Good afternoon...
lovely day.
( djrich - Live from Houghton Regis too rass, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:20, archived)

Afternoon, sir
And yes it is a quite spectacularly nice day...be nice to be somewhere down by the coast admiring the skimpyness...
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:21, archived)

'Noon all
Hmmm beaches. That's probably be better than sitting around, still not dressed, on the computer.

I sometimes wish I wasn't so damn lazy.
( Dekazer, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:23, archived)

Go to the links.
Watch the parade of naked flesh.
Realise that you are slowly cooking.
Come home for a cold beer and sit in front of the computer.

/blog
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:27, archived)

Heehee
You are me, yesterday. I'm so ahead of the times ;)
( Dekazer, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:28, archived)

I actually cleaned the windows yesterday,
after realising quite how bright it was outside compared to inside.

/domesticated
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:30, archived)

I'm very impressed
I just leave mine all wide open and pretend it's for the fresh air!
( Dekazer, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:31, archived)

I just read your post without seeing the context,
and I bet you can guess what sprang to mind... :)
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:35, archived)

Fresh air is good
although I always have a handy dressing gown nearby in case theflatmate arrives home unexpectedly.
( Dekazer, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:38, archived)

Walking around starkers is cool.
The first time I went to visit my girlfriend in the States (she lives in a huge appartment block in the centre of Chicago) I got up one morning to make some breakfast and suddenly realised I was stark bollock naked holding a twelve-inch kitchen knife. It was a bit American Psycho, I have to say.
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:47, archived)

I was at CMK just now
and it's like that up there :)
( djrich - Live from Houghton Regis too rass, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:23, archived)

CMK?
Whassa wha?
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:24, archived)

Central Milton Keynes
shopping centre
( djrich - Live from Houghton Regis too rass, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:25, archived)

Ah I see...
I'm in Reading and walking here from the Station there was a mass of lovely ladies - nearly had to pole vault my way here...
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:29, archived)

The joys of summer ;)

( djrich - Live from Houghton Regis too rass, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:31, archived)

Mmm, Buffy Summers...
*guilty shouldn't-fancy-her-but-I-do-all-the-same fwap*
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:33, archived)

It's marvellous.
It makes me happy anyway...

/happy
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:35, archived)

Central Milton Keynes?
Kickin'.

Edit: Haha, I was trying to be witty. Must be psychic.
( Dekazer, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:25, archived)

It's nearer to me than Watford
for shops (and it's free parking) :)
( djrich - Live from Houghton Regis too rass, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:28, archived)

Go to Tring
and walk along the canal and have lunch at that wicked pub with the garden.

/vague memories of the Grand Union..
( Dekazer, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:29, archived)

Grand Junction Arms...
I used to look after the machines in there :)
( djrich - Live from Houghton Regis too rass, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:30, archived)

They used to
do a great curry. Happy days.
( Dekazer, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:30, archived)

I've had two weird psychicky type things in the past month

( ArthurTheRat, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:28, archived)

*dons tin foil hat*
Ach it's all just coincidence ;)
( Dekazer, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:30, archived)

Probably, but
first one was a dream that my mate was going out with a girl I fancy... Came true. :(

Second one... Err, if this counts, I was humming National Express one morning. That evening I'm listening to Benny in the evening and he plays it.

*flexes mind-powers*
( ArthurTheRat, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:31, archived)

In the first case, you probably just knew it was going to happen,
but hadn't admitted it to yourself.
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:39, archived)

Started an iSketch room
b3ta room

if anyone feels like playing =)
( MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:14, archived)

I would but you'll kick my arse
so there's no point...
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 14:17, archived)

help!
Having trouble with firefox.

I've got my homepage set as google. Whenever I type an address into the address bar in firefox, it just assumes I want google!

e.g

I'm at gogle.
I type www.b3ta.com/talk into FF address bar
I get a "google error" page saying google.co.uk/talk does not exist.

Any ideas?
(Quatermass and teh Shit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:51, archived)

None, but it sounds like what Internet Explorer does with MSN Search when it can't find things
and that might give you a clue.
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:55, archived)

It loves bumfun.

( sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:55, archived)

So you have something in common?
ning
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:56, archived)

Confuse
Iguanas
Identically
Just
As
Spotted
Ibises
Innovate
Electronically.
(s0WmVHAwZgpG, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:56, archived)

Christ, for a moment I thought you were baldmonkey.

( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:59, archived)

Benny Tied To A Tree, I know how you feel
I was in work till 6am last night and now I'm back in. :((

I want to go to the beach with my girlfriend.

*crosses fingers, prays to be fired with good intern-severance pay*
(thisismyclone, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:33, archived)

6am?!
Good lord! I thought I was hard done by being here 'til 8 last night.

Working is bad...but then again I should be getting an extra £200 for working this weekend which isn't to be sniffed at...
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:35, archived)

oh...
not too bad, then. I get 300 euros a month for 16 hr days, no weekends. :(

Still...can't put a price on summer, eh?

So are you an IT thingumyjig?
(thisismyclone, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:37, archived)

That is the most abysmal pay ever
AICYFP (three weeks wages)
( MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:40, archived)

i know
It's pathetic. I am merely a lowly intern. :( My next job has similar hours, in London. Pay?


None.


*sobs*
(thisismyclone, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:42, archived)

I thought slavery was outlawed yonks ago?
Still, with foreign workers coming over here and working for no pay at all - how's the local labour pool meant to compete with that!?
SEND 'EM ALL BACK!

/Daily Heil
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:45, archived)

What job are you doing then?

( Taylorcamb, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:49, archived)

Architecture student
Interning for these guys at the moment.

/edit: and what's the job that you've just got?
(thisismyclone, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:59, archived)

No it'd be nice to get out and appreciate the summer once in a while.

Nah I'm a very dull reporting bloke - problem I have is that my team used to comprise of 3 people...now there're two of us...and she starts on a new team tomorrow - so it's me doing all the work for 2 months until they recruit someone new. So just clearing up as much crap as I can to start afresh tomorrow...
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:41, archived)

What deodrants do we all use?
I just bought this Sure Clear-Ice Crystal stuff and it's lovely.
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:22, archived)

Activist: Bodyshop.
i shove Bob Geldoff up my armpits.
(empty_personality, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:23, archived)

nivea for men
cos although i'm a man i understand the need to buy slightly more effeminate products in order to care for my body. And i'm a sucker for advertising.
(Brad Dice, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:24, archived)

I don't use deodorant
I use Almay Non-Fragrance Anti-Perspirant coupled with either:

Paul Smith: London
OR
Chanel Allure Homme Sport
OR
Eau Par Kenzo Pour Homme
OR
Hugo Boss Little Ball Thing In Blue

Yay.
( MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:25, archived)

Chanel Allure Sport is what I wear
I had some bird from work glued to my neck all night when I was wearing that the other day because she liked it so much. Should've squirted a load round my bollocks thinking about it...
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:28, archived)

it's gorgeous isnt it though?
it smells well sickly if you wear it like.. every day, i get bored of it. Which is why I have a few to choose.

Although that Kenzo stuff smells so strongly of lemons I have a tendency to smell of freshly cleaned public toilets
( MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:30, archived)

I wear it everyday and I'm used to it
so don't really notice it every more. The other one I have is Egoiste Platinum (I like my Chanel stuff)...
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:31, archived)

Chanel Allure sport
or Chanel Allure Homme sport?

*sniggers*
You homme
/schoolyard
( dantl, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:31, archived)

Cat's Piss.
For that territory-marking scent all through the day.

Or whatever's to hand.
(MooCow_Byter, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:29, archived)

Lynx dry touch

( viperrr mostly comes out at night, mostly, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:29, archived)

Napalm.

( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:34, archived)

i bet you smell lovely in the morning

( MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:37, archived)

Like victory!

( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:38, archived)

I heard victory smells like bacon sandwiches
mmmmm
( MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:41, archived)

Not for al-Qaeda, it don't!

( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:42, archived)

What is it with dental fillings?
Why do dentists shape them in the optimum fashion for getting bits of breakfast cereal/crisps/apple/cheese/yam stuck in them?

