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Isn't there a conspiracy theory the Chinese killed him for some reason?
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There's so much poo poo that can kill you in Australian coastal waters. I mean look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_syndrome
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Jul 15, 2014 19:58
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ReindeerF posted:I do sometimes write lede out of habit, though I shouldn't. Graf and hed are just stupid, but if you are working in journalism and using them functionally within the scope of your career, great. I've done a shitload of copywriting in my day and we can amazingly use words like paragraph and heading just fine. If you're John Q. Public or you're a journalist writing for non-professional consumption then use the Goddamn real words. "These words aren't my words. They're bad words."
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Jul 15, 2014 20:01
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Nope, it's just stupid clubby bullshit. HTH.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:05
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"a waste of time and money" hahaha
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Jul 15, 2014 20:08
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Birth control babe doesn't post in D&D I bet.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:09
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ReindeerF posted:Birth control babe doesn't post in D&D I bet. Who even has the time?
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Jul 15, 2014 20:10
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Pope Guilty posted:Who even has the time?
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Jul 15, 2014 20:13
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[olde tymey newreel voice] Australia in mourning! "Oh, bum." says local man.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:14
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Do you guys think that Australians sound more like Brits than they do Americans? I wonder if Aussies think we sound more like Brits than they do. South Africans sound like someone for whom English is a second language.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:15
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disparaging the boot is a bootable offense!
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Jul 15, 2014 20:16
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South Africans all live in Perth now because of the blicks.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:17
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Jul 15, 2014 20:17
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Sorry. Sewth Effrickens awl leev een puhth neaw thanks to theh blehcks.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:18
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ReindeerF posted:South Africans all live in Perth now because of the blicks. Perth and San Diego, apparently. Went to high school with some kids whose parents had decided to relocate in the early 1990s for... reasons, just reasons, never you mind about it. They put "African-American" down for their ethnicity when they were applying for colleges.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:19
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Afrikaans is downright lovely if you're used to ordinary Dutch, though.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:19
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I was surprised when I started listening to Dutch rap to learn that Dutch has a hard fricative "h" sound like Arabic or Hebrew. AFAIK it's the only Euro language with one so it confused me.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:21
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zoux posted:Do you guys think that Australians sound more like Brits than they do Americans? I wonder if Aussies think we sound more like Brits than they do. They're aware they sound British. I think everyone in Auspol has a story about how they thought someone was from Scotland only to find it's a fellow Aussie.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:22
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If I ever have a bar or restaurant in Thailand there will be a big sign on the wall that says "No German, Dutch, Yiddish, Afrikaans, Cantonese, Mandarin or Arabic spoken before noon."
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Jul 15, 2014 20:23
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Is it racist to say I don't like how SE Asian languages sound?
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Jul 15, 2014 20:24
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Three points on a triangle if you ask me, but I guess it varies a lot person to person.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:24
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Only in America, though you should probably break it down because Vietnamese is way more staccato and aggressive than Thai or Laos, for example. EDIT: Khmer is the most amusing language in terms of its rhythm and harmony and Khmer accented English is downright hilarious at times.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:25
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Absolutely No Belgians Permitted Unless Accompanied by Civilized Individuals
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Jul 15, 2014 20:25
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Vietnamese was the one I was specifically thinking of but I also don't care for Cantonese. I don't know if I could distinguish them from Thai or Lao though.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:26
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Cantonese is closer to Vietnamese geographically. Thai and Laos are sing songy by comparison (something like 60% identical). Khmer is Thai with a Vietnamese accent.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:27
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Years ago I knew an Indian guy who did a spot on Vietnamese impression consisting entirely of chicken clucking noises. Looking back I may have been a bit of an rear end in a top hat thinking that was funny.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:27
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Was it Russel Peters? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL8hV-zjJ_4 e: thanks xylo
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Jul 15, 2014 20:29
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zoux posted:
Ugh, it's no fun if you know it's me.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:31
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Way too fast for it to be a purchase.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:31
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zoux posted:Was it Russel Peters? This was like mid 90s, way before Russel Peters.
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Jul 15, 2014 20:34
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zoux posted:I was surprised when I started listening to Dutch rap to learn that Dutch has a hard fricative "h" sound like Arabic or Hebrew. AFAIK it's the only Euro language with one so it confused me. i also don't really know what a hard fricative is. which dutch rap?
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Jul 15, 2014 20:36
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zoux posted:Way too fast for it to be a purchase.  "
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Jul 15, 2014 20:37
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Someone is trolling the hell out of the @congressedits Twitter bot that tracks Wikipedia edits coming from a Congress IP, and it's hilarious
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Jul 15, 2014 20:37
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R. Mute posted:i just saw your avatar magically jump from whatever it was to racist. such a special moment. e: hey. Fricative may not be the right term. You'd recognize it from Hebrew or Arabic though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nkX2hXiXsE
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Jul 15, 2014 20:38
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You guys are talking about the voiced/unvoiced velar and uvular fricative. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_fricative http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_uvular_fricative
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Jul 15, 2014 20:43
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ufarn posted:Someone is trolling the hell out of the @congressedits Twitter bot that tracks Wikipedia edits coming from a Congress IP, and it's hilarious Seems whoever is doing it has been on it for years (and do read the last entry of that talk page)
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Jul 15, 2014 20:45
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Joementum posted:All the Francophone word endings in English got added during the Victorian era, which is why Americans don't write "centre", "colour", "labour", etc. I need a source for this. I have so many friends who are all uppity about their Received Pronunciation and Spelling bullshit.
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Speaking of Australians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAbbg6kfmaU
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