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Posted by Patdys (# 9397) on :
 
In Styx, there was a query about the Unwritten Ship Rules. It got me to thinking about the unofficial rules which are current, or more importantly, Should Be Current.

You know them all of course,

If you call someone to Hell, send them a pm.

Don't make list threads.

When you read a post in Hell, imagine saying 'Mwa Ha Ha' under your breath at the outset.

Before posting in Ecclesiantics, make the sign of the cross and wear a clove of garlic.

Any I have missed?
 

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Posted by Palimpsest (# 16772) on :
 
Thanks for posting. I thought the clove of garlic was to be worn when posting to the Cooking thread in Heaven. My mistake.
 

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Posted by Patdys (# 9397) on :
 
Only to keep Firenze away.

[ 11. January 2014, 06:43: Message edited by: Patdys ]
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 

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Originally posted by Patdys:
Only to keep Firenze away.

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
You forgot to add:

Never, ever, under any circumstance diss comet.

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Originally posted by Patdys:
Only to keep Firenze away.

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You've got that wrong: garlic acts as an attractant. Rather like the sound of popping corks. To repel me you have to sleep with a Kentucky Fried Boneless Dip under your pillow.

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Kentucky Fried Boneless Drip, eh? Is that referring to EVERYONE in the South or just people in Kentucky?
 

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Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on :
 
Ooops, read it wrong. Dip, not drip. Still refers to far too many people in the Southern part of the United States.
 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
Bodily function jokes are not funny. Neither are gross-out jokes. Making these is what gets threads closed.
 

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Posted by A.Pilgrim (# 15044) on :
 
All posts must be in the English language.

I think that this should be a written rule, and in the past I tried to persuade H&As to do this, but did so around the time that Martin PC Not got planked for posting in Morse Code and tempers were rather frayed.

Angus
 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 

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Originally posted by A.Pilgrim:
All posts must be in the English language.

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Addendum: if it's commonly used in English, especially if more people recognize it in the original language than when translated, it counts as English.

The only exception for this is Welsh. I wish I knew Welsh, so by using it just enough that I can figure out what you mean by context, you're letting me delude myself into thinking I know it. Feeding my own personal delusions is always appreciated.
 

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Posted by Qoheleth. (# 9265) on :
 
Don't post when drunk.
 

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Posted by Scarlet (# 1738) on :
 
"Party" threads are highly frowned upon in this establishment. Probably forbidden.
 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 
There are no unwritten rules on the Ship, but heaven help you if you break one of 'em.
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 

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Originally posted by Qoheleth.:
Don't post when drunk.

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Originally posted by A.Pilgrim:
All posts must be in the English language.

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
You forgot to add:

Never, ever, under any circumstance diss comet.

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oh no! please, please do!

I like snacks.
 

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Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on :
 
Beware of H&A Day.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Do not attempt to sell snacks on a Hell thread, however dreary it may have become, nor however hungry the peanut gallery.
 

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Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on :
 
1. Try to learn from the dumbasses who have survived. (With thanks to comet. Again)

2. Hellhosting is, probably, the best possible training for senior management hereabouts.
 

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Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on :
 

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Originally posted by Barnabas62:
2. Hellhosting is, probably, the best possible training for senior management hereabouts.

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*runs for the door screaming incoherently*
 

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Posted by Evangeline (# 7002) on :
 

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Originally posted by A.Pilgrim:
All posts must be in the English language.

I think that this should be a written rule, and in the past I tried to persuade H&As to do this, but did so around the time that Martin PC Not got planked for posting in Morse Code and tempers were rather frayed.

Angus

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Originally posted by Firenze:
You forgot steam train gauges and stations on the London Underground.

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One can become a master even while residing in North Carolina.
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 

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Originally posted by Firenze:
You forgot steam train gauges ...

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Both for real-life trains and scale models, including the bizarre ways in which the same model gauge can be used to represent replicas in different scales!
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
Yay!
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
That clanking sound was me changing the points to redirect this thread back to the original topic.

Firenze
Heaven Host
 

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Posted by roybart (# 17357) on :
 
Never use a complete phrase when Some Obscure Acronym (aka SOA) can save a few seconds of typing time.

This is most crucial when discussing arcane matters having to do with the CofE.
 

