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Lol hanky. Thanks for thinking of me. Why does Thanksgiving have to be a big deal in Cambodia? It's beyond me. However if you must give it a go, you need an excellent dressing, and some mashed potatoes and gravy. And fresh bread with butter. The dressing must be made with my secret recipe. I forgot two main ingredients this year but I'm gonna perfect for next year. In the mean time...hanky wrote:We Europeans unfortunately don't have thanksgiving, but on that day my heart goes out to the millions of lonely Americans all around the world crying into their pizza puddings and burger pies.
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Thanksgiving, at least where I was raised, is a special day when friends and families get together for a couple hours over a nice meal, usually including Turkey and all the trimmings, which can vary dependent on where you were raised, and 'give'-'thanks' (= 'Thanksgiving') for the good things that they have in their lives. Americans tend to carry this holiday with them as they travel and keep the tradition alive with their closest friends when they are away from home and family. Thanks giving is not religious in nature, at least where I come from.
I can't see how this is particular American holiday is any stranger than Boxing Day is for people who don't partake in it.
BTW: The Freebird served 115 Thanksgiving Dinners this year. Not sure How the Lone Star did, but have heard good things about their spread, and you don't have to be a genius to figure out where you are likely going to be served by a hearing and/or speech impaired person, which was rudely and unnecessarily referred to as a 'mute' in the opening post.
PS: The writer might take a moment and give thanks that he or she is not a 'mute' and treated as such.
Maybe this will take the topic back to Thanksgiving.
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I can't see how this is particular American holiday is any stranger than Boxing Day is for people who don't partake in it.
BTW: The Freebird served 115 Thanksgiving Dinners this year. Not sure How the Lone Star did, but have heard good things about their spread, and you don't have to be a genius to figure out where you are likely going to be served by a hearing and/or speech impaired person, which was rudely and unnecessarily referred to as a 'mute' in the opening post.
PS: The writer might take a moment and give thanks that he or she is not a 'mute' and treated as such.
Maybe this will take the topic back to Thanksgiving.
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Don't forget cranberries...earl wrote:Lol hanky. Thanks for thinking of me. Why does Thanksgiving have to be a big deal in Cambodia? It's beyond me. However if you must give it a go, you need an excellent dressing, and some mashed potatoes and gravy. And fresh bread with butter. The dressing must be made with my secret recipe. I forgot two main ingredients this year but I'm gonna perfect for next year. In the mean time...hanky wrote:We Europeans unfortunately don't have thanksgiving, but on that day my heart goes out to the millions of lonely Americans all around the world crying into their pizza puddings and burger pies.
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I stand corrected on the exact socially acceptable term used for describing a hearing and/or speech impaired person ~ to tell the truth I am not sure what it is. If deaf-mute is the only term; IMHO there should be a little nicer word(s) to describe a speech and/or hearing impaired person.
My point was the context in which it was initially used in the first post concerning Thanksgiving. It just came across as a little bit rude and out of place when I first read it, especially when the Topic Poster refused to name the venue that he described. I am sure the "deaf-mute" was doing the best that she/he knew how and that should not be held against them in any context.
Only my personal opinion ~ nothing more. My sincere apologies for not making that clear in my first post.
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My point was the context in which it was initially used in the first post concerning Thanksgiving. It just came across as a little bit rude and out of place when I first read it, especially when the Topic Poster refused to name the venue that he described. I am sure the "deaf-mute" was doing the best that she/he knew how and that should not be held against them in any context.
Only my personal opinion ~ nothing more. My sincere apologies for not making that clear in my first post.
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Well, I'd feel funny if a deaf mute were to serve me in a restaurant. But I wouldn't show it. I'd also feel funny if the waitress had a second thumb growing out of her normal thumb. Or if she were running around on stumps or were walking challenged.KarmaRocks wrote:I stand corrected on the exact socially acceptable term used for describing a hearing and/or speech impaired person ~ to tell the truth I am not sure what it is. If deaf-mute is the only term; IMHO there should be a little nicer word(s) to describe a speech and/or hearing impaired person.
My point was the context in which it was initially used in the first post concerning Thanksgiving. It just came across as a little bit rude and out of place when I first read it, especially when the Topic Poster refused to name the venue that he described. I am sure the "deaf-mute" was doing the best that she/he knew how and that should not be held against them in any context.
Only my personal opinion ~ nothing more. My sincere apologies for not making that clear in my first post.
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First off, I finally have to ask, what the hell does IMHO mean? Second of all, KarmaRocks, why should there be a "nicer" word(s)? Mute basically means silent, so what is a more descriptive word to describe someone who can't talk? And what's wrong with the word deaf? I don't see how it's at all rude. And why do you think it would be less rude to name the place? NB is trying to out anybody, just piss and moan, sorry, I mean express his emotions over being let down on yet another lonely, sorry holiday.If deaf-mute is the only term; IMHO there should be a little nicer word(s) to describe a speech and/or hearing impaired person.
As for why Americans celebrate Thanksgiving when abroad, why do any Westerners celebrate Christmas in Cambodia, or Christian New Years? No one would ask that if it wasn't a specifically America holiday.
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There is actually, the word is "dumb", but unfortunately a certain nation has bastardized the word, adding insult to injury, so it means "stupid".Mute basically means silent, so what is a more descriptive word to describe someone who can't talk?
Beats me, I don't mind having the dinner for Christmas, but otherwise its just another working day. Its not like I put up a tree with baubles and illuminate the whole neighborhood till the middle of March. Christian New Years? I never thought of it like that, it's just a new number on the calendar.As for why Americans celebrate Thanksgiving when abroad, why do any Westerners celebrate Christmas in Cambodia, or Christian New Years?
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Why is it unfortunate that America bastardized the word dumb? A lot of words get bastardized, it's linguistic evolution. And in the English language, it's been the English that have done the most bastardizing.hanky wrote:There is actually, the word is "dumb", but unfortunately a certain nation has bastardized the word, adding insult to injury, so it means "stupid".Mute basically means silent, so what is a more descriptive word to describe someone who can't talk?
Beats me, I don't mind having the dinner for Christmas, but otherwise its just another working day. Its not like I put up a tree with baubles and illuminate the whole neighborhood till the middle of March. Christian New Years? I never thought of it like that, it's just a new number on the calendar.As for why Americans celebrate Thanksgiving when abroad, why do any Westerners celebrate Christmas in Cambodia, or Christian New Years?
As for holidays, I don't really do any of them, except for New Years, which is just an excuse to party. Even then I miss that at least 1 year out of 3.
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