Definitely. Even Willamette pains the English speaking tongue.
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Natchitoches takes the cake on this one.
Pronounced Nak-o-dish, some say it's Nak-o-tish but most make it sound more like a d in the 3rd syllable..
Pronounced Nak-o-dish, some say it's Nak-o-tish but most make it sound more like a d in the 3rd syllable..
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Oh dear, and here I've been reading it as Natch-a-TOH-cheez all these years...
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A little more background on the motive and worker's conditions:Volkonski wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 9:05 pm Seven people were shot to death on Monday afternoon in San Mateo County, Calif., the sheriff’s office said, the second mass shooting in the state in three days.
The shooting happened around 2:20 p.m. local time at two separate locations near Highway 92 and the Half Moon Bay city limits, about 30 miles south of San Francisco, the authorities said. Another person was transported to Stanford Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
A suspect, Zhao Chunli, 67, of Half Moon Bay, was found in his car in the parking lot of a sheriff’s office substation in Half Moon Bay, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said.
“Chunli was taken into custody without incident and the weapon was located in his vehicle,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. “There is no current outstanding threat to the community.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/us/s ... 595e2e6e66
https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/26/ ... nt=curated
As a clearer motive emerged on Thursday, the state’s labor watchdog agencies announced investigations into working conditions at the farms, which have become a focus of attention in the wake of the shootings.
Chunli Zhao, 66, apparently had enough with his purported mistreatment Monday and responded by fatally shooting four people and wounding another at California Terra Garden farm, where he worked. He then drove three miles south to Concord Farms — which once employed him — and killed three more farmworkers.
In the television report, which recounted an off-camera, Mandarin language interview with Zhao, he reportedly admitted to the shootings and described being fed up with long hours at the farm and bullying by his co-workers. The law enforcement source who spoke to this news organization said the final straw might have been an insult about his “diminutive” size, which occurred not long before the shootings.
Elected officials decried the apparent squalor in which Zhao and his colleagues lived and worked. County Supervisor Ray Mueller toured California Terra Garden on Thursday and called the living conditions “deplorable” and “heartbreaking.” “No running water. Outdoor stoves to cook,” Mueller wrote in remarks accompanying photos he posted on Twitter. “I spoke with one farm worker today who said she slept with flood waters from the storms on the floor in her unit.”
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The former Mrs Prime was from Sequim. When our friends leaned into mispronouncing it, she would make exaggerated mad scrunchy faces and threaten to murdalize them and then would do something to placate her, and all was good. It was kind of endearing, really. One of the many little happy cute things I miss about my former marriage.
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Kriselda Gray wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 1:26 pmOh dear, and here I've been reading it as Natch-a-TOH-cheez all these years...
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There is a Nacogdoches, Texas about 100 miles west that's pronounced like that. Even TX and LA residents get confused about which is which. Gautier and Saucier aren't pronounced the same either.
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Me too, pretty much, on the assumption it was a Spanish tranliteration from some 1st Nations language or other.Kriselda Gray wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 1:26 pmOh dear, and here I've been reading it as Natch-a-TOH-cheez all these years...
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Okay, here's my entry:
Schaghticoke, which has an excellent County Fair every summer in upstate NY.
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Ajo, AZ.
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I don't think that's too hard. But then I lived less than a mile from Ajo Way (State Route 86) in Tucson and anyway I am excellent at Spanish pronunciation (with a Mexican accent, of course). I suppose hardcore whiteytighties might try to pronounce it as "Garlic, Az"
My entry would be Sault Ste. Marie, MI
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Interesting! At least I'm not a completely ignorant loon, thensugar magnolia wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 7:07 pmKriselda Gray wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 1:26 pmOh dear, and here I've been reading it as Natch-a-TOH-cheez all these years...Off TopicThere is a Nacogdoches, Texas about 100 miles west that's pronounced like that. Even TX and LA residents get confused about which is which. Gautier and Saucier aren't pronounced the same either.
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Police say 3 dead, 4 hurt in latest California shooting
https://apnews.com/article/crime-califo ... cfb48a3f66
https://apnews.com/article/crime-califo ... cfb48a3f66
Three people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting at a short-term rental home in California area early Saturday morning, police said.
The shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m. in Beverly Crest, an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood.
Sgt. Frank Preciado of the Los Angeles Police Department said earlier Saturday that the three people who were killed were inside a vehicle.
Two of the four other victims were taken in private vehicles to area hospitals and two others were transported by ambulance, police spokesperson Sgt. Bruce Borihanh said.
Two were in critical condition and two were in stable condition, Borihanh said.
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In the case where a kid shot a teacher
Virginia school warned before child shot teacher, lawyer says; superintendent fired
Tyler Clifford
Wed, January 25, 2023 at 8:05 PM GMT+1
(Reuters) -Authorities at a Virginia school were warned three times that a first grader had a gun before he shot and wounded his teacher, her lawyer said on Wednesday, while the school board voted to oust the superintendent.
Abigail Zwerner, 25, was "shot purposely" in front of other students at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News earlier this month after administrators ignored warnings the 6-year-old student posed a threat, lawyer Diane Toscano said at a press conference.
The warnings were made over three hours on the day of the shooting, according to Toscano, who said she planned to file a lawsuit against the Newport News School District on behalf of Zwerner.
"This tragedy was entirely preventable if the school administrator responsible for school safety had done their part and taken action when they had knowledge of imminent danger," said Toscano. She did not say what damages she would seek on behalf of the teacher, who was wounded in the chest.
At a special meeting Wednesday evening, the school board voted 5-to-1 to relieve Superintendent George Parker of his duties with severance. Parker came under pressure after saying that at least one administrator was aware the boy may have had a gun on the day of the shooting.