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Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on :
 

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Originally posted by orfeo:
The one that really scares me is having to learn the pros and cons of Penal Substitutionary Atonement.

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Originally posted by orfeo:
The one that really scares me is having to learn the pros and cons of Penal Substitutionary Atonement.

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It's better than penile substitutionary atonement.

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Originally posted by orfeo:
The one that really scares me is having to learn the pros and cons of Penal Substitutionary Atonement.

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It's better than penile substitutionary atonement.

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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
Pun not intended?

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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
Don't talk about Aberystwyth. Just don't.

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And neverevereverever say that it is Welch.

 

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Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on :
 
You might have to allow one shipmate to talk about Aberwristwatch-on-sea as she lives there.(Not me)
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

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Originally posted by Firenze:
You forgot steam train gauges and stations on the London Underground.

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Originally posted by Pyx_e:
Their is a difference between both "to" and too" and "your" and "you're." Mix them up often to acclimatise the grammar Nazis to the real world.

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Originally posted by Chorister:

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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
Don't talk about Aberystwyth. Just don't.

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And neverevereverever say that it is Welch.

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Oh, I remember that... And as Welsh is 'iaith y nefoedd' - the language of heaven - it belongs on this board as no other!
 

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Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Never confuse the adjectives Scotch, Scottish and Scots. Just don't.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
And please differentiate between a Kentish man and man of Kent. And then explain the difference to me.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

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Originally posted by balaam:
Never confuse the adjectives Scotch, Scottish and Scots. Just don't.

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Their is a difference between both "to" and too" and "your" and "you're." Mix them up often to acclimatise the grammar Nazis to the real world.

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Originally posted by balaam:
Never confuse the adjectives Scotch, Scottish and Scots. Just don't.

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I don't - I am about half Scots-Irish and most of the rest English by way of Germany and the Netherlands: I was born in LA -- I get along with everybody!

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Except "surly rat bastards".
 

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Posted by Sherwood (# 15702) on :
 

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Originally posted by jacobsen:
And please differentiate between a Kentish man and man of Kent. And then explain the difference to me.

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A Man or Maid of Kent is a person born in East Kent. A Kentish Man or Maid is a person born in West Kent. Take it from a Man of Kent
 

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Posted by A.Pilgrim (# 15044) on :
 

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Originally posted by jacobsen:
And please differentiate between a Kentish man and man of Kent. And then explain the difference to me.

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A Man or Maid of Kent is a person born in East Kent. A Kentish Man or Maid is a person born in West Kent. Take it from a Man of Kent

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Originally posted by Campbellite:
NO ONE in the US refers to the inhabitants thereof a USians. That's not even a word.

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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:

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Originally posted by Campbellite:
NO ONE in the US refers to the inhabitants thereof a USians. That's not even a word.

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Hispanic Americans prefer "estadounidenses" to "americanos".

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Originally posted by balaam:
Never confuse the adjectives Scotch, Scottish and Scots. Just don't.

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Originally posted by Campbellite:
All Yanks are Americans, but not all Americans are Yanks.

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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
Wales is not in England
Scotland is not in England
Ireland is not in England.
Britain or the UK, yes, but England, no.

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Ireland is not in England, Britain or the UK.

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Originally posted by Ariel:
Ireland is not in England, Britain or the UK. It is part of the British Isles, though, along with some Crown dependencies.

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Originally posted by Ariel:
I stand by what I said. Ireland is not in England, Britain or the UK. If you mean Northern Ireland, then you need to say so. "Ireland" is the Republic, which is not in England, Britain or the UK.

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Originally posted by cattyish:
Tangents are unnecessary.

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Tangents are inevitable
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ariel:
I stand by what I said. Ireland is not in England, Britain or the UK. If you mean Northern Ireland, then you need to say so. "Ireland" is the Republic, which is not in England, Britain or the UK.

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Unless you play rugby.

The Ireland Rugby Union side is made up of players from the Republic and the North.

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Originally posted by Barnabas62:
2. Hellhosting is, probably, the best possible training for senior management hereabouts.

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*runs for the door screaming incoherently*

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Originally posted by Tubbs:
Of the current crop of Admins, two are ex-Hell hosts and the others are ex-Eccles, Purg, All Saints and Kerg.

