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Darragh Greene Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 March 2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 1812
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Posted: 22 March 2007 at 2:47pm | IP Logged | 1
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Jason Fulton wrote:
Pop culture is serious business. |
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It certainly is in Postmodernism and/or Cultural Studies courses of all
stripes in modern academia. It's all text, yes?
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Greg Kirkpatrick Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 15 June 2006 Location: United States Posts: 2193
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Posted: 22 March 2007 at 2:51pm | IP Logged | 2
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Exactly, Paul. It's one thing to get grief and be put down for wanting to respect the characters from people who aren't fans of superheroes, but it's completely another to be mocked by fellow "fans". That, more than anything else, bugs the shit out of me. You think they'd know better, at least have a better understanding, but more often than not they're more abusive to fellow fans than someone on the outside looking in. I simply do not get that.
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That is what bugs me when comic fans refer to other fans, who they deem the 'ugly fan' as fanboys. Ridiculous.
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Bruce Buchanan Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 14 June 2006 Location: United States Posts: 4797
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Posted: 22 March 2007 at 2:57pm | IP Logged | 3
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As if Shawn/Sean wasn't tricky enough, there's a baseball player for the Angels named Chone Figgins. And that's "Chone" pronounced "Shawn".
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Greg Kirkpatrick Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 March 2007 at 2:58pm | IP Logged | 4
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Chone sounds cooler.
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 133788
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Posted: 22 March 2007 at 2:59pm | IP Logged | 5
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How about Siobhan, pronounced Shih-vaun?
Or Seona, pronounce Shaw-na?
Of course, these, like Sean, are not English names.
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Richard Stevens Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 04 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1963
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Posted: 22 March 2007 at 2:59pm | IP Logged | 6
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"Spy-Doorman" would make a great webcomic. (or web comic ... or web-
comic?)
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Darragh Greene Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 March 2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 1812
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Posted: 22 March 2007 at 3:08pm | IP Logged | 7
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Hmm, now I've got Ennio Morricone's 'Sean Sean' theme for James
Coburn's character in Duck, You Sucker! or A Fistful of Dynamite perseverating in my head!
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Christopher Alan Miller Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 26 October 2006 Location: United States Posts: 2787
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Posted: 22 March 2007 at 3:12pm | IP Logged | 8
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How about Taliaferro pronounced Toliver or St.John pronounced Sinjin.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 22 March 2007 at 3:15pm | IP Logged | 9
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Or Featheringstonehaugh pronounced Fairshaw?
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Todd Douglas Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 March 2007 at 3:34pm | IP Logged | 10
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It's only spelled "Luxury yacht." It's pronounced "Throat-wobbler mangrove."
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Stanton L. Kushner Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 29 July 2006 Posts: 382
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Posted: 22 March 2007 at 5:58pm | IP Logged | 11
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QUOTE:
You cry about him being mean and he gives you a red sweater. Why? Because his initial post didn't deal with you. For that you claim mathematical proof he is mean? WHATEVER!
Whatever: A slang term meaning YOU'RE FULL OF SHIT! |
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I'm not a mod, but I think this may be against the Board's Rules.
Not as serious an offense, or as disrespectful, as leaving the hyphen out of Spider-Man's name, but still...
Anyways, peace man. Have a beer. Always helps me unwind.
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Paulo Pereira Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 March 2007 at 6:08pm | IP Logged | 12
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QUOTE:
As a kid I was sure James Bond was played by "Seen" Connery. |
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You're not the only one. I also thought Seamus was "Seemus." It just occurred to me to wonder, though, why Seamus isn't pronounced "Shawmus."
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