Mom [OT]

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 18:32:18 +0100, Cathi
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In message , Adrian
writes
Cathi wrote:
Anyone else get ticked off if their name is shortened beyond where
they would care to shorten it?

Example: My name is Catherine. I choose to be known as Cathi in
common parlance (although family have always called me Katie). But I
don't choose to be known as Cath.. *Particularly* with the Estuary
English "pronunciation", which is a long "a", and a double "f" at the
end :"Caaaaaff" It just sounds lazy and sloppy. I had one co-worker
who would always remember half-way through using it, so it would come
out as"*Caaaaff*-i" For heaven's sake - I'm a human being, not a
greasy spoon diner as immortalised in EastEnders!

Would Cat be OK? ;-)
:-D

I use the nickname "Catsmeat" on a number of talkboards, and get a fair
number of variations on that, including Cat, Catz and Catsy.

OMG are you a Wodehouse fan?




Theresa
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:59:18 -0800, David Yehudah
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They were born and raised in Mexico until age 5 when we moved here for
them to go to school. They still say "Ma-MA" to their mother.

A funny side note; when we moved here to the US, they didn't speak a
word of English (they spoke mostly Spanish and a bit of Hebrew). They
wanted to put them in bilingual classes but I refused. English only I
insisted. Within 6 weeks they sounded like little gringos; today they
speak both languages without an accent. In English they sound like
typical Texans, and in Spanish they sound as if they never left Mexico.


Amazing. My mom (a third-grade teacher) says that they always learn
the bad words first.




Theresa
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:00:39 GMT, Tanada
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David Yehudah wrote:

I guess it depends on which kids you're exposed to. When I taught 8th
grade English and Spanish here in SoCal, some of them seemed to go out
of their way to be obnoxious and bratty. Of course, not all did; some
were a pleasure to be around.



Eighth graders are humans?!! I'm impressed that you think so.
Actually, most eighth graders I've worked with are fairly decently
behaved. As I said earlier, there's always that 5% that are so asocial
that they shouldn't be allowed out without a leash and muzzle.

Pam S.

The problem is the group effect. No kidding. If you cut the average
8th grader away from the herd, they usually turn out to be perfectly
sweet. But they are all so socially attuned to each other, so
self-conscious, and nothing short of death is as bad as looking uncool
in front of their friends, Consequently, in groups, they are
practically unbearable.



Theresa
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 23:28:34 GMT, "Mishi"
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"Sherry " wrote in message
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don't know if this is a real Arabic curse, but I heard it in
college, and it's my favorite: "May the fleas of a thousand camels come to
nest in your crotch!"

Ginger-lyn


I have heard one similar to that: May the fleas of a thousand syphilic
camels infest your armpits! (my 12th grade english teacher was of Lebanese
descent.) He also used to threaten the class with the "Lebanese Sleeper
Hold" - you take your opponents head and stuff it into your armpit.
Guaranteed to knock them out!

Patti


Hee hee.
I love eccentric teachers.







Theresa
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"Tanada" wrote in message
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ellis92 wrote:

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badwilson wrote:

In Thailand you can't be a pilot in the military if you have any
fillings or unfilled cavities. Sure weeds out a lot of applicants!

And the reason is...?

Joyce


Air trapped in a cavity or loose filling may expand when increased
altitude causes it to expand. It could be very painful.

marv

Hum, that's why Rob came home once with a huge ballooned tooth, NOT!

I suspect it would be a way to weed out those from a lower social
strata, the ones who can't afford the better diet or have inferior
genetics. How about pulled teeth, Britta? Do they alow people with
gaping mouths to crew aircraft?

I don't know about the pulled teeth, Pam. I suspect it's a no-no. From
what I've heard, you must have perfect teeth, perfect eyes, no tattoos,
blah, blah, blah. As much as I hate the concept, I think you're right about
the social class thing. I mean this is in a country where even for the most
menial job you need to send a picture of yourself in with your resume.
Grrr.
--
Britta
Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered
in fur!
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badwilson wrote:

*Everyone* here has a nickname... [snip] maybe I should just be
"Bee". They could definitely pronounce that better than Britta
and I do like it much better than the common female nicknames
that they use (Porn, No, No, Ming).

Well, I was going to suggest you get a Thai to give you a nickname,
but perhaps not...

