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But not having Legolas do that shield surfing scene that defied physics would never have given rise to this Lego set.



(More like LEGOlas, amirite?)

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I'm getting old… I just caught myself sounding like my dad while talking to a friend who's about 10 years younger than me. :(
Would you prefer to be talking like your dad to people 20-30 years older than you?  That's what I find myself doing all the time.  Nah screw it, treat everybody equal and talk to everyone like they're a kid.

So I took a few implied assocation tests and discovered that I prefer and have positive feelings towards black males, black females, white males and white females in that order. However all groups fall in the middle of the good-bad spectrum so I am equally apathetic about all groups.  And to think I've never had a sensitivity class in my life.  Maybe I've found new career.  I'll set up a web site and market my mad skillz on racial and gender equality to corporations for lots of money.  I'll be a racial/gender relations consultant because everyone falls into the middle for me.  Let me get a lab coat and a clip board and take some pictures. 

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kawaiidaigakusei wrote:
 
More like LEGOlas, amirite?
    
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! XD
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I'll be a racial/gender relations consultant because everyone falls into the middle for me.
   Take that to the Comic Fury mods and you're golden! ^_^
 
It's embarrassing to find I'm talking that way to people, it means I'm getting more and more out of touch. Soon I'll be talking like the Queen…
"So what does one call this new-fangeled musical style? Jazz you say? It will never catch on, far too primitive and dirty! One imagines common people like street cleaners, doctors, lawyers, or boot-makers might behave inappropriately if they were to listen to such base music."

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Soon I'll be talking like the Queen…
"So what does one call this new-fangeled musical style? Jazz you say? It will never catch on, far too primitive and dirty! One imagines common people like street cleaners, doctors, lawyers, or boot-makers might behave inappropriately if they were to listen to such base music."
True story about the Queen during the Great War (Elizabeth II's grandmother).  She was hearing a report about the fighting in Flanders and the officer in question kept referring to Ypres.  When done  she admitted to having not understood a word and ordered an aide  to get the officer a glass of water for his hiccups.  Ypres can be pronounced "Yeep" "E-pra" or "Wipers" depending on one's point of reference.

Crowned heads in the modern era are rarely ever aware of anything.  They go through the motions. Imagine Wellington, Gladstone, and Disraeli all dealing with the well intentioned but dreadfully dim-witted Victoria.   

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So, what features do you find most attractive about a girl or guy? What grabs your interest when you see their face for the first time?
What I first notice about gals is if the have symmetrical faces or not. Round features are also something I kinda like.

In men the first thing I notice about their face would be their jawline/cheekbone ratio… but I'm a weirdo… 

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Ypres can be pronounced "Yeep" "E-pra" or "Wipers" depending on one's point of reference.
I have never heard anyone pronounce it "Yeep." That is weird.
I always pronounce it like a French word…"Eepre," with an understated "R" like in "Sartre."

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bravo1102 wrote:
Ypres can be mis-pronounced "Yeep" "E-pra" or "Wipers" depending on one's point of reference.
 I have never heard anyone pronounce it "Yeep." That is weird.
I always pronounce it like a French word…"Eepre," with an understated "R" like in "Sartre."
Fixed.  You are correct, that is the proper French pronunciation.  The others were the various attempts by non-natives to approximate the name.  One commentator noted that in the Belgian Eepre the understateded "R" disappears and an English/German speaker hears Yeep.

 At Rutgers we have buidings and roads named for the Dutchman Frelinghuysen.  There are at least five different schools of thought on how to pronounce it. Supposedly even native Dutch can't agree.  One professor fluent in multiple languages was confused and asked around and got a whole lot of answers and after soem research gave up trying to find the "one" correct pronounciation.  It all depended on one's point of reference native language, dialect and where one had first heard the name.  Definitely worth a 30 minute digression during a dry lecture.  This same professor was very clear with his Greek pronouncing Zeus as ZAY-oos.

Fun with words! Join Vocabulary Man and Grammar Girl next week for more linguistic gymnastics!

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The dutch language is Awesome, and Frelinghuysen isn't even really difficult. I think that to actual Dutch people the only discussion point would be whether to pronounce the N at the end or not.
    
The FR in Frelinghuysen is pronounced like the FR in French Fries. The first E in frelinghuysen is pronounced like the a in lake. The LING is pronounced like the ling in crackling or falling. The UY is more difficult in the English language because you people never use that. It's shown in this video at about 3.30. the rest of the word, SEN, is pronounced almost like the typical german THE as in "Kill Ze French Dogs!" or "Kill Ze English Dogs!"
      
