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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 10:45 PM Original message |
Since we're talking about "cackling," I'M bringing up MY linguistic pet peeve again |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. A village is a clustered human settlement, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Then why is it NEVER used to refer to such in the United States, |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. It is very common in Ohio and many other States. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. See my post below. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
128. All the time, I live in one. Here's the wiki entry for Ohio's revised code defining village status. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
130. Aha, I see why people may have reacted negatively to your posting. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
195. There are quite a few villages in Michigan |
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monktonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. I grew up in the village of Lake Carmel |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. The fuck are you talking about? Those words have VERY specific meanings in the US: |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I live in the Village of Northwood within the City of Irvine |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I believe that. Boy, that OP is one of the most bizarre I've ever seen...I mean, |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. In my Village are many Beemers, Benzes and Lexus cars. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Ah, so if you po, and them honkies calls you a village, they RACIST! |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Uh huh! |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
85. I was with you until this straw man with a patronizing dialect |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 04:17 AM Response to Reply #85 |
90. Here's a fuller etymology of the word, "village": |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. I don't understand it at all either, but it made me cackle. nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. The OP wins the award for faux outrage, IMO |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. You act as if this is something I learned in a class. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. That's just because here in the US all small settlements came to be called "towns" in... |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. So you acknowledge the different usage. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. I'll guess it is because the Puritans, Quaker's, etc. were from more urban backgrounds... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #65 |
99. Which isn't accurate either |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't see that as a denigrating term at all. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. That's within the U.S., but it's referring to Native Alaskans' |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. But the Native Alaskans refer to them as villages themselves. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. They probably don't mind reinforcing the separation. nt |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:29 PM Original message |
You're probably right about that part. n/t |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nope. My village is a village because our population is too small to be a city or a town. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Right- it gets used as a proper name. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. No, they call it Bourbonnais. "Village" is not the proper name. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. You said it's on the sign. |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, when I see people referring to D.C. as "the Village", it's very classist. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. You keep bringing up proper names. That isn't an official proper |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Er, shouldn't have mentioned the cackle if you meant that then.. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. "It Takes a Village"- and where was that phrase incorporated from |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. You just do NOT get it, do you? My advice: Cut your losses and give up. You're clearly |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Wow! This is really getting to you. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Yup--I automatically assumed that was where the post was going. |
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kelliebrat (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
121. OMG That |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Yes, you're "blowing our minds," but it's because you're making NO sense whatsoever. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. LOL. I realize it's difficult. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Well, maybe that ought to tell you something: You're wrong. A dumb idea does not get any less dumb, |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. My friend, the different usages of the words "town" and "village" are |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. If something shocking and offensive is painfully obvious to you and only you, |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. We refer to our small residential areas in different terms |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Groupings of straw huts in Africa are unlikely to be towns. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. "More likely." So have you ever heard |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. No. I challenge you, then, to show me a grouping of small huts of town size, |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Officially? That would be beside the point. |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:23 AM Response to Reply #70 |
76. The problem you're missing |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 04:24 AM Response to Reply #76 |
91. You make an excellent point. I'm sorry the OP hasn't acknowledged it. |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #91 |
98. The fact that he has ignored it so far |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. I ignored it because it was the same thing you were saying earlier, |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. You just missed the point, again. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #105 |
110. The word "town" is simply not used in reference to |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #110 |
115. Jesus, you're dense. You still don't understand what I'm saying. Let me try one more time. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #110 |
126. "The word "town" is simply not used in reference to" |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
158. Wrong... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. OK, fine, you're right. Happy now? |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:52 AM Response to Reply #37 |
89. That's because "town" and "village" mean two different things! |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
165. BwaaaaHaaaa! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. If one is activly searching for something to be outraged about you'll certainly find it. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. Village ? |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. Villages are quaint and cozy. Look some up and visit. |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
23. List of Villages in the United States in Wikipedia |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Proper names again? Whoohoo. |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. A lot |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #33 |
