Tom from Tennessee

[prezbucky]

Hello everyone

Me llamo Tom

I am 30 years old

I enjoy football (american), football (world), football (rugby), basketball, baseball, and other sports (generally). I enjoy food -- I live to eat. I also enjoy the Caribbean, writing music and prose, singing, TV, the internet, and about a million other things. hehe

I was born in Madison, Wisconsin (USA)... was raised in Wisconsin... and currently reside in Nashville, Tennessee.

The summers down here are hot and humid, and the winters are mild (compared to Wisconsin's, anyway) and wet. Ergo, my favorite seasons here are Fall (AKA Autumn) and Spring.

Favorites:
Entree -- chicken tikka massala
Steak -- rib-eye, medium rare
Pasta dish -- cannelloni
Comfort food -- pizza
Sandwich -- cheeseburger (a sort of sandwich, I suppose)
Condiment -- ketchup & mayonnaise (tie)
Salad dressing -- blue cheese
Shoe brand -- Nike
Toothpaste -- Crest
Color -- blue, generally
Underwear -- boxers (hehe)
Sport -- American football (just "football" to USians)
NFL team -- Green Bay Packers
College team -- Wisconsin Badgers
Soccer team -- AC Milan
English team -- Tottenham Hotspur (also Liverpool and Man U)

blah, that's enough. If you've made it this far, you have my appreciation and I hold you in high regard for your patience.

Oh, how I got my handle:

Prez -- President (of nothing, of course)
Bucky -- Bucky Badger, University of Wisconsin's mascot

If any of you want to know anything about business (theory, at least), American football, Tennessee, or Wisconsin, I'll do my best to be an informative source.

I am currently an auditor (bo-ring) but (hoorah!) am in the process of helping to start an LLC (Limited Liability Company) whose operations include making feature films. If this works, I will become the Business Director of the firm.

I am 5'11" and about 185 lbs. I played quarterback (football position), point guard (basketball position) and tennis in high school.

Well I suppose that's enough for now. I'm delighted to meet you all.
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Billie Jean is not my lover. Hee.

[Dark magician]

Hi,Tom!

your introducing is very good
wel,l I have some of your interest too.
So may we'll be friends here

Nice to see you:)

Mba
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Right is always stronger than iniquity.

[prezbucky]

Thank you, Dark Magician!

It's Friday! Woo hoo! No work until Monday!

hehe

Have a good day!

Tom
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Billie Jean is not my lover. Hee.

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

Nice to meet you and get to know a little about you. Your interests seem to be quite varied. I'm sure everybody in the forum has been asking themselves who the heck prezbucky is.

I actually have two favorite NFL teams: The Eagles and the Patriots -- a clear reflection of my roots. I'm more familiar with German soccer clubs than English ones. My favorite salad dressing is also blue cheese. I don't wear boxers and I used to use Crest sometimes -- before I moved to Germany. Now I use Colgate. I love Grand Cayman but hardly ever get to go there.

Thanks for the explanation of your nick. To be honest, though, I think you should have chosen "hehe" as your handle. It's a good thing you didn't try to choose "Tom" because we already have an extremely well-known Tom here. Or did you try and fail? I wanted to use "Amy" in the forum, however, when I joined that name was already taken. So, I've turned into "Yankee".

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[EnglishSpeaker]

Hello tom! Welcome!

[prezbucky]

Thanks, English Speaker!

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Yankee
I've already been brainwashed by you and Al (hope I'm not butchering his name), so the "everybody and themselves" was read without a hiccup.

So... Eagles and Pats. I see. Well I won't try to use subliminal Green messages Bay to Packers draw are you #1 over to the non-dark side. If it's any consolation to your love for those teams, I like their helmets (those of both teams). McNabb and Brady are two of the best. They continue to shine despite losing some of their best weapons (T.O. from the Eagles, Deion Branch from the Pats, etc.)