I once went to a town called "Hasseltenneyveensermondt", which has a lot of letters that you don't normally need to pronounce. That one is difficult.

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And for the win, how do you pronounce Tadeusz Kosciuszko?  Considering there's a bridge into NYC that's always on the traffic report it's torture to listen to it get mangled.

I forgot the AEF mis-pronounciation of Ypres which was Yipree, Yeepree or even Yeepers and Yippers.  Once them Doughboys have seen Paris, Kansas just won't seem as interesting.

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TAD as in Tadpole, then an A as in the first letter of the alphabet, followed by US pronounced like us as in "Who, us?". The Z is silent. The second word starts with KO pronounced like go as in "Let's go!". This is followed by SCIU, which you pronounce like Shoo as in "Shoo, you dog!". Finally the SZKO is pronounced like ska. Depending on where you're from ot is also possible to pronounce the a as an o.
 
 
  
What did I win? 

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Kroatz wrote:
TAD as in Tadpole, then an A as in the first letter of the alphabet, followed by US pronounced like us as in "Who, us?". The Z is silent. The second word starts with KO pronounced like go as in "Let's go!". This is followed by SCIU, which you pronounce like Shoo as in "Shoo, you dog!". Finally the SZKO is pronounced like ska. Depending on where you're from ot is also possible to pronounce the a as an o.
 
 
  
What did I win? 
 *BUZZ* I'm sorry you got it WRONG! Bruhahahahahahaha! (I checked with the Kosciuszko society in New York)  It's pronounced Smith.  Teddy Smith.

Actually you're close enough. 
 

Native speakers can swallow syllables so it often sounds like the first syllable of the last name is pronounced with the s as in Kos-shoosh-ko.  The "Z"s can have a slight buzz to them depnding on the speaker.    Many Poles being bilingual  use the "O"  since "ska" is feminine in Russian. Or at least they tell me.  

And there's a guy living in the building named Wolodymyr.  Couldn't be Vladimir could it.  I miss when Ellis island Americanized foreign names.  It's what?  You're from Russia? Last name is Rusen.

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The highest mountain in Australia is Mount Kosciuszko.
 We pronounce it kozi-os-ko. People tend to think it's Japanese, but it was some famous Polish man.

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Gotta love Star Trek Online's "Legacy of Romulus" storyline…

After you create your new Romulan character, you end up on a Romulan colony (after that supernova wipes out your homeworld).  You help out with a few harvest celebration preperations and find strange technology near your colony.   Later that night you're forced to defend yourself against an invasion by the Tal Shiar (the Romulan intelligence agency turned empire leader wannabe) lead by Empress Sela (yes… the demonic half Romulan/human hybrid daughter of Tasha Yar).  And somehow you get on an escape shuttle.

While escaping in space you and your friends run into an old Romulan warbird (from Kirk's era).  You commandeer it with you as captain and help the remaining colonists escape.  And in the process you put out the eye of Star Trek Online's most infamous villain (so noted because he believes in Romulan superiority over everything else) and he marks you as his most hated enemy from then on.

You find yourself on a Romulan Flotilla headed by D'Tan and one of his most trusted men.  Later on D'Tan takes you to a conference to establish relations with the Klingon Empire and the Federation, neither of which fully trust D'Tan and his intention until his most trusted guy sacrifices himself to stop a bomb plot by the Tal Shiar to derail the talks.
From there you choose who you will ally with (Federation or the Klingons), but in the end you will always be Romulan…

Oh, well… it's better than Neverwinter's story, when the murder of a Goddess causes the land to become very messed up and magic to start working differently…  And where people are being turned into monstrosities, etc…

Funny thing is the Z-Store in Neverwinter has a Neverwinter Guard companion that you can pay $25 for, and he'll accompany you on your adventures (and is great protection if you're a squshy wizard).  I'd buy one, but given the current state of Neverwinter… well…

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The highest mountain in Australia is Mount Kosciuszko.
 We pronounce it kozi-os-ko. People tend to think it's Japanese, but it was some famous Polish man.