69. LOL you called Americans villagers? |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. When I talk about my village, I refer to it as a village because that's what it is. |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #34 |
101. So do I. South Holland, where I grew up, is a village. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Yes and my village is listed. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. And look at that, they don't even show Alaska's villages |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. And it does sound as if Alaskans do refer to Native Alaskan |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. But if the Alaska natives themselves |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Well, I think that the use of the word |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:51 AM Response to Reply #64 |
81. But ALL words have a sociological effect. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. Well, since it offends someone I will erase it from my language |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. You know, it doesn't "offend" me- what it shows me, though, |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Not for me |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. A lot of small "towns" in the US are technically villages.Village = small, unincorporated settlement |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. Town (n): A population center that is larger than a village and smaller than a city. |
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Deb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
49. Here it's common for people to ask if we live in the village or town |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
51. I'm invoking Redstone's Rule #3 right here, and leaving this thread: |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
52. I love the word myself. It has a cozy feel. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
53. That's gotta be the Chihuahua of all pet peeves. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. It's a button that does get pushed a lot. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Hereabouts, folks pay another $50+/sq' to have 'Village' in their mailing address. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:46 AM Response to Reply #55 |
79. And they'll probably be referring to an actual village -- a small rural settlement. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:08 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Here's one example: |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:43 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Sorry, it still has to do with lifestyle and degree of development -- as in industrial development. |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
61. I used to live in the city of Syracuse, town of Geddes, and |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-20-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. You're using the word in a proper name context that way, with a |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Are there any "townsmen?" nt |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #67 |
72. We have "citizens." |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #63 |
74. Well, I gave you a way out, and you didn't take it |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
71. I think it's a silly peeve, but it's your pet. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #71 |
77. Very interesting post. nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:23 PM Original message |
Excellent post! |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
73. OK, you've gotten the attention you were looking for. Can you please stop now? I ask |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:22 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. I actually think what I'm saying is extremely important. |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:18 AM Response to Reply #75 |
87. For what it's worth, I agree. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:54 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Interestingly, your example actually refutes one of the OP's points: |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #88 |
95. You make a good point. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #95 |
104. But you also said that they use the term derisively, |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. Not at all. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. Actually, I said it was racist and classist... |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #112 |
116. Classism, perhaps, but a classism that is totally unrelated to national boundaries, |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. It's only not racist in that particular instance because |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. So a word said with the exact same intent and connotations |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. Yes, because when such a word is being used derisively, |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Then it would have a different intent and different connotations. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #122 |
164. It is you who is being U.S.-centric with all this. As I posted above, there have always existed |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #164 |
167. Yes, and what does it show when the term begins getting used |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #167 |
177. Aside from one captioned photo, you have not presented any evidence of people being referred to as |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #104 |
168. Derisive use of the word? |
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All4Free (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
78. Well actually, |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
80. I live in a village: pop. under 2000, not incorporated |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
83. My pet peeve: |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
86. Why are you worried about what other countries call their "incorporated minor municipalities"? |
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Gravel2008 (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
92. Stupidest post ever. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
93. ????? We have villages all over the place in New England. |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #93 |
100. We've got tons of villages in the Chicagoland area. OP is just nuts. nt |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
94. Growing up - the local paper was called the Tri-Village News |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
96. Yeah, but it takes a village sounds better than it takes a town. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
97. the village of oak park illinois? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
103. Is Hillary speaking of some OTHER country in "It Takes a Village"? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Yes, she was referring to an African proverb, and incorporating |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. So the Africans are being racist in referring to villages? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. "Village" is in translation. And, when they use the translated word, |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. You mean the same connotation you do. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. No, it's the connotation I recognize in the repeated |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #114 |
117. Don Quixote recognized the repeated and consistent grave threats windmills represented. nt |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #103 |
