THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR KW PERSONA AND REAL LIFE
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that is just a KICK ASS thoola avatar.THOOLAH JOYKILLER wrote:Okay guys I'll come clean. This is aTOMiC posting.
In addition to THOOLAH JOYKILLER I've changed this second profile several times (many of which were for just a post or two to annoy dANdeLION). The latest incarnations were BUNDY MONKEY and LINUXED.
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have you ever tried explaining yourself
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i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
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have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Spectacular!ussusimiel wrote:Your forebears are from Kilkenny, IIRC, ali. I'm originally from Waterford which is not that far away so my accent will actually be close enough to the Kilkenny one, so you can practice by trying to imitate mine
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The accent adoption/musical ability thing sounds right to me. I've been pretty good at picking up regional (US!) accents over the years, and I suspect it's partly due to the musical training I had as a young'un.
Quick story that I've probably bored y'all with before: When I was living in West Virginia, I went home to Chicago for some holiday or other. While conversing with my brother (who has never left the area) the first day I was back, he remarked to me that I had a Southern accent. (Actually, it was Appalachian, but I wasn't going to split hairs with him.) I told him it was protective coloration, and to give me a couple of days. Couple of days later, sure enough, he tells me I didn't have the accent any more.
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Remember this well. And I learned a valuable lesson; not everyone you meet on the internet is an ax murderer... Just most of them!I was thinking specifically about the 1 and only time I've met Brinn back in 2005. We were sitting next to each other at a poker table at the Foxwoods Casino, and he told me of his wife's concerns that he was going to play cards with some guy from the Internet. As I recall, her exact words were, "What if he's an ax murderer?" Thus, the legend began.
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Alas yes - a dying breed your good old 'axe-murderer'. Why I remember the time when never two days went by but.......
Things just aint like they used to be!
[Just popping out into town......now where did I put my axe?]
Things just aint like they used to be!
[Just popping out into town......now where did I put my axe?]
Your politicians screwed you over and you are suprised by this?
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
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....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
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Frostheart wrote:Am I the only non-native English speaker attending the fest? :/
ACCENT with rolling R's and hard back-in-the-mouth pronunciation.
little known fact. French was my first language. I was stopped of speaking it in kindergarten since I knew too many words only in French.
I was an odd child up there in New Hampshire.
Lenin, Marx
Marx, Lennon
Good Dog...
Marx, Lennon
Good Dog...
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Yeah - the aussie accent is a bit of a strange one. To me an american accent is clearly derived from the irish accent [there have been times when I've overheard a quick 'snatch' of conversation and haven't been able to tell which accent it's in] and the south-african from dutch/german. But the aussie is a bit of a mystery. Any ideas anyone?
Your politicians screwed you over and you are suprised by this?
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
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French Canadian? (Just wondered based on your saying you grew up in NH.)sgt.null wrote:Frostheart wrote:Am I the only non-native English speaker attending the fest? :/
ACCENT with rolling R's and hard back-in-the-mouth pronunciation.
little known fact. French was my first language. I was stopped of speaking it in kindergarten since I knew too many words only in French.
I was an odd child up there in New Hampshire.
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American English is, apparently, derived from West Country English and is rhotic: R's are in most American dialects, pronounced, whereas in most English accents they no longer are.nice guy peter wrote:Yeah - the aussie accent is a bit of a strange one. To me an american accent is clearly derived from the irish accent [there have been times when I've overheard a quick 'snatch' of conversation and haven't been able to tell which accent it's in] and the south-african from dutch/german. But the aussie is a bit of a mystery. Any ideas anyone?
Now, in the past, I've confused English and Australian accents.
I've been told, by Lucimay, I sound very much like I'm from Chicago. Not surprising, since I am.
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She's right -- you do.Damelon wrote:I've been told, by Lucimay, I sound very much like I'm from Chicago. Not surprising, since I am.
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Haha, only a small portion of the population are of dutch/german/french descent. So yes, the Afrikaans speaking South African's accent. As for the English speaking South African...well, when I travel abroad I'm most often mistaken for a Kiwi.nice guy peter wrote:..and the south-african from dutch/german.
(And I can actually hear the similarity myself sometimes.)
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