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I can sorta see/hear it with "y". But "oo" and "w" seem different to me. Gman

I understand where you are coming from because I have no idea what @bostonman is talking about when he calls the sound of "w" the sound of "oo" as a consonant. Gman

Who is Panti Bliss? It's an "h" without a "u" just a breath of air -sorta. Here's a video on it. I'm sure hwen the teacher explained it, she exaggerated the "h" sound. But I remember thinking that she sounded really weird. Oh and I may sometimes pronounce "human" as "youman." Gran

My speech is -or at least was-fairly neutral. I've lived outside Texas for many years at a time. And while some people have been able to peg me as being from Texas, a significant number of others (including fellow Texans-but also a large number of people from out of state) have asked me why I don't sound like a Texan. When I was 16 and spending 4 weeks during the summer at a National Jewish Camp outside Warwick, New York, in a skit we were doing, they had to pick a non-Texan to play a Texan because I couldn't fake enough of a cowboy drawl. I've always told people that while I was a 4 or 5th generation Texan on one side, in recent memory, my family always lived in large cities rather than in small town Texas. So the mention in another thread of an escort who wrote his copy in the third person made me think of how I didn't understand at the beginning what the teacher meant by 'person,' but that led to the the memory of when I was in primary school-most likely 2nd grade-and the teacher was discussing the "wh" question words. I remember being totally bewildered when she told us they were pronounced as if they were spelled "hw." I had trouble hearing it. To my mind and ear they all sounded as if they started with "w," and the "h" is silent. Looking at Webster's now, I see that it states the "hw" pronunciation is first. But that the 'w' alone is a secondary pronunciation. It seems to me when I hear it, that, at least in Texas, the "w" alone pronunciation is predominant. What about yourselves, and where y'all live? Oh and what's the pronunciation for these words by native but non-American English speakers? Gman

I think we first learned about 'persons' either in the 7th or 9th grade. I was a good student -and good at English, but at first I had no idea what my English teacher was talking about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAvK7JoCX3s Gman

I bought some chewing gum the other day for the first time in forever. It was Doublemint. My maternal grandmother used to keep Doublemint in her purse, and the aroma reminds me of her. But the gum has changed. I don't think it's as strong a flavor (I looked it up. It's made with sorbitol now) as it used to be. And where the gum used to be grey, it's now white because they are using artificial rubber rather than real chicle. Gman

What about those people in class, at a theatre, or on the plane who keep kicking the back of your seat? Gman

Thank you for your good wishes. Gman

I had a cuddle and stroke session last night with a guy I met off of Grindr. I won't say it was spectacular. But it was definitely a pleasant time. However the guy is Brazilian-and wait for it.... he is probably only about "my size" if you know what I mean (I'm talking down below.). I'm going to hope he isn't a Brazilian ? , or he might have been mocked mercilessly growing up. Gman

While I realize it's not always going to be true, but I think it's probably true often enough to take as a guideline that escorts who advertise as bisexual strict tops and don't kiss are probably straight ( 0 to 1 on the Kinsey Scale). Gman PS: Pictures with women holding tallywackers are additional supportive evidence.

Off the subject--sorry but your remark about driving reminded me-years ago I was staying at a bed 'n' breakfast in Baltimore. I think it was fairly near the Inner Harbor.-possibly on Federal Hill. An escort from Premier Escorts out of Philadelphia drove to me for two or three hours of fun. It was a nice two or three hours. I don't remember his name. According to his blurb on Premier's website he might have been in the culinary industry. We now return you to the topic of this thread already in progress. Gman

You know his pictures are really nice, and his ad copy is great. The only real caveats are that even though he has 49 5 star reviews, many are from repeat clients, and two are from CotureDesigner, a reviewer that others on here have said is a fake profile. I'd try to talk to him by phone to see what kind of interaction you have with him. One of the bad things about smart phones in regards to hiring is the fact that texting is so easy. Back in the day of flip phones, texting was so difficult that it was really only good for short messages. No one expected you to make entire arrangements to meet an escort solely by text. Phone calls were usually required. Often talking to an escort you were on the fence about helped you make a decision one way or the other. Gman

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We're even then because I didn't know there were profiles you could see the phone number on without being logged in. But then if you aren't logged in, how do you know what 'position' the escort favors? That info doesn't show up unless you are logged in. Gman Gman

I just looked at his profile. There is a ph number there. Were you logged in when you looked? Gman

So you are thinking he's probably not as muscular and cut now as in his shirtless pictures? Gman

You can't really tell from @njr47's post whether that was the escort's verbatim reply. It might have been or it might not. I'll hope the escort phrased it more nicely. But there's a good chance your contention that all would be resolved by reading the ad wouldn't have helped in my case. I'm under 60, but I'm fat. I'm presuming the guy wouldn't have wanted me as a client either. In any case the ad is now expired, unless it's just one of those "beginning of the month he forgot to renew it" instances. Gman

I was just able to see a number. Are you logged into the site? If you were, and you still didn't see it, he must have added it later. Gman

Unfortunately this Oliver is only a top. Gman

I know that can be disappointing. But on the other hand it saved you a very frustrating meeting. Gman

I found him. https://rent.men/BradleyBlack He says his newest video is from May 2019. And pictures 1 to 4 seem to be from that time as well. He also looks a bit more muscular in those pictures compared to earlier ones. Gman

Do you have a link? Gman

Why does he have a picture of a large breasted woman in his privates? Gman

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Wasn't it stated in another thread that he was the former boyfriend of this guy? https://rent.men/CjBlake And looking at his ad, while he says he is top/versatile, he doesn't really list a lot personal interaction, if you know what I mean, other than fisting. Gman