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#209966 - 03/11/13 10:11 AM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: wofahulicodoc]
Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1021 Loc: Lancaster, UK	OK, I agree that we don't need no steenkin' roolz but - over this side of the pond, the general practice, even in 'street-talk', is that words starting with a vowel sound are preceded by 'thee' and all others by 'thuh.' That is not what your colourful example, above, shows (as Buff rightly says.) _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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#209968 - 03/11/13 11:12 AM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: wofahulicodoc]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	The "rule" I learned was "thee" before a vowel, "thuh" otherwise, with, of course, a few exceptions. (There are always exceptions...) As RC says. Edited by Buffalo Shrdlu (03/11/13 11:12 AM) Edit Reason: I missed the next page... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#209970 - 03/11/13 11:23 AM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5272 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando OK, I agree that we don't need no steenkin' roolz but - over this side of the pond, the general practice, even in 'street-talk', is that words starting with a vowel sound are preceded by 'thee' and all others by 'thuh.' That is not what your colourful example, above, shows (as Buff rightly says.) I've always subscribed to the same, except "thee" when used in emphasis: "That was the (thee) best dinner I've ever had". _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#209971 - 03/11/13 01:00 PM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: LukeJavan8]
jenny jenny addict Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 611 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	Well now boys, is not sectional diversity wonderful? How rigid are the (pronounced thuh) uh, arbitrary rules over in England and how richly is the (pronounced thee or thuh according to whim) English Language used here in the ever-evolving southern South. Here, you see, we drawl but conserve our words. Nuance, pitch, so forth, and et cetera are all incorporated into a mishmash of meanings and this is why our words are alive and yours are becoming dead.
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#209973 - 03/11/13 03:01 PM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: jenny jenny]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5248 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	how richly is the (pronounced thee or thuh according to whim) English Language used here in the ever-evolving southern South. That's why the rest of the world some little once in a while has a hard time reading you. TRUMP-TRYST
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#209984 - 03/12/13 09:03 AM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: BranShea]
jenny jenny addict Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 611 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	Maybe, Branshe. Or perhaps they are just stolid. Jump Donald Trump you are slipping in the ratings Find a frump Donald Trump the ratings are abating Tryst her hire her Admire her fire her Hump Donald Trump the whole wide world is waiting HEIRESS - HEPCAT
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#210046 - 03/16/13 08:02 PM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: jenny jenny]
Tromboniator addict Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 690 Loc: Alaska	There once was a world-famous heiress Who flew off to party in Paris. She fell in with a hepcat Who pampered her, 'cep' that His acts were designed to embarrass. COOKIE – COPILOT
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#210075 - 03/21/13 03:40 AM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: Tromboniator]
jenny jenny addict Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 611 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	The Copilot was the vet the pilot was the rookie Their mission: Bomb the munitions plant at Kwazooki The pilot had a boxlunch; a chicken and a cookie The co-pilot's lunch was to bomb the plant at Kwazooki He said: "Lookie, Zero, nine oclock!" and stole the rookie's cookie. FARMER - FATALITY
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#210076 - 03/21/13 10:49 AM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: jenny jenny]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5272 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Loverly. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#210115 - 03/26/13 02:37 AM Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: jenny jenny]
Tromboniator addict Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 690 Loc: Alaska	There was once, in a rustic locality, A sodbuster of utmost banality. Thought himself a great charmer, This troglodyte farmer. His results were cupidic fatality. AD LIB – ADROIT
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