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-The Three Gay Wise Men
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Subject: Fwd: The Three Gay Wise Men Do you know what would have happened if there had been Three Wise Women instead of Three Wise Men?
*They would have asked directions, Cute-!!! HOWEVER!!! Do you know what would have happened if there had been Three Gay Wise Men instead of Three Hetero Men or Women? *They would have done a fabulous parade towards the big "B" in full auburn/gold sequined gowns to match the low "Star of Bethlehem" lighting. *Arrived early. *Helped deliver the baby AND dressed it up in a gorgeous butter-cream-colored 100% cotton throw. *Cleaned the stable AND redecorated it in a "western" theme to match the animals. *Would not have made a casserole but a flawless entree of Chilean sea bass dusted in cocoa powder with Guatemalan mangoes in a light chutney mix, mashed potatoes with a light fennel sauce and Anjou pears with yoghurt cream cheese and Grand Marnier swirls, topped off with a caff/half caff cappuccino con panne. *The practical gifts would have included items from the new Martha Stewart Living Collection. *Peace? How can you have peace when the entire night just screams for a great drag number?
Have a Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabulous Christmas!
Subject: Re: Joke Q & A Those are pretty good! I liked the one about being conceited and calling out your own name when having an orgasm, and jogging home from a vasectomy! That is really funny! Bob and Harley
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Tonka wrote: Subject: Text Request I'm looking for the e-mail address of the fellow who sent the original recent "more text" request. I clicked it to cyber Heaven before I had it recorded. I'd appreciate someone sending it to me. Thanks!
Dick
Subject: Re: Text Request
I have Bob's address now. Please disregard the request
I made in an earlier mail. Thanks, Ben! I been looking, but cannot find any.... Where can i find a few good VHS or DVD movies that involve Silverfoxes (not unlike your self your cute) I have been looking to buy 1 or 2 and never seem to beable to find any..... Well thx for your time
Aaron Subject: Re: question
hi mate I am a 24 years old Australian boy and like
silver foxes.you can find silverfoxes movies @
http://www.prsimon.com have fun
Ben Boxer comments: List-member Tonka
wrote recently, in response to my review of the
film "Billy Elliot": "I had a feeling it would not
make it over to the States as a few people I know
in London could not understand the accents."
Good point, Tonka-ther-Pooh. I have a good ear
for north-country "accents," having known a lot
of people from around there, but even I had
trouble with some of the dialogue. However, the
powerful flow of the drama swept away all such
minor difficulties.
My partner, Filipino by birth although brought
up in San Francisco since the age of four, loved
every minute of the film and seemed to miss
nothing. Most remarkably, he made no
comment about the manners of speech, which I
had thought might influence his opinion. So I
guess it's a go.
The article below deals with another set of
British speech patterns. It's a delightful piece
from the BBC about research done in Australia,
of all places, on the subject of the Queen's
English -- literally!
Headline:
Text:
After trawling through archives of Her
Majesty's annual Christmas messages since
1952, they conclude that the royal accent is
becoming less "posh".
The experts, based at Sydney's Macquarie
University, believe the vowel sounds of HRH
Queen Elizabeth II have been influenced by
subjects who are younger or of lower social
standing.
As a result, they say, the Queen's accent is
moving towards the standard accent of southern
England, away from the cut-glass "upper-crust"
accent of the 1950s.
Lead researcher Jonathan Harrington told BBC
News Online: "In the last 40 or so years, there
have been dramatic changes to the social class
structure in Britain and to a certain extent this is
reflected in pronunciation.
"It demonstrates that the monarchy, at least as
far as the spoken accent is concerned, isn't
isolated from the rest of the community."
The researchers base their conclusions on an
acoustic analysis of vowel sounds from archive
recordings of the Queen's annual Christmas
message.
They compared recordings from the 1950s and
the 1980s with the standard accent of southern
Britain, as spoken by female BBC broadcasters.
Writing in the scientific journal Nature, the team
say the Queen's pronunciation of vowel sounds
has slowly shifted over the years "towards one
that is characteristic of speakers who are
younger and/or lower in the social hierarchy".
In the Queen's Christmas broadcasts of the
1950s, for example, the word "had" almost
rhymed with "bed". But 30 years' later "had"
migrated halfway to the standard southern
English pronunciation, which rhymes with
"bad".
The researchers say the Queen's English is part
of a nationwide trend towards a blurring of
accents that once distinguished different social
classes.
The standard accent of England, modern
received pronunciation, has been subtly
influenced by the Cockney accent, for example,
leading to some people dropping the "l" from
milk.
And Estuary English has a glottal stop, dropping
the "t", as in "a li'le bi' of breab wiv a bi' of
bu'er on i'".
Jonathan Harrington is quick to point out that
although the Queen no longer speaks the
Queen's English of the 1950s, researchers have
found no trace of Cockney influences over the
years.
And Paul Foulkes, a linguistics expert at York
University, says that although younger members
of the Royal Family, such as Prince William,
have been heard to use glottal stops, this does
not extend to the Queen.
He told BBC News Online: "If you look at the
way Spitting Image and other professional
mimics might stereotype the Queen's speech
with words like House pronounced as Hice, that
is something she would be likely to change to
reduce the distance between herself and other
people.
"But she is not likely to start dropping her
aitches or using glottal stops."
So for the time being at least, the House of
Windsor, is unlikely to become the 'Ouse of
Windsor.
Subject: Re: The Queen's English
I spoke to our dear Tonka and I understood every word he said! He has a
beautiful accent, and it makes me ashamed to even speak! I thought Lady
Diana's brother spoke beautifully, and sounded very sophisticated. I hope
one day to visit England, but that will take a devoted friend and guide,
which is no small request. But I never was in England, and don't really
have many English friends, except for two really nice guys on this list,
Godwin and Tonka. Godwin, you may remember, made the antidote against the
Navidad virus.
Is the Australian accent similar to the British accent?
Has anyone heard of gulla, an English dialect spoken a long time ago on
one of the South Carolina islands? I'd like to hear it spoken, but never
have.
Bob and Harley who refuses to bark with a Brooklyn accent
Subject: Kodak ez200 Digital Camera
Hi Ben and all you Web cam/digital camera (are they the same) Experts,
Thanks for all the hard work you're doing. Silver Foxes has a real club
feel about it.
I'd like to send a picture or two but I can't get my camera to work.
I have a new computer with 128Mb RAM and 15GB hard disc. I also have an
Kodak EZ200 digital camera. I've loaded the software and according to the
diagnostic test the camera is working successfully. BUT when I try to take
pictures I get the message -
SAMPLE SOURCE ERROR
General failure in response to MSG_ENABLEDS. Low memory Condition
encountered, free up some memory and try again.
How do I free up memory?
Any help appreciated. Many thanks and have a gret Christmas
Victor
Subject: Re: Foxhunter: "Howdy! I'm the new stable boy!"
At 12:21 AM 12/21/2000 -0800, Ben sent a picture:
Dear Ben and the List:
I would sleep in the stable if that stable boy guy would change my straw.
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