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More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
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Catherine Bach, who played Daisy Duke on the Dukes of Hazzard, is part Latina.
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Fabulous and Sparkly!
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Forrest Compton played Colonel Gray on Gomer Pyle: USMC. He later played Mike Karr on The Edge of Night.
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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When I was little, I thought that USMC was pronounced "Oo-suh-muh-kuh".
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I had a similar experience with an acronym for planning. Goals Objections Missions. I called it "gom"
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When acronyms or initialisms are used without explanation to people with whom they are unfamiliar, it can cause confusion and frustration.
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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We avoid that in business writing.
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It should always be avoided, but sometimes people forget or don't realize it.
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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Yes sometimes people are in to much of a hurry to think about it.
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Tempus Fugitive
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When I was little, I thought that USMC was pronounced "Oo-suh-muh-kuh". When I first saw the band name INXS I thought, "What's an Innx?"
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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Besides acronyms I also mispronounce certain words. Like renege. I always thought the G was pronounce as a J.
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When I was a child I thought Chasm was Ch-asm rather than Kah-sm.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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Oddly enough though I guessed the pronunciation of rendezvous because I had heard the word in a movie
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I remember it took me awhile before I was able to associate the written words "hors d'oeuvres" with the spoken words, which I was familiar with through tv and movies.
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The Mandarin language is even worse. You can't guess how the word is pronounced by looking at how it is written.
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The one that always got me was "awry". I thought it was pronounced "orry".
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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I called people from Italy "It-al-ee-ans" for awhile.
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English was my first language growing up. I spent quite a bit of time pronouncing Filipino words as if they were English words.
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I wish I were fluent in another language. I can manage basic conversations in French and Spanish, but that's about it.
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I can manage in Mandarin myself, and that's it. Except of course for Filpino.
I would love to learn some Spanish, French, Japanese and German.
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I can get by in reading other Romance languages. I have experience singing German and Latin, though I never seriously studied either language.
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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I know a few words in Japanese.
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My Japanese is limited to sushi terms, I fear.
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I love sushi, but sashimi is a bit healthier.
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Sushi is a treat, so when I have it, I get the good stuff.
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Humanoid from the Deep
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My favorite roll is the spicy tuna roll.
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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