Tubbs

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Not Heaven?
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

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Originally posted by jedijudy:

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Originally posted by Tubbs:
Of the current crop of Admins, two are ex-Hell hosts and the others are ex-Eccles, Purg, All Saints and Kerg.

Tubbs

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Not Heaven?

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it's not safe to let the ex-Heaven Hosts out of their restraints.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 


Definitely an Official Unwritten Rule!

Some of us have been known to put bunny bombs on the other boards. On occasion.
 

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Posted by Siegfried (# 29) on :
 
Evangelical and Fundamentalist mean different things across the Atlantic. Woe on you if you use them wrong.

There is no Orthodox Plot(tm).

Mentioning GIN is a sure way to get sent to the scuppers.

Remember that there is more than one way to view what it means to be a Proper Christian.
 

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Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :
 
Unwritten rule for unwritten rules and ascribed cultural behaviours:
It is Thus and has always been Thus.
Except when it isn't, and it isn't because it never has been. Except when it is because it always was, sometimes
 

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Posted by Tubbs (# 440) on :
 

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Originally posted by jedijudy:


Definitely an Official Unwritten Rule!

Some of us have been known to put bunny bombs on the other boards. On occasion.

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Should have said active Admins. A few of the Emeritus Admins came from Heaven - Bel, Viola, Clare ... mumble ... mumble ...

To add to Siegfied's comment, GIN is always written in capitals. It just is.

Tubbs
 

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Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :
 
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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 

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Originally posted by Siegfried:

There is no Orthodox Plot(tm).

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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
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Originally posted by Ariel:

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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
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Run out of toilet duck again? Here you go, courtesy of Craggy Island Parochial House. Go on.

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Originally posted by Campbellite:
All Yanks are Americans, but not all Americans are Yanks. In some parts of the US, them's fightin' words.
And no one, NO ONE in the US refers to the inhabitants thereof a USians. That's not even a word.

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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
... to be more accurate, an English language. American, Australian, British, Canadian, Irish, Indian, Scottish and Welsh English are all slightly different, but we have hosts to cater for these.

Don't push your luck though.

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Originally posted by comet:
it's not safe to let the ex-Heaven Hosts out of their restraints.

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... oh, some just head south
 

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Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :
 
And don't triple post

Double is probably okay and does not require an apology. Usually.
 

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Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on :
 

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Originally posted by Pyx_e:
Their is a difference between both "to" and too" and "your" and "you're." Mix them up often to acclimatise the grammar Nazis to the real world.

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Use Australian spelling as it is God's own country.

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Originally posted by Stercus Tauri:

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Originally posted by Campbellite:
All Yanks are Americans, but not all Americans are Yanks. In some parts of the US, them's fightin' words.
And no one, NO ONE in the US refers to the inhabitants thereof a USians. That's not even a word.

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I find the following supplementary definition to be quite helpful, though I can't remember where I got it from. It was useful in a wedding speech in Vermont not long ago:

“To foreigners, a Yankee is an American; to Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner; to Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner; to Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander; to New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter, and to a Vermonter, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.”

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Originally posted by Spike:
I once heard it said that when the British talk about America, they mean New York. When they talk about New York, they mean Manhatten.

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Originally posted by Spike:
I once heard it said that when the British talk about America, they mean New York. When they talk about New York, they mean Manhatten.

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Many New Yorkers (and most Americans) seem to think that New York City (and even New York State) = Manhattan.

And many Americans think that England = London. I go to England just about every summer but rarely to London, yet every year people ask me about my trip to London.

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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:

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Originally posted by Spike:
I once heard it said that when the British talk about America, they mean New York. When they talk about New York, they mean Manhatten.

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Many New Yorkers (and most Americans) seem to think that New York City (and even New York State) = Manhattan.

And many Americans think that England = London. I go to England just about every summer but rarely to London, yet every year people ask me about my trip to London.

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When Americans talk about Manhattan do they mean all of Manhattan? I'm not even sure most Britons are aware that Harlem is part of Manhattan!

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Originally posted by Tubbs:
Of the current crop of Admins, two are ex-Hell hosts and the others are ex-Eccles, Purg, All Saints and Kerg.

Tubbs

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Not Heaven?

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