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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 1, 2012 6:36:48 GMT -5
*snicker* A cat jealous of a phone? That's a new one! But of course, her employee should pay attention to her, not talk to some stupid object ;D
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 1, 2012 7:05:40 GMT -5
HAHA! Cats always seem to think they're the highest rank in the family. She's already batted at him once and hissed but she ran away as soon as she did it. She's just confused at this creature that's the same colour as her but smells funny.
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Post by eskimoRock on Jul 1, 2012 7:55:11 GMT -5
Im scared of cats, but I'm desperate for a dog. I have a friend who got rabbits, got bored of them so she got a dog, and then got bored of that. Last weekend her mum presented her with a kitten for actually walking into the exam room and sitting her exams, which seems a bit unfair  |
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 1, 2012 7:57:14 GMT -5
...That is a bit ridiculous. You don't get a new pet because you got bored of the old one. Or as reward for taking an exam that is mandatory. *snorts* That sounds like Molly-style parenting.
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Post by eskimoRock on Jul 1, 2012 9:02:13 GMT -5
Yep. Its like i said, if she fails all her exams is her mum going to bring the kitten back? No, so why should she get a award for going into an exam room and sitting down, basically? The rest of us have to wait until the results come in August.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 1, 2012 9:05:21 GMT -5
And I find it sad that your friend got bored with the old pets so fast and then obviously did get another one. What about the old pets? It's not fair to them, regardless of what you do with them, giving them away or just not really taking the time to care for them any longer.
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Post by eskimoRock on Jul 1, 2012 9:16:14 GMT -5
Yeah, its sad because one of the rabbits died but she wasn't bothered, and the other one just walks around the neighbourhood like a cat would do, but she just says it'll come back in the end. If she has to walk her dog, she goes to the field next to her house and sits there on her phone while the dog walks himself around the field  |
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Post by viralic1 on Jul 1, 2012 9:20:09 GMT -5
That's pretty bad. I'm surprised she hasn't been reported for animal neglect.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 1, 2012 9:22:58 GMT -5
People like that shouldn't be allowed to have pets. If that was my daughter, I'd not have given her a new one after the rabbit, as it was clear she would get bored of the dog as well. That way she's not going to learn responsibility. When you have a pet, you are responsible to care for it properly. Heck, I've got a pony nearly 23 years ago, and 20 years ago we took our horses to another stable where we do most of the work ourselves. For 20 years, I've had to go two to three times a week to feed them and clean the stables, no matter if I wanted to or not. I've had to do it in immense heat, in temperatures below -20 degrees Celsius, despite icy streets, in heavy rain ... there was no trying to get out of that duty, because my pony is dependent on me caring for it. And that goes for all pets.
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Post by readingwizard4 on Jul 1, 2012 10:11:10 GMT -5
I have 3 cats at home, one I've had for almost 10 years and it still can't stand the other two cats. The first of the other two was born 3-4 years later maybe and the last was born from the 2nd one a year or two after that. The first one is the inside but sometimes outside cat. The other two sleep on the porch though the youngest one comes in from time to time.
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 1, 2012 14:40:52 GMT -5
Both my cats are outdoor cats at night and then come in during the day while everyone is at work/school. They get on very well even though they weren't from the same litter. That might be because my cat was barely a year old when we brought my sister's kitten in. He was sort of new himself so now as territorial as he is now with Merlin.
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Post by Ithiarel on Jul 1, 2012 14:49:14 GMT -5
We started of with just one tom cat. But when he was three years, another cat "moved in" (it happens on farms) and she gave birth to a set of 5 tabbies. While our tom cat was mostly okay with the little ones, he just can't get along with the cat. Even after nearly 4 years now, they still fight whenever they meet.
Territory doesn't seem to be the problem, though, since they've all got their own little pieces of the house, garden and outlying area. By now I think they just can't stand each other.
