Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I agree - nothing wrong with gay marriage - much better than a sad marriage
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My godparents used to have a cool sign at their pool...
It read, "Welcome to our ool ... notice there is no 'P' in it ... please keep it that way"
LOL. My wife's grandparents had one at their pool, so she HAD to have one for ours.
I think it's crass. But...
RULES OF MARRIAGE
Rule 26: Never come between a woman and her need to rekindle fond childhood memories.
To pretend is disingenuous though, so it doesn't really work. And people shouldn't have to do it unnecessarily. It's actually sexist in that it discourages the next player if that person's not of the above-mentioned gender. And I'm aware it's not an English test; a fact I prove every time I use "their" and "they" incorrectly.
The problem with assuming the next person's gender in this game is you can't without it appearing that you're playing the game exclusively with a certain other member. This discourages others and is unfair to them. That's why one has no choice but either use the form, i.e., "TPBM puts his/her pants on backward" or "TPBM puts their pants on backward". The first is tediously proper, the second is improper but more fun. Just my humble opinion.
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To pretend is disingenuous though, so it doesn't really work. And people shouldn't have to do it unnecessarily. It's actually sexist in that it discourages the next player if that person's not of the above-mentioned gender. And I'm aware it's not an English test; a fact I prove every time I use "their" and "they" incorrectly.
The problem with assuming the next person's gender in this game is you can't without it appearing that you're playing the game exclusively with a certain other member. This discourages others and is unfair to them. That's why one has no choice but either use the form, i.e., "TPBM puts his/her pants on backward" or "TPBM puts their pants on backward". The first is tediously proper, the second is improper but more fun. Just my humble opinion.
I "pretend" all the time in those games...tpbm...wyslm...vending machine of mystery. That's where the fun is, pretend. I can see clearly now the rain has gone. but yeah, i've used the they/their...the meaning is clear twisted english or not.
I mean to pretend to answer as if I'm someone else. To me the main problem with doing what Neese suggests is that it would confuse a player of the sex opposite the Person Below seems expected to be. In terms of this particular game, I see no way around using either the tedious proper English or the improper easier sounding one.
What rain?
I mean to pretend to answer as if I'm someone else. To me the main problem with doing what Neese suggests is that it would confuse a player of the sex opposite the Person Below seems expected to be. In terms of this particular game, I see no way around using either the tedious proper English or the improper easier sounding one.
What rain?
That thunderstorm that drenched me yesterday.
I was thinking of a quote from Gass that I like...that and the Nash song.
What song?That thunderstorm that drenched me yesterday.
Johnny Nash I can see clearly now the rain has gone...I can see all obstacles in my way. Gone are the dark clouds that had me down. It's going to be a bright, bright, bright sun shiny day!
This tune will always hold a very special meaning for me.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
To pretend is disingenuous though, so it doesn't really work. And people shouldn't have to do it unnecessarily. It's actually sexist in that it discourages the next player if that person's not of the above-mentioned gender. And I'm aware it's not an English test; a fact I prove every time I use "their" and "they" incorrectly.
The problem with assuming the next person's gender in this game is you can't without it appearing that you're playing the game exclusively with a certain other member. This discourages others and is unfair to them. That's why one has no choice but either use the form, i.e., "TPBM puts his/her pants on backward" or "TPBM puts their pants on backward". The first is tediously proper, the second is improper but more fun. Just my humble opinion.
I think you might be a very proper English gentleman at heart Frank!
(as my son says "It's all good")
You'd never guess it by my dress. I mean, I don't wear a dress. I mean...let me rephrase that...You've never seen me in a dress..I think you might be a very proper English gentleman at heart Frank!
(as my son says "It's all good")
Forrest likes to dangle..
GNTL .... is that the best you can do for dangling ?
Emarx .... Cat got your tongue ???
mjs .... love Forrest ....
...at my age Aggs, yeah-that's the best I can do....
What amazes me about the English language is just how huge the vocabulary is. I game in English, watch movies in English, read in English, pc's are mostly in English. I daily look up most any word I don't know, and still you always come across new ones. And not only very complex words for highly specialized fields, different words for ordinary things.
It's also striking that what's roughly the same word in one language, can mean something quite different in another language - the words come from a similar basic meaning, but just got used differently in different countries. This goes for most any language it seems. It's frustrating, because you tend to choose the meaning of the word from your first language and use that in English where it means something different.
Is it actually the same for people who were raised in English that you find new words you had never read or heard before all the time?
It's also striking that what's roughly the same word in one language, can mean something quite different in another language - the words come from a similar basic meaning, but just got used differently in different countries. This goes for most any language it seems. It's frustrating, because you tend to choose the meaning of the word from your first language and use that in English where it means something different.
Is it actually the same for people who were raised in English that you find new words you had never read or heard before all the time?
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Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I'm thinking hmmm - something slinky, with a feather boa perhaps
...slinky won't work for Frank...black sheath dress-yes...feather boa-out-pearls, in...
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
black sheath dress with pearls - hmm - sounds classy! So no high heel pumps, sling back, in red then? (and I am assuming makeup will be subtle, and perhaps a tasteful chignon?)
I learn new words all the time. It's pretty cool actually.