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Ringo celebrates birthday with 'Peace' salute - Yahoo! News

I did not know today was Ringo's birthday?! Then again I am not a Beatles fan.

Yeah, I mentioned it here: http://www.halforums.com/forum/t14108/#post411277

i bet he forgot to send him a card and is at the post office right now........


Curses!

Calleja said:

Yeah, I mentioned it here: http://www.halforums.com/forum/t14108/#post411277

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Well since I am not a Beatles follower, I have absolutely no frickin' idea who Richard Starkey is, now do I?

Google is your friend.


(It's Ringo's real name)

If google were my friend, it would have said: "Wait, wait, you're googling that? Do you remember the time you googled tubgirl?" instead, Google just directed me to the 2g1cup video.

I didnt eat for days

I had no idea who it was either and I didn't care enough to google it.

I thought everybody knew who Richard Starkey was. Oh wells. I hope he has a good time.

Dave said:

I had no idea who it was either and I didn't care enough to google it.

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Philosopher B. said:

I thought everybody knew who Richard Starkey was. Oh wells. I hope he has a good time.

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Willful ignorance is the best

I am glad that the last living Beatle lived to see 70.

....you're kidding, right?


He's kidding, right!?

kidding, come on, I make this joke about once a month...

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can we all just agree to call Calleja Cally. That would be nice.

But there's a Calli around, isn't there?

Cally not Calli

Aren't they pronounced the same?

"Ringo" has always made me think of this italian cookie I knew about before I knew who the beatles were. The american sports and looking actors and the kinda racist signature high five seem to be staples of their ads, check some out!

Calleja said:

Aren't they pronounced the same?

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Cally: \kä-ˈyē\

Calli: \ˈkä-lē\


You of all people should know better....:tsk:

Those symbols are like gibberish to me...

I dont read the forums out loud so the phonetic sound doesnt really matter....

But... everything you read is "read out loud" phonetically in your head, isn't it!?

That's how it is for me anyway :/

Hmm no....

I can't read something I don't know how to pronounce without instantly researching how to pronounce it so I can continue reading...

Calleja said:

But... everything you read is "read out loud" phonetically in your head, isn't it!?

That's how it is for me anyway :/

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Me too. It just happens. Can't control it. I have to know how to pronounce something to proceed.

Do you read mine with an accent? :biggrin:

Even if they sound the same in your head you can still see the spelling difference in front of you, so you should be able to tell them apart.

I guess I dont often come across things I don't know how to pronounce, but still it doesnt affect my reading it. I guess it is just a different way of processing what you read.