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[spapad] Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:25:42 PM 
Signing out! Got domestic stuff to do! Damn!
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[spapad] Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:24:20 PM 
I guarentee you I spoke with "Bob" more times than Freeze. Great man!
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[guidogodoy] Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:21:24 PM 
Wow, talk about delusional. Sure sure and the "Board" is a personal pronoun too, LOL!!

Ok, kids...word of the day "euphemism." A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less mean word or offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener, or in the case of doublespeak, to make it less troublesome for the speaker. Freeze claimed to have suffered "a momentary lapse, followed by a small misspeak." You and I know this by another phrase: "senior moment!"

Probably why he thinks he can still speak with Bob Denver too! BWWWAHAAAAAAHHAHHAHAAAAA!
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[ron h] Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:07:52 PM 
Ha ha...you still haven't bought that $.99 broom yet take care an talk to you later!!
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[Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:05:44 PM 
Actually, I have to go, too. A friend of mine wants me to go broom shopping with her. I'll be back!!
[spapad] Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:05:37 PM 
My personal preference, "an historical event"
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[Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:02:34 PM 
Okay, DF!!! See you later!!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:01:07 PM)
[Deep Freeze] Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:01:07 PM 
And the debate rages on........Well, I must depart for a while. Please feel free to carry on this most important discussion and keep in mind, 
I whooped Guido's grammatical butt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:57:15 PM 

Personally, I lean toward "a historical" as I do pronounce the "h" (as in hummingbird). The "h" is just begging for an "a" in font of it.


  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:45:13 PM)
[ron h] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:55:53 PM 
I think it would have to be "a historical", as in "...a historical event...". 
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[Deep Freeze] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:45:13 PM 

Well now Val, I am glad you asked!
Using "an" before historical has befuddled grammarians for centuries. The letter "h" is a glottal fricative, meaning it is pronounced by closing the glottis briefly. The "velar stop" is used in letters like "k". If you do not completely stop airflow when pronouncing, you get a velar fricative "ch", as used in  the Scotish "loch". It is from this sound that we developed the "h" sound.

I mention all of this because it is a little known fact that, whether a word begins with a vowel or not does not firmly require the use of "an". In English grammar, the pronounciation is also part of the rule. Take, for example, the word "the". Depending on the article, we can pronounce it "thuh" or "thee".  

It is important that speakers and writers understand the cadence or rhythm of a sentence is the key to proper speech.


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[spapad] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:38:00 PM 
I will not comment on who won because I think the world of them both. LOL Lets just say it was fun.
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[Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:34:00 PM 
Too bad I missed it. It looks as though Guido won that battle.
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[spapad] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:30:24 PM 
It was a Guid and DF showdown, I brought Popcorn for it! Would have paid, perhaps, fifty cents to see it!
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[Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:29:01 PM 
What the heck happened here this morning? All this talk about proper nouns, boards being pronouns and whatnot. And here I am trying to figure out if it's "an historical" or "a historical"!!!
[spapad] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:28:09 PM 
Mickey Rooney? Did he do TV? I know he did movies and ended up penniless, thanks to his parents, but I did not know he did TV.
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:26:22 PM)
[Deep Freeze] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:26:22 PM 
Yes!
Mickey Rooney.
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[spapad] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:25:24 PM 

LOL! Did you make Guid run for the hills? 
So who is your all time favorite childhood TV star?


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[Deep Freeze] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:22:56 PM 
Just you and me...Simple and free....
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[spapad] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:21:37 PM 
Bye MG~! Have a good one!
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[~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:20:23 PM 
Iam sure he is prune looking..  Hes dead..   I gotta go for know.. I have to be somewhere at  @ 2pm..

Thanks for making my laugh all morn... I needed it.
[Deep Freeze] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:19:49 PM 
Exactly!! HA!!!!
Oh....You said farts......HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 








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[spapad] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:19:25 PM 
You cant see the dead DF. He passed about 2 and a half to 3 years ago.
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[~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:18:29 PM 
Dude I thought he was dead??? LOL
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[spapad] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:18:05 PM 
He used to come in to where I worked at the time with a floppy hat and sunglasses on. I would always say hello to him in a decreat voice, and he tipped very well, because he always got his food to go there. When I worked at the country club he did come in to eat there with several self importants and he was really very sweet and kind.
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[Deep Freeze] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:17:39 PM 
HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh spapad! SO true! HAHAHAA!!! By the way, have any of you seen Bob Denver lately? Time has NOT been good to that man! Looks like a prune stuck on the end of a broom handle. HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:17:36 PM 
I wouldnt take the upper hammock... then you would have to smell his farts all nite!!!!!!!!  ROFL>>
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[spapad] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:15:33 PM 
While you look nothing like the skipper DF, I think you would agree Guid, should get the upper hammock.
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[~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:15:02 PM 
Heres a good one of skipper & little buddy...lol
[spapad] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:12:35 PM 
I would die a thousand deaths if someone posted a picture of me when I wake up in the morning! LOL
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[~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:11:11 PM 
LOL.. I know If I took a pic lookin that bad I sure as hell wouldnt post it anywhere.....
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