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I have to confess, I haven't read every single post in this thread, but I followed them with pleasure for a while (before the guilt of not paying more attention to my work took over) and it occurred to me - shouldn't this thread be entitled Gradations rather than Graduation?
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here's a gradation for you:
here in Minneapolis it was a Grade A gray day.
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shouldn't this thread be entitled Gradations rather than Graduation?
Basically, no. The first Graduation thread began with a post inquiring about how one graduates to the next title.
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[music note icon] Rhubarb's an addict, Rhubarb's an addict! [music note icon] Ring around Commando, A pocket full of can-do, Rhubarb, Rhubarb, We all fall down! 
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[music note icon] Max is an old hand, Max is an old hand! [music note icon] (ohmigawd how'm I ever going to rhyme this one? I did RC's for the challenge, but this beats it!) Okay; to the tune of the alphabet song: Quor-dle-pleen is an Old Hand, Bends so far, then takes a stand. Quietly he makes his way; Picks his time to have his say; He will not get in a stew-ie, Temper never goes ka-bloo-ey. Um--I think I'll spare you all any further public stupidities (the deliberate kind, that is). 
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 Thank you Jackie, my dear. That's the first time anyone, anywhere has ever written a song about me. I am touched, deeply. Aren't rhymes wonderful things. It has told me that Jackie - and presumably others over that side of the pond - pronounce the second syllable of my name as, "man" - whereas I always say, "mahn" in that context. I guess Rhubarb is pronounced much the same everywhere - even the French is not essentially different, is it bel?
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In reply to:
It has told me that Jackie - and presumably others over that side of the pond - pronounce the second syllable of my name as, "man" - whereas I always say, "mahn" in that context.
Jackie (as this avatar of Anu likes to be called) is indeed too sweet for words, however they rhyme. Your noticing the commando difference struck a chord with this Kiwi. That vowel sound is one of the most glaringly obvious distinctions between the accents of those from opposites sides of the Tasman. Australians pronounce dance to rhyme with Manse, while Kiwis "dahnce", and most Kiwis I know cringe (or, as our Aussie neighbours would say, creenge) when they hear the flat Australian a, eh? 
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This Kiwi noticed it as well but has long given up on commenting on such differences. Life's too short. I mean, I could be leeving the hoi loife in Seedknee, going to graduate skuil and drinking schoonas by the swimming puil, couldn't I? 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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This Kiwi noticed it as well but has long given up on commenting on such differences. Life's too short
As am I. Think of my post as a public service bulletin, educating the poor, bottom-dwelling Northerners, so as to help them avoid tarring all Antipodeans with the same Strine brush. After all, we've learned how to distinguish USians from Canuckians, haven't we?
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. After all, we've learned how to distinguish USians from Canuckians, haven't we?
We have? Oh, er, yer ... [bemusement emoticon]
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