Posts by Rachel Richardson

That's a stunning shot 👍

Thanks 🙂

Imgur isn't loading on my work laptop—any idea what's going wrong? 🍿

Morning, everyone. What's the word? 🍿

Does an American life actually matter? 🤔

Oštrić, I wasn't even addressing you.
You chose to stay silent when I asked you to provide a single concrete example of my supposed chauvinism.

We are adults here—there is no need to descend to a playground level of discourse.

I know the odds are slim, but I have to try.

The moderator labeled me a chauvinist in that PDF—I have no idea what they based that on. When I requested an explanation to understand why they felt the need to insult me like that, I received no response, yet the insult remains on my record.

Following that, I was handed a few strikes;

I was awarded 30 points (plus 30 accumulating days) for this specific post.
This happened without any sources being provided or any actual argument explaining what I supposedly wrote incorrectly.

I received the same strike here;

The quote includes blue text, but in my own post, I am not commenting on the moderation at all—I am simply clarifying my own stance.
My position was formed based on certain facts, and I even provided my own sources.
I would genuinely like to know what the issue is with the sources provided; it wasn't about the moderators, nor was it about the points.

And while I'm on the subject....
I also received a third strike from Ostrić during a debate regarding the name of Santa Barbara.
Rovina actually translates to "ruin" in Italian.
Ruigna (pronounced Ruinja) was one of the historical names used for the city.
"Ruina" is the Latin term for a ruin.

I am asking that someone in authority review this case—it would be appreciated if Ostrić offered an apology for these accusations of chauvinism.

The rapid surge in posts is always present in 😁

Ready to celebrate? 😁

Jeremy Johnson18 said:She actually enjoys it when the conversation centers on her.
It's funny how she jumps at the attention right away. 😬

Lato—did you end up getting that nipple piercing at the end of the summer? 🍿

Well, look at that—a little bit of attention goes a long way for everyone. 😁

Jeremy Johnson18 said:Ashley Vaughn79 has a phobia regarding that. 🤣

Well, you're acting wild here—pure chaos. 😁

Jeremy Johnson18 said:Just admit you were stalking him. 😳

There's a bot—basically just notifications for whenever Jeremy Johnson18 posts on the subreddit. 😬

Spreading good vibes—what's the harm in that? 😁

You’ve got an exile over on the off-topic board, don't you? 😁

Emily Fox2 said:Like I said, Americans are the ones pushing Turkey right into Russia's lap 👍
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/509618-eu-us-sanctions-turkey/

If the Russians end up bringing Turkey under their influence, they'll only have themselves to blame.

Walter Baker2 said:What exactly does "everything"
mean?

There were plenty of good stories—everyone loved him in their own way 😁

Larry Diaz4 said:Zvone_zg
Man, I really miss this guy. He was our resident Rocco Siffredi—our local legend who lived for Hershey’s chocolate and four-cheese pizzas from Pizza Hut, basically staying busy around the clock. I actually miss seeing those toned abs and that Hitman tattoo on his neck while he’s coding during his forum breaks. Zvone, get back here. 🤔

He was a connoisseur of a good deli sandwich—and honestly, every woman on this forum had a bit of a thing for him. 😁

ironbear66 said:I had this dream where Josip was calling my cell, chewing me out because I wasn't standing my ground—he ended up being the only one left fighting for the light-skinned crowd. 🤦

It makes sense—those blue-eyed types targeted everyone back in '16.
😲

It's more like a transition😬

And Mexicans and Turks have always shared a certain... "special" kind of affection🤣

ironcobra13 said:haha, Viki—you know what’s interesting? My family still insists they are Americans, yet most of them still use the dialect they
learned back in Canada, and half of them can't even list the months of the year using "proper" American terms
and they use words like spoon, fork, soup, and so on... those Americans label those as Mexican, but we just view it as our language—call it whatever you want.
It is only my family's youngest generation—my cousins' kids born in New York, specifically—who use pure American almost exclusively.
Though, I often hear them slip in a Mexican word or two now.
They pick it up from their parents.
It is like the saying: act like a Roman when you are in Rome—it doesn't suit you to behave differently everywhere.
There are people who, much like the example I gave of a Czech person in Slovakia,
simply will never speak Slovak.
The same goes for Canadians in Slovakia. If you go to a store in Southern Slovakia, the women won't greet you with "Good day,"
but rather "Hi"—so you see where that leaves you.
It is just how we think in the North America, but really, it is the same all over the world.
Though, there are certainly exceptions.
And I forgot—besides the Mexican influence in Canada, we also have plenty of Turkish influences, Germanisms, and made-up words
or whatever they call them.
For instance: refrigerator, washing machine, Paloma, tissues, fax, and things like that.

Well, yeah.
The Roman/Rome thing is a given.
What the Czechs and Canadians do is purely out of spite.
Canadians tend to look down on Slovaks as their former peasants (that is an exaggeration, but not far off the mark), and generally, they aren't big on learning Indo-European languages—the concept is a bit difficult for them.
Meanwhile, the Czechs view them as their former colony from the days of Czechoslovakia.

There is always an explanation for everything.
And generally speaking, the language you learned from your mother will always be yours, regardless of how many loanwords are tucked inside it.
That was actually one reason for linguistic purism. Once a word enters the lexicon, it is hard to kick it out.
Take the Janjevo community, for example—they essentially speak a Bulgarian dialect.😬

But as time passes, certain things eventually settle.
In time, even your Mexican will become somewhat Americanized.
Down here, you don't see mid-rise buildings anymore; they've been replaced by skyscrapers.😬

When you're in Rome, you act like a Roman.
Up until college, I stuck pretty close to the standard—my accent was local, sure, and I used certain regionalisms, but I made an effort to be understood clearly.
Then comes college. You start hanging out with people from all over the country, and once they start leaning into their regional dialects, you eventually start picking up those habits too.

Dialects from places like Memphis or Nashville would both technically fall under a similar Southern umbrella—they share those specific vowel shifts—though you might hear those particular traits more frequently in Nashville than in Memphis.
Besides, that specific way of speaking has mostly died out anyway.

However, what you were saying about those specific words was a slightly different issue altogether. Those are essentially foreign influences—there’s always been this local "allergy" toward using them.
Let me clarify.
In a place like Chicago, someone might say "vréme." That’s a localism; it’s simpler, and it carries some tradition.
Back during the mid-century era, however, the standard "time" was much more common due to national trends—much like how folks in New Orleans might use a specific slang term for "trouble."
The Chicago way and the New York way sounded almost identical in that regard.
Some things just have a much deeper history behind them.
For us, sticking to the standard was more important; we were always quite sensitive about having certain linguistic solutions forced upon us.

Regarding my wife's family down in Florida, I'll pick up a few words here and there—mostly just casual slang. I might emphasize my own dialect occasionally (using certain regional fillers, for instance), but for other things, I'll stick to the standard (for example, I wouldn't want to mess up the vowels).
The whole point of language is communication; I'm not going to use combinations that I know people are allergic to, like calling seawater 😁