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Most of us, I hear, have accidently called Capital Kiwi Captain Kiwi, and there is a fellow on another I thought was named Harvard, until I noticed there was one r in it. Any idea of what this is called? Or other examples?
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Dunno jim...but I remember reading an article once how folks named Armstrong and Montgomery continually have their names written and spoken as the other...perhaps this is the same, or similar, process?
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Whit: Do you remember where you read that? I could look up the place it's in. etaoin: Of course!  I'm sure there's a technical term for this circumstance.
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hehe. are you thinking something specifically with names, or a general thing when we read what we think we should see?
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The latter, although I experience it more with names.
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Rest assured that when we call 'im Captain Kiwi there's an "arrrrrrgh, matey" soon to follow.
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Whit: Do you remember where you read that? I could look up the place it's in.
jim, I'm thinkin' the Montgomery/Armstrong article may have been in Smithsonian about 8 years ago or so. I searched awhile, hoping to turn something up online, but no hits yet. I'll keep looking.
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I wonder if my grandfather was getting Smithsonian then. I'll look tonight.
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Rest assured that when we call 'im Captain Kiwi there's an "arrrrrrgh, matey" soon to follow.Surely, you remember the infamous Captain Kiwi! The most plunderin' cutthroat scalawag to ever sail the Seven Seas! I hear tell he made even Blackbeard and Henry Morgan cower in his presence! And the stone idols of Easter Island quiver!!! 
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He made the Easter Island statues quiver? Hell, what would they want a quiver for? They didn't have bows or arrows, so far as I know.
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>They didn't have bows or arrows, so far as I know.
or any arms at all, for that matter.
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Who dis Capital/Captain Kiwi anyway, wunner boy? Some pillock from down sarf?
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You just leave Captain Kywy alone! He done be a very close frennamine!
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Friend, schmiend. You ain't GOT no friends, wonderboy! Go take a hike!
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Who are you calling names, friend? You just keep your goddamn opinions to your ownself!
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Damn, this is all too schizoid. I yield the field to the newbie. I'm outta here! I can't take it any more! I'm s-o-o-o-o-o depressed! Bye, friends! You'll miss me, and it's all Jimthedog's fault. He encouraged this! Never mind that Juan character. Bollocks to all of you! *sniff*
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The above conversation was a bit of surreality to wake up to.
Juan: Blackbeard didn't cower to anyone--ever, never. Even when going down, he took at least seven shots before succumbing and was drinking straight rum the whole time. And he had bits of burning hemp tied into his beard to make himself look like a devil--or to get high. I'm not sure which.
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Capital Kiwi? Journeyman? Title journeyman
Total Posts 3059 Shades of Rookie of the Year Satchel Paige!
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Juan: Blackbeard didn't cower to anyoneWhy would the Easter Island statues want a quiver for? They didn't have bows and arrows.Hey, hey, hey, guys! We're trying to build a legend here...the Saga of the Notorious Captain Kiwi. Think Paul Bunyan. Hyberbole is good!  Why, even Long John Silver himself offered to share his treasure when cornered by the seething Captain Kiwi with a pistol and a dagger in his teeth! "Look, here's me map," sez he. "If ya spare me, Kiwi, I'll put'cha on to half of me chests, I will. And what's more, yer can have yer pick of me men to help ya dig, an' then ya can just kill 'em all after ya finds it! An' ya can even cut the throat of me filthy parrot, here, so he never tells no one of this here deal!" "#&!* you!", sez his parrot. But, as we now all know, the ferocious Captain Kiwi grabbed the treasure map, slit Long John's throat, ate the parrot live, and ordered Silver's men to lead him to the treasure. Now, if anyone of 'em 'cept for Long John really knew the 'xact whereabouts of the booty, and actually led Captain Kiwi to all that glorious plunder, is hard to say. But yer can bet if they did, they didn't live to tell about it. And yer wonders why the "good" Captain bolts from the board as soon as he's found out, do ya?! Ha! "Capital", indeed!
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ate the parrot liveAnd what network was this on?? 
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That could certainly lead to venus envy.
Bet (Venus de) Milum wishes HE'D said that.
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And what network was this on??
The Pirate Channel.
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(Venus de) Milum
Ah well, he's quite 'armless then.
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That could certainly lead to venus envy.
Bet (Venus de) Milum wishes HE'D said that. ~TEdWrong envy. ~ milum(Venus de) Milum.
Ah well, he's quite 'armless then. ~ bonzaialsatianNo man with the wrong envy is ever 'armless. ~ milum Ah. ~ etaoin Ah. ~ milum. 
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Have I been demoted? Just checking.
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Yup, it appears so. I was swapping back and forth between Capfka and Capital Kiwi and somewhere along the line ...
Ah well, me wrists will love it, I'm sure!
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Huh? Whowhathowwhenwhywhere?!
Do I really need to know?
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Maybe the mysterious Ata stole some of your mojo, Pfranz.
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Have I been demoted? Just checking.
I was swapping back and forth between Capfka and Capital Kiwi and somewhere along the line ...
Well, Capfka, it's just the price of your very own Metamorphosis, of course!
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Well, as ex-PFC Wintergreen would have said, someone has to do it. Over time I can earn back my lost (and totally meaningless) nominal ranking. But do I want to? That's a good question, I'm glad you didn't ask.
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In reply to:
I remember reading an article once how folks named Armstrong and Montgomery continually have their names written and spoken as the other
People called Armstrong keep getting called Montgomery and people called Montgomery keep getting called Armstrong? Or "the other" is used as a term of address to people called Armstrong or Montgomery? Either way, it all seems most improbable.
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Huh? Whowhathowwhenwhywhere?!
We could also ask: hwæt?®
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