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Edited Oct 15, 2009, 03:08
Re: take me to your leader...
Oct 15, 2009, 03:04
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muy bien esteban... thanks for the "heads up"... just returned from choir pratice up at the church house... duly noted and edited for non-offense to the nuclear armed... eh... just for the record i was truely unaware, however, i still have a time not saying "that's hokey" from my growing up days out west, as i now work with lots of virginia tech grads, whose mascot is a "hokie"... who knew... uknow...
if'n you don't know what it is like on this side of the pond you are certainly welcome to visit, got plenty of room with kids at college...
empty nester me...
bee...
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Edited Oct 15, 2009, 09:43
Re: take me to your leader...
Oct 15, 2009, 09:42
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ron wrote: eh... just for the record i was truely unaware, however, i still have a time not saying "that's hokey" from my growing up days out west, as i now work with lots of virginia tech grads, whose mascot is a "hokie"... who knew... uknow...
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hmmm.... I was intriqued, so I came across this from the 'free dictionary and thesaurus'........
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Adj. 1. hokey - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a pathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy, mushy, drippy
emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
2. hokey - artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
Stilted, artificial, contrived, affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression.
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I take it your reply was directed at all the folk who replied, I was merely putting up a link for you to see what the 'state of play' is over here with 'The P word' in question.
You yourself can use whatever term you like about different races, creeds or people in general, as most people in private (of all races) do this to a certain extent, however much people think it doesn't happen, it does (which certainly doesn't make it right, it's just human nature).
I was just giving you a guide should you ever visit the UK, thus saving you getting in any embarrassing situations or at worse, set upon by anyone directly 'connected' to such a term.
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Re: take me to your leader...
Oct 15, 2009, 09:53
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ron wrote: muy bien esteban... thanks for the "heads up"... just returned from choir pratice up at the church house... duly noted and edited for non- offense to the nuclear armed... eh... just for the record i was truely unaware, however, i still have a time not saying "that's hokey" from my growing up days out west, as i now work with lots of virginia tech grads, whose mascot is a "hokie"... who knew... uknow...
if'n you don't know what it is like on this side of the pond you are certainly welcome to visit, got plenty of room with kids at college...
empty nester me...
bee...
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ok ron, hope you didn't mind me pointing that out.
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Re: take me to your leader...
Oct 15, 2009, 16:12
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Jim Tones wrote:
Judging by that audio clip, it would also appear to decide upon who you are and in what 'context' a person uses the word, whether it's deemed 'offensive' or not- that said, ol' john Humphrys was throwing the word around like a kid with an open tin of paint!
Now John Humphrey's is another matter. He irritates me. Beleives in his own celebrity too much. I've a feel'ng I'm in a minority but I think he's a bit of a 'bad actor' to say the least.
Anything that's featured that slightly resembles popular culture and he almost balks at having to report on it.
So therefore I find him a tad 'ignorant'.
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ron
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Re: take me to your leader...
Oct 20, 2009, 13:46
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Squid Tempest wrote: ok ron, hope you didn't mind me pointing that out.
nnnaaaahhhh... don't mind even a little bit... it'z awl good my man... it'z not like i dropped julian on 'is head or sumthin... is it?
as i said u, sue and squidlingss are awlwayz welcome at casa de ronaldo rancho grande mi amigo...
love and light...
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Re: take me to your leader...
Oct 23, 2009, 04:38
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Jim Tone wrote: ... just giving you a guide should you ever visit the UK, thus saving you getting in any embarrassing situations or at worse, set upon by anyone directly 'connected' to such a term.
appreciate that Mr. Tones... nothing i excel at like getting myself into embarrassing situations... like buying the incredibly pregnant ms vybik drinks in shepards bush... thank goodness she knew how to act... i was sucking on the fingers of barmaids... but it's not like finger sucking is an uncommon experience at called meetings of the previously unnamed in hammersmith... ahem.... nnah... James, i'd be much more concerned about an irate hokie than a pissed off pakistani...
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