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RE: November Ladies Chat Thread - 11/1/2009 10:27:07 PM
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cherish405
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Well, we can just file it away somewhere in our vocabulary, but not have to use it. Over here, there are no racial connotations to it.
How about Christmas irritations?
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RE: November Ladies Chat Thread - 11/1/2009 11:36:55 PM
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Kath
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ORIGINAL: cherish405
Niggle: intr.v. nig·gled, nig·gling, nig·gles. 1. To be preoccupied with trifles or petty details. 2. To find fault constantly and trivially; Petty, especially in a nagging or annoying way; trifling: a pointless dispute over niggling details. 3. Overly concerned with details; exacting and fussy
I like the word, it reminds me of giggle. But I would suggest that most Americans avoid the word to minimize the risk of getting embroiled in racial controversy, possible misunderstandings, or hurt feelings? Remember last year when the news was filled with stories about some politician who used the term "niggardly" (which means stingy) and some people thought the word had racist/racial overtones because it's very similar to the "N" word?
Or maybe I'm just getting paranoid.... but I thought it was worth a mention. Like I said, I like the word and think it's nifty to learn new ones.
Every once in a while, someone will report a TOS on the word asinine, which makes me smile.
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RE: November Ladies Chat Thread - 11/1/2009 11:59:30 PM
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ORIGINAL: Kath
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ORIGINAL: Harvie
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ORIGINAL: cherish405
Niggle: intr.v. nig·gled, nig·gling, nig·gles. 1. To be preoccupied with trifles or petty details. 2. To find fault constantly and trivially; Petty, especially in a nagging or annoying way; trifling: a pointless dispute over niggling details. 3. Overly concerned with details; exacting and fussy
I like the word, it reminds me of giggle. But I would suggest that most Americans avoid the word to minimize the risk of getting embroiled in racial controversy, possible misunderstandings, or hurt feelings? Remember last year when the news was filled with stories about some politician who used the term "niggardly" (which means stingy) and some people thought the word had racist/racial overtones because it's very similar to the "N" word?
Or maybe I'm just getting paranoid.... but I thought it was worth a mention. Like I said, I like the word and think it's nifty to learn new ones.
Every once in a while, someone will report a TOS on the word asinine, which makes me smile.
lol.....I remember once when a poster was writing p*r*i*c*k*l*y pears or cactus or something like that and the computer blocked it out.
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November Ladies Chat Thread - 11/2/2009 7:39:19 AM
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PinkCarnations
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ORIGINAL: OneOfHisJewels
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ORIGINAL: Kath
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ORIGINAL: Harvie
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ORIGINAL: cherish405
Niggle: intr.v. nig·gled, nig·gling, nig·gles. 1. To be preoccupied with trifles or petty details. 2. To find fault constantly and trivially; Petty, especially in a nagging or annoying way; trifling: a pointless dispute over niggling details. 3. Overly concerned with details; exacting and fussy
I like the word, it reminds me of giggle. But I would suggest that most Americans avoid the word to minimize the risk of getting embroiled in racial controversy, possible misunderstandings, or hurt feelings? Remember last year when the news was filled with stories about some politician who used the term "niggardly" (which means stingy) and some people thought the word had racist/racial overtones because it's very similar to the "N" word?
Or maybe I'm just getting paranoid.... but I thought it was worth a mention. Like I said, I like the word and think it's nifty to learn new ones.
Every once in a while, someone will report a TOS on the word asinine, which makes me smile.
lol.....I remember once when a poster was writing p*r*i*c*k*l*y pears or cactus or something like that and the computer blocked it out.
There was a time when I couldn't tell people that my cocker/lab was a great dog. 
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RE: November Ladies Chat Thread - 11/2/2009 9:11:33 AM
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cherish405
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Well, we can just file it away somewhere in our vocabulary, but not have to use it. Over here, there are no racial connotations to it.
How about Christmas irritations?
Instead of Christmas (the other word I used earlier), I was going to change it to Christmas p*r*i*c*k*l*e*s, then thought that then I would get in trouble with CW instead of the general public. LOL. So, I think I'll just leave it at Christmas irritations.
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RE: November Ladies Chat Thread - 11/2/2009 1:06:10 PM
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Just wanted to say HI. Don't really have anything good to contribute to the discussion.
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RE: November Ladies Chat Thread - 11/2/2009 3:36:38 PM
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We used to have a chiuahuah that barked whenever someone left the house.
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RE: November Ladies Chat Thread - 11/2/2009 4:12:16 PM
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Well, we can just file it away somewhere in our vocabulary, but not have to use it. Over here, there are no racial connotations to it.
Good grief - of course there aren't !!! ROFLOL!!!
Brit English and Aussie English are DEFFO closer in this area - "niggle" is a much-used and valuable part of our vocabulary over here, just as it is over there!!
(Online sources reckon it's of Scandinavian origin, round about the end of the 1500s and beginning of the the 1600s - amazing!! From a Norwegian word, nigla - I find that fascinating!)
