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Whoha is offline Whoha
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Alright, which one of you is this: Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...enmark_sperm_dc
come on, out with it.

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Leave it to the Dutch!

Edit: Oops! Sorry confused the Dutch with the Dannish... gawd I'm sooo ashamed.

Thanks for the correction.

So... Leave it to the Dannish!

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Danish, perchance?

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Leave it to the Dutch!

Edit: Oops! Sorry confused the Dutch with the Dannish... gawd I'm sooo ashamed.


This is completely off topic, but this always confused me. Alot of times I see people on various sites writing god as "gawd". Now, to me, "god" and "gawd" are pronounced the same way. Maybe its my Bostonian accent, I don't know, but I always assumed this is how everyone pronouced it. And people pronounce it the same way here in Canada, so that just re-enforced

What I'm asking is, when people write "gawd", is it supposed to denote a "different" pronounciation of how they normally say "god", or is it supposed to just be a funny way of spelling it. And if its the pronounciation, what kind of people, in your mind, would say it that way? Just curious...

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Thousands of men visit Cryos's three Danish donation centers, most of them students. They are paid $40.50 for each donation.


w00t! forty bucks to jack off!

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Originally posted by Wittlich
Leave it to the Dutch!

Edit: Oops! Sorry confused the Dutch with the Dannish... gawd I'm sooo ashamed.

Thanks for the correction.

So... Leave it to the Dannish!


I was thinking of saying hand it to the Danish...

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What I'm asking is, when people write "gawd", is it supposed to denote a "different" pronounciation of how they normally say "god", or is it supposed to just be a funny way of spelling it. And if its the pronounciation, what kind of people, in your mind, would say it that way? Just curious...


"Gawd" has a slightly heavier accent and longer drawl on the vowel than "God." At least, that's how I hear it.

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Exactly John.

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Don't the German law makers want to make sperm donors pay child support?

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I actually considered trying to become a sperm doner for cash last semester. Pity I'm going overseas, because sperm donation requires a 6 month commitment....

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Childless couples can browse through about 250 successful donors on Cryos' U.S. web, under Viking aliases such as Birk, Gorm, Olaf and Thor


AWESOME! Your father could be a Viking berzerker! Prepare for the influx of millions of Viking-Americans - Valhalla, I am coming!

I haven't participated yet, but I once recieved $80 for my semen as part of a nation-wide sperm quality test.

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Wait a minute... am I understanding this correctly?

$40.50 per donation? Hypothetically you could get $600 a month! How is it financially feasable to pay that amount to so many people?

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What I'm asking is, when people write "gawd", is it supposed to denote a "different" pronounciation of how they normally say "god", or is it supposed to just be a funny way of spelling it. And if its the pronounciation, what kind of people, in your mind, would say it that way? Just curious...


When it's said like that, you know she ain't faking.

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$40.50 per donation? Hypothetically you could get $600 a month! How is it financially feasable to pay that amount to so many people?

The donors are selected, apparently.

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W@nking for profit!

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Wait a minute... am I understanding this correctly?

$40.50 per donation? Hypothetically you could get $600 a month! How is it financially feasable to pay that amount to so many people?


well that amount is next to nothing compared to the amount of money people pay for it in the clinics!

it's just like organ donors. Moldavian donors will receive $5000 for a kidney, while it costs the rich but sick patient a whooooole lot more than that! naturally that $5000 is spent relatively quickly so that Moldavian dude is now again very poor, and weakened

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That's all pretty good, actually. I was afraid blonds will disappear off the world oneday

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This is completely off topic, but this always confused me. Alot of times I see people on various sites writing god as "gawd". Now, to me, "god" and "gawd" are pronounced the same way. Maybe its my Bostonian accent, I don't know, but I always assumed this is how everyone pronouced it. And people pronounce it the same way here in Canada, so that just re-enforced

What I'm asking is, when people write "gawd", is it supposed to denote a "different" pronounciation of how they normally say "god", or is it supposed to just be a funny way of spelling it. And if its the pronounciation, what kind of people, in your mind, would say it that way? Just curious...


It's sort of like people who say or write "dawg" instead of "dog"

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That's all pretty good, actually. I was afraid blonds will disappear off the world oneday


Don't worry ...the future of blondes is in our safe hands.

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@ monk

'gawd' comes from cockney by the way, as in 'gawd blimey'

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Hmmmm.... How many of you think that the "o" in dog and god are pronounced the same? I don't. The "o" in dog rhymes with log and fog, while the "o" in god rhymes with cod and nod and pod. The former are much more like "gawd" than the latter are.

Just me, probably.

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This is completely off topic, but this always confused me. Alot of times I see people on various sites writing god as "gawd". Now, to me, "god" and "gawd" are pronounced the same way. Maybe its my Bostonian accent, I don't know, but I always assumed this is how everyone pronouced it. And people pronounce it the same way here in Canada, so that just re-enforced

What I'm asking is, when people write "gawd", is it supposed to denote a "different" pronounciation of how they normally say "god", or is it supposed to just be a funny way of spelling it. And if its the pronounciation, what kind of people, in your mind, would say it that way? Just curious...


god = gaaaaahhhhd
gawd = gaaawd.

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Hmmmm.... How many of you think that the "o" in dog and god are pronounced the same? I don't. The "o" in dog rhymes with log and fog, while the "o" in god rhymes with cod and nod and pod. The former are much more like "gawd" than the latter are.

Just me, probably.


From Britannica.com:

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Main Entry: dog
Pronunciation: 'dog, 'däg


quote:
Main Entry: 1god
Pronunciation: 'gäd also 'god


They beg to differ - they're pronounced alike.

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Main Entry: cod
Pronunciation: 'käd


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Main Entry: 1nod
Pronunciation: 'näd


quote:
Main Entry: 1log
Pronunciation: 'log, 'läg


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Pronunciation: 'fog, fäg

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How're 'dog' and 'god' pronounced alike?!

'o' in 'dog' sounds like 'aw'

'o' in 'god' sounds like 'ah'

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It's sort of like people who say or write "dawg" instead of "dog"


There's no need to make fun of SlowwHand's dialect.

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Don't worry ...the future of blondes is in our safe hands.


Hm. Monks'? That's what I'm afraid of.

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Yeah, in dog the little trailing consonant-sound on the 'o' is a 'w', whereas in god it's a 'y'.

 
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