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nookandcrannycar · 04-20-2014, 11:57 PM

- Reading a comment (so far only on OTHER forums, IIRC) where the person has written that his/her curiosity has been peaked....the word is piqued. If someone is speaking quickly the sound is similar, but they are different words with different meanings.

- Hearing people say George Bush Jr. or George Bush Sr.

. I don't have any fondness toward either one of them, but they aren't Senior and Junior as they don't have the same full name. The father could be correctly referred to a the elder George Bush or Bush 41, but not Senior. He is the only one with his name - George Herbert Walker Bush - he has two middle names. The first middle name -Herbert - is not part of his son's name. My father was a Junior, and he had the same given name his father did. IIRC, the distinction is also on my father's birth certificate. If I lived outside the Texaplex (Texas Urban Triangle - formed by the San Antonio, DFW, and Houston metro areas), I probably wouldn't hear this as often. They live here. Their libraries are here. The International Airport in Houston is named after the elder George Bush.

I know, picky first world issues.....but this is a 'Peeves' thread

04-20-2014, 11:57 PM	#30
nookandcrannycar Drives: 2('14+'07)MT 3d ,wHandCrWndws! Join Date: May 2009 Location: S.MontgomeryCnty,TX(HoustonMSA) '07=BayouBlue=300,125miles=OrigOwnr '14=ClassicSilvr=29,059miles Posts: 4,839	- Reading a comment (so far only on OTHER forums, IIRC) where the person has written that his/her curiosity has been peaked....the word is piqued. If someone is speaking quickly the sound is similar, but they are different words with different meanings. - Hearing people say George Bush Jr. or George Bush Sr. . I don't have any fondness toward either one of them, but they aren't Senior and Junior as they don't have the same full name. The father could be correctly referred to a the elder George Bush or Bush 41, but not Senior. He is the only one with his name - George Herbert Walker Bush - he has two middle names. The first middle name -Herbert - is not part of his son's name. My father was a Junior, and he had the same given name his father did. IIRC, the distinction is also on my father's birth certificate. If I lived outside the Texaplex (Texas Urban Triangle - formed by the San Antonio, DFW, and Houston metro areas), I probably wouldn't hear this as often. They live here. Their libraries are here. The International Airport in Houston is named after the elder George Bush. I know, picky first world issues.....but this is a 'Peeves' thread