When you think of American accents, what comes to mind? The general American accent that most people have, or the thick Southern accent of a stereotypical redneck American? Having an argument with my sister.
Well seeing as we generally think our generic accent matches your generic accent, when thinking about American accents, the ones that come to mind are Southern, New Yorker, Bostonian, etc. Because the generic accent doesn't stand out as an accent to a lot of Canadians. It just sounds like how we talk too, which is the norm.
Q: I stay in a big city and earn twice the income as someone in a rural area. However, everything I buy also costs twice as much as my rural counterpart's. In economic terms, am I earning the same real income as my rural counterpart?
A: NO. NO NO NO NO. Good lord how many times has this issue come up in D&D. You are earning twice as much and you are consuming twice as much as your rural fellow. It is because you are living in a place where it is more difficult, in real terms, to get stuff to you - labor costs, rent, etc. Is this so hard to grasp?
I come through now and again (in this case because I am sick to death of search techniques), and this made me smile. Thanks, ronya. Have a potato.
We havent had a nice fall we want to take the little one out for pictures but its been too cold and wet, the snow can stay away till we got our pictures.
It's still early, but everywhere else seems to get snow, when's it gonna be our turn.
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When you think of American accents, what comes to mind? The general American accent that most people have, or the thick Southern accent of a stereotypical redneck American? Having an argument with my sister.
I'm pretty sure they think of the semi-southern soothing voice of Matthew Mcconaughey
hell, I could stay in this very state and if I moved accross the mountains all I would have to pay in rent would be a dead opossum and a trifle of meth.
Okay, I'm pretty sure I didn't do anything out of the ordinary there, and yet there are two posts. Interesting.
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We havent had a nice fall we want to take the little one out for pictures but its been too cold and wet, the snow can stay away till we got our pictures.
It's still early, but everywhere else seems to get snow, when's it gonna be our turn.
Yea I agree, don't get me wrong all winter ill be posting pictures cause it will be Tristan's first winter where he can really do stuff. were going to have a blast.
Just there has been no good fall weather and its such a nice time for pictures.
When you think of American accents, what comes to mind? The general American accent that most people have, or the thick Southern accent of a stereotypical redneck American? Having an argument with my sister.
Well seeing as we generally think our generic accent matches your generic accent, when thinking about American accents, the ones that come to mind are Southern, New Yorker, Bostonian, etc. Because the generic accent doesn't stand out as an accent to a lot of Canadians. It just sounds like how we talk too, which is the norm.
yeah, but without all the socialized medicine speech therapy
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Hm. Looks like living in NYC is only about +50% living in Seattle. The way people were going off about how expensive it is I'd expect it to be at least +100%.
that's because they were comparing it to the hideous wasteland which lies south of the mason-dixon.
This makes me chuckle.
Because comparing Seattle to NYC living expenses is like comparing apples to apples of a slightly different color.
Then again I guess I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum. Cost of living here is so ridiculously cheap. Seriously I can get a two bedroom apartment, and a good one, for less then $500 a month.
I pay $1400 for a shitty 800 sq ft apartment in an outer borough, but apparently that's some sort of "luxury"
oh god
Dee, if you aren't getting a hug right now, you should be
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
I pay $1400 for a shitty 800 sq ft apartment in an outer borough, but apparently that's some sort of "luxury"
You have access to New York.
I gave up a cushy job with great pay to get to Seattle, because simply having access to Seattle is more important to me than pay I'm missing out on. If the benefits of having access to NYC aren't enough, you should start job hunting somewhere else.
but on top of that, you are some good fuckin people. you have given me something to be entertained by, to commiserate with, and to be enlightened by. you ought all feel good about yourselves (and I study ethics, so am qualified to give statements with oughts in them). be good [chat] and goodnight
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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OnTheLastCastlelet's keep it haimish for the peripateticRegistered Userregular
so i just went with a girl while she broke into her now ex bfs to get her stuff back. took my best friend and her best friend. HALLOWEEN.
yeah, but without all the socialized medicine speech therapy
The reason Americans pronounce the vowels in "about" to rhyme with "cow" is actually a jaw disease that can be fixed with good old free Canadian medicine.
I pay $1400 for a shitty 800 sq ft apartment in an outer borough, but apparently that's some sort of "luxury"
You have access to New York.
I gave up a cushy job with great pay to get to Seattle, because simply having access to Seattle is more important to me than pay I'm missing out on. If the benefits of having access to NYC aren't enough, you should start job hunting somewhere else.