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Post by brokenquill92 on Jul 1, 2012 17:33:55 GMT -5
When trolley is said in America it means a type of train also referred to as a streetcar. I believe it's called a tram in the UK. Pacifier or binkie here is called a dummy in UK right? I've learned that as far as America goes it depends on what part of the country you're in I'm from Ohio and monorail is called tram but streetcars are trollies and the traing is just the train as for pacifier, binky, or dummy I've heard all three used. I've recently moved to the South Tennessee to be exact and there mannerism and language is completely foreign especially the use of y'all and ain't they use words like buggy and billfold and other odd turn of phrase personally between the odd language and thick accents it's horrible trying to understand them and I personally find some parts of Southern culture offensive oh sorry I went on a little rant there but the Southern US really is horrible |
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Post by viralic1 on Jul 1, 2012 17:54:50 GMT -5
I've learned that as far as America goes it depends on what part of the country you're in I'm from Ohio and monorail is called tram but streetcars are trollies and the traing is just the train as for pacifier, binky, or dummy I've heard all three used. I've recently moved to the South Tennessee to be exact and there mannerism and language is completely foreign especially the use of y'all and ain't they use words like buggy and billfold and other odd turn of phrase personally between the odd language and thick accents it's horrible trying to understand them and I personally find some parts of Southern culture offensive oh sorry I went on a little rant there but the Southern US really is horrible Agreed. When I moved from Ohio to Florida, it's like learning a new dialect. You know the basics of the language, but the specifics need polishing up. |
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Post by blackroses77 on Jul 1, 2012 18:01:39 GMT -5
When trolley is said in America it means a type of train also referred to as a streetcar. I believe it's called a tram in the UK. Pacifier or binkie here is called a dummy in UK right? I've learned that as far as America goes it depends on what part of the country you're in I'm from Ohio and monorail is called tram but streetcars are trollies and the traing is just the train as for pacifier, binky, or dummy I've heard all three used. I've recently moved to the South Tennessee to be exact and there mannerism and language is completely foreign especially the use of y'all and ain't they use words like buggy and billfold and other odd turn of phrase personally between the odd language and thick accents it's horrible trying to understand them and I personally find some parts of Southern culture offensive oh sorry I went on a little rant there but the Southern US really is horrible I'm surprised you had never heard of y'all and ain't as I'm from PA and we use both quite frequently. Where I live it's several little towns bunched so close together they could be one big town very close to a moderate sized city. But as close as the towns are there are some distinct differences one of which being that it is quite common for people from one section to say tree instead of three. I mean really! That drives me absolutely nuts. Here's a line from one of those 'If you live in-' lists that you find on the internet. I can give you some pointers on how to talk like you're from NEPA (northeast pennsylvania) though: Tree - the number between 2 and 4 A couple, two, tree - more than one, but less than "a lot" "Goin' up da mall" - all of our malls are built on large hills Hoagies - a sandwich filled with fattening meat-like substances Youse - refers to a small group of people, usually a couple, two, tree Heyna - slang of slang. Proper usage is "heyna or no". Loose translations: "am I right or not?" or "is it not so?"  And yes for all the wonderful thing's down South it also leaves a lot to be desired. |
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Post by physicssquid on Jul 1, 2012 18:05:38 GMT -5
Many places in Britain are just as bad.
I remember when my mum was at school, she told me that her parents had moved to a place called Dudley, which is somewhere in the Midlands, and when my gran took her to be enrolled at the local secondary school, they were told "'er a 'ere," which translates to "she's not here," when they asked about the headmistress.
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Post by blackroses77 on Jul 1, 2012 18:10:26 GMT -5
Many places in Britain are just as bad. I remember when my mum was at school, she told me that her parents had moved to a place called Dudley, which is somewhere in the Midlands, and when my gran took her to be enrolled at the local secondary school, they were told "'er a 'ere," which translates to "she's not here," when they asked about the headmistress. That is bad, it's not even possible to work out the translation. At least when I first heard heyna I could figure out they were asking me to agree with them or not by the rest of their sentence. |
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Post by physicssquid on Jul 1, 2012 18:43:39 GMT -5
This is why I said many places in Britain are just as bad. My mum spent time in the Midlands, where the people call Birmingham, Beeminggoom.
