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OT Scary as all heck
For those who love the cellphone. And no wonder our kids are turning stupid
http://www.dailymotion.com:80/releva...e-microon_news |
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OT Scary as all heck
I am hearing about spelling skills dropping in the world. DAH, with
texting, why wouldn't they? "Matthew" wrote in message g.com... For those who love the cellphone. And no wonder our kids are turning stupid http://www.dailymotion.com:80/releva...e-microon_news |
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OT Scary as all heck
On Sep 24, 11:29*am, "Matthew"
wrote: For those who love the cellphone. *And no wonder our kids are turning stupid http://www.dailymotion.com:80/releva.../video/x5odhh_... It's a hoax, it's a viral marketing video. Google "cell phone popcorn hoax" (without quotes). Or see: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tec...ne.popcorn.cnn -Caroline S. |
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Matthew wrote:
For those who love the cellphone. And no wonder our kids are turning stupid http://www.dailymotion.com:80/releva...e-microon_news Fake video to sell bluetooth headsets: http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp Yowie |
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"Caroline S." wrote in message ... On Sep 24, 11:29 am, "Matthew" wrote: For those who love the cellphone. And no wonder our kids are turning stupid http://www.dailymotion.com:80/releva.../video/x5odhh_... It's a hoax, it's a viral marketing video. Google "cell phone popcorn hoax" (without quotes). Or see: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tec...ne.popcorn.cnn -Caroline S. I know it is a hoax but it scary as all heck if it was true. It is a way to scare you kids ;-) |
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In article m,
"Matthew" wrote: For those who love the cellphone. And no wonder our kids are turning stupid http://www.dailymotion.com:80/releva...odhh_pop-corn- telephone-portable-microon_news Started off as a joke, was explained as same by perpetrators - including the way they managed to do it. I understand it may have been taken over by somebody or other as a marketing tool. Baird -- You can fool some of the people all of the time, and in a divided country that's enough to win elections. -Bill Steele |
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Baird Stafford wrote:
In article m, "Matthew" wrote: For those who love the cellphone. And no wonder our kids are turning stupid http://www.dailymotion.com:80/releva...ortable/video/ x5odhh_pop-corn-telephone-portable-microon_news Started off as a joke, was explained as same by perpetrators - including the way they managed to do it. I understand it may have been taken over by somebody or other as a marketing tool. A marketing tool to sell *what*, exactly? -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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OT Scary as all heck
Granby wrote: I am hearing about spelling skills dropping in the world. DAH, with texting, why wouldn't they? One reason for some of the spelling oddities in English is that people in the middle ages were only semi-literate (if they were literate at all) so there was no standardized spelling until the late eighteenth, early nineteenth century. Apparently the same problem has resurrected in the 21st Century, for similar reasons. "Duct tape" - so called because its original purpose was for sealing joints in air-conditioning ducts (hence its silvery color) - proved so useful for a variety of tasks that many people use it with no idea of its origin. Naturally, given the sloppy enunciation of many regions in the U.S., a lot of people pronounce the word without the final "t", changing it into "duck tape" (even though that name makes no sense). Apparently some manufacturers of the stuff have given up trying the keep the correct label - the other day I saw rolls of the stuff at Wal-Mart actually LABELED "Duck Tape" on the package! |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message m... Granby wrote: I am hearing about spelling skills dropping in the world. DAH, with texting, why wouldn't they? One reason for some of the spelling oddities in English is that people in the middle ages were only semi-literate (if they were literate at all) so there was no standardized spelling until the late eighteenth, early nineteenth century. Apparently the same problem has resurrected in the 21st Century, for similar reasons. As well anyone who has done any work on genealogy knows. I've done well in tracing my paternal grandfather's family (Manuel, from Newfoundland) and my paternal grandmother (Percy, from Scotland) No luck at all with my maternal grandfather (Sindy, West Virginia) I have my maternal grandmother's fathers bible. He was born in 1826 in Virginia, later to become Moorefield West Virginia. Three people recorded the births of his children. I'm guessing his three wives. And each of them spelled their family last name differently. The earliest was Sutherlin, then Sutherley, and last Southerly. If one family can't agree on how their own name is spelled on a single page, there is no hope for the rest of the language. Jo |
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