107. No, she's clearly being racist, because villages are only for foreigners. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
120. FWIW I understand what you mean |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
124. I live in the Village of Kenmore. |
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Silver Swan (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
125. I live in a village. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
127. Size does matter? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. I get what OP was saying, intent matters. |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Not so much "racist and classist" as "appropriate." |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. Well, the obvious does seem to escape SOME people, doesn't it? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Yes, and apparently there are nothing but "small conclaves of agriculturalists" |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. Hiya, I'd from the "never" "ever" "always" |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #134 |
139. Nobody says "there are nothing but." |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #139 |
148. No, I'm talking about the way most everyone in the U.S. uses the word- including you. |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #148 |
192. I am repeating my post because you are not addressing it. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #148 |
198. You're pigheadedness is just confirming my suspicion of "BS pop sociology." |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. SOME people miss the point, true |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. True, and to add to that...but IF it is used only for this desination |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #133 |
138. It's not the existence of rich people that makes a settlement a town. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
137. Well as we're on the subject of pet peeves, mine is the term "gone south" |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #137 |
141. "I got gypped" is one of mine. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #137 |
142. And for those of us south of the South, |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #142 |
146. Swamp Rat, I'm technically deficient when it comes to transferring photos but check this diary out. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #146 |
149. LOL!! ... I told you, NeoGore is "The One!" |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
140. "Village" has rural and agricultural roots... it is simply a 'pastorale' word. |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
143. Actually aren't small towns in Europe called villiages? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #143 |
153. Yes, many of them are called villages. |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #153 |
181. what connotations? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #153 |
183. What connotation do you think we in Europe put on 'village', apart from 'small settlement'? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #183 |
189. Nothing. I think that's the connotation. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #189 |
191. So, could 3,000 uses of 'town' with africa by CNN (excluding Cape Town) |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
144. Towns in parts of the Northeast are referred to as "boroughs." |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. Up here huge chunks of land are called boroughs |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. Manhattan, once New Amsterdam, is broken into five boroughs... |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #150 |
175. Correct me if I'm wrong; |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #175 |
180. Ding ding ding ding! |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
145. Jesus Christ - here and I thought we'd already had the fucking dumbest thing to be outraged about. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #145 |
154. HEY. Your second-hand smoke got in MY car's open window. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. Little red wagon? Figures you'd use an inherently anti-child phrase like that. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #157 |
171. My little red wagon can beat up your dad's little red wagon any day. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #154 |
161. Don't lump me in with those people. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #161 |
169. My town Carrborro is considered a village by all. |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
151. I live in a village (the Village of Milan, NM) so I can't relate to what you are saying. |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
152. Some Duer |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #152 |
155. "Why?" |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #155 |
160. This is not fucking narcissism. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #160 |
166. I'd give it up for today. Those who don't want to consider the idea |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #152 |
156. Do you agree that when many Americans look at non-white, |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. Oh, I think we all recognize the significance. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
162. Well, I feel very keenly that the idiot is a part of the old village system |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #162 |
185. Somewhere in Texas... |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
163. Just when you think you've seen the goofiest post ever... |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
170. Village - specific form of municipal government |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
172. OMG! Get the fuck out of here! |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #172 |
173. *cues up Carmina Burana* |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #173 |
176. ... |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #176 |
179. You're a freak, too. I love you, too. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #172 |
178. Sorry, but I'm not talking about proper names, or official classifications. |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #178 |
182. You wanna talk about Irrelevant Points? |
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Terri S (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
174. but, but.... |
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Splat Banjo (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
184. I live in a village, too |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #184 |
199. WELCOME TO DU. |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
186. "I will ride and spread the alarm, through every middlesex, village, |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
187. 'Townies with Pitchforks' just doesn't have the same ring to it, ya know? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
188. Well, maybe it's being British, but I see nothing wrong with 'village' |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #188 |
194. Well maybe the OP has a point... |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
190. Wow. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
193. I love the word village... it takes a village...the global village..etc. Why |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
196. huh? |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
197. WTF? n/t |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
200. Just how fucking bored are you people? |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
201. Google: "village United States" and tell us what you've learned... |
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