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Just a topic that came up in my mind after reading threads in Chit Chat!
How many of you have migrated, are migrating, or intending to?
Where would it be? and why would you do so? Contrast some of the things that you can have over there and not here, vice versa. Just curious..  
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Originally posted by Reality:
Just a topic that came up in my mind after reading threads in Chit Chat!
How many of you have migrated, are migrating, or intending to?
Where would it be? and why would you do so? Contrast some of the things that you can have over there and not here, vice versa. Just curious..
its interesting that you call it migrating... when i think of someone moving to another country i think emmigration. but hey.. maybe its just me.. i have thought of moving to canada when i leave college just for the simple fact that i think canada is a much nicer country than the US.
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Originally posted by DeadRabbit:
its interesting that you call it migrating... when i think of someone moving to another country i think emmigration. but hey.. maybe its just me.. i have thought of moving to canada when i leave college just for the simple fact that i think canada is a much nicer country than the US.
canada is where all the lousy americans go. 
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Originally posted by DeadRabbit:
its interesting that you call it migrating... when i think of someone moving to another country i think emmigration. but hey.. maybe its just me.. i have thought of moving to canada when i leave college just for the simple fact that i think canada is a much nicer country than the US.
yeah, you'd fit right in with cabal. "emmigration"
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Originally posted by DivineOne:
yeah, you'd fit right in with cabal. "emmigration"
*cough* hey bud, look it up. thats the correct term. an em·i·grate
(m-grt)
intr.v. em·i·grat·ed, em·i·grat·ing, em·i·grates
To leave one country or region to settle in another. See Usage Note at migrate.
im·mi·grate
(m-grt)
v. im·mi·grat·ed, im·mi·grat·ing, im·mi·grates
v. intr.
To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native.
i did get the spelling wrong though. if thats what your talking about... which is what you probably are talking bout.
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grr.. there goes my thread...  rabbit, you spelt it wrong. have you waken up yet?
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oops . . . man im just used to taking shit from people... i jump right into defense mode to easly. 
yes and i compare my spelling to a 6th grader's
bad spelling runs in my family
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Originally posted by DeadRabbit:
oops . . . man im just used to taking shit from people... i jump right into defense mode to easly.
yes and i compare my spelling to a 6th grader's
bad spelling runs in my family
yes, much to easly. *sigh*
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Originally posted by AlterEgo:
yes, much to easly. *sigh*
hey, well ill try to work on it.. everyone has their faults
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Originally posted by DivineOne:
yeah, you'd fit right in with cabal. "emmigration"
somehow, i dont really think so...
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Originally posted by DeadRabbit:
hey, well ill try to work on it.. everyone has their faults
You know what, a spell-checker isn't really that hard to work. Get one.
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Originally posted by cabal:
somehow, i dont really think so...
he probably would fit right in, judging by how bad most canadians seem butcher the english language.
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Originally posted by AlterEgo:
he probably would fit right in, judging by how bad most canadians seem butcher the english language.
I think you're missing a 'to' in there yankee
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Originally posted by Pieter:
I think you're missing a 'to' in there yankee
son of a bitch.
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Originally posted by AlterEgo:
judging by how bad most canadians seem butcher the english language.
thats why its called canadian english
This message was edited by cabal on 10 May 2003 03:24 AM
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Words such as "Labour" and "Colour" were too hard for the average american to spell, so they dropped the u. 
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Originally posted by KrazyKarl:
Words such as "Labour" and "Colour" were too hard for the average american to spell, so they dropped the u.
i was mostly referring to the fact that half of you can't spell simple english words, regardless of locale.
This message was edited by AlterEgo on 24 May 2003 01:14 AM
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Originally posted by DeadRabbit:
its interesting that you call it migrating... when i think of someone moving to another country i think emmigration. but hey.. maybe its just me.. i have thought of moving to canada when i leave college just for the simple fact that i think canada is a much nicer country than the US.
Hey...see..now you are in Costa Rica
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Originally posted by dx:
Hey...see..now you are in Costa Rica
lol, yeah, now i´ve "migrated" to Costa Rica. Btw, this country is wonderful. The Costa Ricans (or "Tico´s as they call themselves) have a saying, its Pura Vida, or pure life in english. Costa Rica is pure life. Esta bien
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sheesh. u guys sure haf gone from migration to "let's speak proper english."
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