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THE MISSING DOTS
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06 Mar 2008 Thu 08:37 am |
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"....... In escalating discomfort, Abed turned to his friend only to find him this time making huge holes in the napkin with his fountain pen.
"What the hell are you doing now?"
"I am putting the dots of my name back to their places," groaned the other guy, peering desolately at the cobalt ink
spots spinning upon the letters of his name, each dot dissolving softly on the napkin, getting bigger as it disintegrated, as if to prove that one way of becoming more visible to the eyes of others in this life was to get as far as possible from your innermost seed: . . . .
When you leave your homeland behind, they say, you have to renounce at least one part of you. If that was the case, Ömer knew exactly what he had left behind: his dots!
Back in Turkey, he used to be ÖMER ÖZSİPAHİOĞLU.
Here in America, he had become an OMAR OZSIPAHIOGLU.
His dots were excluded for him to be better included...."
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06 Mar 2008 Thu 10:13 am |
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Well at least the spelling without dots made it possible for the Americans to pronounce his name ...or?  If America in fact was a part of Europe (as Mr Bush said in an interview) I'm not so sure that the joke below would be just a joke...
The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will be known as Euro English (Euro for short).
In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c". Sertainly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard "c" will be replaced with "k." Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced by "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20 per sent shorter.
In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.
By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing"th" by "z" and "W" by "V". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou", and similar changes vud of kors; be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing"th" by "z" and "W" by "V". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou", and similar changes vud of kors; be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil b no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru.
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06 Mar 2008 Thu 10:20 am |
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Seen that before but it still makes me laugh!! 
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 02:02 am |
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A great nationalist post, totally wasted on TCL members. 
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 03:12 am |
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Quoting AlphaF: A great nationalist post, totally wasted on TCL members. |
But the question is . . better for who?
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 04:28 am |
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Are you hiding my dots again, PT?
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 04:46 am |
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Quoting AlphaF: Are you hiding my dots again, PT? |
DOTS . . . This is where you will work when you take up your post in the USA
Department Of Typographical Spots
Tell no one . . . sshhhh
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 04:52 am |
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Nothing contraversial tonight, PT?
Everybody getting politer each day! Are they all taking after you or what?
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 04:57 am |
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Quoting AlphaF: Nothing contraversial tonight, PT?
Everybody getting politer each day! Are they all taking after you or what? |
ssshhhh . . . . zay arrr on a meeeeession
I send zem to look for zee dots . . .
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 04:57 am |
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Well ! I will just go and get my beauty sleep then .
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 04:59 am |
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Quoting AlphaF: Well ! I will just go and get my beauty sleep then . |
your work here is not finished . . .
you did not check your husband thread . . .
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 05:04 am |
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Quoting AlphaF: Well ! I will just go and get my beauty sleep then . |
too late . . . the damage is done
Polite Train
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 05:04 am |
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I just did !
I put in a compliment for you.. 
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 05:06 am |
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Quoting peace train: Quoting AlphaF: Well ! I will just go and get my beauty sleep then . |
too late . . . the damage is done
Polite Train |
oops I take it back . . .
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 07:26 am |
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Take a break....
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pmstkrg5fI
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 10:06 pm |
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Quoting AlphaF: "....... In escalating discomfort, Abed turned to his friend only to find him this time making huge holes in the napkin with his fountain pen.
"What the hell are you doing now?"
"I am putting the dots of my name back to their places," groaned the other guy, peering desolately at the cobalt ink
spots spinning upon the letters of his name, each dot dissolving softly on the napkin, getting bigger as it disintegrated, as if to prove that one way of becoming more visible to the eyes of others in this life was to get as far as possible from your innermost seed: . . . .
When you leave your homeland behind, they say, you have to renounce at least one part of you. If that was the case, Ömer knew exactly what he had left behind: his dots!
Back in Turkey, he used to be ÖMER ÖZSİPAHİOĞLU.
Here in America, he had become an OMAR OZSIPAHIOGLU.
His dots were excluded for him to be better included...."
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It's sad that many who come to the US loose their name with the new spelling of their names.
The resultant pronunciation often bears little similarity in sound or meaning to their actual names.
There should be some sort of council that lets them know beforehand what can happen to their names before they accept the new spelling.
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 10:15 pm |
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Dr Oz has done well on Oprah's show. Dotless he is still an amazing success!
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 10:28 pm |
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Yes i came across this doctor some time ago when i was watching Oprah.I believe his name is Mehmet Oz.Hes quite a cutie actually and Oprah seems to like flirting with him!
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 10:49 pm |
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Oprah keeps his dots....
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 10:51 pm |
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Nevermind the dots Oprah would like to get into his pants if she could!
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 11:25 pm |
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Despite the Cats?
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10 Mar 2008 Mon 11:59 pm |
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Quoting AlphaF: "....... In escalating discomfort, Abed turned to his friend only to find him this time making huge holes in the napkin with his fountain pen.
"What the hell are you doing now?"
"I am putting the dots of my name back to their places," groaned the other guy, peering desolately at the cobalt ink
spots spinning upon the letters of his name, each dot dissolving softly on the napkin, getting bigger as it disintegrated, as if to prove that one way of becoming more visible to the eyes of others in this life was to get as far as possible from your innermost seed: . . . .
When you leave your homeland behind, they say, you have to renounce at least one part of you. If that was the case, Ömer knew exactly what he had left behind: his dots!
Back in Turkey, he used to be ÖMER ÖZSİPAHİOĞLU.
Here in America, he had become an OMAR OZSIPAHIOGLU.
His dots were excluded for him to be better included...."
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İ think its sad too,but i believe whether nationalist or not,its normal to feel homesick.
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11 Mar 2008 Tue 12:05 am |
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The quote is from a book by ELIF SAFAK.
Buy her books, so she can make a few bucks, ok ?
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11 Mar 2008 Tue 12:21 am |
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Quoting AlphaF: The quote is from a book by ELIF SAFAK.
Buy her books, so she can make a few bucks, ok ? |
Which book?
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11 Mar 2008 Tue 12:32 am |
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The Bastard of Istanbul,remember I posted this link
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1876895,00.html
some months ago and did not receive positive replies
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11 Mar 2008 Tue 02:00 am |
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Quoting peace train: Quoting AlphaF: Are you hiding my dots again, PT? |
DOTS . . . This is where you will work when you take up your post in the USA
Department Of Typographical Spots
Tell no one . . . sshhhh
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pssst . . . Alpha. According to sources (Si++ but keep it under your moustache)looks like you won't be allowed into USA after all.
(Don't forget to quote the secret phrase in all correspondence .. ... .... . ..... ) nod nod wink wink
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11 Mar 2008 Tue 02:21 pm |
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11 Mar 2008 Tue 11:46 pm |
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My god ! The Chineese are out to save Turkia too !
Whats your problem Susie Wong?
Lost your dots?
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12 Mar 2008 Wed 12:02 am |
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Dont buy the book Baba ve Piç. It's a waste of money and paper.
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