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Post by blackroses77 on Jul 1, 2012 18:48:46 GMT -5
Beeminggoom  |
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Post by physicssquid on Jul 1, 2012 19:32:03 GMT -5
That's what I think it sounds like. I've tried to write it phonetically.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 2, 2012 0:29:00 GMT -5
And what would be the correct phonetical pronouncation for Birmingham? *is curious*
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Post by mountaingirl777 on Jul 2, 2012 1:18:43 GMT -5
I'm from California, but I have a small southern accent because of where I grew up (Southern Sierra Nevadas near Bakersfield, there are a lot of people who have southern roots. Most are Oklahoma because people from the Dust Bowl era settled there. My grandparents on my dad's side are from Oklahoma and that is where I get the accent from, especially when I'm around them) and I also have been told I have a Canadian accent because I'm around Canadians a lot. I live on a base that has a huge mixture of nationalities ( I don't know if that is right word). We have Americans (mostly Californians and some from Washington), Canadians, two South Africans and two Swiss. We also have backpackers from Denmark, Brazil, South Korea, Switerland, UK, Australia come through.
I'm pretty good at accents and will sometimes conform if I hear it enough. I will also do that with languages and differences in words ( I will say Eh (Canadian) and y'all and ain't.) I will go with anything. *shrugges* I especially love the English UK accent and all the differences in the names of things and sayings.
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Post by mkatl1 on Jul 2, 2012 1:23:02 GMT -5
I'm Australian with English parents. And polish and English grandparents lol.
But other than that I didn't even know there was an American version of Harry potter :/
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Post by TitansRule on Jul 2, 2012 4:57:21 GMT -5
Correct pronunciation of Birmingham is Berm-ing-em - at least in the South of England; people's accents mean they pronounce it differently.
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Post by viralic1 on Jul 2, 2012 4:59:22 GMT -5
I've never understood the idea of a "correct" pronunciation. Everyone is going to say it different due to accents.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 2, 2012 5:00:33 GMT -5
Thanks! That sounds indeed a bit different from what was said above.
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Post by Ithiarel on Jul 2, 2012 5:03:56 GMT -5
I've never understood the idea of a "correct" pronunciation. Everyone is going to say it different due to accents. Well, some languages have an artificially created dialect, like e.g. RP or "Queen's English" in Britain. Truth is, that no one actually speaks RP in everyday life. As far as I know, the dialect was originally created for Queen Elizabeth, so that she wouldn't inadvertantly favour one British region over another when she held speeches. And for a long time actors and newsanchors of the BBC also had to speak in RP. That's only changed in recent years, when dialects became fashionable again... |
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Post by viralic1 on Jul 2, 2012 5:08:02 GMT -5
True. The idea of correct pronunciation just kind of annoys me cause a lot of teachers gave me crap when I moved to Florida because I said things in a Northern dialect and they were giving me bad grades because I "couldn't speak properly."
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Post by Ithiarel on Jul 2, 2012 5:18:04 GMT -5
That sucks. But I think you'll find similar attitudes everywhere. Although, usually, it'd be the fellow students who make jokes about accents - not the teachers. That's just unprofessional behaviour.
Of course, in Northern Germany (don't know about the south, you'd have to aks kitty about that) the teachers put great emphasis on speaking clear High German without any dialects. For a long time, speaking local dialects was actually forbidden in schools. My mother was still beaten by her teachers, when she said "Moin" instead of "Hallo".
Although that has changed, it is still seen as highly unprofessional to speak dialects. Which is possibly why so many Northerners laugh about people speaking dialects in professional settings - or outright think that someone speaking in a dialect is uneducated.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 2, 2012 5:22:07 GMT -5
When I went to school - that's a long time ago, though - it was just High German we used and what was expected. Doesn't say much about what they did at home, of course, and I am not sure how it is today.
But I know that the daughter of a friend always was arguing with her teacher because he expected British English from her, and as half-American, she was speaking American English. So I guess it hasn't totally changed for German, either.
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