CT 151: Proud to be a Demon Deacon

[BarcaDeac]

Thanks for the tips. It will be Barca's first game of the season, so that could make it even more fun.

yeah there should be tons of ppl out, esp. with the new coach who is a Barca legend returning to the fold, and plenty of optimism. certainly not the greatest opponent, but should be fun.

get off the Metro and just find a bar near the stadium. there are a few Irish pubs as well as more Spanish bars.

 

[Deacfreak07]

total n00b moment, but is it pronounced barK-a or barS-a?

 

[BillBrasky]

bar-sa

 

[TownieDeac]

Haha, phenomenal. "Everybody looks at me like I have three heads when I tell them to burn my food. SMH."

Another one:

I have been calling for hours and nobody is answering the phone. Yall sent my check in cash and im in va and my ex has stolen my check. I have been calling mellissa for days and get no call back and she is never there. Im sending police to you and him. Someone needs to call me back. Im call bbb and a lawyer. And the news and whoever is someone does not call me today!!!

 

[BarcaDeac]

total n00b moment, but is it pronounced barK-a or barS-a?

it's normally spelled Barça but I didn't want to have to deal with it when I logged in

 

[Biff Tannen]

Bar-THa.

jk

It's Bar-Sa.

 

[RollTheQuad06]

I certainly know how to pronounce Barcelona, but have definitely always mentally read BarcaDeac as BarkaDeac.

 

[BarcaDeac]

oh shit df07 I just accidentally negged you when it was meant to be a poe's. my b.

 

[wfudkn]

Another one:

I think someone needs to lay off the bath salts

 

[Deacfreak07]

oh shit df07 I just accidentally negged you when it was meant to be a poe's. my b.

 

[TexasDeac10]

TWDeac space porn

 

[RollTheQuad06]

one of my running friends is talking about a trip to Bermuda for a marathon in January... kind of sounds awesome.

 

[wfudkn]

Hoo boy, I have come across a word usage that just irritates the bejesus out of me. Learnings. As in, "We put an emphasis on sharing learnings at safety meetings."

 

[DeaconCav06]

I certainly know how to pronounce Barcelona, but have definitely always mentally read BarcaDeac as BarkaDeac.

Same.

 

[TexasDeac10]

Hoo boy, I have come across a word usage that just irritates the bejesus out of me. Learnings. As in, "We put an emphasis on sharing learnings at safety meetings."

Ugh, so stilted. Why not "we emphasize sharing insights at safety meetings"

 

[BarcaDeac]

Same.

I've always considered it to be Bar-sa

 

[BillBrasky]

one of my running friends is talking about a trip to Bermuda for a marathon in January... kind of sounds awesome.

That's sounds awesome. Although it would probably be pretty rural, so maybe not.

 

[BarcaDeac]

Does Bermuda even have 26.2 miles worth of roads or is this a loop

 

[TownieDeac]

Hoo boy, I have come across a word usage that just irritates the bejesus out of me. Learnings. As in, "We put an emphasis on sharing learnings at safety meetings."

Ugh, so stilted. Why not "we emphasize sharing insights at safety meetings"

Stilted, but a different meaning/implication/usage than "insights."

I think "findings" is probably less awkward, and closer to the intended usage with "learnings."

"Learnings" as a shortened version of "what we learned" is concise and grammatically correct, but I agree, it's awkward.

Also, somebody talk me out of starting a thread on the politics board about the etymology and linguistic history of the idiomatic "bootstraps."

Not worth it, even for the comedic value, right?

 

[TownieDeac]

That's sounds awesome. Although it would probably be pretty rural, so maybe not.

there'd probably be lots of trees, if that's what you're getting at