League of Psychic Nutcases - Cookies! by zerokiryu

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League of Psychic Nutcases - Cookies!

POSTED BY: ZEROKIRYU
UPDATED: Sunday, August 17, 2008 17:17
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Saturday, August 2, 2008 5:44 PM

><; that makes sense, but the 'oxen' still :-P not seein that from saying 'all come' slurred, or fast :-P but wahtevs, maybe they had weird accents XD

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Sunday, August 3, 2008 3:36 AM

It is apparently too early in the morning for me to reliable tell the difference between the edit button and the reply button. Hence this duplicate post.

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Sunday, August 3, 2008 3:45 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
><; that makes sense, but the 'oxen' still :-P not seein that from saying 'all come' slurred, or fast :-P but wahtevs, maybe they had weird accents XD

You know how a lot of people pronounce the word ask as aks. I think this might be another case of the same kind of linguistic thing so maybe it was "alls come" which then got pronounced "allcsome" and then got to oxen.

Or I could be off base. It is one of those linguistic mysteries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olly_olly_oxen_free
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-oll1.htm
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19970422

The theory currently held by wikipedia is almost certainly wrong.

David

'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg

http://xkcd.com/386/

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I has myspace - http://www.myspace.com/daveshayneforpresident]

David

'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg

http://xkcd.com/386/

"Don't worry. Captain Hammer will save us." - Penny.

I has myspace - http://www.myspace.com/daveshayneforpresident

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Sunday, August 3, 2008 8:26 AM

So basically we say it because some children have a speech impediment??

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Sunday, August 3, 2008 10:04 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:
So basically we say it because some children have a speech impediment??

And this surprises you why?

David

'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg

http://xkcd.com/386/

"Don't worry. Captain Hammer will save us." - Penny.

I has myspace - http://www.myspace.com/daveshayneforpresident

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Sunday, August 3, 2008 11:17 AM

and considering most children/adolescents now speak in textspeak or lolspeak?

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Monday, August 4, 2008 10:30 AM

*bumps thread*

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Monday, August 4, 2008 11:23 AM

well I guess it doesn't surprise me.... and I mark any text speak as wrong and make the kid re-do it 5 times over. Text all you want that way, but not on a real paper. You must learn....( yes I've gone into maniacal teacher mode)

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Monday, August 4, 2008 11:58 AM

whoa wait....they use textspeak on PAPERS???? for SCHOOL????? ..i think i might be sick.

as a writer, that really bugs me.

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Monday, August 4, 2008 12:19 PM

see yes that's what I am saying...it's fine in casual communication with your friends, but in a professional setting...kiss of death.

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Monday, August 4, 2008 12:31 PM

its worse than a kiss of death, its more like an a$$*#&% of death. i only use it when talking online :-P not even in verbal conversation.

I mean, sometimes people write like they speak, conversational english, but i dont think textspeak can even be considered english..

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Monday, August 4, 2008 1:45 PM

Our language changes all the time. We were told "ain't" is not a proper word by our teachers and I am looking right at it in my dictionary as I write this. English is a mixture of languages. The Danes invaded England and left some of their words and the Normans brought theirs over when they invaded. Think of all the immigrants who have come to the United States. Us people in the United States don't even use the same words that are used in United Kingdom, yet we both claim we speak English.

Tell me this. Should I use "especial" or "special"? They are both in my dictionary and they both have the same meaning. Is one spelling more proper then the other?

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Monday, August 4, 2008 2:28 PM

oh yes it is a fluid language, but come on.

L8tr can U cif U can go?

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Monday, August 4, 2008 4:41 PM

Wait. Someday you will see one of these on a paper "

".
God help us then.

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Monday, August 4, 2008 5:00 PM

yes but by then civilization will have fallen and all shows on tv will be reality shows produced by Fox ( it's how we'll know it's the end times)...and why we will welcome the end

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Monday, August 4, 2008 5:57 PM

When I hear the term "reality show" I get cold feeling in my heart. It does seem like the "end of times". There is still Puplic Broadcasting. It keeps hope alive. IMHO

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Monday, August 4, 2008 6:54 PM

as do i, traveler :-P

Quote:
Originally posted by MsB: L8tr can U cif U can go?

lolz, exactly. languages are fluid, but that *points above* is a stretch. textspeak is abbreviations. yes we have abbreviations in everyday language, but we dont SAY "m-r" when we're saying the word "mister" but i dont think 'ppl' will ever be considered a word. or 'bff' or 'lylas' just can't happen.

not to mention the fact that textspeak also entails cutting vowels out of words, making them not words really. i mean like rly cn u srsly go? omg.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008 2:31 PM

Like Joss throwing in the slang term "shiny" in Firefly. I suspect that our languages will even be more drastically changed then by a few slang terms. But the Chinese was hard enough to understand. I only got the vaguest idea of what the Serenity crew were saying by the deflection of their voice when they used Chinese. It was a good touch. Maybe other writers will use it. From what I understand the cast butchered the Chinese phrases they were given. I am sure there are some people here that know Chinese, I think it was Mandarin, and just cringe when they hear it spoken on Firefly.

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Saturday, August 9, 2008 4:01 AM

lolz XD yeah if u watch the special features, the language coach was like 'you tell them the correct way to say it, and then they totally butcher it. Anyone who knows chinese is probably watching it and thinking "what did they just say??" ' or something to that effect, was the jist of what she said. i can't stand it when people do that with other languages, i agree.

