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I added to Gails thread the other day, and felt extremely sorry for her,


Caz x

thank you for that Kathryn - obviously you are not the same Kathryn who upset our lovely Gail aka Granny of Oz Ruby Slippers in which case as I said I would, I apologise unreservedly

QUOTE: Now don't tell me y'all have missed my glowing reviews on Success Stories these last few weeks!

You tell us Kathryn...lol

Er, I did, TeresaW. In part, anyhow.

Ann: I started out on these boards getting mistaken for a Kathryn who had apparently moaned about something in the past I knew nothing about. Hence the addition of the B.

right - just wanted to say though that there are a lot of people on this site who are very vulnerable and I suppose like me, live alone and use this site not just for genealogy but for friendship and an outlet as well and when poor Gail in Oz was attacked by this Kathryn I just felt, like most of us did, that we had to support her as she is so fragile and so ill, as is her husband. She lives out in the sticks in Oz and enjoys the contacts she has on here and we didn't want her frightened off. Sure you can understand that. Anyway, as you said, you are not the one who was horrible to her, so that;s an end to it. I added Green Gables to my name as there are so many Ann's on the boards

Ann

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am nudging this for the night people to see the warning of hoax emails

n

Why thank you, Ann.

Hoax virus emails really do cause unnecessary distress to people who haven't been on the net for yonks and don't yet know better than to pay attention.

Or ... are just as gullible I was when I read about the pre-historic Barbie ...

My father once told my mother: "Woman's work's from sun to sun; man's work is never done". (Read it slowly.) She quoted him for years, until someone either gently set her straight or laughed at her, I dunno which. I'd say gullible runs on the maternal side, except her mum wasn't. Other than her life-long belief in the existence of that free lunch that could be found by responding to "free offers" ...

Hoax Slayer is another good site for checking for hoax email scams/viruses etc.

Can I ask a question please..this is not a wind up, I am honestly curious.

What part of Canada do you live in Kathryn for you to say "y'all"?

In all the years that I have lived here, I have never met one Canadian who uses that phrase. I have heard it in the States many times, but never Canada.

Deb

I dont live in Canada or US and i say that :-$

Oh, Deb, humorous use of language. I don't say "y'all" at all. I did it here because it seemed à propos.

It is a problem in our English, you know. We don't have a plural "you". I did find when I spent time in Texas (twice, and never again) that I started saying it, because it's a useful, uh, word. Remember being told not to say "youse" when you were a kid? I didn't say it, because I was a grammar freak at a young age, but there's a reason why kids say it.

In Quebec they have "vous autres" to clarify that they are talking about a plural "you" (and then back-modeled "nous autres" on it, even though "nous" is always plural anyhow). We don't got nuttin.

So I was clarifying that I was talking to the plural "you". And just being cute. I'd never say it in conversation. I hadn't even realized I did it, I see. I couldn't figure out why someone was then addressing me as y'all (which is not at all the same thing). Now I see.

So no -- now that my Texan former co-vivant has very sadly drunk himself to his grave, I have reverted to my pristine Canadian English! I still have a mum, not a mawm, and I was a Girl Guide, not a Girl Scout, and went to grade five, not fifth grade, and use antee-aging cream, not anteye-ageing cream. Against insidious USAmericanisms, I stand on guard!

Oh well - despite all the other nonsense on here,
I loved the paleoanthropology gag!

xxx mick

So did I. Even when I found out it was bogus. ;)

I also giggled at the person who'd lost her bottom bar thingy just now ... having done it myself. I think you're right about finding it with the cursor. I think that's what I've done. No doubt I'll have occasion to try to remember that ...