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The Hobbit Hole XXXIV - But better than rain or rippling streams...

Posted on 08/07/2007 7:52:15 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

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To: 300winmag

Yeah, English is a perfectly logical language - except for the exceptions. For instance: make, take, bake. Past tense: made, baked, took. Huh?


1,681 posted on 08/28/2007 12:33:13 PM PDT by JenB
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1,682 posted on 08/28/2007 12:57:36 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
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To: 2Jedismom

Hey that’s one sexy car!


1,683 posted on 08/28/2007 12:59:22 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; LSAggie; osagebowman

Heh heh!!

Check out J’s hair cut! He got a hair cut like an Aggie Corps of Cadets member!!

We’re going to an A&M football game this Saturday. Steve’s going to come too, it seems. He is in the process of setting up an interview with a company in Houston for this Friday.


1,684 posted on 08/28/2007 1:01:47 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
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To: Lil'freeper
the "high-brow" version tends to be derived from Latin and the "low-brow" from the original Anglo-Saxon/German.

Probably not just Latin, but the Norman French, which was the language of the Court. There were some Kings and Queens of England who never spoke 'English', because it was, as you said, deemed to be the 'common' speech.

1,685 posted on 08/28/2007 1:04:52 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Lil'freeper

Terrane is a cool word!


1,686 posted on 08/28/2007 1:06:00 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: 2Jedismom
WooHoo! Oz and the doggies, too!

When is your Dad's surgery?

1,687 posted on 08/28/2007 1:06:44 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: 2Jedismom

2J, that car is so YOU!!


1,688 posted on 08/28/2007 1:07:28 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

First thing in the morning.

He’s started the pre-surg prep.


1,689 posted on 08/28/2007 1:08:52 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
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To: JenB
Yeah, English is a perfectly logical language - except for the exceptions.

Most of the exceptions come from the oldest words in the language, the most Germanic part. English started using adjectives and plurals sooner than other languages, doing away with special forms of verbs and nouns, at least in newer "accessions".

English was also the first language to adopt the Roman alphabet in an attempt to advance written English as the supply of Latin speakers and writers shrank. Everybody else west of Greece was still hacking away at runes in their native languages.

1,690 posted on 08/28/2007 1:23:06 PM PDT by 300winmag (Life is hard! It is even harder when you are stupid!)
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To: 2Jedismom

Woo hoo! Great lookin’ car there.

(y’all don’t look so bad either)

;-)


1,691 posted on 08/28/2007 1:38:34 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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Today is a VERY GOOD DAY!!

Things are looking very good. Steve has THREE strong job possibilities and the really bad news that we had a few weeks back...where he had to go and talk to the benefits department....apparently he wasn’t the only one upset because they re-instated everyone they cut.

PRAISE the Lord...it’s a great day!

He sounds like a different person. Now if we can just verify that he’s healthy, we’re good to go.

1,692 posted on 08/28/2007 2:02:19 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
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To: 2Jedismom

Wait - so you’ve got insurance again?

Will pray for Steve and the jobs. Talon just started a new department this week and it looks really good... that would be so nice.


1,693 posted on 08/28/2007 2:06:11 PM PDT by JenB
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To: JenB

Yep!!

No tellin’ why, but apparently some folks were pretty unhappy about it and perhaps flexed a bit more muscle than we have.

I don’t know for sure though, but they just called Steve out of the blue and told him.

This has been a great day.

We started our home school this week too and the boys are just doing great!


1,694 posted on 08/28/2007 2:09:33 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
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To: SuziQ
Probably not just Latin, but the Norman French, which was the language of the Court.

Don't ferget the language of the Church...

1,695 posted on 08/28/2007 2:20:17 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: 2Jedismom

Oh, good.

(What’s up with the mohawk?) :)


1,696 posted on 08/28/2007 2:21:20 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (I've been waiting since 11/04/79 to do something about Iran.)
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To: 2Jedismom
Wahoooo!!! Cute overload! Look at you guys!

I don't think there is a more perfect car for you.... other than your Beetle, of course!

1,697 posted on 08/28/2007 2:21:31 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: 2Jedismom
PRAISE the Lord...it’s a great day!

Amen. That's good news!

1,698 posted on 08/28/2007 2:22:20 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: ExGeeEye

It’s not really a mohawk...he just has dark hair in the center of his head. The hair is actually cut in a circle...a military hair cut.

It’s just the way he sun is shining on it that it looks like that.


1,699 posted on 08/28/2007 2:31:02 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
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To: Lil'freeper

Steve got the interview!!

9am Friday.


1,700 posted on 08/28/2007 2:31:42 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
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