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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #360 on: August 03, 2004, 08:39:34 PM »
no. your accent is *not* "right." At best it's funny. Makes for good beer commercials and 80's movies.
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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #361 on: August 03, 2004, 08:42:47 PM »
See, you're biased. I, however, think in text and thus have no accent.
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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #362 on: August 03, 2004, 09:02:57 PM »
Are there people in the UK and Australia who enjoy American accents as much as we enjoy listening to yours?
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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #363 on: August 03, 2004, 09:07:09 PM »
In general I've found that most people dislike the american accent, and fairly even odds (like and dislike) for the UK accents.
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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #364 on: August 03, 2004, 09:08:59 PM »
Yeah. Everyone finds the "yank accent" extremely irritating. The UK one is often disliked, and often liked.

I am in the latter camp. But then, back when I used to pronounce words properly (not as in accent, as in, not dropping letters off of the end of words and such.) I have been accused of being British.
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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #365 on: August 03, 2004, 09:11:41 PM »
In fact, thats fairly common JP, I used to get it a lot because I spoke with well-rounded vowels etc. from Drama, and a few other people who did drama who I've spoken to  said they've  encountered the same thing.  It seems to be that people who can't speak properly dislike the english language.
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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #366 on: August 03, 2004, 09:22:13 PM »
there is no such thing as accentless speech. Even if you "think in text" you're applying a pronounciation. therefore, applying an accent.
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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #367 on: August 03, 2004, 09:35:22 PM »
Back to the topic at hand....

I'm an engery generator.  Is that like a hampster running in a wheel?
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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #368 on: August 04, 2004, 04:54:21 AM »
panda flapping its wings...
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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #369 on: August 04, 2004, 08:36:58 AM »
A rabbit flapping it's mouth.

Sorry, that icon... can't resist.

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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #370 on: August 04, 2004, 09:19:13 AM »
Were you an engery generator and then someone fixed it? I'm glad, if so. Wouldn't want the hamster to be running around in that wheel for nothing.
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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #371 on: August 04, 2004, 09:30:10 AM »
actually, I think that was just fuzzy's typo.
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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #372 on: August 04, 2004, 05:05:57 PM »
    That is an interesting concept though. Solve the energy crisis by converting power over to manpower. Have it open, so anyone could come in and push a turbine for as long as they wanted and then pay them for how much power they produced. They get to work out and get paid for it, you get money from selling the power to the government. It has potential. Oh and by the way I leveled up.  :)
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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #373 on: August 04, 2004, 05:50:44 PM »
I think Matrix when I think of human energy generator.  Take the red pill fuzzy!
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Re: These Stupid Titles III
« Reply #374 on: August 04, 2004, 07:24:45 PM »
"Why is everything made out of changing green characters?"
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