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Originally Posted by dave angel
E2A: Mods and Admins, you really need to sort out the word sensor, you can say 'Bush' but not 'D yke', whas goin' on?
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D-y-k-e is a disparaging word for the Sister's of Sappho, so it's censored out.
Yes, it's also a proper noun for a person's surname, but...
Hey, at least we've corrected "saltwater" and "Chardonnay"
By the way, go ahead PM Ironduke or myself directly if you find censor bugs.
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Originally Posted by dave angel
i suppose its a kind of a reflection on the way we view the differing parts of american society, with a southern accent you can imagine the speaker smiling at you while they're speaking, with a dreadful New York nasal accent you can imagine them stabbing you for standing on the PAVEMENT!, while the Californian accent - or perhaps 'shopping mall' accent - gives the distinct impression of absolute inactivity between the ears and appears to intone that while said imbecile may be speaking at you, they aren't actually aware of your existance...
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Don't worry Dave, you chaps aren't the only ones that feel that way.
New Yawk and New Joisey accents tend to be just a tad harsh on the ears, not to mention the classic Bostonian and Rhode Island "pahk da cah" stuff...
The California "Valley" accent is equally inane to the rest of the country. Fortunately you don't usually encounter it outside it's native territory.
A lovely belle with a soft Virginia accent is one of the finer pleasures in life...
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Originally Posted by glyn
You ex-colonials have some funny ways. You seceded from the Crown and thought that a spiffing wheeze, but what a great tizzy you made when the Confederacy wanted to do the same less than a century later. Can't you even try to be a little more consistent?
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Point of order!
They (the Confederacy) fired first!
And hey, I didn't exactly see the Queen's ships and the Queen's men rushing to the Confederacy's aid either...!
