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@am*3 wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@nevynreally wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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So if your name is Smith and you pronounce it as Smith, and have done so for 50 years or more, you want the media and others to pronounce it as Smythe.  Got it.

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But, that's what you're describing. Are you not in full focus?

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No, I drive a Swift.

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A newly purchased one, or one you have had for awhile?

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Had it for a while, and want to do better.  It is useless at high speeds on highways.  Feels like a gust of wind will blow it away.  No stability.  OK for around town.  Thinking about a Corolla hatch.  Cars get uglier every year, and bigger.

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@nevynreally wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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So if your name is Smith and you pronounce it as Smith, and have done so for 50 years or more, you want the media and others to pronounce it as Smythe.  Got it.

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But, that's what you're describing. Are you not in full focus?

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No, I drive a Swift.

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A newly purchased one, or one you have had for awhile?

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Had it for a while, and want to do better.  It is useless at high speeds on highways.  Feels like a gust of wind will blow it away.  No stability.  OK for around town.  Thinking about a Corolla hatch.  Cars get uglier every year, and bigger.

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I'm in awe! That is a perfect example of dissimulation!

I'm in awe! That is a perfect example of dissimulation!

Runs off to google   

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@icyfroth wrote:

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I'm in awe! That is a perfect example of dissimulation!

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It's a perfect example of no substance, loads of rubbish posted.

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@nevynreally wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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I'm in awe! That is a perfect example of dissimulation!

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It's a perfect example of no substance, loads of rubbish posted.

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You said it!  

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@am*3 wrote:

What does it matter in the big scheme of things how a new Premier's surname is pronounced??

 

Her father was a MP, never an issue before  for him, she uses the same surname as him, the one she was born with.

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Nope not for me:)

Paperchick is just fine 🙂

Dad prolly gave up trying to tell Skips

Decided it was easier to go along with 'em

I had to look up 'skips'

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@nevynreally wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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I'm in awe! That is a perfect example of dissimulation!

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It's a perfect example of no substance, loads of rubbish posted.

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You said it!  

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yep perfect example -> paper picker or what ever it was, I have forgotten already.

I remember this though.

The ALP achieved one of the biggest swings in Australian political history in Saturday's state election, which saw Premier Campbell Newman and a swag of his MPs lose their seats.

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@poddster wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

What does it matter in the big scheme of things how a new Premier's surname is pronounced??

 

Her father was a MP, never an issue before  for him, she uses the same surname as him, the one she was born with.

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Nope not for me:)

 

Paperchick is just fine 🙂

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You are a man born out of your time, Poddy. In the Victorian and Edwardian eras girls who went into service in the big houses were often made by their employers to change their given names if they were considered too 'upmarket' for servants.