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response 96 of 289:
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Oct 23 14:12 UTC 2002 |
Well, it turns out that I am going to have to see 8 Mile, though I wasn't
planning on it. I'll wait for the video/DVD, though. Apparently, the
role of Roy Daroucher is played by the guy with whom I've been sharing a
PO Box for the last eleven years: Adam Brook, proprietor of Cadillac
Luggage in the Penobscot Building, and formerly proprietor of Adam's
Garden of Eden in Ann Arbor.
Weird. VERY weird. He's never been a professional actor. However, I
can easily imagine him in the role...
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gull
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response 97 of 289:
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Oct 23 14:59 UTC 2002 |
Re #94: Could be worse, the "Local News Gap" item turned into a
discussion about cats.
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slynne
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response 98 of 289:
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Oct 23 15:16 UTC 2002 |
Does anyone know if any theaters around here are planning on showing
Bowling for Columbine?
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remmers
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response 99 of 289:
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Oct 23 18:12 UTC 2002 |
It opens at the Michigan Theater November 1, according to their web page.
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edina
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response 100 of 289:
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Oct 23 18:27 UTC 2002 |
I can't wait to see "8 Mile". That's how homesick I am.
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slynne
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response 101 of 289:
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Oct 23 18:38 UTC 2002 |
I used to live very near 8 Mile and Woodward but I'll bet that isnt the
neighborhood where that movie is set.
RE#99 Cool!
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tpryan
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response 102 of 289:
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Oct 23 19:21 UTC 2002 |
re above:
Invite people over for Soup nad a sandwich.
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richard
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response 103 of 289:
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Oct 24 02:46 UTC 2002 |
#93...russ, thats an idea! a pointless bickering item!
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russ
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response 104 of 289:
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Oct 24 05:20 UTC 2002 |
(I find it very amusing that BBC newscasters pronounce Korea to
rhyme with "career". The British are a funny folk, they delete
written u's and add unwritten r's...)
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gelinas
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response 105 of 289:
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Oct 24 05:21 UTC 2002 |
You mean like in "Warsh the cor, Son."
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cmcgee
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response 106 of 289:
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Oct 24 12:15 UTC 2002 |
Isnt that "Worsh the caa, son?".
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janc
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response 107 of 289:
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Oct 24 13:16 UTC 2002 |
I sometimes tell people that it is easier to pronounce my name ("Yon
Walter") if they forget how it is spelled, but I've met some people who
can't. One professor I worked with couldn't get past "Yan". (That
variation is most common with people from England who want to morph my
name into "Ian"). Some of the problem seems to be a paniced attempt to
say anything except "Jan" (as in "Janet"), which causes people to come
up with all sorts of things, like "Juan". Which is, in the end, OK with
me. I'll usually correct a pronounciation once or twice, but if the
person doesn't get it, then let them pronounce it any way they want.
After all, even I don't pronounce it correctly when speaking English. I
only use the correct pronounciation when speaking German. Though
Americans are perfectly capable of saying "Yun" and maybe even "Voilta",
it sounds wrong to me when in American English mode. I kind of like
having my name change when I shift languages. Maybe if I spoke French I
could be "Jean Voltaire". "Ian Walter" would probaby be much more
comfortable in England.
Of course, this causes me some trouble, because a lot of things sound
like my name to me. I'm constantly hearing sounds in the crowd that
sound like some variation of my name. I went to school with a kid named
"Jon Votaw". His name sounded a lot like the German pronounciation of
my name, so I reacted to his name a lot more often than he reacted to mine.
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orinoco
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response 108 of 289:
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Oct 24 14:12 UTC 2002 |
I think I'm going to call you Jean Voltaire from now on.
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mynxcat
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response 109 of 289:
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Oct 24 14:56 UTC 2002 |
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lelande
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response 110 of 289:
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Oct 24 19:00 UTC 2002 |
107: i've wondered if your name was pronounced to rhyme with "on" or with
"yawn" only slightly less rounded at the lips. incidentally, the first soundi
n your first name in the international phonetic alphabet is transcribed [j].
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gelinas
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response 111 of 289:
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Oct 24 21:39 UTC 2002 |
Re #106: Ah doan think so; them folks wahsh the caa aftuh they pahk it.
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mxyzptlk
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response 112 of 289:
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Oct 25 10:51 UTC 2002 |
just think in terms of login names... janc is pronounced "yonk".
of course, mxyzptlk is a bit harder so y'all can just call me
Uncle Mxy. :)
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lelande
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response 113 of 289:
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Oct 26 02:19 UTC 2002 |
true... but whenever i see 'mxyszptlk' in any context i immediately pronounce
it the way i did when i was a kid: "mixespultlick"
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other
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response 114 of 289:
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Oct 26 05:39 UTC 2002 |
"Mitzelplick" was how I always heard it in my head.
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polytarp
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response 115 of 289:
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Oct 26 14:46 UTC 2002 |
How do you all pronouce my name?
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remmers
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response 116 of 289:
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Oct 26 16:24 UTC 2002 |
I pronounce it "Phil Green".
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lelande
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response 117 of 289:
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Oct 26 16:37 UTC 2002 |
"politicore"
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lelande
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response 118 of 289:
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Oct 26 16:38 UTC 2002 |
114: i would sometimes vary with "mistelpolick"
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scott
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response 119 of 289:
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Oct 26 18:39 UTC 2002 |
"mix pickle".
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scott
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response 120 of 289:
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Oct 26 20:32 UTC 2002 |
"Jason X" - aka "Friday the 13th in Outer Space".
Yup, our fave slasher Jason gets frozen until far into the future, when he's
discovered and unthawed by a spaceship hosting a school science field trip!
Yup, oversexed teens in space, being chased around by a slasher. Oh, and a
few sacrificial space marines as well.
Quite funny. :)
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