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Captain Hesperus
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by Captain Hesperus Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:12 am
DaddyHoggy wrote: When I did my secondment from the UK MOD at CALCE based at the U of MD (College Park) it took me a little while to get used to hearing it called by the singular rather than the plural i.e. "I'm off to math class" or more oddly (for me) simply, "I'm going to math".
I used to call it 'going to hell'.....
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wackyman465
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by wackyman465 Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:13 pm
I'm kidding here.. I understand the math's vs maths difference - my 5th grade teacher made sure of that - but where I live, we say "math"...
I shot him back first. That is to say, I read his mind and fired before he would have fired on me. No, sir, he wasn't a fugitive.
DaddyHoggy
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by DaddyHoggy Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:50 pm
Large selection of emoticons available to indicate "kidding" - it helps avoid misinterpretation of your words...
Selezen wrote: Apparently I was having a DaddyHoggy moment.
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wackyman465
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by wackyman465 Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:53 pm
Ah yes, but haven't you ever heard of the
smiley intervention ?
I shot him back first. That is to say, I read his mind and fired before he would have fired on me. No, sir, he wasn't a fugitive.
0235
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Posts: 175 Joined: Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:29 pmLocation: In a rock, being a hermit
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by 0235 Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:47 pm
i was hoping i would cause a stir by showing everone orbiter, not my poor grammer, oh well.
