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I wonder if the time change affects work productivity and increases the likelihood of automobile accidents due to the disruption of sleep schedules.

Agreed. One glance at the title of your thread and I was initially convinced that you were arguing that prayer does not work, period, regardless of its purpose in individual cases and general.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Finally, another person is catching onto my dry sense of humor! (Although I realize that it doesn't manifest very well on-line as it does in real-life...)

I have a sneaking suspicion that he was expecting grandeur. The rolling red carpet is the minimum. But it's only ten to the third. I'll wait until... he hits the ten to the fourth mark and then we can form a committee to discuss if we should plan a ceremony.

To compensate for my lack of enthusiasm, I bring you...

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He just did. He was able to retain some of his speech over the years. You will have to ask my friend when you meet him someday. Pardon my ignorance, but is there a reason why one cannot verbally enunciate using SEE? I'm not a SEE speaker and never was one.

Quite frankly, the mind of a hearing person baffles me to no end. ;) But there are always exceptions! I have a good friend who became stone deaf at the age of four and has remained that way since then. He grew up speaking Signed Exact English. His English is impeccable and flawless. I...

English Rules of Thub (sic) 1. Don't use no double negatives. 2. Make each pronoun agree with their antecedents. 3. Join clauses good, like a conjunction should. 4. About them sentence fragments. 5. When dangling, watch your participles. 6. Verbs has got to agree with...

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Speaking of the concept of dying, "die" and "dye" both exactly sound the same in English speech. So does "waist" and "waste." And "to", "too", and "two." How about words that are spelt exactly the same but contain different meanings? "Mean" and "mean" comes to mind. :) As a native English...

Yes, that's about correct. The number of vowels depends on the dialect of English. Linguists may interpret the findings differently, too. General North American English is relatively limited in the employment of vowels compared to Received Pronounciation.

Welcome to AD, moonteacher! How do you like Beijing Normal University? I have always been perplexed by its name, because there is another university, Beijing (Peking) University in the same city. Why the word "Normal?" I know BNU is a teacher-training institution, whereas Beida is a public...

We all were waiting for you to do it, Eyeth. ;) Thank you for sharing the information with us. I may prescribe to certain superstitions, but the Coffin Door isn't one of them. It's all in our minds, isn't it?

APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain... ("The Wasteland", by T.S. Eliot, 1922)

I learned about the legendary Coffin Door when I first visited Gallaudet as a teenager, spending a whole month on campus. The guide, a middle-aged, overweight bitter man, who introduced us to it claimed that his life fell apart the moment he dared to walk through the door. His story went like...

Speaking of resumes floating around, one of my new hobbies is exploring my alma mater's online alumni community and reading all the resumes posted in the career network forum. It is AMAZING, because professionals from all walks of life are willing to share their experience, exchange information...

Once wasn't enough

Thanks, everyone, for the warm and heartfelt responses. I was not anticipating this and will respond to them individually later.

Eyeth, This Is Worse Than Saying Peter Piper Picked A Peck Of Pickled Peppers!