After the vote, Chairwoman Lisa Surles-Law said the decision to terminate was made without cause as defined in Parker's contract.
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(original: Fox News)Half Moon Bay shooting: Killing of 7 at California farms sparked over $100 repair bill, DA says
Stephen Sorace
Sun, January 29, 2023 at 2:41 PM GMT+1
The 66-year-old farmworker accused of killing seven people at two mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay, California, is believed to have carried out the shootings over a $100 repair bill for farm equipment, officials said Friday.
Chunli Zhao met with his supervisor about the bill on Monday, blaming his co-worker for the damage to a forklift that Zhao was driving when it collided with the co-worker’s bulldozer, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. However, the supervisor insisted that Zhao pay the bill.
Zhao then allegedly shot and killed the supervisor, two co-workers and the wife of one of the victims at Terra Garden. A fifth co-worker was wounded. He then went to nearby Concord Farms, where he had worked previously, and fatally shot three former co-workers, authorities have said.
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Charges have now been filed in the Rust shooting. Statement of probable cause for Baldwin:
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23593006/alec-baldwin-probable-cause-statement.pdf
And for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23593020-hannah-gutierrez-reed-probable-cause-statement
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23593006/alec-baldwin-probable-cause-statement.pdf
And for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23593020-hannah-gutierrez-reed-probable-cause-statement
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Sadly, though I believe Baldwin shares some degree of responsibility, the hype is to go at him and not after whomever brought live ammo onto the set. Does Alec have the expertise to discern a live bullet from a blank upon visual inspection? Is that skill set in his job description?
But Alec has the deep $$ pockets, so the coming civil case(s) will target him.
But Alec has the deep $$ pockets, so the coming civil case(s) will target him.
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In his police interview he showed off his knowledge of the types of ammo used in filming with firearms. So, in fact he probably did know how to distinguish dummy rounds (not blanks in this case) from live ammo.neonzx wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:24 am Sadly, though I believe Baldwin shares some degree of responsibility, the hype is to go at him and not after whomever brought live ammo onto the set. Does Alec have the expertise to discern a live bullet from a blank upon visual inspection? Is that skill set in his job description?
But this fact is irrelevant to the charges. According to the charging document, the standard protocol is for the armorer to load the gun in front of him and show him that each round is a dummy. The charges seems to be based on the idea that he had a duty to demand to have it demonstrated to him that it was indeed a "cold gun" before taking the risk of pointing the gun at a human being and pressing the trigger, simply because of basic rules of gun safety which he was instructed in and expected to observe even in his role as an actor.
Another way I have seen of making this point: given his information, do you think he would have willingly pointed the weapon at his own head and pulled the trigger without asking to be shown that it was indeed "cold"? But he was creating the same risk to another person, and ignored that risk.
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Okay, I will take your word for it. I've not followed the details closely.
If "Rust" is ever is released, I will not watch it.
Never watched "The Crow" either or whatever it was called.
If "Rust" is ever is released, I will not watch it.
Never watched "The Crow" either or whatever it was called.
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I can't find my day in the life of a teacher thread...
Our school got swatted today.
I missed it. I had to go home after 4 classes due to uncontrollable vomiting.
Our school got swatted today.
I missed it. I had to go home after 4 classes due to uncontrollable vomiting.
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Swatted?
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(original: NextShark)Bodycam footage shows arrest of self-proclaimed ‘Chief of Tokyo’ for shooting at Ohio Asian grocery
Carl Samson
Thu, February 2, 2023 at 10:04 PM GMT+1
The Cincinnati man accused of firing multiple rounds at an Asian grocery store in Evendale, Ohio, made bizarre claims at the time of his arrest, newly released police bodycam footage shows.
Daniel Beckjord, 33, allegedly targeted the front windows of Tokyo Foods at around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 22. While shooting, he allegedly claimed that he was the “president of Tokyo” and that the business was “not in compliance.”
No one was injured at the store, but the incident terrified nine patrons at the adjacent Uncle Yip’s restaurant. Some reportedly locked themselves in the bathroom.
Beckjord was still holding a .40 caliber Glock handgun when deputies arrived to arrest him.
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(original: BuzzFeed News)A Man Who Allegedly Shot An Unarmed Black Airbnb Guest Who Was Crossing The Street Said “Oh, You Think You Can Run?” Before Firing His Weapon
Stephanie K. Baer
Sat, February 4, 2023 at 2:18 AM GMT+1
A California man who allegedly shot a 21-year-old unarmed Black man who was crossing the street told him, “Oh, you think you can run?” before firing his weapon and striking the young man in the back of his leg, officials said Friday.
During a preliminary hearing, San Jose police Det. Jessica Lindenberg testified that the victim, who survived the shooting, told her in an interview that he was staying at an Airbnb across the street from 67-year-old Mark Waters’s home on Oct. 2, 2022, when he left the rental to go to a nearby Safeway for food around 11 p.m. As he was crossing the street to get onto the sidewalk, the victim, identified as El’hajj Bullock, said he saw Waters exit his house with a gun in his hand.
“[Bullock] believed in that moment that he was being robbed,” Lindenberg said, adding that Bullock said he put his hands up to show they were empty “and said something along the lines of, ‘I don’t have anything.’”
Lindenberg testified that Bullock said Waters then pulled the gun up and pointed it at his chest. At that point, Bullock turned around and started to run away from Waters.
As he was running, Bullock said, he heard Waters say, “Oh, you think you can run?,” heard the sound of a gunshot, and then fell to the ground as he felt pain in his right leg.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-allegedl ... 45277.html