You get what you pay for.
NYC is one of the great cities of the world. I love and am biased towards Boston, but NYC's only peers on a world stage are London and Tokyo. Of course its going to be more expensive there.
It's expensive living in some parts of Toronto. I live in a 3 bedroom in one of the dirtier parts of the outer city in a building owned by a scum landlord and it's around $1200 a month.
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OnTheLastCastlelet's keep it haimish for the peripateticRegistered Userregular
It's expensive living in some parts of Toronto. I live in a 3 bedroom in one of the dirtier parts of the outer city in a building owned by a scum landlord and it's around $1200 a month.
JakarrdIn the belly ofOklahomaRegistered Userregular
Well, I don't live in a status relevant town. Just Tulsa, Ok. I would prefer not to live in Little Mexico, but the mortgage is fairly cheap to our incomes at 850 a month for a 1700 sq ft house.
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Q: I stay in a big city and earn twice the income as someone in a rural area. However, everything I buy also costs twice as much as my rural counterpart's. In economic terms, am I earning the same real income as my rural counterpart?
A: NO. NO NO NO NO. Good lord how many times has this issue come up in D&D. You are earning twice as much and you are consuming twice as much as your rural fellow. It is because you are living in a place where it is more difficult, in real terms, to get stuff to you - labor costs, rent, etc. Is this so hard to grasp?
I wanted to beat people with tyrannus until the knowledge finally bled through.
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Dr Mario KartGames DealerAustin, TXRegistered Userregular
A lot of those costs seem to be hidden, through write-offs like the mileage exemption (if I understand this correctly). Stuff really shouldnt be price competitive with local stuff but is anyway through subsidization.
At the fancy pants Whole Foods, you can buy a fresh ass apple that is from New Zealand. Thats wack. Its a pretty normal apple except that an inordinate amount of jet fuel was expended to get it to you.
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Well seeing as we generally think our generic accent matches your generic accent, when thinking about American accents, the ones that come to mind are Southern, New Yorker, Bostonian, etc. Because the generic accent doesn't stand out as an accent to a lot of Canadians. It just sounds like how we talk too, which is the norm.
I come through now and again (in this case because I am sick to death of search techniques), and this made me smile. Thanks, ronya. Have a potato.
It's still early, but everywhere else seems to get snow, when's it gonna be our turn.
I'm pretty sure they think of the semi-southern soothing voice of Matthew Mcconaughey
Arch,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_goGR39m2k
Don't worry about it. The board software now occasionally duplicates the last couple of posts of the previous page on the next page. Whether this is deliberate is unknown.
Also, thanks for the potato...
Yea I agree, don't get me wrong all winter ill be posting pictures cause it will be Tristan's first winter where he can really do stuff. were going to have a blast.
Just there has been no good fall weather and its such a nice time for pictures.
yeah, but without all the socialized medicine speech therapy
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
oh god
Dee, if you aren't getting a hug right now, you should be
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
You have access to New York.
I gave up a cushy job with great pay to get to Seattle, because simply having access to Seattle is more important to me than pay I'm missing out on. If the benefits of having access to NYC aren't enough, you should start job hunting somewhere else.
it's snowing outside and that's great
but on top of that, you are some good fuckin people. you have given me something to be entertained by, to commiserate with, and to be enlightened by. you ought all feel good about yourselves (and I study ethics, so am qualified to give statements with oughts in them). be good [chat] and goodnight
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
The reason Americans pronounce the vowels in "about" to rhyme with "cow" is actually a jaw disease that can be fixed with good old free Canadian medicine.
also ronya if Skyrim doesn't have that voice actor for the guards I will be so upset
You get what you pay for.
NYC is one of the great cities of the world. I love and am biased towards Boston, but NYC's only peers on a world stage are London and Tokyo. Of course its going to be more expensive there.
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New York City is not the biggest city on the earth. Tokyo is.
Edit: Except for one measure, city proper, but then Shanghai takes the cake, and New York is down at #19, just below Dongguan.
Still don't wanna live there!
>:O
most spread out metropolis ever
it's not even the biggest city in North America (that would be Mexico City)
I wanted to beat people with tyrannus until the knowledge finally bled through.
At the fancy pants Whole Foods, you can buy a fresh ass apple that is from New Zealand. Thats wack. Its a pretty normal apple except that an inordinate amount of jet fuel was expended to get it to you.
you know
the no pants party
for people who aren't wearing pants