They walk among us .....

[finneyb]

How would you pronounce this child's name?
"Le-a"

Leah?? NO
Lee - A?? NOPE
Lay - a?? NO
Lei?? Guess Again.

This child attends a school in Kansas City, Mo.
Her mother is irate because everyone is getting her name wrong.
It's pronounced "Ledasha".

When the Mother was asked about the pronunciation of the name,
she said, "the dash don't be silent."

SO, if you see something come across your desk like this please
remember to pronounce the dash.
If dey axe you why, tell dem de dash don't be silent.

STAY ALERT!
They walk among us......and they VOTE !!!

 

[Sheptonphil]

And breed apparently!!! :sign3:

Phil

 

[monkeybiter]

I often think voting should require a minimum IQ. It might make those that are eligible think it was more worthwhile too.

 

[defsdoor]

Hey steady on - my daughter's name is ~


(I kid you not - thats a Tilde by the way)

 

[Grahamshed]

I often think voting should require a minimum IQ. It might make those that are eligible think it was more worthwhile too.

I often wish standing for office did as well.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Whoops....For a minute I thought this was my wood working forum....apparently its a webmeet for the local Nazi party

 

[monkeybiter]

That's it, you're on the list!







:lol: [emoticon to diffuse subsequent tensions (hammer) ]

 

[monkeybiter]

A chap was sitting at a table when the waiter placed a plate in front of him. On the plate were just two black dots, side by side.

The man said "Oi! This isn't mine, I ordered an Omelette"

 

[Steve Maskery]

=D> =D> =D>

 

[MMUK]

Whoops....For a minute I thought this was my wood working forum....apparently its a webmeet for the local Nazi party

Don't get me on my soap box

:wink:

 

[Grahamshed]

A chap was sitting at a table when the waiter placed a plate in front of him. On the plate were just two black dots, side by side.

The man said "Oi! This isn't mine, I ordered an Omelette"

OK. On behalf of all us thickos on here ( there are others - right ? )

I don't get it. :?:

 

[kostello]

Umlout. German accent. 2 dots over an o normally

 

[Steve Maskery]

Thank you Graham, that's an extra laugh!
S

 

[Grahamshed]

Mmmm
OK
Change of OPs title to 'We walk among you'

 

[rafezetter]

A chap was sitting at a table when the waiter placed a plate in front of him. On the plate were just two black dots, side by side.

The man said "Oi! This isn't mine, I ordered an Omelette"

*scratch*...I don't get it

I heard of a woman who pronounced her name "why vonn ee" instead of "ee vonn" - Yvonne and my stepmothers name is Evon (I'm guessing the same sort of mistake).

IQ and babies - I prefer the chinese method, have 1 free, the next you have to pay a fee to buy the licence, like a mortgage: income bracket of X = 2 kids, Y = 3 kids and so on.. You don't necessarily have to be smart to make money, but you do have to have money to pay for the upkeep of children. Truth is though that smart people with money understand this equation already, and they aren't the ones popping out 10 kids.

Thick people and voting.. all the time I shudder when I hear what comes out of the mouths of some members of the younger generation, and my first thought is always "these are the twats that will be choosing who we have in power when I'm old, what sort of healthcare there will be, and whether or not I'll be working till I'm 90".

/endrant.


edit: umlaut - good one

 

[RogerS]

Careful, rafezetter, or Jacob will accuse you of being a Daily Mail reader :wink:

 

[KevM]

How would you pronounce this child's name?
"Le-a"

Leah?? NO
Lee - A?? NOPE
Lay - a?? NO
Lei?? Guess Again.

This child attends a school in Kansas City, Mo.
Her mother is irate because everyone is getting her name wrong.
It's pronounced "Ledasha".

When the Mother was asked about the pronunciation of the name,
she said, "the dash don't be silent."

SO, if you see something come across your desk like this please
remember to pronounce the dash.
If dey axe you why, tell dem de dash don't be silent.

STAY ALERT!
They walk among us......and they VOTE !!!

Frankly, the ones I worry about are the bigots and gullible fools (choose the cap that fits best) that continue to circulate urban myths such as this. http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp Snopes can't confirm that this is a racist lie, but I think the onus is on those that repeat this rubbish to provide their evidence.

 

[JustBen]

There is no mention of race in the post and even if this particular name/story is not true, there are plenty of others that are just as bad/odd/unusual to choose from.

 

[KevM]

There is no mention of race in the post and even if this particular name/story is not true, there are plenty of others that are just as bad/odd/unusual to choose from.

Agreed there is no explicit mention of race, but the use of African American Vernacular English (If dey axe you why, tell dem de...) is pretty much up there with watermelon and fried chicken as clues to the targets of this lie, so I'm standing by my first statement - this is a fabricated racist slur.

I really don't follow the second part of your statement; this story is not true, but some people apparently have names that you consider to be bad/odd/unusual, so it's fair game to use this lie to ridicule them?

For what it's worth, I don't believe that culturally 'odd' names are particularly helpful to the individual and I feel some sympathy for the Swedish naming law 'The law states, in part: "First names shall not be approved if they can cause offense or can be supposed to cause discomfort for the one using it, or names which for some obvious reason are not suitable as a first name'. However, the power of official bodies to approve/disapprove names carries clear risks in a multi-cultural society - there are enough people around today that were denied aspects of their Welsh/Irish/Scottish/Catholic/Jewish/Jamaican/... heritage in the name of conformity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_law_in_Sweden

 

[monkeybiter]

Agreed there is no explicit mention of race, but the use of African American Vernacular English (If dey axe you why, tell dem de...) is pretty much up there with watermelon and fried chicken as clues to the targets of this lie, so I'm standing by my first statement - this is a fabricated racist slur.

Bearing in mind I made no direct comment regarding the original story [but I had no reason to doubt it so I must be one of your 'gullible fool' stereotypes] so I have no racist slur to defend against, your extracted quote sounds just as likely to me to be a white New Yorker, certainly as depicted in a typical imported TV drama, and I've seen a few.

Regarding the choice of caps, I'd much rather be called a gullible fool, by you, than a bigot by anybody.

HTH