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What is it about accents?
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The Grey Elf
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Nov 16 2013, 4:39pm
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It has a certain quality....
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Rembrethil
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Nov 16 2013, 5:00pm
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I get the same question
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 16 2013, 6:32pm
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I guess Enunciation=British
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Rembrethil
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Nov 16 2013, 8:37pm
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I wish!
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Eledhwen
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Nov 18 2013, 7:59am
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Oh yes!
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 18 2013, 10:23pm
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I love certain sounds and cadences
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Dame Ioreth
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Nov 16 2013, 5:15pm
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I agree with Ioreth.
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Meneldor
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Nov 16 2013, 6:14pm
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I will concede
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The Grey Elf
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Nov 17 2013, 5:51pm
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I always liked Val Kilmer's accent when he did Doc Holliday in Tombstone
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Magpie
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Nov 16 2013, 7:03pm
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I love foreign accents
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Old Toby
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Nov 16 2013, 5:34pm
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which American accent?
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Magpie
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Nov 16 2013, 7:50pm
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We were quite amused....
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 16 2013, 8:36pm
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Sarah Caufield
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Kim
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Nov 17 2013, 1:39am
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I admit a bit of bias
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Annael
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Nov 16 2013, 9:42pm
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Cornwall
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Kim
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Nov 17 2013, 1:44am
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Ha!
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Lissuin
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Nov 17 2013, 12:16am
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How funny!
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The Grey Elf
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Nov 17 2013, 5:46pm
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LOL! Well, I guess there's hope then for some of us "ugly Americans!" ;-)
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The Grey Elf
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Nov 17 2013, 5:58pm
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I love discussing accents!
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Kim
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Nov 17 2013, 1:28am
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Sexy American
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Na Vedui
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Nov 17 2013, 1:40am
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One American (male) whose voice I think is sexy
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Magpie
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Nov 17 2013, 1:49am
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Oh, definitely.
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Werde Spinner
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Nov 17 2013, 4:10am
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Probably
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Rembrethil
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Nov 17 2013, 7:51pm
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Do our Southern friends recognise this?
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Lissuin
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Nov 17 2013, 8:18pm
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I do not know
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Rembrethil
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Nov 17 2013, 8:27pm
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Yeah, I think you're right
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Eruvandi
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Nov 18 2013, 12:19am
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Maybe us northerners and southerners...
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Dame Ioreth
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Nov 18 2013, 12:48am
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Hee Hee, I vote for that! ;-) //
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Kim
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Nov 18 2013, 12:53am
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or come out West
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Annael
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Nov 18 2013, 1:38am
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Really I am in the NE
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Rembrethil
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Nov 19 2013, 5:32pm
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Something like Brits who enjoy "taking the piss" out if each other ;-) //
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The Grey Elf
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Nov 19 2013, 5:44pm
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That's better than...
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Nov 18 2013, 12:14am
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Is that all
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Na Vedui
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Nov 18 2013, 5:15pm
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Yes, we're all about half German/German-Swiss here!
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Nov 18 2013, 6:28pm
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Ooh, same here.
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Werde Spinner
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Nov 19 2013, 4:07pm
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I remember hearing somewhere, perhaps after a census
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The Grey Elf
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Nov 19 2013, 5:55pm
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my personal take on it
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Magpie
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Nov 17 2013, 8:48pm
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I can't say that I'm crazy about being addressed as "Ma'am"
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The Grey Elf
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Nov 17 2013, 9:31pm
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I'm annoyed
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Ataahua
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Nov 17 2013, 11:21pm
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Ma'am, Miss, Mrs.
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Kim
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Nov 18 2013, 1:02am
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Interestingly enough...
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Eruvandi
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Nov 18 2013, 1:29am
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Tone means a lot.
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Rembrethil
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Nov 17 2013, 10:31pm
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It's still considered 'good manners' in this part of the North...
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Nov 17 2013, 10:10pm
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Oh that one.....
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Rembrethil
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Nov 17 2013, 10:30pm
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Hon!
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Dame Ioreth
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Nov 17 2013, 10:40pm
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I kind of wish...
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Magpie
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Nov 17 2013, 11:21pm
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It's less common where I'm from but...
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Eruvandi
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Nov 18 2013, 12:32am
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Well bless your heart.
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Meneldor
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Nov 18 2013, 12:34am
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Lol *snort* I was totally about to bring that up!
