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Hot dogs and homemade french fries.

Posted By: NCMT on 2006-03-22
In Reply to: what's for dinner tonight? - melissa

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Bob for French fries!!
LOL
Probably staining the new fence we put up to keep our dogs in and other dogs out.
The neighbor dog won't stop trying to attack our dogs, so we put up a nice big fence. Should do the trick. Doesn't keep the rabbits out, though. We'll BBQ, too. Can't go far. Hubby is on call for the weekend with his job.javascript:editor_insertHTML('text','');
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Do you have fries with that?
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Would U like fries with that?
OMG, this is too weird! Last night I went thru the drive-thru at Arbys, gave my order, the person asked if I wanted a drink, I said what do U have and she named all these brands (one of which I didn't think they had in my area so I excitedly said Wow I didn't think that was available - I'll have that!), got to the pick-up window and the girl said they didn't actually have that particular drink. I told her I was just told they did and she said "Oh, well, the order taker is doing that job remotely from India, I think." So its come to this...
About those fries....
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/11/technology/11fast.html?ex=1302408000&en=fba08e17788e24c9&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
do you want fries with that??? (nm)
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How do you make your fries?
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Great analogy to you want fries with that

Often I "find" things in IT that I did not realize I had in there by just glancing when I am typing something that I feel should have an expansion.


The marker keys are a challenge to get used to, I couldn't use spacebar because I was using DQS when I got IT, so I also have my old Autocorrect still active and that works on the spacebar.  I use semi and backslash for my markers - I think.  The muscle memory is so old that I truly can't remember, it just happens.


I agree with the poster who said to work on one thing at a time and once you notice that it has become easy to do without any thought then move onto something else.  I started with working on the phrase side because it is the biggest bang for your buck - more characters with fewer keystrokes. 


I think the key to being successful with IT after the learning curve is finding a rhythm and just keep filling it up with expansions that make sense to you so you don't have to search for them.  I often use the first two words of a long phrase as the short form because it will show up if I start typing it and I can just marker the rest of it in.


I wish you good luck figuring it out and would encourage you to stick with it and find your own tricks to it, as I think it really makes a difference in the fatigue factor, which is more important some days than line count.


I think someone mentioned Productivity Talk and the IT website, which both have lots of tips and tricks too.


Kelli


Burgers and fries...kids game tonight..nm
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I think French just might be
my least favorite accent. Despite my French teacher bragging about what excellent speakers the French are, never saying um, just having fast flowing speech, when dictating in English, the ones I've done have had some serious stammering, poor enunciation, extra words, and many unexplained word choice changes, and it's all I can do not to scream and grind my teeth the moment I hear that accent.

I'd love to tell my snotty French teacher that, too.

French!
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French for me too.
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You must be French or something because it is
(singular)

▸ noun: the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
▸ adjective: grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit

(plural)

▸ noun: the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
▸ adjective: grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units


pleural is a medical term, regarding the lungs....

Homemade is just better!

There sure aren't many of us around Nature Girl!!  I'm 41 and most of the people my age have no idea how to can or freeze things.  I brought in salsa once to work and there had been this article about botulism in the newspaper and a couple of people were very hesitant about trying my salsa.  I asked them if they thought that I would put my 4-year-old at risk and yes I do pressure cook at the correct temp for the correct time!! Hear that POP.  I haven't been able to do as much as I'd like with my daughter being young, and working 2 part-time jobs, but always have to do a large variety of jellies and jams for Christmas gifts - the relatives pout if I don't because store bought definitely is not the same!!  Will be drying apple chips this weekend and making applesauce and applebutter.  The husband and his brothers own a 5,000 acre farm so I am spoiled with the veggies and I have a large garden.  My dream someday is to put in a small orchard.  In all my free time.... 


Homemade sav???

He is treating his wound with a homemade sav.  I cannot find "sav" anywhere.  It sav, sauve??? I know its like a lotion but I'm not sure how to spell it.  Thanks!


French Ed. major
with English Ed minor and Music minor. No jobs around here in Northern Indiana, and extended family is here, so once started having kids, kind of just fell into this work. Love it, though, love using the Latin I had years ago.
Don't get it......what does French sounding name
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also had a French Canadian
very difficult...  now if I ever hear a doctor with a New Zealand accent  I think I will recognize it  - very distinctive - have heard it only in a few movies.
homemade stromboli..

he has already requested that for tonight.. he even went and bought the groceries for it!  So, I guess that's it for me!


