[ubuntu-uk] Unsuscrib

[Lizzeh Rodriguez]

I'm in Reading, sort of close to 'Ampshire....  Anyone else from here?


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On 15 Jan 2009, at 22:13, piskie wrote:

> I am soooo glad, I thought I was alone !!!!
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> Dr James Stevens-Turner wrote:
>> I resemble that remark, coming from Ampshire!
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>> I am a Ampshire Hogg!!
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 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
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>>> 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:
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>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>>> '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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