Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Those were different times ..., in reply to Simon Grigg,
It's still a mystery to McCully
His ongoing dry humping and craving a pat on the head from big daddy is embarrassing to behold.
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Example of living in the past - when news stories about food prices ignore *rice* as a staple. Not everyone lives on mulk and cheddar.
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OnPoint: A Friday-Appropriate Hager Excerpt, in reply to BenWilson,
I could fucking well tie a couple of people up just with the clothes I'm wearing right now
Noted. A bit part for that man too, perhaps..
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Hard News: Those were different times ..., in reply to BenWilson,
it's a challenge for game designers..
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Hard News: Those were different times ..., in reply to Russell Brown,
And he's interacting with them verbally as well, eh, as gamers sometime do?
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The Samoan connection with LA would be an interesting influence on language in NZ, especially Auckland. Seem to hear the same "rrr" sound as Southland has from young Pasifika people now.
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Hard News: Those were different times ..., in reply to Kumara Republic,
In the first half of the 20th century, the Mid-Atlantic dialect was dominant in film & TV. Now, it seems to be the California-West Coast accent that's in vogue.
Doesn't that reflect a consolidation of mass media/culture industries there from the east coast?
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Hard News: Those were different times ..., in reply to Russell Brown,
Peers now include online ones.
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OnPoint: A Friday-Appropriate Hager Excerpt, in reply to George Darroch,
Willie gets a solo
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I wonder what influence increasing intermingling with Maori, Pacific and later migrants has had on the UK-dominated Koiwi accent over the last 5 decades? And how much it parallels where the Aussie one has developed? Is there a linguist in the house?