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"We don't have an accent. God talks like we do." -- Lewis Grizzard

For what it's worth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American Bullgrit

I saw an interview one time with the speech coach who taught Julia Roberts how to lose her Southern accent. He described her thick/pronounced accent when he started working with her and how he trained it out of her. Then the journalist doing the interview went to Julia's old high school and...

Something to keep in mind about the American accent(s): "General American" is what most people hear in American media. And many/most celebrities hide their natural accent, or at least try to sound more "general", unless they are specifically portraying someone with a particular accent. So as a...

You know how you sometimes remember the most random, trivial stuff from years and years ago? Well this conversation brings up a memory for me: I remember seeing the actor from the ST movie on a talk show, (I think David Letterman), where when asked about the book, he mentioned that the movie...

Movies and other visual media always show travel through wormhole-like portals as being a psychedelic trip through a long tunnel. I understand that no one knows for sure what wormhole travel would actually be like because it isn't possible at this time, but from what science does know/theorize...

I always thought the theme of the book was "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one." I never got "war is glorious" from the book. My 14 year old son is currently reading this book. Bullgrit

Thank you, sir. Bullgrit

At about the 1:20 mark, he says something about 31 days. What does he say? It's bugging me that I can't understand him. Bullgrit

US vs. Canadian accents -- I've met people whom I didn't know were from Canada until they directly stated it. So although I've heard a Canadian accent portrayed in media, I haven't notice it in any real life interactions. They just sound "Northern". As for just US accents -- Southern, Northern...

Is there a noticeable Welsh accent? I can identify an English, a Scottish, and an Irish accent by hearing them, but although I've occasionally heard someone identified as Welsh, I have no idea if a Welsh accent is any different than an English one. Bullgrit

Coincidentally, one of my coworkers has invited our team to an online gaming night. He set up a group on Steam and invited (through work email) us all to join. I thought it would be fun, so I joined. Now, I've only used Steam for downloading the occasional (once a year or so) game, never for...

Well, I can't ask about his health professional if the idea that one might exist never crossed my mind. Asking random folks on the Internet gave me an idea of something to ask his parents about. This kind of advice is exactly why I came here and asked. Bullgrit

OK, I just got this request from a family friend, through my wife: "Would you be willing to go to XXX's and help him play D&D?" XXX is a 14 year old boy with Asperger's. He used to be a good friend of my 14 year old son through most of elementary school, until he got held back a grade (because...

It's kind of funny how we (online humanity) makes this embarrassing when it really shouldn't be. I know I have searched/researched some very odd things that would be very embarrassing if taken out of context. For instance, I'm sure I've looked up gay or other "embarrassing"* information at one...

I saw a screenshot of a guy complaining on FB how FB was showing a bunch of advertisements for gay sites/pages/groups/whatever. A friend explained how FB displays ads based on your web searches. Was hilarious. Bullgrit

I'll be 48 next month. I've been an active denizen of the online world since the dial-up BBS days, so I'm not an old fuddy-duddy regarding online activity. I used to be uninterested in texting, but over the past few years, I've come to really like it. 99% of my texting is within my family, but...

I think participating on/with Facebook, et al. is more driven by having a personality for socializing than by having a personality for adopting technology. For instance, I'm very non-social, generally, but I explore the Internet wide and deep. My wife is more social, but less steeped in the...

Hand of Evil posted about the remake of Big Trouble in Little China, and that made me think of this topic. I don’t want to derail that specific discussion, so I’ll make this new thread for the general topic of remakes/reboots. I don't mind the general concept of remaking or rebooting stories...

I have a personal Facebook account that I participated on for a couple of months back 5+ years ago, and then never again. I have a Bullgrit (business) FB account that I rarely do anything more than post links to my blog. I have a Bullgrit Twitter account that I haven't used (tweeted) but maybe a...