Yeah, I'd vote no on that one too ;-) Besides, who would really know what
it means? They could tell you one thing and it could mean something else or
have some kind of double entendre.

Also, going back to that Sir/Ma'am thing, they only have unisex
ones here. It's Kuhn. For men and women alike. They use Kuhn in
front of either their first name or their nickname and it's used
among pretty much equals.

That's great! Makes me feel better to know that some cultures exist
where they do this. The Thais seem to have fairly progressive attitudes
about sexuality, from what I've heard - at least compared to other
parts of Asia (not to mention the rest of the world). Do you find that
to be true?

Oh, totally. There are tons of blatantly open gay people and they are
totally accepted. There are also lots of transsexuals and cross dressers.
I heard once that they think there are 5 sexes instead of 2.

I make our friends call Vino "Kuhn Vino" as a joke, as in "it's
Kuhn Vino to you!" ;-)

Cute! How do you pronounce "Kuhn"? Like "coon"?

Yeah, just like coon.

If you are talking to someone way older or more important than
you, you have to use Pee (this is difficult to do with a straight
face, so I tend to avoid older and more important Thai people).

I would have a hard time with that, too, especially at first. But I
wonder if people stop thinking of the English meaning once they've
said it enough times?

Oh, sure if you're not an immature kid like me! Hyuk, hyuk, he said "pee"
;-)

There's also one for someone younger like a kid, I think it's
Nong, but I can't remember for sure.

For an informal country, they sure have a lot of titles, though!

Well, that's only 3, they just go by old, same and young instead of
male/female.
--
Britta
Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered
in fur!
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

(JBHajos) had some very interesting things to
say about Mom [OT]:

One reason for people calling you Jeanie is that some people whose names
are spelled the same as yours pronounce it that way. I have known
several women whose name was Jeanne. About half of them pronounce it
"Jeanie", and one woman corrected me rather irritably when I pronounced
her name "Jean".
Wow, this sure surprised *me.* I've never, *ever* heard another
Jeanne pronounce it "Jeannie." At least not here on the other side of
the Mississippi. Maybe I should get out more. Maybe it's a
Jette/Jetty--Bette/Betty thing. Thanks for the input. It doesn't
lessen my strong aversion to being called "Jeannie" but does help my
understanding.

In my admittedly limited experience, the preferred pronunciation is
about 50/50 for each choice.

--
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(or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL

(Napoleon) had some very interesting things to say
about Mom [OT]:

My feeling is that people are entitled to be treated with courtesy and
respect unless they give you a reason to do otherwise, so my "default
setting" is to be courteous and respectful to people when I meet them,
no matter what the setting. In my mind, their age, physical appearance
or the job they're doing is irrelevant to their right to be treated
with courtesy. OTOH, on occasion people's actions demonstrate that
they don't deserve to be treated with the normal degree of courtesy,
no matter what their age, appearance, or position and I adjust my
interactions accordingly. Thankfully, that doesn't happen a lot.

You sound like me. :-)

--
"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing
(or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL

Seanette Blaylock wrote:
Helen Wheels had some very interesting
things to say about Mom [OT]:


Art thou certain?
Try Vietnamese if you want real confusion. I think I learnt at
least seven different forms of "you" depending on whether the
person was related to you, related to your parents, older or
younger (and by how much), male or female, ... and that was only
in beginners' class. Made my head spin.


Ouch! I think I'm getting a headache thinking about this! Do the verbs
change with what form of "you" is involved, like they do in Spanish?

That sure makes the "tu"/"usted" issue look a lot simpler. :-)


Thankfully, the verb forms didn't change depending on the person
you were addressing - that would have completely defeated me.

"Jeanette" wrote in message
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I love Jette as a shortening, I said several times as a child that Jet was
the only shortening of Jeanette that I would ever accept, but nobody ever
took me up on it When I worked in a canteen once, a middle aged Scot
who
worked with me tried to call me Jeanie, but I made it clear that I didn't
like it. My nephews and neices sometimes call me Auntie Net, but they grow
out of it quite quickly.



Jeanette is my sister's name. We called her "Net" until high school. After
Lovelette, there were only 4 spaces left in the school computer. She ran
cross country (think track and field running long distances without the
track) and the newspaper got her name from the school computer. She is now
known as "Jean".

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