Posts by Judi Lapsley Miller
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Just brilliant Daleaway! (Must go pick apples from garden now...must extract self from computer...AHHHHHGGGGG...the light is so blinding....!!!! :-)
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Oh - and you can leave the naughty step now ;-)))
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Russell said
Although I suspect I'll still use my own mum , mentally, as a benchmark for product usability. I just won't talk about it ...
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Hey Russ - I've no problem with you using your Mum - just say what you mean and say "my mum". Then you only have to answer to her ;-)
The danger of saying "your mum" is that everyone then inserts their own specific example or stereotype, which may or may not make any sense in the context.
(I'm looking forward to some unbundling down in Wgtn - trying to be a knowledge-wave exporter in the 'burbs with only xtra as an option can be a bit frustrating some times...)
Cheers,
Judi
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Russell said
They're probably not deals for your mum, but for communications-happy households they're a welcome innovation.
WTF? I thought we were past this sort of stereotyping these days. Bad Russell! Go sit on the naughty step and have a long think about what you've said. Time starts now...
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Doh! Wrong thread...
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Russell said
They're probably not deals for your mum, but for communications-happy households they're a welcome innovation.
WTF? I thought we were past this sort of stereotyping these days. Bad Russell! Go sit on the naughty step and have a long think about what you've said. Time starts now...
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BenWilson said
It leaves heaps for the Democrats. Item one, cut ridiculous military costs by ending enormous pointless military engagement in Iraq.
Don't underestimate how much it's going cost to withdraw from Iraq!
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B Jones said:
I don't think there's an Auckland accent as such, but there are a few markers. Auckland kids play a game called tiggy or tig (I forget which), whereas Wellingtonian kids play tag.
In Hawke's Bay in the 70's, we played tag. In playing handstands, we also used to say "Handstands cement" - was years until I realised it should have been "Handstands commence!"
Judi
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Oh I feel truly ancient now - I'm quickly exiting my 30s and I distinguish those dipthongs just fine. I just hadn't noticed that the young ones were speaking differently - I guess I don't hang round with many yoofs these days. What was weird though was before I listened to the example, I assumed that the dipthong now in use was like the one in "square" rather than the one in "near" - so David's story wasn't making a lot of sense initially...
Just an old fart,
Judi
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Thanks for another fascinating episode David! It's quite amazing how recent the laws of thermodynamics are. Pretty fundamental stuff!