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  1. 03-30-2018 10:01 AM #421
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    Quote Originally Posted by Otis View Post
    You can make that observation, but first you should witness some white Appalachian dialect. The consonant before a th at the end of a word does not exist. The same group tends to replace the letter I at the end of words with an a. Cinncinnata. Hawaiia. I'm going to the alumna reunion
    Then there's Ozark dialect. I can't describe how it sounds, because I can't bear to listen to it. Makes my ears bleed.
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  2. 03-30-2018 02:17 PM #422
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    Quote Originally Posted by skypigeon View Post
    Then there's Ozark dialect. I can't describe how it sounds, because I can't bear to listen to it. Makes my ears bleed.
    The Cajun lingo makes me want to scratch a chalkboard. It sounds like a donkey trying Vietnamese.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Otis View Post
    The Cajun lingo makes me want to scratch a chalkboard. It sounds like a donkey trying Vietnamese.
    Words I could never dream of seeing...
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  4. 06-06-2018 09:07 PM #424
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spike View Post
    Upon what metric(s) are you basing that conclusion.
    Is that a question?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken-Paul View Post
    Is that a question?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken-Paul View Post
    Is that a question?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken-Paul View Post
    Is that a question?
    It is. Thanks for catching my error of leaving off the all-important question mark.
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  8. 06-08-2018 07:28 AM #428
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spike View Post
    It is. Thanks for catching my error of leaving off the all-important question mark.
    Yes. It was a good thing that I pointed out your erroneous failure to use a question mark at the end of your sentence because without that question mark it was impossible to understand what you were trying to say.
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  9. 07-13-2018 01:54 PM #429
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    Quote Originally Posted by RHRfan#1 View Post
    I'm one of those people who thinks he should have a ride!
    He's certainly qualified for a ride. Who should drive him around?
    Last edited by DurwardKirby; 07-13-2018 at 02:20 PM.
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  10. 07-13-2018 02:22 PM #430
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spike View Post
    He's certainly qualified for a ride. Who should drive him around?
    This post is probably not the best use of your time - or anyone else's.
    There's really no such thing as Gary the Møøse, Sybil.
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  11. 08-29-2018 05:05 PM #431
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    Quote Originally Posted by TimmyZ1 View Post
    Is Noah Gragson a good driver thou?
    Though.
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  12. 09-05-2018 12:22 PM #432
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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    I live in Indiana and everybody I know calls it cornhole.
    What a terrible nickname for people to call their home state.

    Now, if you all live in Iowa, that would be different.
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    Quote Originally Posted by damilt View Post
    McClaren Chevy combo...
    McLaren.
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  14. 09-06-2018 10:20 AM #434
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    as usual here, derailed topic by third reply based on just my bad spelling... grammar police suck
    Have attended: Indy 500 (34), Belle Island (3), Kentucky (4), St Pete (3), Homestead (1), Texas (2) Michigan (5), Cleveland (3), Iowa (4), Chicagoland (5), IRP (2), Eldora (3)...
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  15. 09-06-2018 10:40 AM #435
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    Quote Originally Posted by damilt View Post
    as usual here, derailed topic by third reply based on just my bad spelling... grammar police suck
    Not as much as lazy and sloppy posts do.

    By the way, no one has said anything about you grammar issues (so far).
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    Powdered locusts don't sound like the most edifying ingredient...
    Agreed. That doesn't sound "edifying" at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RHRfan#1 View Post
    If somebody much wiser than I could infer their opinion I'd appreciate it.
    You might want to look up that word.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spike View Post
    Not as much as lazy and sloppy posts do.

    By the way, no one has said anything about you grammar issues (so far).
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    https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/...-to-disregard/

    After reading this article I couldn't not post it.
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  20. 02-11-2019 06:45 AM #440
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    Thanks! I needed that.
    Vive la Republique.
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  21. 02-11-2019 06:49 AM #441
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    About halfway through it, so far, I've noticed fragments and run-on sentences.

    It's still a good read. (Especially when one considers the identity of the author.)
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