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Jackie and I collaborated
Posted another untruth, I see. I doubt that anyone will believe your statement, since it is obvious from the quality of your posts that you would not need or want to collaborate with someone whom you consider feckless.
Interestingly, the nickname shona brings to mind that old pop song, "My Sherona".
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All right, them are fighting words. Who said you were feckless. You`re as feckled as they come. Why, I`ve never SEEN anyone with more feckleness. You are the epitome of fecklenosity. Mumble mumble mumble....
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okay, let's see if I can defuse this before it gets hot (since ignoring it hasn't worked :). I think it was Jo who suggested several possible romantic pairings, one of which was Jackie and I. my typically prolix response was that I prefer the feckful and taciturn type (read strong and silent); Jackie inferred that I was calling her the opposite, that is, feckless. fyi, feckful is mostly Scottish in usage, in the sense of vigorous or powerful.
anyway, mea maxima culpa.
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Feck---what the heck. THANK YOU, belMarduk! MUCHLY appreciated! Tsuwm, I appreciate your "mea culpa". I notice that you say nothing to the effect that my inference was incorrect. You are certainly entitled to your opinion. I must say that it is one I would prefer not to have found out, but will deal. Perhaps you could just skip my posts. No hard feelings here. An amusing aside: more than once, in attempting to type feckless or --ful, I found I had typed a 'u' in place of the first 'e'!
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An amusing aside: more than once, in attempting to type feckless or --ful, I found I had typed a 'u' in place of the first 'e'!
Apropos of absolutely nothing (as is my wont), the correct pronunciation of the very common Maori word "whaka" is basically indistinguishable from F*cka - some Anglo NZers are reluctant to pronounce it properly for that reason.
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...the correct pronunciation of the very common Maori word "whaka" is basically indistinguishable from F*cka - some Anglo NZers are reluctant to pronounce it properly for that reason.
Yes Max, I can identify with that. I recall my mothers' reaction when I telephoned her during one of my NZ holidays to tell her I was going to Whakapapa.
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Yes Max, I can identify with that. I recall my mothers' reaction when I telephoned her during one of my NZ holidays to tell her I was going to Whakapapa.There was a Maori comedian who had a character called "Abe Whakatawhainau" - if the surname is pronounced properly, and fast, it sounds exaclty like "F*cked If I Know" - although that can't quite match the incestuous nightmare you gave your poor mother! (As an interesting aside, the English word that comes closest to translating "whakapapa" is genealogy) Coincidence?
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Completely off-topic (!):
I have a tape of bird songs that includes the call of the South American chakalaka (I think--can't check the sp., the tape is on loan to a friend), so called because of the sound it makes. But to my English-attuned ears, this bird's call sounds exactly like "wrap-it-up". Amazing.
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The writing suggests a different person and the physical behaviour the complete opposite. I think this could happen.
Hi Avy, Yes I think this does happen, and not just when writing. In different contexts, when partaking in different activities, and especially when in different groups, we all adopt slightly different personae. In some cases the personae can appear significantly different from an outside perspective.
But what we have to remember is that all these personae are genuine aspects of one "real" person.
OK, I'm conveniently disregarding deliberate pretence/assumption of personae, but that's because, as belM implies, it's such hard work to maintain this kind of act that I think it's a relatively uncommon occurrence. More to the point, it's socially risky and, in the long term, probably not much fun!
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mild surprise at finding that Fishonabike was not a woman as I'd thought
Bingley,
Given Jackie & belM's summaries of sex differences - I'm honoured!
Uh, I think.
Shona
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