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  1. H.R.B.

    H.R.B. New Member

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    I'll have to ask my husband if he thinks I'm a silly
    cow. They must get away with more where you live. [​IMG]

    Heifer from WI,
    Heidi
     
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  2. jonmagee

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    Personally I would definately not call a lady a cow, silly or otherwise. Lady's may be referred to in some parts of Scotland as "Hen". In Glasgow men are referred to as "Jimmy".

    yours, Jon.
     
    #42 jonmagee, Jan 2, 2003
  3. Abiyah

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    Now that you have read my note about my fake
    friend, Lucy, aren't those words witty? They are
    so onomatopoeic that it is easy to immediately
    understand what the person means. I guess the
    only one that was difficult was fetching. One
    could use it this way: "She is a fetching beauty."
    It means very attractive, and it is all right to use
    it with 'beauty." "She is fetching" would merely
    mean she is attractive, while a "fetching beauty"
    is a knock-out, totally gorgeous, a real humdinger.
     
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  4. Jim1999

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    Dead brilliant! Fetching means the same in the USA as it does in England.......Guess you got something right from our dictionary...... [​IMG]

    Cheers,

    Jim
     
    #44 Jim1999, Jan 2, 2003
  5. Son of Consolation

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    Hum, this is quite educational! [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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  6. SaggyWoman

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    As they said on a DCTalk album, "We're just two honks and a negro serving the Lord...."

    Get your hosepipe out and hook it up to the spigot.
     
    #46 SaggyWoman, Jan 3, 2003
  7. tyndale1946

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    You sure learn a lot on the BB... I thought that the term was for the one who saw a bumper sticker on a car... saying... Honk if you love Jesus!... So I honk to show I love Jesus too [​IMG] ... I become the Honky :cool: ... Brother Glen [​IMG]

    You mean the rest of you are not honkys' too? :D

    [ January 03, 2003, 02:36 AM: Message edited by: tyndale1946 ]
     
    #47 tyndale1946, Jan 3, 2003
  8. blush

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    Aha, now you see why I decided to major in linguistics ;) Fascinating stuff isn't it?
     
    #48 blush, Jan 3, 2003
  9. Abiyah

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    Having been born in California, when my first hus-
    band died, the first thing I wanted to do was "go
    home." Minnesota had been my home throughout
    our 8.5-year marriage, and I had a major Minneso-
    ta accent. Still have, to a small degree.

    (For those who may not know, Minnesotans speak
    very clearly and similarly to those in Wisconsin.
    Every consonant and every vowel is pronounced,
    the vowels pronounced very broadly. For exam-
    ple, diaper is pronounced "die-uh-per." Another:
    while many cut off their ending Ts and Ds, they are
    they are very specifically and heavily pronounced
    there.)

    But when I moved the family back to California,
    after being away so long, one of the first things I
    noticed was that no one says "I" or "I'm"; everyone
    said "Ah" or "Ah'm." The second thing, and most
    amazing, was that everyone said, "is-is." Rather
    than saying, "Well, the thing is that . . . ," They said,
    "Well, the thing is is . . . ." And there were other
    ways in which "is-is" was used. Since this was v
    ery interesting to me, whenever I heard "is-is," I
    noticed, until the day I heard it: someone actually
    managed to say, "is is is" in a conversation. Don't
    ask me! I just think it is interesting!

    In Missouri, no one used long Os; they and
    short Us were turned into "au." Even the city
    of Baltimore had its very own way of pronouncing
    words. I can see why one would take in interest in
    studying linguistics: a short hop from state to
    state would present immediate study.

    [ January 03, 2003, 07:31 AM: Message edited by: Abiyah ]
     
    #49 Abiyah, Jan 3, 2003
  10. Jim1999

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    When a Canadian television station wanted to introduce an English pub-like show, they engaged a Cockney entertainer. This bloke was a regular entertainer in the clubs and music halls in East London.

    There was one problem; no one could understand a word he was saying. Make a long story short, they packed him off back to England with the note: Please send us an educated Cockney. One who speaks English........True as I type here, folks. That note was sent back to England......The end result was the telly show was a booming success caled The Pig and Whistle.. John Hewer was the educated Cockney.

    Cheers,

    Jim
     
    #50 Jim1999, Jan 3, 2003
  11. Johnv

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    I prefer "Caucasian American Male".
     
    #51 Johnv, Jan 3, 2003
  12. Chemnitz

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    I don't know if anybody covered this, but the term "honky" came about during the early 1900's when well to do white men would drive their cars through black neighborhoods looking for prostitutes. These guys would honk their horns in order to attract these "ladies", because they did not wish to be seen getting out of their cars.
     
    #52 Chemnitz, Jan 5, 2003
  13. Abiyah

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    Yu-u-u-uck! Well, that is about the fourth idea
    regarding its origin. I don't think I will call my son
    a honky again.
     
    #53 Abiyah, Jan 5, 2003
  14. rsr

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