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Fox, what you doing up so late! Go to bed immediately..... 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Elizabeth B, not likely (they were running on Linux, I think). More likely their current software and database gave up the ghost.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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pronounced "skons"
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that's my way too. I do not like 'skowns' which I consider an affectation.
But Scone - the place where the famous stone which goes under the Scottish Throne came from - is pronounced Scoon. No argument about that one, I hope.
And on mangled pronunciation, the US version of route spoken as as 'rout' also drives me crazy. Is this a relative new arrival ? In the words of the song, 'get your kicks on Route 66' was always root as far as I know.
A rout is what the Iraqi army suffered. A route is the way from A to B. Agreed ssh ?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ah yes - strine is a wonderfully colourful 'language'
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I do not like 'skowns' which I consider an affectation.
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Yeah, it's their big shoes and red noses that wind me up.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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OT...
dolphingirl, what were YOU doing up so late? Surely you have work to do today!
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WARNING  (love that smiley!)
Someone sent this to me the other day...english is the oddest language! How can anynone be expected to learn it? (By the way it's "castle" not "c-ah-stle" and "bath" not "b-ah-th" and "scones" not "sc-oh-nes" - but then that's my northern roots showing!)
FOUR ALL WHO REED AND RIGHT
We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes; but the plural of ox
became oxen not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, yet the plural of moose
should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice; yet the plural of
house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men, why shouldn't the plural of
pan be called pen?
If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet, and I give you a boot, would
a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, why shouldn't the plural of
booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be those, yet hat in the plural
would never be hose, and the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren, but though we say mother, we
never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his, and him, but imagine the
feminine as being she, shis, and shim.
Some other reasons to be grateful if you grew up speaking English:
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was
time to present the present.
 At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass
drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
1 After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
22) I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.
Multiple pronunciations can mess up your mind! For example...If you have
a rough cough, climbing can be tough when going through the bough on a
tree!
Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine
in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find
that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea
pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't
groce, and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends, but cannot make one a
mend?
If you have a bunch of odds and ends, and get rid of all but one of
them, what do you call it -- one odd and one end?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English should be
committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.
In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and
a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your
house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by
filling it out, and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
If Dad is Pop, how's come Mom isn't Mop?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Some of those "inconsistencies" are Americisms, not Englishisms, and some are just wrong (you do "ship" cargo by "ship", for example) and some make perfect sense when you take into account their origins.....erm that was a bit killjoy-ish wasn't it? 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Anyway I will print this out and give it to my children's English teacher...
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skanky, ooooh no. You wouldnt ship by ship. Too repetitive. Is it air freight and surface freight?
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You know it makes sense.
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Mark Lehto, personally, I ship by sea, canal or river. I truck or van it by road, freight it by rail, fly it by air and teleport it by science fiction.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Mark, we are back with Hyacinth Bouquet.
"Air freight" was when all of us saw the nasty ghost.
"Surface freight" was when Surfy nearly fell down the stairs.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I have one word to explain EpicSki's current troubles: Earthlink. Back in the day I had a ski website of my own. I placed it on an Earthlink server. Even though it's hell to migrate a website from one server to another, after 6 weeks with Earthlink, I found a new host. Once EpicSki migrates from Earthlink to its new home, we'll be back to our Gaperfestivities again!
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Nolo
Any inside word on when Epic will get back up? I'm surprised it's been this long. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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skanky, you dont believe in magic then?
Jonpim, terribly sorry to give you such a shock old boy. Must be bad to be thinking of the Bucket residence!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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One Kleenex, two Kleeneces?
One sheriff, two sheriffim? (better out-loud)
One spouse, two spice?
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snowball, Isn't two spice illegal?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| skanky wrote: |
| Mark Lehto, personally, I ship by sea, canal or river. I truck or van it by road, freight it by rail, fly it by air and teleport it by science fiction. |
You wouldn't be in the same business as me, by any chance?!
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homphomp, you've never been to Utah!
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As we discovered somewhere else numeral 8 followed immediately by a ) produces the 'man-in-sunglasses'
Or as Gregory describes it 'secret agent smiley'.
Hence the slightly odd appearance of homphomp's list.
If you put a space just after the 8 it won't be smileyed.
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homphomp, nobody told me it was illegal so I didn't worry.
Probably should change to oldspice now.
Last edited by You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net. on Mon 17-05-04 15:31; edited 1 time in total
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kuwait_ian, but if I edit it now your post won't make sense - anyway I quite like him there!
snowball, according to WTFH it's legal in Utah...perhaps you need to move?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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homphomp, the downside of living in Utah being you give up booze and take up religion.
(re smileys - no problem - just tipping off others for the future)
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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kuwait_ian, that's a major misconception!
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I thought that was a multiple pregnancy 
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You know it makes sense.
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Coach 13,
I don't know when it'll be back up. I would think very soon, given the downtime.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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kuwait_ian, or Edwina Curry being on the pill.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'm actually starting to wonder if Epic will return at all. It's now been around a week since it went down.
ps the home page message re: maintenance is still up.
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AC and DC have day jobs, and my understanding is that AC has been pretty swamped with work lately, so my guess is that they are working as fast as they can to get it back up. Keep the faith!
Tom / PM
PS - Fortunately, the sweats, shakes and the pink elephants that I saw climbing the walls went away after the first few days.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'm actually starting to wonder if Epic will return at all. It's now been around a week since it went down.
ps the home page message re: maintenance is still up. |
I really miss the backlog of quality information posted there; Powder went blooie and TGR is, well, rather a jungle.
So: keep a folder of future Epicski posts and be ready with that cut and paste!
LM: do you expect to post complete articles elsewhere (here? Paula's?). If so, I'd like to know about it. Thanks!
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How can we help get you through your time of need?
Do u need a dedicated forum? Say "Epicski Refugee Camp"?
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I think they might prefer a desert island with nice music and great skiing (oh, and maybe an internet cafe).
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| I think they might prefer a desert island with nice music and great skiing (oh, and maybe an internet cafe). |
....and a bar, don't forget the bar!!!
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Three exclamation marks - a hint of desperation there?
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Welcome all you lost Epicskiers. I feel your pain. If snowHeads went down I would need therapy.
I have visited Epicski a couple of times, but only browsed. You lot seem like nice boys: I might visit properly when the site gets back up.
And I am sure it will return (no knowledge at all, just crazy optimism). We will miss you when you go.
I think Admin's offer of a Refugee Camp was a real warm gesture, but I would prefer we could all get together and party, rather than have the poor epicskiers stuck in the kitchen.
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