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Archive for January, 2008

‘Ave a butcher’s at this, then

Friday, January 25th, 2008

I was thinking about the Northern accent, and much as Southerners like to make “foon” of it, there is more consistency to it than in the Southern accent.

Now I know English is nothing if not inconsistent, but why do we pronounce “put” and “butcher” differently from “but” and “gut”? No reason I can think of. So at least Northerners pronounce all “u” words in the same way. “Foony” or not.

Isn’t it ironic?

Friday, January 25th, 2008

So at work today we’re talking about Guy Pearce for some reason, and someone mentions Memento. A girl says she’s sure that she’s seen it, but can’t remember what it’s about…

Recycling is unimportant

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

So here’s the thing: at work we have two different recycling bins, one blue and one silver. Complicated rules govern what can go into which: nothing as simple as cans in one, paper in the other. Oh no. The one takes only “clean” recyclables, while the other is allegedly happy with dirty food wrappers. (But you’re still supposed to rinse out cans: yeah, right.) There are a lot of other rules too: I can’t remember them offhand.

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