shocking ...

thank you, mr dog!

*undead

this is easily one of my favorite pieces from yanni ... he originally performed it on his 'live at the acropolis' CD.

i saw his concert when karen briggs was touring with him .... it was breathtaking!!

darksun .... jame's stole my line! lol

a rather mature decision on your part which i am sure will reward you in the long run!! we'll always be here at the sift (i've been MIA myself of late) ...

and no thanks needed ... random acts of kindness are what i do best! *hug* be good!

i'm surprised no one downvoted this ... i wish there would be some way to know his daughter's reaction to this skit years from now!

*waves* just got home from work ... trying to wrap my head around this ... but i'm going to go to the mall instead! i will think about all this while looking through clothes!! LOL

i'm definitely interested to hear what the criteria is going to be that partly accounts for a video's popularity.

what sort of time frame are we looking at before the inception of this new feature?

i agree, arvana! lol i paused it after he drew that line under the title .... it was so straight!!

excellent point, plastiquemonkey ... they know what works, but the majority of the population just don't want to believe it!

where were the radishes?!?!

right, SDG .... through your examples ... people are pronouncing THOSE words with the letters in that order with their geograhical accent. they are not rearranging letters or sounds to make an entirely different word: ax >> ask. A.S.K. can ONLY be pronounced one way!

would you accept someone saying 'bool' for 'blue'?

there is no double standard here ... i cannot stand it when ANYONE uses the phrase 'ax' regardless of race ... i guess under your terms if i corrected a gay man or lesbian on the word i would then be homophobic?

as for your dictionaries statement ... thanks for the chuckle!! i'm quite confident that the word 'ask' & 'ax' have been around for a while and their definitions are well solidified.

anyway ... i've said what i can on the matter! it's been lovely debating with you, but i think i will turn my attention to something else now! ta!

déjà vu .......

now that's not very respectful, theo and it certainly isn't an explanation for me either!

how can this smack of racism when you , yourself, keep inserting the phrase 'white middle class English'.

unless english is someone's second language ... i don't care who uses the term 'ax' in place of 'ask' ... it is INCORRECT! you will not find 'ax' defined as: to inquire or request in any dictionary.

WTC7 was not built AS a NYC hub for emergency, farhad ...

WTC7 was completed in 1985 ... it wasn't until 1998 when Giuliani ordered the construction of a $15 million emergency command center. and then it was only the 23^rd floor that was reinforced with:
* Bullet- and bomb-resistant windows
* An independent, secure air and water supply
* The ability to withstand winds of 200 mph

i would still like to hear an explanation from anyone explaining how ALL support structures for three steel skyscrapers gave way at exactly the same time, fell at pretty much terminal velocity and disintegrated into a pile of rubble when this hadn't happened since nor has happened again.

take the time to watch this vid and really think about what he is saying ...

Craig brings up many questions that we've all had. i think that he and all others who have died or are dying due to complications deserve answers to this poignant questions.