I thought it hilarious when my Korean teacher would say, "Everyone take one of these shits . . ."

Fake news - the truth

A good friend of mine says covfefe.

That is sooooo funny.?

The"hood"=St Louis, lol

Reminds me of when I first moved to Duluth and the cashier asked me if I wanted a 'beyg.' Took me far too long to realise they meant 'bag.'

I actually say aluminium. I also say data - "day'tah." I blame a lot of my word pronunciation on my British nanny. I had to be put in speech therapy in school to attempt to break me out of the British accent.

@SleeplessInTexas Shit, you mean they actually exert pressure on kids at school to change their accent over in America?

Herb with the H. Basil like bass'el. Champaign, we just say bubbly. I love the word bubbly. Makes me giggle.?

@SleeplessInTexas Everyone should call it bubbly.

not gee yer mo?

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@genessa I'm sure that one too! LOL

@Ggall002 but how do YOU say it?

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@genessa use a hard "g" like gee yer mo.

Have u ever seen the Jimmy Kimmel talk show? One of his co-workers has the same name! LOL

@Ggall002 no, sorry, i have not. so i still don't know.

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@genessa I just updated last message. See above! May help. LOL

@Ggall002 that's what i SAID rofl! gee yer mo! by the way, genessa also starts with a hard gee.

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@genessa that's a cool and unique name. Is there a story behind it? I was named after my Mama. Guess they wanted a girl!!! LOL

@Ggall002 thanks! genessa is my hebrew first name. i had it before i was given my english first name, gail (also hard g) and gail is not a translation of genessa; i think mom and dad just wanted a "g" name, as one of my great-grandmothers was named genessa. genessa probably derives from genesis. gail just means joy or happiness.

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@Ggall002 oh i meant to mention too that had i been a boy i'd have been named gary, or so i was frequently assured. i don't know what they would have done about my obviously female hebrew name.

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@genessa Well that's cool! Bet ur parents are not too happy with u being Agnostic or Atheist!

@Ggall002 well, they're dead now, but to tell you the truth, i was raised secularly and they never discussed religion. there was culture of course. we went to bar mitzvahs and weddings and funerals. we didn't go to shul. i think when i was 14 and decided to find out what it was all about and began to go to shul, they were slightly amused, but they never tried to stop (or encourage) me. a year later i was an atheist and i haven't looked back, but i was not rebelling against religion. i still find judaism interesting and some bits of it even cool. not the god bit of course lol. anyway, when i grew up and left home and was three thousand miles from my parents, someone asked me if my folks believed in god. i couldn't answer. i had no idea! so i called long distance and asked. the conversation went something like this:

mom: hello?
me: hi mom. do you believe in god?
mom: you called long distance to ask me THAT?
me: yep. do you?
mom: i don't know. let me think. hmm. i think i do.
me: okay. put dad on.
dad: hello?
me: hi dad. do you believe in god?
dad: you called long distance to ask me THAT?
me: yep. do you?
dad: i... i think i don't.
me: okay. thanks dad,
dad: is everything okay?
me: yep talk to you later! love you!
dad: love you. bye.

that's how important religion was in my family! and when i became an atheist, it never even occurred to me to mention it to them. i didn't think they'd be interested. i mean i just didn't give it any thought at all. if they'd asked, which they never did, i'd have told them. i doubt they'd have been upset.

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@genessa LMAO, That's a great story! Especially ur parents long distance calls!!! My Mama knows my leanings and accepts me for me! She is the salt of the earth. Anyway, I will still go to a mass sometimes for real special occasions. I also find some things interesting in the bible, but the religion became too hypocritically obvious over the years to me!!!

@genessa I am following u now. Why no message option for u?

@Ggall002 i don't know. i have received messages. some people were complaining about messaging difficulties earlier; maybe you're being affected as well? i have not disabled them or anything.

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@Ggall002 your mom sounds cool )

i went to a christmas mass with friends, once, to hear the music. mass was... long.

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@genessa Yeah I can only follow u, but no option to message or send a smile! Yes, I love my Mama!!! Even today, if she asked me to go to a mass, I obey. I do like the music, it's the rest of the mass that makes it sooooooooooo long! LOL

@Ggall002 yep! plus midnight... geez i was tired!

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@genessa here a funny, I also like looking at a mass crowd while thinking,"how can I get laid and still be honest!!!!" Yes I'm horrible! LMAO

@Ggall002 oh i think i see what happened. i have community only set on messages. i got a very weird communication, you see. and i really am only here for the community.

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@genessa I see, well I just have to be on the lookout for u in the community posts!

@Ggall002 lol i am all over the place. well almost all!

but you know i have not changed my settings and that guy who bothered me was "open to meeting women" -- and he certainly messaged me. oh maybe it was because i'm a greeter. maybe responding to a greeting bypasses that setting.

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@Ggall002 pardon us, sleepless -- we can't message so we're taking advantage of your post, which i will answer in a moment! thing (my initial too obviously), i checked your page again and there is no message link there either!

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