[ubuntu-uk] Unsuscrib

[Dr James Stevens-Turner]

I resemble that remark, coming from Ampshire!

I am a Ampshire Hogg!!


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From: "piskie" <ubuntu at talktalk.net>
To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unsuscrib


> Move to Hampshire - there are very few H's making an appearance
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> Lizzeh Rodriguez wrote:
>> To my credit, I'm starting to pronounce the "H" in herbs.   :|
>> I've betrayed my New Yawk roots!
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>> On 15 Jan 2009, at 21:28, Simon Wears wrote:
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>>> There should ALWAYS be a U! =P Even in words that don't require one.
>>> Like.. foloffle.
>>>
>>> 2009/1/15 Lizzeh Rodriguez <lizzeh at gmail.com <mailto:lizzeh at gmail.com>>
>>>
>>>     Coming from a "bird" and a "Yank" myself... John said it best. 
>>> However
>>>     I know that Sean meant "bird" in a playful sense, not really sexist 
>>> in
>>>     the context.  But just watch what ya say because it's a huge mailing
>>>     list and not everyone responds (like myself). I guess I'm finally
>>>     getting the British humor after living here over a year!
>>>
>>>     Yes...it's "humor" no u.
>>>     :)
>>>
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>>>     Lizzeh.com
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>>>     On 15 Jan 2009, at 20:27, John Levin wrote:
>>>
>>>     > Sean Miller wrote:
>>>     >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Ian Betteridge
>>>     <ian at ianbetteridge.co.uk <mailto:ian at ianbetteridge.co.uk>
>>>     >> > wrote:
>>>     >>> I'm not going to point out that refering to someone as "the 
>>> bird"
>>>     >>> like
>>>     >>> that is patronising and sexist. Oh not. Not for my first post
>>>     to the
>>>     >>> list.
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>> Oh dear, I just did...
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Well, I meant it in the nicest possible sense.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Better than the "dumbest blonde in the world" or whatever the 
>>> poor
>>>     >> lady (not the one who unsubscribed, as far as I know, but the mad
>>>     >> Yank
>>>     >> I alluded to!!) was described elsewhere on the list today.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Let's try to avoid getting too PC.  "bird", "gal", "fella",
>>>     "geezer",
>>>     >> "other 'alf", "trouble and strife" etc. are all colloqiualisms
>>>     which
>>>     >> aren't really sexist or patronising at all, unless one decides to
>>>     >> make
>>>     >> them so.
>>>     >>
>>>     >
>>>     > 'bird' and 'trouble & strife' are perjoratives, and certainly are
>>>     > sexist. There is no relation between gender and having
>>>     difficulty with
>>>     > mailing lists.
>>>     >
>>>     > John
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>>>     >
>>>     > --
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