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Re: The Great Reneger: Seen it?
« Reply #25 on: March 16, 2010, 06:50:27 PM »
Or the Master/Slave computer terminology controversy:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/11/26/master.term.reut/index.html
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Re: The Great Reneger: Seen it?
« Reply #26 on: March 18, 2010, 03:10:11 AM »
What are they going to do.....there's an entire country called Niger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger
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Re: The Great Reneger: Seen it?
« Reply #27 on: March 18, 2010, 07:21:21 AM »
Quote from: scout26 on March 18, 2010, 03:10:11 AM
What are they going to do.....there's an entire country called Niger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger

Sadly, true.

Expect to see a movement to rename it either "Swarthy" or "Land of the Glider People Who Mastered Flight Before Columbus Did," or LGPWMFBCD for short (pronounced "elguhpwuhemfbickduh").
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Re: The Great Reneger: Seen it?
« Reply #28 on: March 18, 2010, 10:05:16 AM »
back in late 60's they had to stop calling fixture in machine shop "jigs"  union shop
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Re: The Great Reneger: Seen it?
« Reply #29 on: March 18, 2010, 06:15:16 PM »
Quote from: jfruser on March 18, 2010, 07:21:21 AM
Sadly, true.

Expect to see a movement to rename it either "Swarthy" or "Land of the Glider People Who Mastered Flight Before Columbus Did," or LGPWMFBCD for short (pronounced "elguhpwuhemfbickduh").


There was some discussion of that during the Joe Wilson circus trial.  TV/radio folks were calling it nee-jair. 
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Re: The Great Reneger: Seen it?
« Reply #30 on: March 19, 2010, 01:15:35 AM »
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on March 18, 2010, 10:05:16 AM
back in late 60's they had to stop calling fixture in machine shop "jigs"  union shop
i would have dubbed them "union jacks" =D well that's as close as i can post here. >:D
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Re: The Great Reneger: Seen it?
« Reply #31 on: March 19, 2010, 01:19:17 AM »
Quote from: fistful on March 18, 2010, 06:15:16 PM

There was some discussion of that during the Joe Wilson circus trial.  TV/radio folks were calling it nee-jair. 

Always thought it was pronounced Ny-Jer (the hard g sound only comes with the double g)...
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Re: The Great Reneger: Seen it?
« Reply #32 on: March 19, 2010, 02:17:39 AM »
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Re: The Great Reneger: Seen it?
« Reply #33 on: March 19, 2010, 04:24:41 AM »
Quote from: Regolith on March 19, 2010, 01:19:17 AM
Always thought it was pronounced Ny-Jer (the hard g sound only comes with the double g)...

AFAIK, yes.
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Re: The Great Reneger: Seen it?
« Reply #34 on: March 19, 2010, 07:22:33 AM »
Quote from: Regolith on March 19, 2010, 01:19:17 AM
Always thought it was pronounced Ny-Jer (the hard g sound only comes with the double g)...

Yes.
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Re: The Great Reneger: Seen it?
« Reply #35 on: March 19, 2010, 01:09:49 PM »
Quote from: fistful on March 18, 2010, 06:15:16 PM

There was some discussion of that during the Joe Wilson circus trial.  TV/radio folks were calling it nee-jair. 

Yeah, that and nie-zhair (Sean Hammytee).
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