Is it some sort of punishment that because you didn't brush your teeth in your younger years, that you have to spend the rest of your life taking 3 minutes after a packet of McCoys proddling about your mouth with a fingernail?
( MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:16, archived)

It's actually
punishment for your deviant sexual tendencies.
(s0WmVHAwZgpG, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:19, archived)

pfffft
with added spittle since it's you
( MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:20, archived)

This
I had my first filling last year which I wish I'd never fucking bothered with as it wasn't causing me any grief and now I need a sand blaster to remove my lunch from the bloody thing.

Although it would help if I didn't eat 3 roast boars for my lunch...

Did I mention I fell in a cauldron of magic potion when I was a baby?
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:19, archived)

Hehehe

( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:20, archived)

damn i need to read asterix books again
..and try having 10 of the sodding things :P


i get another done on the 25th =(
( MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:22, archived)

i have more than 10
i have the whole collection. in english and in french.

oh. you weren't talking about asterix books anymore, were you? Try to make your sentences less ambiguous in future.
(Brad Dice, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:23, archived)

i tried
and failed =(

I KNEW THAT I WOULD CAUSE CONFUSION, BUT LIKE A CONVERSATIONAL TERRORIST I WENT ON AND DID IT ANYWAY :O

Reckless, that's what I am.
( MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:26, archived)

10! Eeep!
It also worried me that all the dentists in the surgery had their names on the wall as 'Dr' and the bloke who did my filling was called 'Mr'...

He was foreign too so I've probably got aids now...

He was a cloggy...
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:26, archived)

Is it Niagra Falls,
or a crudely drawn cock?
( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:16, archived)

Ohh I wonder if you can see where
Wonderfalls is filmed...
(Quatermass and teh Shit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:17, archived)

oooooh
i'd say that's actually a VWDC (very well drawn cock)

it's even got colourperfect spunk and everything


*remains in awe*
( MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:17, archived)

Good Lord
what an absolutely beautiful day today is! The sun is out, women are wearing all of the skimpyness...so will somebody please tell me why I'm in work again?

/Looks down back of sofa to try and find a life
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:02, archived)

I'm indoors because nobody will go out with me,
the cunts.
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:09, archived)

That's because you're a stupid poo-poo face
I'm going to a BBQ later, BBQs for teh win!
(Naughty Tortoise, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:11, archived)

Maybe having a shower
may rectify this...
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:12, archived)

because those floors need mopping

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:11, archived)

Well they'll never let me serve fries
unless I start at the bottom of the ladder...

*mops*
( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:12, archived)

Because those fries ain't gonna serve themselves.

( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:12, archived)

its too warm to sleep
i think the day should stop, then try again.
( MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:12, archived)

Northern Ireland rules.
It's a four day weekend for me, just have to avoid certain areas around the 12th.
(moomin-papa ; folkin class., Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:28, archived)

The sun is shining outside
but I really can't decide what to do.
( magnum, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:33, archived)

Me neither,
but I know I want to do something.
(moomin-papa ; folkin class., Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:34, archived)

/edit: Forget that. Just watching the F1. Brundell on the grid interviewing the drivers is rather rude. Other people ar interviewing them on live tv and he just pushes them out the way! hehe
( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:37, archived)

well incase you were still wondering
{a href="http://linky-here.com"}what people see here{/a}

replace the curly brackets with those wee tringle type ones and you are set

/Fuckety, forgot about the race *goes to tv room*
(moomin-papa ; folkin class., Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:46, archived)

That's what I did,
but it didn't seem to work. Meh.
( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:47, archived)

alternatively
paste the link, click preview and change the text to whatever you want.
(Brad Dice, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:48, archived)

Ooooh, that sounds clever!

( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:55, archived)

Close the curtains.

( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:35, archived)

Mini Milk ice lollies for all*

*only has 6 left
( Smokey Bacon Crisps smell good, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:41, archived)

Bagsy!

( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:42, archived)

Bagsy seconds!

(Naughty Tortoise, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:46, archived)

Watership Downer.
Rabbit bombs
"It's a device that injects a calibrated mixture of propane, liquid petroleum gas and oxygen, mixed together, down through the rabbit's burrow and it's ignited to produce a massive underground concussion bomb," Mr Meyer said.
It is probably the most humane way to kill an animal, causing a haemorrhage at the base of the spine and exploding the animal's lungs with the oxygen, he said.
(Small Beer, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:47, archived)

!!!!!

( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:48, archived)

Read The Wasp Factory?
He uses pipe bombs to kill the rabbits in that, and then flamethrowers the survivors...
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:50, archived)

Oh yeah.
And catapulted hamsters with little shuttlecock skirts on. And, of course, killed wasps in the maze thing.
(Small Beer, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:53, archived)

The bit about the hamsters made me have giggling fits.
Then massive guilt, obviously.
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:57, archived)

how topical

(Brad Dice, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:52, archived)

I didn't see that at all
when I read it. :(
(Small Beer, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:56, archived)

Kaboom!
www.rodenator.com/media/GOPHER_300k.wmv
(Marwood, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:11, archived)

Too big
Someone watch it and describe it to me.
( Zuowan, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:17, archived)

Boom.
"Yeeee-haw!"
( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:19, archived)

It's the guy in the wheel-chair that tickles me.

( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:18, archived)

waa!
watership down scarred me for life
( bookerina, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:18, archived)

Is the letter 'h'
pronounced 'aich' or 'haich'?
( ArthurTheRat, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:16, archived)

First one.
Why, are you meeting Steps?
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:18, archived)

No, I've always wondered
all my friends pronounce it the second way and I wondered if that was the right one. If it was my world would spin off its axis.
( ArthurTheRat, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:21, archived)

I hate it when people pronounce it the wrong way

kids do it all the time coz their parents don't know

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:22, archived)

Or perhaps because socially it benefits them more to pronounce it that way?
Most people don't learn to speak the language of their parents alone, but pick and choose from an amalgamation of different influences to create an idiolect that most benefits them.
( Malchick, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:26, archived)

www.b3ta.com/talk/629452
( Hoohah Bibbly-bobbly-bubbly-snibbly wib-wib floppit., Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:26, archived)

Oi!
*considerably more northern than Malchick*
Bloody southerners. Back in myyy day grumble grumble grumble
(Naughty Tortoise, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:12, archived)

Innit.

( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:27, archived)

Innit.
Just because it's socially beneficial to speak in a dialect, doesn't mean it's right, y'dickhead.

Edit: stop pissing on my mind.
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:28, archived)

Only if you take the prescriptivist view of language
which I normally do

/guilt

And it wouldn't be right for them to speak to us in their dialect because we're pedants, but for inter-chav conversation speaking Standard English (itself a dialect) would be wrong.
( Malchick, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:30, archived)

What?
The last bit of this message doesn't make any sense no matter how I rearrange it.
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:32, archived)

Done it for you.

( Malchick, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:34, archived)

Even rearragned I had to read it 4 times before I understood.
I'm obviously stoopid.
(MooCow_Byter, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:36, archived)

I think it's possible that I'm not saying what I mean very clearly...

( Malchick, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:38, archived)

I get it now, but I think you should use more commas.

( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:47, archived)

Wha??

meh
( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:33, archived)

but it still annoys me

and I was taught at school to pronounce it haich

bastards
( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:29, archived)

Technically 'h' is pronounced
huh (like an exhale).
( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:30, archived)

That's the sound

he's refering to the letter name

/Jolly Phonics
( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:31, archived)

I'm eating yoghurt.

( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:33, archived)

So am I.

( Malchick, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:35, archived)

Again

what flavour?
( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:37, archived)

Your mum.
Lemon-Lime
( Malchick, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:38, archived)

Mullerlight?

I like that with digestives in it, but only a bit otherwise it's too zingy.
( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:40, archived)

What flavour?

I'm hungry
( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:35, archived)

It's the split pots,
Digestive chocolate bits :)
( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:39, archived)

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

*whishes she had food in the house*

*HAs food but nothing she wants, you know that mood*
( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:41, archived)

Your friends

are cunts
( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:31, archived)

aich

( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:21, archived)

'Aich'
Unless you're a FILTHY COMMONER.

'Ning!
( Hoohah Bibbly-bobbly-bubbly-snibbly wib-wib floppit., Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:21, archived)

I am

a filthy commoner but I still say aich.
( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:24, archived)

'aich'
Always
( Hankster, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:21, archived)

Haitch.

