imaginary friends to fill the void that is your gaping gash.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
So three generations of idiots isn't enough?

I don't get this or the song for Thurgreed post. Would you explain? I know someone got mad, which makes me feel really out of touch.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Neeeek-ca-rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrah-gua

That is so Beavis.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I don't get this or the song for Thurgreed. Would you explain? I know someone got mad, which makes me feel really out of touch.

Your new avatar offends me.

[evenodds]

Austin is filled with mispronounced names. The most irritating is "may-ner" Road, which anywhere else would be Manor. A close second is "Gwa-da-loop-ay" which for Guadalupe is wrong in both English and Spanish.

When I first moved here, I was extremely actively encouraged (in the true fascist sense) to both lose my accent and mispronounce names so that my clients could understand me.

My mother is so proud at my ability to use "all y'all" correctly in a sentence.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by barely_legal
I went to law school close to where I grew up and it totally pissed me off when all the Yankees came down and started trying to correct my pronunciation of local towns. And when I explained to them that my pronunciation was how the people who lived there pronounced it, they felt no compunction in telling me that the locals were wrong. These freaking morons seriously thought that if they walked around "correctly" pronouncing the name of the town for a few years while they were in school, all of the locals would bow down and thank them for bringing enlightenment and showing them the way.

Can you tell that I feel strongly about this?

I don't know why. When people pronounce Houston street, "Hueston Street," we don't get all pissed off and bent out of shape, even if they're from Houston. I stopped correcting people long ago, satisfied that they will look like fools when mispronouncing it around town. That's not good enough for you down South?

TM

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by barely_legal
First the watermelon "joke", then the sterilize the retards "joke" -- one more and you'll have the Asshole Trifecta for the day. Come on, you can do it! I have faith in your ability to be offensive to a wide variety of people....

How about a gay joke next? Oooh oooh, I know, let's make fun of the tsunamai victims!

How many tsunami victims does it take to screw in a light bulb?

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by evenodds
A close second is "Gwa-da-loop-ay" which for Guadalupe is wrong in both English and Spanish.

how is Guadalupe supposed to be pronounced?

gwn(ignant)c

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
how is Guadalupe supposed to be pronounced?

"Johnson"

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
How many tsunami victims does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Three.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Agreed. I have one piece of advice for you people. TURN THE TV OFF. GO OUTSIDE. Run, skip, jump, paddle, climb, kick, swim, skate, sled, paddle, hike, ski, bike, row, throw, catch, swing, shoot, surf, paddle, pedal, poodle, spelunk, belay, curl, volley, scrummage, paddle. Anything. Please.

KAYAK. The term is KAYAK.

[SEC_Chick]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan

I will never give up on the San Felipe fight, though.

I stand with you on the San Felipe thing.

Of course, I am originally from New Mexico, and the pronunications I have heard from pretentious tourists from the East coast would make your blood boil.

I admit it took me a while to get used to the local pronunciation of San Jacinto.

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I don't know why. When people pronounce Houston street, "Hueston Street," we don't get all pissed off and bent out of shape, even if they're from Houston. I stopped correcting people long ago, satisfied that they will look like fools when mispronouncing it around town. That's not good enough for you down South?

TM

I don't care if people pronounce things incorrectly and I try not to correct people's pronunciations b/c I always feel like a flaming asshole when I do. But I hate when people who don't know what they're talking about try to correct my pronunciation.

Would it annoy you if you were talking about Houston street to someone visiting N.Y. and they smiled condescendingly at you and corrected your pronunciation? And then told you how "cute" your accent is?

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
DirectTV is phasing it out. Disagreement with Sony. Their new DVR is due out this Spring. We're waiting for that one instead of shelling out $1k on phased out technology. But I'm not as big on spending money as NHF is, so factor that into the analysis.

Cite, please. Where's Sony fit in? Is Hughes part of Sony? My HDTiVo IS sweet, but I'm on number 2 already, and I fear that I may be on number 3 soon. That $8/month to DirecTV for the equipment plan is paying off in this case.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Three.

Yeah. Wait -- I told it wrong. How come it takes 3 tsunami victims to screw in a light bulb?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I oscillate between Mohnt-peeel-lee-yay and Mont-pel-eee-er.

The first, if I'm talking to my grandmother, who pronounced the state Vehr-mon.