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Eruvandi
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Nov 18 2013, 12:39am
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that must be akin to: "That's interesting" in Minnesota
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Magpie
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Nov 18 2013, 12:45am
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depends on who you're talking to
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Eruvandi
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Nov 18 2013, 12:53am
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Isn't there something similar in England?
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Kim
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Nov 18 2013, 6:13am
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I only recently learned about that one
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Kim
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Nov 18 2013, 12:52am
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Occasionally it is.
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Eruvandi
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Nov 18 2013, 12:58am
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I've heard of that one
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Werde Spinner
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Nov 18 2013, 3:28pm
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A New Zealand endearment I adore is "Gorgeous".
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Lissuin
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Nov 18 2013, 1:39am
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I've only been "Thanks, luv!"-ed, as we don't get Kiwis around here.
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Nov 18 2013, 2:04am
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Yep.
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Ataahua
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Nov 18 2013, 3:18am
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Ba ZING a!
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Lissuin
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Nov 18 2013, 6:01am
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Grrrr! I know what you mean
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elaen32
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Nov 18 2013, 10:14pm
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Just wait until someone calls you 'bro'
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Starling
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Nov 18 2013, 6:07am
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I have a question about Zild
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Kim
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Nov 18 2013, 6:10am
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Um
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Starling
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Nov 18 2013, 6:18am
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Oh sorry
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Kim
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Nov 18 2013, 6:57am
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I have been desperate for an excuse to post this
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Starling
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Nov 18 2013, 7:32am
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Thanks for sharing
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The Grey Elf
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Nov 18 2013, 2:02pm
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Oh that is brilliant.
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Ataahua
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Nov 18 2013, 6:19pm
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Oh
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Kim
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Nov 18 2013, 6:57pm
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That is hilarious!//
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sherlock
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Nov 19 2013, 6:23pm
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An' I'll b'lieve yer from Baldimer when ya handover the crab cakes! ;) //
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Nov 18 2013, 1:53am
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Trade ya
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Dame Ioreth
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Nov 18 2013, 2:17am
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I'm close by in
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sherlock
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Nov 19 2013, 6:13pm
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I found the use of "Miss"
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Roheryn
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Nov 17 2013, 11:51pm
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Some people will get offended even down here.
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Werde Spinner
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Nov 18 2013, 3:23pm
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Depends on where the American is from!
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Werde Spinner
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Nov 17 2013, 4:55am
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that's funny
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Annael
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Nov 17 2013, 4:01pm
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I think it's a German/French thing.
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Werde Spinner
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Nov 18 2013, 3:17pm
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One of my old Air Force buddies
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Meneldor
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Nov 17 2013, 5:22am
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Exints?
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Starling
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Nov 17 2013, 5:22am
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Exints?! Exints?!
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Lissuin
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Nov 17 2013, 5:55am
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That's agreat doco.
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Ataahua
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Nov 17 2013, 6:32am
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Well
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Starling
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Nov 17 2013, 6:48am
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A cultivated accent
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Lissuin
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Nov 17 2013, 6:46pm
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groans and laughs at the same time //
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Magpie
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Nov 17 2013, 6:48pm
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* snert! * //
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The Grey Elf
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Nov 17 2013, 7:18pm
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*Spits out drink*
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Aragorn the Elfstone
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Nov 17 2013, 9:22pm
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It took me a full minute and a half to get this //
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Magpie
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Nov 17 2013, 5:05pm
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I guess I don't really care about accents.
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Escapist
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Nov 17 2013, 6:04am
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Fun topic!
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Roheryn
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Nov 18 2013, 12:20am
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I shouldn't laugh, but I am. :D
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Ataahua
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Nov 18 2013, 12:31am
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The story I've told on here before...
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Magpie
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Nov 18 2013, 12:42am
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Oh gawd, me too! :D :D :D
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Lissuin
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Nov 18 2013, 1:07am
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I don't at this point
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Roheryn
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Nov 18 2013, 1:30am
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Speaking of "Yanks"
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Eruvandi
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Nov 18 2013, 12:46am
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Oooh, I have the same reaction!
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Werde Spinner
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Nov 18 2013, 3:32pm
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The only accent that drives me absolutely bonkers is...
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Eruvandi
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Nov 18 2013, 1:21am
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the "new jersey accent"
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Maciliel
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Nov 19 2013, 1:37am
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Yeah.....
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Rembrethil
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Nov 19 2013, 7:50pm
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