesh, It was the Chili, so excuse me already.

/me turns back to spraying Flower Scented Lysol around office.

It's also aluminium, not aluminum......as it really IS sad that a nation perpetuates a typo.....

I gather (by osmosis) that you are down under, Jafo. No doubt I would have as much fun at your locale as I did on a 3 month work stint in London. Perhaps, though, I wouldn't be bothered by warm beer and then searching for the "Ur-Ine-al". (post piss-up, that is).

BTW, I much prefer the post pub efficacy of acetaminophen over than of paracetimol !

My ass is huge...I gotta start doing something bout that




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I dont wanna go to bed...

jafo, aluminum, though in this case an alternative spelling, comes down to dialect. it doesnt mean an entire nation is stupid because children have grown up hearing every older person around them pronouncing a word differently. i'm told my south jersey/philadelphia accent says Clawsit instead of Closet. most people say wooder instead of water. i don't think that makes people from jersey stupid.

the SR-71, a well known jet, was actually named the 'RS-71' but the man introducing it at its commisioning messed up. so it went down in the books as SR. that doesn't mean everyone who's ever called it the SR is wrong. things change, get evolved. but nobody has to call them on it.

you didn't say in your post that we were therefore stupid, but you've said similar things in the past implying americans are indeed stupid, ignorant, or just plain arrogent because of the different way we say or do things. ive been thinking it for a while now and its just something building up in the back of my mind. its god damn irritating and insulting to get called on every single difference between oz english and american english whether the difference comes down to a typo in a dictionary that became commonplace to a politition giving incorrect information to his own people. its two different countries, rules are different. think of Aluminum as the american word for Aluminium and move on. thanks

moo nee moo lah is aluminum spelled backwards

(from ruff and reddy cartoon speaking of master cylinder)

http://www.ermac.net/m/ Start watching these movies. You'll laf your A$$ off. Start with the COPS film and do the rest at your discression. AND WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

My ass is huge...I gotta start doing something bout that

Dunno...looks kinda cute to me...