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Perd Hapley

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Beneficiary
« on: April 29, 2009, 11:45:02 PM »
Just in case anyone is confused, it's pronounced ben-if-ish-ee-air-ee.  Ben-if-ish-ER-air-ee is actually incorrect. 
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2009, 12:13:41 AM »
No no no, it's Ben-ER-fish-ee-air-ee
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2009, 12:14:08 AM »
I just say "been a fishery"
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2009, 12:31:55 AM »
Ben-eh-JEZ-air-et...

No, wait....
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2009, 12:57:05 AM »
Quote from: Balog on April 30, 2009, 12:31:55 AM
Ben-eh-JEZ-air-et...

No, wait....
Ill have none of your witches here!
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2009, 01:21:46 AM »
Leave Benny alone.
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2009, 01:52:46 AM »
Quote from: jackdanson on April 30, 2009, 12:14:08 AM
I just say "been a fishery"

Yeah, I guess that works too.  Slurring vowels together is one thing.  Adding phantom r's is another. 
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2009, 09:06:31 AM »
Make me your beneficiary and I don't care how you pronounce it.

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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2009, 09:09:34 AM »
Wow.

At .org, this thread would have been closed 3 posts ago.

And 2 people would have been banned by now.   =D
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2009, 09:45:08 AM »
Quote from: fistful on April 30, 2009, 01:52:46 AM
Yeah, I guess that works too.  Slurring vowels together is one thing.  Adding phantom r's is another. 
Wait, you're from St Louis, right?  Don't people there say warsh, as opposed to the correct wash, too?
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2009, 10:32:37 AM »
Quote from: Doggy Daddy on April 30, 2009, 09:09:34 AM
Wow.

At .org, this thread would have been closed 3 posts ago.

And 2 people would have been banned by now.   =D

This ain't .org.

And instead of banning, the mods prefer to track offenders down in meat-space and slap them with a fish.  Posters overseas, in Hawaii, and Alaska excepted.
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2009, 10:48:56 AM »
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Wait, you're from St Louis, right?  Don't people there say warsh, as opposed to the correct wash, too?

I am, and yes.  That is a golden little nugget I picked up from my mom.  I'm gonna go wa(r)sh some clothes now.
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2009, 11:24:58 AM »
Quote from: RaspberrySurprise on April 30, 2009, 12:57:05 AM
Ill have none of your witches here!

Too late.  =D

Oh, and for the record, I do, in fact, personally know a woman who claims to be Bene Gesserit.  We don't get along much.

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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2009, 01:37:00 PM »
Quote from: Dannyboy on April 30, 2009, 09:45:08 AM
Wait, you're from St Louis, right?  Don't people there say warsh, as opposed to the correct wash, too?

I live very near there.  Originally from a little further out in the sticks.  But yes, warsh is fairly common in this area, though not overwhelmingly so.  Also, forks are farks and Interstate 44 is farty-far. 

On the plus side, the ravioli is toasted.   =)
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2009, 01:41:00 PM »
I see nothing beneficiary about fistful's thread.

Or about fistful either, really.

See?  He even makes puppies sad.

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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #15 on: April 30, 2009, 01:50:16 PM »
Hey!  That looks like my doggy!   =)
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #16 on: April 30, 2009, 04:16:22 PM »
Quote from: BrokenPaw on April 30, 2009, 11:24:58 AM
Too late.  =D

Oh, and for the record, I do, in fact, personally know a woman who claims to be Bene Gesserit.  We don't get along much.

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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #17 on: April 30, 2009, 04:45:59 PM »
Quote from: fistful on April 29, 2009, 11:45:02 PM
Just in case anyone is confused, it's pronounced ben-if-ish-ee-air-ee. 

No....it's pronounced " SEE-kr-TU".....  =D
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #18 on: April 30, 2009, 06:09:22 PM »
Quote from: jfruser on April 30, 2009, 10:32:37 AM
This ain't .org.

And instead of banning, the mods prefer to track offenders down in meat-space and slap them with a fish.  Posters overseas, in Hawaii, and Alaska excepted.

And a good thing too, unless they brought one of their little Lower 48 girlie fish with them.  A king salmon slap'll take your head clean off.
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #19 on: April 30, 2009, 06:10:36 PM »
Quote from: Balog on April 30, 2009, 04:16:22 PM
People who base their religious convictions on self-admitted works of fiction make me giggle.

Corrected for religious tolerance.  :angel:
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #20 on: April 30, 2009, 06:24:36 PM »
Quote from: carebear on April 30, 2009, 06:10:36 PM
Corrected for religious tolerance.  :angel:

Yeah, I wondered if people would be mature enough not to take a cheap shot. Guess I should've known better.
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Re: Beneficiary
« Reply #21 on: April 30, 2009, 06:40:41 PM »
Quote from: Balog on April 30, 2009, 06:24:36 PM
Yeah, I wondered if people would be mature enough not to take a cheap shot. Guess I should've known better.

I bet on people's capabilities, not their intentions.  =D
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