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The Americanization of my family

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  • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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    Last week my son used the term 'bigly' and I was forced to remove him from my will.

    I was only joking

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    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

      Last week my son used the term 'bigly' and I was forced to remove him from my will.

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      George K
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      @doctor-phibes said in The Americanization of my family:

      Last week my son used the term 'bigly' and I was forced to remove him from my will.

      A mild punishment for that.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • RenaudaR Renauda

        I know the feeling. Here it is a constant battle to correct the son’s pronunciation of the letter “z”. The correct pronunciation for commonwealth countries is zed not the American zee. As well he does not seem to grasp the idea that we do not hold our right hand over our hearts when the national anthem is played and nor do we pledge alligence to the flag. Finally, to stop him from saying “huh” as opposed to the quintessential Canuck “eh” at the end every sentence.

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        @renauda said in The Americanization of my family:

        commonwealth countries is zed not the American zee.

        That's why I told my sister, who lives in NZ, that if they were really committed they would call it New Zedland.

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          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • CopperC Copper

            @renauda said in The Americanization of my family:

            commonwealth countries is zed not the American zee.

            That's why I told my sister, who lives in NZ, that if they were really committed they would call it New Zedland.

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            @copper said in The Americanization of my family:

            @renauda said in The Americanization of my family:

            commonwealth countries is zed not the American zee.

            That's why I told my sister, who lives in NZ, that if they were really committed they would call it New Zedland.

            Except that the islands were named by a Dutchman who named them after Zeeland and charted them accordingly.

            Otherwise, you’re probably right.

            Elbows up!

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            • JollyJ Offline
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              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • KlausK Offline
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                I wonder what we'd need to do to complete the Americanization. If we do that, we do it right. Then I don't want to be some boring Boston academic family. I want us to go all the way to Southern hillbilly. Would a "Let's go Brandon" shirt be a good start?

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                • AxtremusA Away
                  AxtremusA Away
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                  @Klaus, acquire a U.S. flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance to it.

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                  • LuFins DadL Offline
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                    Racist…

                    The Brad

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                    • JollyJ Offline
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                      And don't forget...

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                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      • KlausK Offline
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                        Getting a decent (or in fact any) supply of weapons and ammo might be a problem here...

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                        • CopperC Offline
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                          #15

                          Believe it or not, I chewed a lot of Red Man in Boston.

                          Of course it is grown here in Virginia and NC

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                            Don't forget...

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                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            • 89th8 Offline
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                              @Klaus perhaps its my own ignorance of expectations, but I've found your grasp of the American culture, lingo, politics, news, etc... seamless. As if you live here. In fact, are you my neighbor here in Minnesota? Admit it. Klaus is SUCH an obvious over acting move to try and sound foreign.

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                              • 89th8 89th

                                @Klaus perhaps its my own ignorance of expectations, but I've found your grasp of the American culture, lingo, politics, news, etc... seamless. As if you live here. In fact, are you my neighbor here in Minnesota? Admit it. Klaus is SUCH an obvious over acting move to try and sound foreign.

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                                @89th Minnesota is in America?

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                                • 89th8 89th

                                  @Klaus perhaps its my own ignorance of expectations, but I've found your grasp of the American culture, lingo, politics, news, etc... seamless. As if you live here. In fact, are you my neighbor here in Minnesota? Admit it. Klaus is SUCH an obvious over acting move to try and sound foreign.

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                                  @89th said in The Americanization of my family:

                                  @Klaus perhaps its my own ignorance of expectations, but I've found your grasp of the American culture, lingo, politics, news, etc... seamless. As if you live here. In fact, are you my neighbor here in Minnesota? Admit it. Klaus is SUCH an obvious over acting move to try and sound foreign.

                                  Seventeen years of TNCR will do that even to the most Teutonic soul.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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