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"Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message news:G1Ln0s.92v@lugnet.com... (...) dirt (...) sticks. (...) Well, its much more cost-effective for me - the poor college student - to get to either of those 'in the sticks' places than it is to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) I'm interested in the fact that they chose FAO Schwartz (high end) and two dirt malls. Liberty Tree? Sheesh. What happened to, say, the Burlington Mall, or the Natick Mall? I hate to sound Metro-Boston oriented, but those other malls are a bit (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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Vision command will be demonstrated the following places next month: FAO Schwartz - Boston - Oct 18 and 25 North Shore Mall - Peabody - Oct 27-29 Liberty Tree Mall - Danvers - Oct 20-22 Anyone interested? (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) the (...) serious). Has anyone ever tried that and lived? :-) Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Are you sure you're not just mis-hearing the natives? My dad grew up in Oxford (we still have a house up there in my family) and he refers to Webter as "webstah". It should be noted that my father doesn't really bear that bad of a Mass accent, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Those of us from surrounding towns call it Web-duh Lake :-) And for those wondering what it means, it means: "You fish on your side of the lake, I'll fish on mine, and nobody fishes in the middle" (yes I'm serious). (...) Mike Z. (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Or like a swampy marshy bit of creek (and metaphorically, as in "Slough of Despond")? That's a slough too, pronounced "slau". Or maybe "sloo". I think you can also slough through mud, pronounced the same way. Really, if a word ends in "ough", (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) Yeah, that's what I figured.... (...) ...ahhh, there's the catch :-) Other than Chris, Tim, Ryan and I, can anyone confirm coming? I got a half- confirmation from Matt yesterday, but that's all. If you're interested in coming, *please* LMK so (...) (24 years ago, 17-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) You mean like how a snake sloughs its skin? I would say "sloff" with the "o" being a short o as in pot, zot, slot, etc. --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) So how would you pronounce 'Slough' (For our overseas friends, this is a big Industrial town near LLW) Jon (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn8s22bf.idt.....bu.edu... (...) Either way, us midwesterners get it right ;-) -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - Zacktron Alliance ICQ: (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) There's a town in Ohio pronounced the same way but actually spelled "Wooster".... (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) Well here too. But it's the sort of charge that tends to only happen in the event of a crash. (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:qop1ssgbq48urqd...4ax.com... (...) it (...) Neither did I, until I came here. (...) I guess I'm in the same boat with you Steve, according to some ;-) -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) I didn't know the 'English' was so hard to pronounce.... Steve "exhausted my lifetime allotment of pointless LUGNET posts" Bliss (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) Heh. I used to be able to do it from memory, but this time I looked it up to be completely sure of the spelling. I do know what it *means* off the top of my head, though (which is something I forgot to mention in the footnote to my last post). (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yowza! I'd heard of that place but I never knew if it was real. Not only is it a sesquipedalian monstrosity, but it has 17 g's! Did you type it from memory or did you have to look it up? I don't know any off the top of my head, but I know that (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If you think Gloucester and Worcester are bad, you should stay away from Lake Chargoggagoggmanchau...amaugg[1]. eric [1]Yes, it's a real place (near where my Dad grew up), yes, I've been there (last time was the 3rd of July), yes, I can say (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Massachusetts really isn't that hard a name to remember how to spell. It is spelt just like it sounds just as many Native American names are (at least in New England). Granted its a long name but not real difficult. (...) Well being from New (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Worcester gets butchered much more often than Gloucester ;-) Woooster, War-chester, Wuss-stah, ... -- -Rob. ===...=== New sets and parts for sale or trade: (URL) Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G0uxIx.77J@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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