BA77’s off topic thread, Volume 1 — my pastor’s wife in Cosmopolitan

_{Salvador Cordova

August 20, 2013

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Since BA77 likes posting so many off topic comments on so many threads, and because others probably want to talk about off topics, I’m creating the first official off topic thread at UD just for off topic comments. YAY!

Here is my off topic, my pastor tried to get the congregation to stick around for 20 minutes longer than usual to take care of business matters requiring a vote. To give us incentive to remain, he said he’d pass around a copy of Cosmopolitan Magazine with a photo of his wife in it :shock:! Sure enough, she was in cosmopolitan magazine in the May 1965 issue. She was in a photo that featured former Congressman James Weaver, her dad….

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jdweaver.htm

Also, I think the chances of Darwinian evolution and mindless OOL being true are more remote than the chances of the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns playing each other in the next Superbowl.

Also, I really hate Windows 8.

So, speak your mind but exercise some discretion, keep it family friendly, and try not to start flame wars or launch into attacks against other UD participants. Other than that, talk about what you want. Enjoy!

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Mark Frank: I have since learned that the American accent is reckoned by experts to be more similar to 16th century English than the British received pronunciation.
Yeah, but which one? :D All the regional accents sound very different to me. I think I heard years ago that the Bostonian accent is the one that is the closest to what you're referring to. Hard to believe that accents can diverge so much in a couple hundred years.CentralScrutinizer_{August 19, 2013
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I love many US accents for their vitality and colour. When I lived in Atlanta I was in a production of 12th Night (amateur of course) - all the rest of the cast were American. The American accents suited Shakespeare much better than my British one and I have since learned that the American accent is reckoned by experts to be more similar to 16th century English than the British received pronunciation.Mark Frank_{August 19, 2013
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I'd make an off-topic post, but I'm too busy playing Guild Wars 2.William J Murray_{August 19, 2013
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Bruce, I would have to agree with that. Italian, esp certain regions, very nice to the ear. And I love the wimmen. :)CentralScrutinizer_{August 19, 2013
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To my ear, the nicest sounding language is Italian. I was also born and raised in the Midwest of the US, and I quite like the sound of an Oxford accent as well.Bruce David_{August 19, 2013
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Sal, To me, the nicest sound is any language is, "who do I make the check out to?" There are dozens of different pronunciations in the UK, some sound cultivated (because they stem from the traditionally higher educated classes who value(d) precise diction), and some sound downright ridiculous, yet amusing and even charming, to me, because of the traditional sloppy diction of the underclasses. I prefer the latter. North America (USA + Cananda) has at least ten major pronunciation groups (that I can think of.) The one that the world is most familiar with is the "broadcast standard" which is basically the west coast pronunciation that is a modification of the midwest pronunciation with some New England influence. The broadcast standard became such due to the fact that Hollywood CA is the main source for movie production for the last 80 years. Quite frankly, to me, the "high class" English that the Windsors speak sounds dull and quite uncharming. Yawn. And I hate French with a passion. Any pronunciation. Sounds like they have marbles in their mouths. For me, Japanese is beautiful. Verbal Art. That's what led me to study it for many years. Spanish is very nice. Not the Mexican variety, but the speakers from Spain. P.S. I was born and raised in So Calif. I speak the broadcast standard. I think the broadcast standard is rather flat and uninteresting. But it's difficult to be objective about your mother tongue.CentralScrutinizer_{August 19, 2013
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To those that live in the UK, is the sound of American English hard on UK ears? I didn't realize this fact:
Approximately two-thirds of the world's native speakers of English live in the United States.[2]
When I hear someone speak with an English accent (like those in the UK), it sounds so sophisticated and upper class. Edwin Hubble was from Missouri in the US, and supposedly was embarrassed at his American English, and after a few weeks at Oxford adopted the English accent which he used the rest of his life. In the USA, if one is from the North East, the sound of the Southern Accent form the deep south, like say Mississippi, conveys a certain stereotype that isn't too flattering. The Southern Accent from Texas or Georgia sound somewhat stately. So how does American English sound to UK ears. Did Hubble have good reason to adopt an English accent to elevate the impression he made on people. I kind of like hearing Amanda Drury on CNBC with her Australian accent. Too me, the nicest sounding language is French. When I hear the French speak English, it sounds nice on my ears.scordova_{August 19, 2013
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But if an off topic comment is put on a off topic thread would that not make it an on topic comment? Opps, sagebrush gardener beat me to it. But anyways,,, on topic, off topic, whatever, here is a poem: Lightning - Inspirational Poem http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4236830/bornagain77_{August 19, 2013
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In my last comment, last sentence, the word "this" refers to the idea of nested hierarchy.Collin_{August 19, 2013
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I agree about Windows 8. If this post comes out wrong, it's because of Windows 8.Elizabeth B Liddle_{August 19, 2013
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Is this off-topic by being on-topic in an "off-topic" thread?... I was fully prepared to hate Windows 8 when I was forced to purchase a new laptop for work, but after a week of use I think it's really not so bad. I also like the touch-screen more than I thought I would. Except for the beloved "Start" menu being replaced by that gaudy, sideways-scrolling, whatever-you-call-it, I can hardly tell the difference once all my usual applications are open. And even the new process of finding a program by typing the name instead of clicking through the Start menu seems more efficient once you get used to it. And why don't you make BA a moderator, so he can post all the (off)topics he wants without interrupting the flow of others' discussions?sagebrush gardener_{August 19, 2013
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Also, I really hate Windows 8.
Then there is something that we agree on.Neil Rickert_{August 19, 2013
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I need clarification on the "nested hierarchy" argument. It has been said that evolution is true because life can be objectively sorted into a nested hierarchy. I would love it if someone could summarize this argument and why it is strong. My understanding, from a biology student friend of mine, is that an engineer or designer would be able to put gills on a whale, but since we see that a whale has lungs, hair, mammary glands, we know that it evolved within a certain domain. An automobile designer does not need to combine the 4-wheel design, with an airbag and a combustion engine. He can mix and match. Here is my proposed response: 1. The evolutionist assumes that the designer is God. We can dispense with that assumption and say that a designer may have to work with the hand he has been dealt and it may be very difficult to give a whale gills, so he choses to stay with lungs. 2. The nested hierarchy may be violated in some instances. For example, the platypus lays eggs. And there are examples of "convergent" evolution. Doesn't convergent evolution show this "mixing and matching" that a designer would do? Does it violate the idea of a nested hierarchy? Also, I have been told that Michael Denton argues that this proves evolution is NOT true.Collin_{August 19, 2013
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Be sure and watch for my new book, Evo-illusion. It will be available in the next few weeks. I promise it will give you many new insights as to why evolution may not be the final answer to the Puzzle of the existence of living organisms. Its loaded with thought experiments that you will be able to do yourself, no matter what your education is, to help YOU figure out what may or may not have happened to bring about the beginning of life, multi-celled organisms, and us. You will not need the thinking of others; by reading Evo-illusion, YOU will be able to form your own conclusions. Evo-illusion will take you from the beginnings of the universe, the formation of the building blocks of life, the first proto-cells, the formation of DNA, whales, birds, and us. It has some fascinating conclusions about the future of mankind on this earth that will amaze you. It takes a purely science based and objective view of this controversial science. http://www.evillusion.net/ .melvinvines_{August 19, 2013
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