(Small Beer, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:22, archived)

FILTHY COMMONER!
*chases with torch and pick axe*
( Hoohah Bibbly-bobbly-bubbly-snibbly wib-wib floppit., Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:23, archived)

Aitch.
But I'd say "haitch" because I'm a FILTHY NORTHERN COMMONER.
( Malchick, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:22, archived)

FILTHY NORTHERN COMMONER!
*chases with torch and pick axe*
( Hoohah Bibbly-bobbly-bubbly-snibbly wib-wib floppit., Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:23, archived)

Huh,
I would've said 'haitch', but apparently that's wrong.

How about L? 'Elle' or 'Al'?

/edit: thank you
( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:26, archived)

Elle.
There's just no dispute there.
( ArthurTheRat, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:27, archived)

Elle

( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:27, archived)

Commoners say 'elle'
Proper people say 'elle veut quelques gras de foie'.
( Hoohah Bibbly-bobbly-bubbly-snibbly wib-wib floppit., Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:30, archived)

www.b3ta.com/talk/629451
( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:31, archived)

Answer from an English teacher
The first is the unstressed version, the second the stressed (for example at the beginning of a sentence) so both are correct.
Not that deeming one pronunciation 'correct' is anyone's business anyway. There's nobody governing the English language.
( Zuowan, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:11, archived)

Tell that to my gran.

( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:15, archived)

With pleasure.
Where is the old dear?
( Zuowan, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:19, archived)

response from another english teacher
you might be an english teacher but you've not understood the question. In received pronunciation, the letter H is pronounced 'aitch', not 'haitch'. No argument about it. It's like saying that W can be pronounced 'double U' or 'Wubble U'.

EDIT:

I just researched this in some etymological books what i've got and apparently the origin of 'aitch' is 'ahha' or 'acha' where the central sound represents the original guttaral 'h' of the semitic language. so there is no need for an initial aspiration.
(Brad Dice, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 13:00, archived)

haitch.
It's got a H in it, duh
(Naughty Tortoise, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:14, archived)

The Levellers make me want to bounce around
This is good as I have to go to church in a bit and mumble to hymns
( Hankster, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:10, archived)

Grow your hair long.
Take an mp3 player.
Hide earphones under long hair.
Problem solved.
( ArthurTheRat, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:13, archived)

I don't really have much hair

( Hankster, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:18, archived)

Why bother with that?
If sins are forgiven anyway, just do it and confess to it. Far simpler.
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:19, archived)

Ning all.
What London bookshops are open on a Sunday? Am willing to go anywhere on the tube map.

Edit: Hah! All my friends who were going to see Funeral for a Friend without me now can't go because they're rescheduled the graduation for the day of the concert (as it was originally on the day London got bombed). That'll teach all of the silly fucks.
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:10, archived)

Terrosists don't tend to strike at weekends (True)
Not enough disruption to the cities day to day goings on.
( Hankster, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:11, archived)

So what you're saying is the Waterstone's in Charing Cross?
Thought so. Cheers mate.
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:13, archived)

My favourite is Borders
In Oxford Street about 100 yards east of the tube station.

You can drink coffee and read books without buying them. They are really book friendly in that way, you can sit in a chair and read a book all day and then put it back. It's 5 floors of book yummyness.
( Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:22, archived)

Sounds good.
Do you think they'll have Sylvia Plath's "Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Broken Dreams"? Even better, can I check online?
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:31, archived)

A little late replying
I had a phone call.
They should have pretty much any book you desire, it is big.
The tube station is Oxford Circus mentioned above.
( Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:09, archived)

Cheers mate.
I shall hop to it.
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:12, archived)

Ning all
Do any of you know of a good tutorial to teach me how to create a face in Poser? I have searched google but nothing that helpful =(
(MachoNachos Without geometry life is pointless!, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:49, archived)

I have no idea
but would you like a Jaffa Cake?
( Hankster, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:00, archived)

mmmmmm
yes please so i can eat all the chocolate off it and then lick the orange bit off
(MachoNachos Without geometry life is pointless!, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:02, archived)

ning all
I have just passed a VW Beetle with smoked glass and the reg L33T VW

Any of you spanner monkey's know about this?
(t3d on FTLFM now http://83.149.101.8:8070/listen.pls, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:46, archived)

