The Hyphen Thing

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:53 pm

My own third wife is Brasilian, who I fight (with), to save the Americans from invading that country, too.

Does that make any sense?

My friend's parents (who lived through the Camps) would not let him play "Hey Jude" in the house because of the associations for them. (Even tho in German or Yiddish it is pronounced differently...)

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:59 pm

Fortunately I speak three languages quite well. They would be in order of preference. English, Canadian and American.

I also speak two languages not very well, but I am trying. French and profanity.

But John, Garlic Ice Cream? What language is that? Some sort of code. Why is it not hyphenated? That's what I want to know.

Any one for cricket?

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winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:07 pm

Not to change this very amusing topic but Paul can you look up my post under Guitars - Legend Guitar Polish and give me your thoughts. I know that you are quite up on such things.

Thanks mate ----- er Paul. Dont want to start another rant.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:41 pm

Brian, I saw the post, but I reserved comments because I believe that everyone has their favorites, and there are literally hundreds of products on the market for this purpose, although they all fit into a very few basic categories.

It seems sometimes that everybody who has any kind of a name in music or guitars is making his/her own polish, or endorsing somebody elses's. But there is really little new under the sun.

Legend removes stuff like tobacco staining and general corner grunge because it has a solvent in it. (When it says, "flammable!" on the label, it has a solvent. I suspect naphtha in this case.).

Personally, I would use naphtha and a toothbrush to remove grunge, followed by a clean soft cotton cloth to remove all the mess, and then I'd follow with Scratch-X if it needed brilliant polishing, and Zymol to protect it.

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:54 pm

Thanks Paul,

That is very helpful. My Ric guitars are JG as you probably know (except my bass which is white) and they show scratches very easily. So I was looking for a solution. Now I have it.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:20 pm

People with double-whammy names over here are often simply referred to as "the hyphen". Perceptions of social superiority disappeared years ago unless the bearer lived in a so-called 'posh' suburb.

I think the fact that there have been one or two 'thug' footballers with hyphenated names helped to accelerate the process!

jbarnes · Post by **jbarnes** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:57 pm

Paul,.. I think my spelling is way off but is this getting to be Polski Rosmufku ????????

jbarnes · Post by **jbarnes** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:05 pm

Brian, no, a great hit at the Gilroy Garlic Festival (CA, USA)is the Garlic Ice Cream, yes everyone wrinkles their nose UNTIL they try it, they sell thousands of gallons of it during the 3 day fest (which is usually HOT WEATHER) For the record I speak Americanized English and Profanity well............... Some of Ya'll still under the Queens influence or sphere thereof I do have to provide the duh glare and say please say that in English ................ (US profane version prefered thank you very much) Over to you Paul.....

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:35 pm

Hmmm. I'm at a loss for words, except I've tried the garlic ice cream and it is delicious for a change, but as an everyday thing it would cause me to lose the few friends who still stick around when their masters are flying kites on the other end of the park where I sleep under the bench when the warmer weather permits, but when it's cold...

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:56 pm

And I thought I had seen everything when they invented hot ice cream. I'll take your word for it John. Its not something that would tempt my palate.

Polski nazwa ne ukrajins'kyj nazwa Paul?

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:08 pm

¯ona mówiæ witam, ona ukrajins'kyj pani

It may not be perfect grammar Paul but hopefully you can make sense of what is being said.

kevin · Post by **kevin** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:38 am

Well, arrogant a**hole that I am, it was my idea to hyphenate, so now we're both Donaker-Ring.

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:06 am

Kevin, I really don't know how I got drawn into this gentle banter. I'm not even hyphenated, or carbonated, if you know what I mean?

Anyway we can thank John for getting the ball rolling. It is a great topic to have some good clean fun with our friends in America.

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kevin · Post by **kevin** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:20 am

Brian,

Of course, I wasn't actually replying to your post, but to the whole thread in general. That said, the whole hyphenated thing is much more British than American. In my experience, American women are usually more likely to simply keep their surname.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:08 am

Tendeo mais Portugese, Brian...