He was a pretty great and influential guy and true patriot for both the USA and Poland.  He knew Washington and Napoleon and considering one of his protoges was Marshall of the Empire Poniatowski (also knew his father Duke Poniatowski) pretty influential in both American and European history.  One of those big guys of the 18th century everyone forgets about these days except for mountains and bridges and just how do you pronounce his name.


http://www.history.com/topics/tadeusz-kosciuszko
http://www.polishworld.com/polemb/const/tk.html
http://www.polishamericancenter.org/KosciuszkoHistory.htm
http://www.amazon.com/The-Peasant-Prince-Kosciuszko-Revolution/dp/0312625944
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/listing/2681333250775?r=1&cm;_mmca2=pla&cm;_mmc=GooglePLA-_-Book_25To44-_-Q000000633-_-2681333250775

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Ducks!

Did you see This?

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Do you really want me doing five (Radio Play Comic) pages like last year?  Step forward to stop this travesty of comic creation and I'll repeat my threat of every year.

I will use dolls and photography if others don't step forward to draw other pages!  Stop me from ruining everything!
  

He means it, folks.  He's not a-foolin.

Sign up now (the thread is in this General Discussion forum. See 2nd post for page availabiity and either post what page you want or PQ me). Hoping to receive pages by 21 June.

ozoneocean … usedbooks … (Genejoke - I'll give you a pass. But you don't have to take it) … Skreem … Tantz … Ironscarf … Lonnehart … Hippie Van … skool?? (I can add some discrete black boxes if you want to do a life drawing take on one of the pages)

ALLS YOUZ

btw – Not too late to try-out for one of the play roles! See awsome owl 98's thread (something like the 12th post)

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Beginning to adjust to my new situation, taking a while but i'm able to relax in my own company now which is a bonus.

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Beginning to adjust to my new situation, taking a while but i'm able to relax in my own company now which is a bonus.
Are you living alone?  I know a guy who lives alone.  Except he's not exactly alone.  He's got a pet dog… a Pug.  That dog is so cute I wish I had one.  Anyways, it keeps him pretty happy and he's also divorced.

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Yep living alone, all that quiet time and not being able to make the most of it sucks.

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@Oz: Is this the guy your mountain is named after?
@ayes: When-ish is the radio play happening? If it's between now and August I could probably do a page.kjjj

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I would offer a page, but I know with my current level of activity/laziness towards comics I'd never actually get it done in time. I've been so busy with all my usual hare-brained schemes that I haven't actually drawn anything in quite some time.

I'm noticing this as I'm trying to figure out the exact wording of what I want to put in a positive review for one of my staff sergeants, is that as you search the internet for any sort of example of positive counseling, encouragement or acknowledgement, you really only find two varieties, the "buck up sunshine, don't be sad" variety that typically involves fluffy kitties or someone praising someone else for being a raging asshole. You don't really find much in the way of positivity on the internet it seems. This all started as a search for good examples of positive counseling statements in the Army, but an hour later and the internet as a whole is starting to look a hell of a lot bleaker.

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The wife is out of work, I can't get full time and our savings are depleted.  And my coping mechanism? Spend money on ebay.  

Things fall apart and there's no glue.  But holy-moles on acid if the last few panels I've done aren't truly mind-blowing.  And the comic is updated through the end of June.

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@ayes: When-ish is the radio play happening? If it's between now and August I could probably do a page.kjjj
 

YUSSSS.

I'm hoping to receive finished pages by 21 June so I can start uploading the 24th. But it depends on getting the artists.

I really hope you'll give it a try. I suggest if you need a little more time, then pick a later page (20 or 21).

Thanks for considering it!

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No problem, ayes! I haven't been involved in a community project in a long time, and I've finally got some free time.
 

 
I forgot to tell you guys - I turned TWENTY last weekend! I feel like someone must have made a mistake in the addition somewhere, and I can't possibly have had enough life experience to be out of my teens.
Some of you have known me (virtually) since middle school. Pretty crazy.

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I feel like someone must have made a mistake in the addition somewhere, and I can't possibly have had enough life experience to be out of my teens.
Yeah, that's how I feel at nearly fifty.  Then I look back and there's a WTF! at all the stuff I did manage to cram into that half century.

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Hippie Van wrote:
 
@Oz: Is this the guy your mountain is named after?
 
 
I forgot to tell you guys - I turned TWENTY last weekend!
 That's the guy!!!
 
I can't believe you're 20 now o_O
Wowsers… Hippie as an adult… The weird thing is that you getting older makes me feel younger, so keep doing it :)

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