I think I am going to have to start using it a lot more on these forums, to get people used to it! 
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RE: November Ladies Chat Thread - 11/2/2009 5:09:20 PM
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Been working on a paper (which is due tomorrow) for my Hawaiian Studies class all morning. I am almost done all I need is my conclusion.
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RE: November Ladies Chat Thread - 11/2/2009 5:25:57 PM
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OK .... I just spent 4.5 hours getting the H1N1 flu vaccine. That would be 2 hours in the car, 2.5 hours in line, and about 2 minutes getting the shot. After driving an hour through what looked like desolate wasteland (the agricultural water has been shut off for westside farmers), we arrived at the location of the Vaccine Clinic in the teeny-tiny town of Firebaugh. (Population is less than 5,000.) We arrived at 10:30am for the 1:00pm clinic, and there were easily 50 people in line in front of us. As the magic 1:00pm hour approached, we discovered that each of the 50 people camped in front of us were (apparently) holding spaces in the line for the remaining population of Firebaugh, and within a span of a few minutes I went from being about 50th in line to being about 250th in line. Ahhhh .... the things we do in the midst of pandemics, huh?
But, a miracle occurred! At about 20 minutes from when they began (T minus 20 and counting) they actually divided us up into TWO lines .... one line for people with children and one line for just adults. YAY! That actually put me at 12th in the adults only line!!! Woooo hooooooo! They handed me the world's longest form to read and sign, and then I marched inside, got a quick jab in my left arm, and we were OUTTA THERE!!! YAY! I get shots all the time in my stomach (bigger ones), so one quick little jab in the arm was no biggie. We grabbed a carne asada burrito at a local Taqueria, hit the road, and came home.
What did surprise me was the number of people who wanted to argue with the staff from the Health Department about whether or not they qualified for the H1N1. At these clinics, for these first limited doses that are available, they are only giving the H1N1 shots to people on the CDC priority list: pregnant women, children 6 month to 24 years old, and people 24-64 with specific chronic health conditions (asthma, emphysema, cerebral palsy, MS, diabetes, etc.) There were a number of senior citizens over 65 who were incensed and screaming/cursing about being denied the shot, as well as some healthy adults in the 25-64 age group. I could hear the clinic staff asking where the local cops were and if there would be security! 
Anyway, I got my shot and I'm greatly relieved.
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RE: November Ladies Chat Thread - 11/2/2009 5:36:36 PM
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saraimay75
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ORIGINAL: Harvie
OK .... I just spent 4.5 hours getting the H1N1 flu vaccine. That would be 2 hours in the car, 2.5 hours in line, and about 2 minutes getting the shot. After driving an hour through what looked like desolate wasteland (the agricultural water has been shut off for westside farmers), we arrived at the location of the Vaccine Clinic in the teeny-tiny town of Firebaugh. (Population is less than 5,000.) We arrived at 10:30am for the 1:00pm clinic, and there were easily 50 people in line in front of us. As the magic 1:00pm hour approached, we discovered that each of the 50 people camped in front of us were (apparently) holding spaces in the line for the remaining population of Firebaugh, and within a span of a few minutes I went from being about 50th in line to being about 250th in line. Ahhhh .... the things we do in the midst of pandemics, huh?
But, a miracle occurred! At about 20 minutes from when they began (T minus 20 and counting) they actually divided us up into TWO lines .... one line for people with children and one line for just adults. YAY! That actually put me at 12th in the adults only line!!! Woooo hooooooo! They handed me the world's longest form to read and sign, and then I marched inside, got a quick jab in my left arm, and we were OUTTA THERE!!! YAY! I get shots all the time in my stomach (bigger ones), so one quick little jab in the arm was no biggie. We grabbed a carne asada burrito at a local Taqueria, hit the road, and came home.
What did surprise me was the number of people who wanted to argue with the staff from the Health Department about whether or not they qualified for the H1N1. At these clinics, for these first limited doses that are available, they are only giving the H1N1 shots to people on the CDC priority list: pregnant women, children 6 month to 24 years old, and people 24-64 with specific chronic health conditions (asthma, emphysema, cerebral palsy, MS, diabetes, etc.) There were a number of senior citizens over 65 who were incensed and screaming/cursing about being denied the shot, as well as some healthy adults in the 25-64 age group. I could hear the clinic staff asking where the local cops were and if there would be security!
Anyway, I got my shot and I'm greatly relieved.
Sounds fun.   
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November Ladies Chat Thread - 11/2/2009 5:41:22 PM
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PinkCarnations
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Glad you were able to get the shot Harvie.
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I sooooo want to do this but I may not this year because I've got lots of other stuff on my plate. I looove to take part in Christmas and Easter productions at church. Something about lights, camera, action, the stage, lots of people, the whole Christmas/Easter scene/music that come just really makes the holidays real for me. 
Otherwise, I get caught up in all of the commercialism of it like lots of ppl I know. 