German clubs... probably my favorite Bundesliga club is Leverkusen. I could get behind Bremen if they didn't have those natty-looking (imo) socks.... and Schalke looks too much like Everton for my taste.

Colgate is Green Bay Packers good too.

Blue cheese... word. I've loved it ever since I tried it for the first time... my mom and I were at a McDonald's maybe 20 years ago, and she ordered a salad with blue cheese. "Mom, what's that?" "here, Tom, try some." "Yum!" I've been a fan of it since then.

Though I cannot leave my #2 salad dressing, ranch, hanging. So... props to ranch as well.

You should definitely try boxers!

"Hehe" as a handle... I figure someone might think I'd meant to call myself "He-Man" but got caught on the H and the E. I really should try to spill less Coke on my keyboard.

With Prezbucky, one can (hopefully) virtually visualize/hear the badger hissing and scratching from the podium while he attempts to woo his constituents and other voters.

Ummm

oh, right

So Oktoberfest recently happened, correct? Is that something everyone does in Germany? Did you? And, if so, did you slam some Warsteiner? hehe

And Grand Cayman... I've never been there. If it's anything like Cancun, I bet I'd love it. I mostly love the water, especially how it looks from the air just before the plane lands. Anticipation is sometimes the best part of any great experience.

Well, take care and have a good weekend.

Tom
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[Rosalisa]

Hi,

Your introduction was quite clear about yourself.
Nice to know you.

Teacher Amy, what does "Yankee" mean about you?
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[prezbucky]

Assumption is the mother of all F-ups, but I think I can take this one for Amy.

In world-speak, "Yankee" is used to refer to somebody from the United States.

In the United States, especially in the South, "Yankee" is a sometimes pejorative term used to refer to Americans who live in the northern United States, especially the Northeast (New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and the rest of New England).

If your question was rhetorical, well, I apologize for wasting these bites. hehe
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[Yankee]

Hi Rosalisa

As prezbucky mentioned, the word "Yankee" is often used by non-Americans to mean "US citizen". However, within the United States, it is used to refer to people from the Northeastern US. People who come from the Northeast are quite happy to be called Yankees. There is a lot of New England tradition associated with the word.

But, if you call someone from the Southeastern US a "Yankee", that person will tell you very quickly that they are not a Yankee! There is a historical reason for this. It goes back to the American Civil War (the North against the South).

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[prezbucky]

...and we all know how that ended.

Here in Nashville, I'm a yankee. Up north, I'm ripped on for my "accent" (I don't have a Southern accent, except for maybe dropping the "g" in the "-ing" suffix from time to time. My vowels are still very hard/nasal, TYVM, hometown denizens and family! Leave me alone!)

He who has ears, let him hear:

The Son of Man has no place to lay his head.

...from the accent-acceptance perspective, anyway.

hehe
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[Rosalisa]

Thanks, Amy and Tom (Mr. Hehe) for explaining the word for me.

Oh, you got BA in journalism. A very good coincidence! I'm learning it!

|Thanks
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[prezbucky]

Excellent, Rosalisa.

How do you wish to apply your degree?

For instance, do you want to go into broadcast journalism, news/editorial (newspaper or magazine), public relations... or do you want to one day teach?
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[Rosalisa]

Hi Tom,

[prezbucky]

If you want to be a writer or editor at a newspaper, you need to write. There should be classes in your school (assuming you're in college) to teach you how to write journalistically. Some major newspapers and news associations have their own style books, among which are the New York Times, the Associated Press (AP Style I think it's called, if my memory serves), Washington Post, etc.

I recommend that you buy a style book or two, learn the differences (there might not be any, or only a few if there are, but if you can tell an editor the differences between AP style and NY Times style, he may be fairly impressed), practice using those styles, and choose one to follow.

Or, more likely, your professors will demand that you use THEIR (I apologize for the capitalization of this word... for some reason I am unable to italicize) personal styles. hehe
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[Yankee]