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04-09-2003, 01:50 PM
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Words I don't hear so often anymore
Rickenbacker
Spangles Spiffing Twee Quaint Dimple Dodo Niblick Tomb Raider (oops, who put that one in  )Asteroids Quidnunc Adumbral Flit Dot matrix ZX81 Timex If I think of any more............. 
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04-09-2003, 02:02 PM
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You could add many more I suspect.
The words I don't hear being used anymore that I miss the most are: Please Thank you You're welcome Excuse me It seems that flaming rudeness is the order of the day. Sad is it not?
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04-09-2003, 02:06 PM
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04-09-2003, 03:30 PM
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I know this must sound cliche but the only people I find rude are 11-17, definatly not all of them, but all the ones who seem to be rude are in there. I'm only 26 and they already hate me...
 Haven't even started my new teaching job yet...
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#6
04-09-2003, 03:55 PM
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Arctic_Wolf, my experience is different! I've had a part time job as a teacher in maritime engineering for a high school class, 15 boys 1 girl age 16-18. I was a little worried when I started, I thought they might not respect me because I'm a woman, and I thought they were going to give me a very hard time. They did not!
 They have been so sweet, interested, motivated, hard working and kind! And they have been very patient with me, it's the first time I teach this course, and they have forgiven my mistakes! I think generally, people are not rude! With the exception of subway during rush hour! Most people are nice and friendly! Another of my part time jobs is at a huge food store at a counter. I have perhaps 150 customers/day, and most of the time they are very nice. There will always be exceptions, but I think most people are kind! It also depends on what attitude I have! I often end up in conversations on the subway with total strangers. I guess I like people! A few words that are about to get extinct: Pencil Handwriting Book Letter Surprisingly often when people ask me if I've seen a movie I say no, I read the book 10 years ago... And they are genuinely surprised to hear there was a book before the movie!
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#7
04-09-2003, 06:19 PM
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Words I don't hear often, eh?
Eh StarTopia II Homeworld III Aliens V Predator III Dot Hack Sign Outlaw Star Mecha Mech Exitium I Rotary Experimental Synthetic Artificial Person White Hole Chest-Burster Face-Hugger Larva Pupa Cocoon Morrowind Katana Wakizashi Tanto No-Dachi Tower-Bow Alleria Telath Rama Arthur C. Clarke I, Robot Android Robot Kamehameha Bhudda Shiva Brahma Shinto Canadia Yanqui Dinotopia James Gurney
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04-09-2003, 06:42 PM
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"I, Robot" . Movie to come soon starring Will Smith.
"Rendevous with Rama". Morgan Freeman is working on it. "Dimple". I actually work with a gal named Dimple. We give Photoshop lessons to the newbies at work every five months or so. shale hopscotch Masonite bake-o-lite fedora reel two tone brassiere pull tab
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04-10-2003, 01:42 AM
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oops-a-daisy,
shilling,
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#11
04-10-2003, 02:05 AM
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I'm going to start sounding like my Grandma one of these days, when I start saying things like, "What is the World coming to?"   Dhama, I still use some of the words on your list - twee and quaint for instance.... I wonder what that means?
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#12
04-10-2003, 03:29 AM
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Sweet words I'd like to hear...
arbitrary
sycophant (I work with a few of these) spurious sacrosanct objectivity tolerance candor veracity impudence amoral interface Predator 3 format And for the love of cheese, Valve, HALF LIFE 2 ON XBOX!!! (okay, more than one word) Last edited by Duckman Drake; 04-10-2003 at 03:33 AM.
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#13
04-10-2003, 10:30 AM
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typewriter
long division or long multiplication disco shorthand LP radiogram Party 4's (anyone remember them?) unifix counters btw I miss Spangles dhama! Cola ones were my fave!! 
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04-10-2003, 10:38 AM
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Pronunciation: 'spa[ng]-g&l Function: noun Etymology: Middle English spangel, diminutive of spang shiny ornament, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse spong spangle; akin to Old English spang buckle, Middle Dutch spannen to stretch Date: 15th century 1 : a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing 2 : a small glittering object or particle Kinda hard on your teeth, regardless of flavor, I would think.
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#15
04-10-2003, 10:56 AM
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That was fun. I ran the first list past Granma and here are her replies:
Rickenbacher....Eddie, Flyer, French Indo China, Burma Road Spangle...sparkles on costumes primping odd in your cheek bird golf club skip skip Flit was fly spray that came with a pump gun skip skip Takes a licking and keeps on ticking- timex I think she did pretty darn good... She knew Asteroids was one of the first old games along with Pong.
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#16
04-10-2003, 11:52 AM
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Everyone's favorite...
Antidisestablishmentarianism
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#17
04-10-2003, 12:28 PM
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@LARAMANIAC, and what about Cresta, that thick smooth fizzy drink, with the, If memory serves, Bear with sunglasses "It's frothy man"
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#19
04-10-2003, 12:38 PM
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  just for you theBlackman!
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#20
04-10-2003, 12:43 PM
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dhama - I loved the Cresta ad - but not the drink - yack - this was my pop!!!
 From the days when the "Pop Man" used to deliver soft drinks to your front door in returnable glass bottles on a Wednesday evening just after "Crossroads" had finished- and they always used to drive a second hand milk float.......painted green!
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04-10-2003, 01:39 PM
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Thanks, Laramaniac.
I knew that. I was just exercising my warped sense of "pull the ladies leg" and otre humour.  I don't recall them here in the states, but was aware of the existance of them in the UK. As an aside. Flit means to quickly move from one place to another and is still in common usage. I have heard it a time or two over the last few months. Usually when talking about the kids in the neighborhood. I find that, excepting games, most of the words 'not' being heard are used, but not in groups made up of people younger than 20 or 25. Expressive usage of the language with "real" words instead of: "Like, you know" etc. Seems beyond the attention span or education level of those in and below that age group. If you are an exception to this generality, don't take it personal. It is a generality.
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04-10-2003, 01:59 PM
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-is it just me or did the stuff in the glass bottles taste better than the stuff you get in plastic bottles today ...and I haven't seen a can of 'Ginger Ale/beer' since I was 12! Can you still get that?
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#24
04-10-2003, 02:01 PM
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With regard to the word flit - here in the UK - the term to flit means to move house! btw LMAO fozzy! Bald is sexxxxxxy dear!! TTL - you can get ginger beer - but its not the same!
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#25
04-10-2003, 06:26 PM
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Boy, we could have fun with anti- words...
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