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Old 05-01-2007, 04:00 PM   #1
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I'm finally getting around to realizing that I haven't introduced myself to the board, so here goes:

I'm originally from Sanpete County, Utah.

I was homeschooled until the 9th grade (no lie).

Served an LDS mission in Texas, Fort Worth (English Speaking) from '94 to '96.

Did my undergrad at BYU in Classics and Political Science (double major), where I read a ton of Greek and some Latin and Hebrew.

Entered a Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at UNC Chapel Hill. Currently, I am taking time off from school, but have finished my Masters degree and all coursework toward the Ph. D.

I am now managing a business that my wife and I own and she operates (in Lindon). I also participate in the business, offering one of its services. Between this, I am able to stay home (I live in south Utah County) and take care of my 4 year old daughter. When she goes into first grade, I plan on pursuing any teaching opportunities I can find, though I'm probably limited to Utah Valley for those opportunities. Whether any of this means that I write a dissertation and finish my Ph.D. is still undecided.

My academic interests are Early Christian and Jewish history, LDS history, and the history and methods of Science.

My personal interests are Photography, Hiking, Movies, playing video games now and then, and Poker.

Let me know if there is anything I left out that you want to know.
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Old 05-01-2007, 04:15 PM   #2
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Old 05-01-2007, 06:37 PM   #3
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I was homeschooled until the 9th grade (no lie).

Served an LDS mission in Texas, Fort Worth (English Speaking) from '94 to '96.
It's nice to officially meet you, Chapel.

My husband was homeschooled, too (no lie).

I understand your mission was English-speaking, but I hope you picked up some Texan while you were there.

[Note to Gerdy: If you ever work in Texas, the proper way to predict precipitation is with the phrase "fixin to." As in, "It's fixin to rain."]
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Old 05-01-2007, 07:42 PM   #4
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It's nice to officially meet you, Chapel.

My husband was homeschooled, too (no lie).

I understand your mission was English-speaking, but I hope you picked up some Texan while you were there.

[Note to Gerdy: If you ever work in Texas, the proper way to predict precipitation is with the phrase "fixin to." As in, "It's fixin to rain."]
LOL, yes, and the proper way to announce that you are about to do something is: "I'm fixin' to have to _insert task_". While knocking on doors I heard a lot of "I'm fixin' ta have ta go to work, so I can't talk to you boys."
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Old 05-01-2007, 08:51 PM   #5
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It's nice to officially meet you, Chapel.

My husband was homeschooled, too (no lie).

I understand your mission was English-speaking, but I hope you picked up some Texan while you were there.

[Note to Gerdy: If you ever work in Texas, the proper way to predict precipitation is with the phrase "fixin to." As in, "It's fixin to rain."]
I was thinking about that, but I think that if I used words like "fixin'", I might be shunned as an intellectual by my peers, I've heard that Weather Scientists aren't all that bright and they feel threatened when people start talking above them.
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LOL, yes, and the proper way to announce that you are about to do something is: "I'm fixin' to have to _insert task_". While knocking on doors I heard a lot of "I'm fixin' ta have ta go to work, so I can't talk to you boys."
I also like the past tense: "I done did that already."
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During our time in Texas, I was amazed at all of the conjugations/variants of ya'll.

ya'll
ya'll's
all ya'll
all ya'll's

etc.
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Old 05-01-2007, 11:32 PM   #8
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During our time in Texas, I was amazed at all of the conjugations/variants of ya'll.

ya'll
ya'll's
all ya'll
all ya'll's

etc.
You must not have in Texas long enough...the apostrophe actually goes after the y.

As in: All y'all guys.
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You must not have in Texas long enough...the apostrophe actually goes after the y.

As in: All y'all guys.
Pardon me. It's been a long time.
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Like the word/concept "chez" in french, "y'all" is another term that would be useful to have in English.
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