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RE: Hey homeys, Mark Dreher says hello
August 20, 2013 at 3:50 pm
(August 20, 2013 at 3:37 pm)Kayenneh Wrote: (August 20, 2013 at 3:16 pm)ITChick Wrote: Sorry, I did not know. Does that mean I can speak in Afrikaans?
Hello almal! Hoe gaan dit vandag met julle? Ek het 'n lekker dag gehad, maar gelukkig is dit nie heeltemal klaar nie. Sien julle later!
A new world just opened up for me 
It's so weird, Afrikaans is so similar to Swedish. I understand some, but it's really frustrating that I don't understand it properly. (Actually, Afrikaans reminds me of a drunk Dutch trying to speak a mess of Swedish and German  )
It "evolved" from dutch so should be fairly similar (I promise that I didn't say anything rude there - I just asked how everyone was doing).
The unfortunate thing is that we (and the dutch) can understand each other but cultural differences can cause huge misunderstandings.
My favourite story of this happening is a friend who went over to holland to visit his girlfriends parents. (This is a tiny bit naughty, so please feel free to ask me to remove it from introductions if it's too much or snip it)
Parents: So, are you happy to be here
Him (translated from afrikaans): Yes, I am very excited to see my girlfriend again!
Him (what it sounded like in dutch): Yes, I am really horny because I'm seeing my girlfriend again.
...
A while later
Him (afrikaans): I'm going to the men's room for a little bit.
Him (dutch): I'm going to the men's room for some masturbation.
After hearing that story I vowed never to speak Afrikaans in Holland ever
Any spelling mistakes are due to my godlessness!
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RE: Hey homeys, Mark Dreher says hello
August 20, 2013 at 3:53 pm
Just a heads up, this guy also signed up on The Thinking Atheist forums today. He's either a mental patient or a troll.
Not that you hadn't all figured that out already.
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RE: Hey homeys, Mark Dreher says hello
August 20, 2013 at 4:15 pm
And at atheistforum.com. He's the new messiah, I hear.
Another six page intro! Hello again, Mark!
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RE: Hey homeys, Mark Dreher says hello
August 20, 2013 at 4:39 pm
I guess soon he will go the merry Mabus way
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RE: Hey homeys, Mark Dreher says hello
August 20, 2013 at 4:45 pm
(This post was last modified: August 20, 2013 at 4:49 pm by Bad Writer.)
(August 20, 2013 at 3:05 pm)Mark Dreher Wrote: (August 20, 2013 at 2:55 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: If you're not a Poe, I wonder how you talk IRL. I am not hip to your counter culture lingo. Can you speak American? Thank you. IRL = In Real Life
Acronyms have been used for a long time in almost every language and culture that can both read and write, so it's in no way counter culture, as you claim.
(Besides, you get to say "Homeys" and when I say "IRL" you get all uppity about it. I know this is your intro thread, but I have to say that you're starting out as kind of douchey.)
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RE: Hey homeys, Mark Dreher says hello
August 20, 2013 at 4:49 pm
(August 20, 2013 at 4:15 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: And at atheistforum.com. He's the new messiah, I hear.
Another six page intro! Hello again, Mark!
Six pages.
Is pretty sparse.
Considering, who I am.
No?
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RE: Hey homeys, Mark Dreher says hello
August 20, 2013 at 4:51 pm
(August 20, 2013 at 4:49 pm)Mark Dreher Wrote: Six pages.
Is pretty sparse.
Considering, who I am.
No?
5-7-5. Learn to haiku.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
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RE: Hey homeys, Mark Dreher says hello
August 20, 2013 at 4:54 pm
(This post was last modified: August 20, 2013 at 4:59 pm by ITChick.)
You are not famous until there is a wiki page about you. And unless you are that lawyer, there is not.
If you are famous, I will dislike you out of principle. Not that you care - I do not live in America .
While this dude does shout poe, I can actually imagine that he is not. Some people who crave recognition are just crazy enough to do things like this.
Edit: ok, after reading the post below me - yeah, very def a poe.
Any spelling mistakes are due to my godlessness!
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RE: Hey homeys, Mark Dreher says hello
August 20, 2013 at 4:55 pm
(August 20, 2013 at 3:45 pm)Darwinian Wrote: (August 20, 2013 at 3:37 pm)Mark Dreher Wrote: This is America, we speak "slang English", or American.
Excuse me. This is not America. This forum is owned and created buy an Englishman and is hosted in France.
So, be corrected!!!
Oh my God.
I am talking to foreigners?
You seemed so normal.
A second ago.
Can you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?
Kidding.
I am a "one world guy".
You are all my children.
All seven billion.
Daddy's home.
No fear now, I will square you away.
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RE: Hey homeys, Mark Dreher says hello
August 20, 2013 at 4:57 pm
(August 20, 2013 at 4:54 pm)ITChick Wrote: While this dude does shout poe, I can actually imagine that he is not. Some people who crave recognition are just crazy enough to do things like this.
I think he falls in the second category. He's written his own bible.
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