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Saturday, August 9, 2008 8:22 AM

LOL...

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Saturday, August 9, 2008 8:33 AM

special features are fun

so are outtakes.

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Saturday, August 9, 2008 10:50 AM

Outtakes and gag reels, you gotcha. Gotta have 'em

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Saturday, August 9, 2008 10:56 AM

Alan said he hated the Chinese language. But that is show business.
One day your a fourteen year old doctor saving peoples lives and the next your a evil genius that falls in love with a woman you meet doing laundry. Remember gentle cycle on delicates.

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Sunday, August 10, 2008 9:49 AM

its tough to speak. :-P never mind understanding

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Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:05 PM

They tried to teach me Spanish in sixth grade. I hated it. I never tried to learn another language after that. Little did I know how small the world really is.

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Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:14 PM

I'm going to pay during Spanish class- I didn't study at all over the summer, and forgot practically everything I knew

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Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:26 PM

I was fortunate. I was not graded on Spanish. It was some kind of experiment to see if they could introduce a foreign language at an earlier age. I was not ready. I have a hard enough time with English.

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Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:58 PM

You had a hard time with English in the 6TH GRADE?!! Sorry, but I find that just a little worrisome....

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Sunday, August 10, 2008 1:10 PM

I had a hard time with English my entire life. It has improved. But only slightly. I keep a dictionary and a thesaurus nearby to help with spelling. I also read continually. It has helped my spelling. I do cheat and use the spell check in Outlook.

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Sunday, August 10, 2008 5:45 PM

i cn spel rly gud. sry, had a moment ><

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Sunday, August 10, 2008 5:56 PM

It wood help if ewe used spell check lick I dew.

Good Knight;
traveler

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Sunday, August 10, 2008 6:36 PM

lolz, proabably would XD

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Monday, August 11, 2008 8:33 AM

*teleports in from bar, midsentence* NDLIGHTNINGTHUNDERANDLIGHTNINGTHUNDERANDLIGHTNING!!!!!
*runs around walls*

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Monday, August 11, 2008 10:18 AM

I am sooooo itchy!! There were tons of mosquitos at the paintball shoot... and now I am covered in bites

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Monday, August 11, 2008 11:59 AM

didnt u use bug spray ><

i hate bugbites, they suck.

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Monday, August 11, 2008 12:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:
I am sooooo itchy!! There were tons of mosquitos at the paintball shoot... and now I am covered in bites

*dave pours large bucket of Campho-phenique on MSB*

Better?

David

'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg

http://xkcd.com/386/

"Don't worry. Captain Hammer will save us." - Penny.

I has myspace - http://www.myspace.com/daveshayneforpresident

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Monday, August 11, 2008 12:03 PM

I didn't realize there'd be a horde of mosquitos... so now I'm all welty and itchy... gonna run on the treadmill and see if that helps

Edit- thanks Dave

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Monday, August 11, 2008 12:06 PM

that happened to me when my friends and i went to Peckham park after dark >< my feet got eaten. was not pleasant :-P

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Monday, August 11, 2008 2:50 PM

I saw a movie where this German soldier never bathed. When his fellow soldiers started complaining he told them his natural oils mixed with the grim of combat made the perfect mosquito repellent. I think he was just a slob. There was not much they could do about it except throw him in any river they came near. War is bad enough with sleeping next to body that would not die.

We got so much rain early this year that the pests were bad, but it is actually getting dry here in Wiscosin. Considering all the rain damage we suffered it is hard to imagine a dry spell.

One lake got so full that it broke through a dike and emptied into a adjacent river. Took a few houses with it. They actually got film of one home just toppling over and breaking up into kindling.

Can you tell I had caffeine while doing mt laundry tonight.

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Monday, August 11, 2008 6:08 PM

ew, u couldnt pay me to not bathe for--im guessing years this guy did this? *shudders* i'll use the spray on insect repellent thanks lolz

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:53 AM

What it probably did was make a crust, kinda an exo-skeleton, that the bugs couldn't get through. I'd rather get a REAL metal exo-skeleton(think Ripley in Aliens) and just squash them.

'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:11 PM

*shudders at the thought and does heeby-jeeby dance* eeeeew. (not aliens, the natural exoskeleton)

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:45 PM

Sadly the vicious mosquitos here managed to get through my thick jeans... got some benadryl cream and am now much better

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:03 PM

we need to engineer a virus that kills all of the mosquitos on the entire effing globe.

seriously, those gorram things serve no other purpose except to eat blood and spread plague :-P

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:07 PM

Best thing to do once a mosquito bites you: wash the bit area with soap and warm water IMMEDIATELY! It washes away the irritant and keeps the itch from forming.

Experience the Horribleness!

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:15 PM

cool. i use witch hazel. :-P

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:26 PM

That works too. When I go hiking, I usually take some Purell with me for the same reason, but the soap and water are truly best b/c it washes away the irritant as oppose to just drying it out.

Experience the Horribleness!

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:43 PM

I stay inside. My skin wpuld be pale except for the tan I get from my flatscreen.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:55 PM

O_o Wow. Some flatscreen.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 4:03 PM

I can also see in the dark now. Coooool.

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