I don't do homemade anymore
Being single, its just easier nowadays to buy chili, the fritos and cheese. One thing I NEVER EVER EVER EVER buy (or made) chili with beans .... el yucko!!!!
homemade soup
I keep the best leftovers in the deep freeze to make soup.  Tonight's soup  has veggies, including lima beans, a wonderful chicken stock, and some diced up london broil and potatoes cut very fine to thicken the soup.  All these leftovers in the soup bring back memories of meals gone by!    I just throw it all in the crockpot and let it do its thing.
we're doing homemade BBQ...sm
chips, slaw, potato salad, and drinks.  Ice cream for dessert and fruit.  Easy and delicious...
Canadian Dollars- probably French ESL nm
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"Faux" is French for false. - nm
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The French sounding name in other words
it was not like I was a Jones or Smith, you know, simple sounding every day names and if you have worked as long as I have in this business, I have seen dictators get a chart mixed up with another, not that it happens often. That was the reason for my saying it - he could not have mistaken my dictation for a Ms. Smith or Ms. Jones....
French 1st Language dictators

My take is that you are both correct and mistaken.  People with French as their mother tongue can be both challenging and reliable to transcribe in English. The challenging part is the omission of certain sounds that are normal to the English-attuned ear.  The reliable part is that the differences one hears are usually SO predictable.  I belive that with more info I can help you even with your specific problem.   


I think Spanish and French are the worst, (sm)
and I even took French. But they have an annoying way of dropping out all recordable sound and just doing something with their lips that a recorder can't pick up at the end of some words that is very annoying.

I have enjoyed British, but every newbie should be warned about their "stop" and "full stop" for punctuation, LOL.
Autocorrect turned french!

Out of no where my autocorrect is french!  Anyone know how to turn this off??


maybe she means 'pissoir', it's French, look it up!...nm
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Homemade Chex party mix!
Made with real butter, lots of peanuts, Cheese-its or Goldfish. Rice and/or corn chex or Crispix; none of those nasty wheat chex. Used to mix up a batch and sit and type and and eat and then graze on it throughout the day
Good for you for homemade gifts
I at least try to make my cards each year.  It's nice to put a little homemade into the holidays.  By the way, I'm done.
Homemade stilts. We had a ball with these. sm
The ice cream truck used to make multiple trips around the block just to watch us.
greet him with a homemade welcome home

And if he has anything that he is craving that you bake have it ready in the car! I'm sure he's probably missing some kinda food from home after being gone so long.


That is so exciting... and after a year, wow!  I am happy for you. Have an awesome reunion!!!


Some jar sauce is as good as homemade...
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Spanish, French do celebrate Christmas in USA
Middle Eastern Arabic people do not celebrate Christmas nor the Jewish people (and Chanukah comes early 12/3 this year so they should be working.  Russian Christmas is in January.  The Hispanic community as well as the French communities here in the USA, as I know it, certainly do celebrate Christmas.  Happy Holidays To All....
even our coffee, French Vanilla creamer,
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Homemade chicken noodle soup
with huge homemade noodles and tons of chicken and veggies.  Sides of fresh baked hoagies or chicken wings, basted in "Quaker Steak and Lube" hot and BBQ sauce.  Family very very happy and it is cold here.
We had homemade spaghetti and garlic bread.-nm
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I thought the French, Germans, and Russians were hairy.
Would that make them hirsutian?
International Delight French Vanilla liquid nm

Hot French bread with real butter, rasberries
with real cream, Belgian sweet dark chocolate and Fritos.  It would have to be my last supper, because it would probably kill me!   Yummmmmmm.
I'm having a homemade roast beef sub and chips for lunch.

DH can probably BBQ hot dogs and burgers for dinner because I don't feel like cooking.


Homemade meatball subs (quick and easy).

Now that I can use the oven again without heating up the house.  I had a sweater on until noon today.  And socks!  Nice relief from 90's and sticky humidity.


I love doing meatball subs, because everyone just helps themselves.  Sometimes required when you're behind deadline. :)   I just buy ready made meatballs, dump them in a baking pan, pour 2 jars of pizza sauce on top and bake at 350 for about an hour.  When the buzzer goes off hubby and kids grab a sub roll, put the stuff in and top it with shredded mozarella.


I get my work done and everyone is happy.  (I hate meatball subs).


homemade potato soup, cornbread, and just finished

Homemade cookies? A nice potted plant?
What do they like? Do they have a hobby, or collect anything?
Homemade super nachos with a huge garden salad.
Ugh, I just spent hours in the hot sun picking peas, lettuce, beans, onions, and zucchini.  Now we have to eat it all. 
My favorite gifts over the years were the homemade ones - congrats for having the energy

Creamy chicken and veggies with pasta and homemade biscuits...
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Went simple. Homemade chicken soup cooking all day in the crockpot and sandwiches. NM
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Not much different than eating French toast with a side of bacon and scrambled eggs w/cheese. nm
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French, especially the surgeons. Easiest: Middle Eastern, Korean, Chinese, Indian. nm
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