By eeka - Jun 21, 2005, 4:34 PM Post #1 of 26
A posting just came across on freecycle for a "6 draw wooden dresser."
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By Sarcastic Sam - Jun 21, 2005, 4:43 PM Post #2 of 26 [In reply to]
That's funny b/c one of my coworkers has a post-it note on her filing cabinet which delares: "letterhead in last draw" ------------------------- Life is....a Simpsons episode
By Neal - Jun 21, 2005, 4:49 PM Post #3 of 26 [In reply to]
Huh? What's so weaied about that?
By eeka - Jun 21, 2005, 4:58 PM Post #4 of 26 [In reply to]
Yeah, there were typed-up signs for YEARS on a filing cabinet where I used to work: DRAW 1 office supplies DRAW 2 blank forms etc.
By Mike in TX - Jun 21, 2005, 5:58 PM Post #5 of 26 [In reply to]
Shouldn't that be "dressah"?? I was 15 yrs old before I realized how many words had "er" on the end... and how many others didn't. Sigs are overrated.
By eeka - Jun 21, 2005, 6:02 PM Post #6 of 26 [In reply to]
Yeah, a former cow orker's daughter was "Peela" and I kept wondering what kind of weirdass whitetrash name that was, until I saw her wearing a bracelet that said "Pilar."
By adamg - Jun 21, 2005, 8:42 PM Post #7 of 26 [In reply to]
Is it this one? I see it's in excellant condition.
By adamg - Jun 21, 2005, 8:48 PM Post #8 of 26 [In reply to]
Ooh, here's a Maple 5 Draw Upright Dresser. And here's a Hunter Green-Dresser with mirror & Tall 6 draw chest.
By eeka - Jun 21, 2005, 9:45 PM Post #9 of 26 [In reply to]
HEEEEE!!! Car for sale. Cracked Review Mirror. Call Hootie.
By Sarcastic Sam - Jun 21, 2005, 11:24 PM Post #10 of 26 [In reply to]
(bites tongue to prevent changing topic to people who CAN'T PRONOUNCE THEIR OWN NAME) ------------------------- Life is....a Simpsons episode
By eeka - Jun 22, 2005, 12:16 AM Post #11 of 26 [In reply to]
HEEEEEE we've done that discussion already.
By Sarcastic Sam - Jun 22, 2005, 12:22 AM Post #12 of 26 [In reply to]
Yep...several times! ------------------------- Life is....a Simpsons episode
By Vikram - Jun 22, 2005, 1:14 AM Post #13 of 26 [In reply to]
Halloy eeker!
By eeka - Jun 22, 2005, 10:31 AM Post #14 of 26 [In reply to]
HALLOY!
By mikeyc - Jun 22, 2005, 3:30 PM Post #15 of 26 [In reply to]
I was just out in Washington last week and I asked some one for a tonic. They looked at me like I had three heads. I never knew the saying drawer was a strange thing.
By Dave - Jun 22, 2005, 3:46 PM Post #16 of 26 [In reply to]
Drawer
By LaDivina - Jun 22, 2005, 4:44 PM Post #17 of 26 [In reply to]
Freaky timing. Just got this in an email from a co-working this morning, informing us that our new printer can print 11x17, and that "the paper is in the draw directly below the printer." Freedom of speech is wonderful - right up there with the freedom not to listen.
By mikeyc - Jun 22, 2005, 5:10 PM Post #18 of 26 [In reply to]
I travel for work and have to give training classes. How ironic is that. Some times people will just sit there not have a clue. All the while I think I am toning it down. Apparently not. The number fowah is always a classic.
By eeka - Jun 22, 2005, 9:20 PM Post #19 of 26 [In reply to]
You should scribble all over the 11x17 paper with a crayon and then when someone demands to know wtf, you can say "hey, you said draw..."
At least with the Boston pronunciation for "drawer" one can represent it as "draw" (or maybe "drah"), but there's really no way to represent the vowel sound used when folks probouce "room" with a Boston accent, as "rum" doesn't quite do it.
By mikeyc - Jun 22, 2005, 10:21 PM Post #21 of 26 [In reply to]
The other phrase I never realized was "so don't I". I always say that.
By triquetra - Jun 22, 2005, 10:45 PM Post #22 of 26 [In reply to]
I expect I'll pick up Bostonisms once I'm there. I already say "packy" and "wicked". I worked with a woman from Alabama once, and I still say "might could" occasionally. *~*~*~* Luceo non uro
By mikeyc - Jun 22, 2005, 10:54 PM Post #23 of 26 [In reply to]
I can see you picking up the certain phrases. I was down south for about 6 months a few years back and I found myself saying y'all occasionally. That was an experience. When ever I had to by a pack a of cigs I was like "gimme a pack of Mahbros". Poor girl was like "huh". One person ask me if I was Australian. Go figure that one.
By mikeyc - Jun 22, 2005, 11:29 PM Post #24 of 26 [In reply to]
This is pretty cool. I ran across it a while ago. Number 79 is a classic Boston accent. http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/
By triquetra - Jun 23, 2005, 11:10 AM Post #25 of 26 [In reply to]
I find myself saying "y'all" too...because one of my professors, who is actually from upstate New York, did one of her degrees in Georgia, and she had a Southern accent when she came here. It doesn't even take direct exposure to a native dialect speaker for me, apparently. I'm impressionable. *~*~*~* Luceo non uro
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