Maybe it depends on where? I've lived here all my life and the water quality has always been excellent. But my understanding is that, because the county is so huge, different parts get their water from different sources. So maybe I'm just fortunate to live in an area that's good.
AFKBRBChocolate
joined 2 years ago
Not true - I live in LA county and the water where I am is excellent - pretty much no benefit from filtering.
First? The Spaceship Under the Apple Tree. I read the Oz books pretty early. I read all the Sherlock Holmes books in junior high, I think.
Oh yeah? I didn't realize that.
I believe it's the domain for Malaysia.
Yep, same thing
That was actually the context of when she said it - she read the bugs bunny comic books (which I didn't know existed) and said that character's name.
I knew a girl who was raised in a small town in the middle of nowhere, without TV or movies, but she read a lot. She had so many things like that. Yosemite rhymed with hose-mite.
You're joking, right? Under what standard are words in American English pronounced incorrectly? I mean, let's just take this example:
They say it that way because in the US that's how it's pronounced. The argument that it's pronounced differently in other countries, so the US way is wrong, is stupid. Even within a language/country, there are regional dialects.
I grew up in the US, but my dad was from England. There were lots of times I said a word the way I had always heard my dad say it, only to have people correct my mispronunciation. The one that pops into my head was capillaries (the little blood vessels). My dad always said ca-PILL-ah-rees, not CA-puh-lar-rees. Neither is wrong, it's just pronounced differently here and there.
I prefer a softer bun for something like a burger. Too hard to bite through the bagel without smashing what's inside it.