G33k
I saw a car with WOO in the plate a few few months back
( Hankster, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:47, archived)

daftest one I've seen
3 series bmw lowered,skirted, blacked out windows
reg. no NE1 4 XTC
dealer? well maybe
( Dill, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:54, archived)

Or the band XTC

( Hankster, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:55, archived)

not in a dodgy part of Carlisle
and with drum 'n' bass booming out the bodywork
( Dill, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:57, archived)

assuming the E was a 3
then that is sad
(t3d on FTLFM now http://83.149.101.8:8070/listen.pls, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:59, archived)

that is proper b3tan
none of this generalised l33t crap.
(t3d on FTLFM now http://83.149.101.8:8070/listen.pls, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:55, archived)

I've seen it too
is it a common thing or do you live in Cambridge?
( ArthurTheRat, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:48, archived)

ish
I saw it in Wyton passing the RAF airfield.

edit: you may want to rethink your comment about vehicles having the same numberplates
(t3d on FTLFM now http://83.149.101.8:8070/listen.pls, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:51, archived)

...
Quiet you.
( ArthurTheRat, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:53, archived)

I saw a Jag with the reg 'OOO YES'
and another car t'other day ending in 'LOL'
( Shoosh up your lips Not state-funded, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:14, archived)

Grr.
monkey's

Edit, appears you can't strikethrough an apostrophe. How shit.
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:22, archived)

right, I'm off
for a long walk in the stunning Rossendale valley, Lancashire.

bye
( robh, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:30, archived)

*obvious strikethrough post*

( asparagus time Is in Brazil., Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:39, archived)

Blimey
I never realised that you were the voodoo priest.
( ArthurTheRat, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:42, archived)

*points at name*
You like Sufjan Stevens's new album? I don't really get it...is there some underlying message I've missed?
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 11:07, archived)

I'm possibly annoying the neighbours already

♫♪ Screw that, forget about that, I don't wanna know about anything like that ♪♫
( Druid, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:14, archived)

*parp*

( ArthurTheRat, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:14, archived)

♫♪Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line♪♫
( Druid, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:16, archived)

'ning you
I found a song on my iTunes called "Hebden Bridge" and thought of you :)

'ning all
( icklepeach *relurks*, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:33, archived)

11 days till my baby is due!!!

I'm so excited!!!
( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:05, archived)

it'll be late
prepare for the long haul
( Dill, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:07, archived)

I know but even so

the most I'm looking at is 25 days, and that's if I go 2 weeks over which I don't think I will.

Then again I know someone who went 17 days over!!!!!
( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:09, archived)

You are the Pointer Sisters

( Hankster, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:08, archived)

Huh?

( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:11, archived)

I'm so Excited
is the name of a song
( Hankster, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:13, archived)

and I just can't hide it

( Dill, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:15, archived)

A ha

( diffy maybs, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:16, archived)

no
the pointer sisters
( Dill, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:16, archived)

Hehe
*Takes On You*
( Hankster, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:18, archived)

takes on me

( Dill, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:18, archived)

I know I know Iknow I know
I want you
:)
( Dill, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:11, archived)

awww 'ning everyone
why did I think that second bottle of wine was a good idea?

/throbby head blog
( Dill, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:04, archived)

Ning
And on an unrelated musical note, after weeks of avoiding the hype I have just listened to James Blunts' album. I hate to say this but one track (Goodbye My Lover) reduced me to a quivering wreck and now I need therapy
( Hankster, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:07, archived)

'ning Hank
on an even more un-related musical note, I aqquired a track yesterday called "no niggers in our schools" it amazes me that these things get made at all but I'll play it later for your disgust and derision
( Dill, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:10, archived)

I'm out all day matey (Christening and pubbage after)
But I will seek it
( Hankster, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:12, archived)

full of redneck goodness

( Dill, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:15, archived)

In a good emotional way
or a 'Jesus Christ this song is awful' way?
( ArthurTheRat, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:15, archived)

In a *gets all emotional over ex" kind of way
So sort of good as it's a great song, but it makes me sad
( Hankster, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:17, archived)

I have looked into the dark heart of t'internet, and that way madness lies...
www.pieman.org/
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:02, archived)

Oh sweet Lord Jesus.

( ArthurTheRat, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 10:09, archived)