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Hi All,
Sorry I need to vent, well an interview I went for on Thursday came back today with the standard 'I am sorry, but..' it appears as though this week is going to awkward as parents are moving and I have to give them some help... Like a certain Cat I am begining to dislike Mondays.
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Cheer up. Just in this post you've demonstrated your creativity and wit by verbifying 'awkward'. Just think what you can achieve in a whole week!!! (Too soon?)
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Quote: . Just think what you can achieve in a whole week!!! (Too soon?)
Yay and ye shall know me by the trail of dead! 
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Put your hands in the air and step away from the automatic weapon Sir!
I don't like Mondays[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Oh hazelnuts!
veni bibi saltavi
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I didn't know you knew Hazel
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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You rat, I was in the process of typing something similar!
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After the self driving cars debate of yesterday, The mouse over text[^] is particularly relevant!
Does Randall read the lounge? 
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Of course! Everyone reads the lounge. 
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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The mouse over reminded me of that
Quote: "Remember when the platform was sliding into the fire pit and I said 'Goodbye' and you were like [no way] and then I was all 'we pretended we were going to murder you'? That was great!"
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
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MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
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MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
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We are a team consisting of people from different cultures and we do have our regular faux pas with some terms.
One frequent word is "Girl Friend".
How to refer a person( female) whom you are not seeing or in relationship. She can be a friend or just an acquaintances.
Will the term "friend" just suffice or is there any other term which can be used?
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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how about 'colleague' ? - does it really have to be gender specific in this day and age ?
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Colleague works fine. We have few guys who always call them as "girl friend" which sometimes leads to some embarrassing discussion later. 
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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It can be situationally important. And at those times, saying lady-friend would work (when it's not a coworker).
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Friend without benefits?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I'm not a native at all, but it sound to me just right to use 'friend' with no addition...
She's a friend of mine...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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In the UK we would use the word "mate" which has no connection to mating!
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I thought that 'mate' is something you drink very hot to not to taste that terrible thing
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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That is Mate (pronounced mah-tay)not mate (pronounced mayt)
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That's what most beautiful in English - same word different pronouncing...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Mate (the drink) is not an English word - I believe it's of Portuguese origin
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I tend to go for "girly friend" or "feminine friend"
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That could still refer to male friends... 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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It depends if the gender is important. eg if you want to tell someone that your friend gave you a lift somewhere you could just say;
"My friend gave me a lift to work" - the fact that they are a female is irrelevant. However sometimes gender *is* important. eg you might say "My friend has a great arse"...if you didn't stipulate that the friend in question was female it might lead to embarrassment, so in instances like that people try and introduce additional gender specific pronouns just to make it clear, so you might say "My friend has a great arse, I think she works out". The addition of the "she" lets people know the friend in question is female.
In a work situation, it might be best to just leave gender out and simply say "friend". Unless you work in a strip club.
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