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Old 03-29-2012, 11:46 AM   #60
Sundae
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Originally Posted by ZenGum View Post
I just want to say, Zippy types with an accent. Stoopid machine.
I often pronounce machine as mash-in-A.
It must have amused me once, but I used to curse our mainframe system quite roundly when I worked for a large mobile phone company. Before I left it was common parlance in my department when someone was frustrated with their computer.

Stupid mashina.
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