Ownership of amiga.org?

[gertsy]

I am just assuming it would be good as he comes across as a decent bloke who has genuine passion for Amiga's. I also think he is neutral as he afaik uses aros and mos and not just AOS4.x.

Agree, I see no reason why ownership of the site and keeping it alive is a problem because of Trevor's other interests.  I don't think he is looking to make money out of it otherwise he wouldn't be dabbling in Amiga.

But I guess the socialists here will see it as an affront to free society and free speech. Perhaps a few hackers in the mix will now have a target for their ideals....

[gertsy]

Hi

Going forward in the future, I am resolved to restore Amiga subjects firmly as the main topics of discussion of this website, so no more off topic subjects in the main forums. Looking at other websites such as English Amiga Board and A1k.org, the emphasis is on good quality discussion about all things Amiga which is very much what this board used to be like 10 years ago.  Amiga.org can become a vibrant, interesting community where users from all flavours of Amiga can call their internet home.

Don't mind that at all.  Can we also go forward into the past?  That would be cool.  Tweak a few things on the Gray's Computing Almanac of 1987.

I feel a little twinge of excitement.

Where's that AmiKit post again I might just give that a try.
You know with Windows 8.1 (gasps) you could set up a start screen that looks like an Amiga Workbench with "Metro" Icons to fire up your WinUAE configs for your fav Amiga.  Make Win 8.1 look like an Amiga Kiosk.

BTW, Like the ship jokes, have the mods figured out the title mistake yet.  Yes they have.

[gertsy]

It's a vowel thing.  The nuances of the vowel pronunciations (sounding) are learnt at a young age. Neither is right or wrong, just different.  Australian's (most) don't actually use the vowel soundings they learn as kids we "lazy tongue" them. "er" becomes "ah" at the end of words and the sounding for "i" changes based on what consonants it's between. eg: Hit(short i) a Six(ie sound).
I think I read somewhere that the NZ pronunciation of vowels was closer to 17th century English than English actually is now.  Dunno if it's true.
I certainly find it harder understanding the drawl from Nth QLD and NT than Kiwi. Ayee.(kiwi) or Ayee Mayte (Aussie)  

[gertsy]

I speak bogan with pride!

Clearly not Kesa, otherwise that would have been:
"I speak me bowgun with pryde Mate"  (:

[gertsy]

@Persia

Off topic I know but no accents? All I can say is Kath & Kim and Sue & Pru! ;-)

TrevorD

I Know, I know, so troo Pru, so troo. For all intensive purposes they are pacifically hard to understand, with their pouts and kardonay.

[gertsy]

They're a bit of over the top Occa, it's not Victorian per se, even though it takes place in Victoria.  They could be in WA and still sound the same.

I know its stylised humour but go to some of the specialist places in Chadstone shopping Centre or down Toorak Rd and you hear Sue and Pru.
And other places in Melbourne have Kim a plenty.  
From Frankston to Kew to Warrnambool the accents vary greatly.  The newer academic accent is another one, hybrid American / Australian mostly spoken by females, with "yaar" and "amm". But I get your point around the similarities per state.

The same goes for NZ, I notice a difference in the north island from the south or more specifically Wellington and Auckland vs Christchurch and Dunedin.

Just saying.