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A lot of it has to do with the loss of a letter from the Old English / Scottish alphabet: Thorn[^] - it looked like a 'Y' but was pronounced "th".
Scotish also lost the letter Zog (or Zogh) - which is why "Menzies" pronounced "Mingis" - languages evolve over time, and songs and so forth evolve with them, frequently becoming better or worse in the evolution.
For example, King Charles II described the newly built St Pauls Cathedral as "awful, pompous, and artificial" - the modern version would be "awe inspiring, full of pomp, and artfully designed".
There is however very little chance of a Bieber song evolving into something I'd want to listen to during this millennium.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: There is however very little chance of a Bieber song evolving into something I'd want to listen to during this millennium.
Though, ironically a high chance of someone describing him as "awful, pompous and artificial"
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Tending to one in fact, given that you just did! 
Myself, I'd use fruitier words.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: I'd use fruitier words.
That would be entirely appropriate, given the context. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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OriginalGriff wrote: A lot of it has to do with the loss of a letter...
OriginalGriff wrote: Scotish also lost the letter...
It's no wonder we forked your language a few centuries ago. You don't see us losing letters! 
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Mike Mullikin wrote: You don't see us losing letters!
Hah! Your southern states have already lost "g": "huntin'", "fishin'", "shootin'"...
And you have lost the letter "Zed" completely, replacing it with "Zee". Come now, you know the band should really be "Zed Zed Top" 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I like to correct the grammar; e.g. "This is the sound that doves make when they cry."
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Last night I went with my family out to dinner. We went to a very popular Lebanese Restaurant in town; great food but no sign of the ladies in loafers.
We were almost finished when this guy comes over and starts talking to us. "Who the elephant are you?" was my first thought as he chatted away and "Hos do you know us?".
After several minutes it clicked. It was my brother. I swear on Bob's legacy, it took me about five minutes to realise I was talking to my own brother and to be brutally honest it was not until he mentioned his younger daughter's name that I actually clicked.
Now to put this in context, I last saw him just after Christmas so it is only 4 months or so. He has been very unwell, Brain Cancer [shocked us all, we never knew he even had a brain], and has undergone surgery, chemo and radio. He is totally bald, worse than my egg-shell blond, but what threw me was the fact his face is puffed up out of all recognition.
After he left to regoin his party, dear Mrs Wife asked who it was.
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Well, at least you could feign shock that she didn't recognise him... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Unfortunately, I was so shocked at how he looked I couldn't be shocked, feigned or otherwise, at her not recognising him.
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Cancer. 
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Best wishes to you, Nagy's brother.
Yes, yes. I do know we can defeat illness but, unfortunately, we cannot deny family ties.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: no sign of the ladies in loafers
I'm sure that means something to somebody, somewhere.
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It is a reference to the admittedly bad joke about confusing lesbian and Lebanon. You know women in comfortable shoes? When I heard about the dykes in Holland I was expecting to see women in comfortable shoes shouting "Get away from the water!" <super>[Robin Williams].
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Remind me again why we don't get many women around here...
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That's easy, we're GEEKS!!!
There are many female geeks and female cpers, but most geeks are male.
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 That's only part of it.
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I had something similar happen recently. My father's going through a different chemo since the previous one didn't seem to be "working". He's losing his hair and they asked me to come over and shave his head. I saw my mother outside talking to a few neighbors and didn't realize one was my father until they started walking over to my car. Definitely shook me up.
Scott
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Was his voice not recognizable? Or has that also changed because of the chemo, surgery, etc.?
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My mother died of brain cancer 15 years ago. Inoperable and no chemo (due to the blood brain barrier). They did experimental (at the time) gamma knife radiation. Caused her hair to fall out and her face swelled up. She died about 5 months after first symptom. Absolutely heartbreaking...
My lovely wife was diagnosed with breast cancer 18 months ago. Surgery, chemo and radiation followed. Lost her hair and swelled up but I'm happy to say the hair has returned (with a bit more body) and the swelling is gone. As of now it looks like she kicked its ass!
I bought her a shirt that reads "Cancer - You picked the wrong bitch!"
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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I'll look out for the shirt for my 77 year old Mum - breast and skin survivor.
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And I feel like yelling "Marco is a free elf".
Had the last day on the job yesterday, nice to sleep in today, apart from that it feels great to have these 4 years of Apprenticeship over and get started with the 'real' jobs (even though I was pretty much involved in a "real job" for the last two years).
And now for the Samsung @DE (@rsehat development environment).
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
The console is a black place [taken from Q&A]
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