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Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

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  • chris_m
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    Pyxis wrote: »
    Humph! Common, are we?

    Of course - there's lots of you so you can hardly be called rare ;)
  • Pyxis
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    chris_m wrote: »
    Of course - there's lots of you so you can hardly be called rare ;)

    Unlike you there Cumbrians......like Eidelweiss, you are! ;)




    Or are you an adopted Cumbrian? I've forgotten. :(
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  • vivatifosi
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    We were discussing etymology at work today. In particular the word segue. We were talking about whether the transport device Segway meant that the spelling would disappear over time.

    I'm not particularly good with etymology, but do find it interesting.
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  • chris_m
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    Pyxis wrote: »
    Unlike you there Cumbrians......like Eidelweiss, you are! ;)

    Or are you an adopted Cumbrian? I've forgotten. :(

    Yep you're correct, I have been here now for precisely one year and two days - and still loving it ;)
  • Pyxis
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    We were discussing etymology at work today. In particular the word segue. We were talking about whether the transport device Segway meant that the spelling would disappear over time.

    I'm not particularly good with etymology, but do find it interesting.

    I wouldn't be surprised. :(

    What's interesting , and I hadn't known this before just now, is that the brand-name Segway was apparently coined from the anglicised spelling of segue.

    There are some interesting discussions about it on other forums..... here's one:

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/segue-segway-commonly-confused
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  • ivyleaf
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    Good luck with the interview, Mas.

    Enjoying the etymology chat :)
  • Jazee
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    I knew I'd upset someone. Only joking about being common but do have people saying I sound like I'm on the set of Eastenders.
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  • SingleSue
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    When I am with family I too sound like I am on the set of Eastenders, on the phone, in a restaurant, shop etc I sound like royalty.....

    I had a boss once who worked on my speech and managed to finally get me to speak nicely only for me to then go on a weeks holiday spent with my nan in London, he was not best impressed when I returned and had reverted back.
    We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
    Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.
  • Pyxis
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    SingleSue wrote: »
    When I am with family I too sound like I am on the set of Eastenders, on the phone, in a restaurant, shop etc I sound like royalty.....

    I had a boss once who worked on my speech and managed to finally get me to speak nicely only for me to then go on a weeks holiday spent with my nan in London, he was not best impressed when I returned and had reverted back.

    Why did that boss want to change how you were speaking? Seems a bit presumptuous of him.

    His name wasn't Higgins, was it? :D

    Oh wouldn't it be luvverly if it were? :D
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  • GDB2222
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    30 minutes in a taxi, chatting with the Jamaican driver, and I subconsciously started talking just like him. That singsong accent has a hypnotic effect.
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