XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.politics.scorched-earth, uk.politics.misc   
   XPost: uk.legal, alt.politics.uk   
   From: davey@example.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 13:28:28 +0100   
   Basil Jet  wrote:   
      
   > On 2017\04\05 10:58, burfordTjustice wrote:   
   > > LOL!!  One too many...LOL   
   > > Ouch.   
   > >    
   > > Shia LaBeouf Thriller ‘Man Down’ Sells Just One Ticket at U.K. Box   
   > > Office   
   > >    
   > >    
   > > “Man Down,” a war thriller with Shia LaBeouf, grossed just £7   
   > > ($8.70) when it premiered in a single U.K. theater over the   
   > > weekend, according to ComScore. That’s the equivalent of selling a   
   > > single ticket, given that the U.K. Cinema Association puts the   
   > > average movie admission cost in the country at £7.21.     
   >    
   > I hope the entire audience shouted "He will not divide us" with one   
   > voice.   
   >    
      
   Back in the day, a name ending with an 'a' denoted a female, an 'o'   
   denoted a male. So, as I have not seen a photo of this Shia, and   
   therefore have no image to associate with the name, I still see the   
   name in print and think automatically that it's referring to a female.   
   How confusing. Why can't they stick to the rules?   
      
   His Wikipedia entry contains this information:   
   "His first name is pronounced to rhyme with "hiya" and his last name is   
   pronounced "La-buff". That makes it worse!   
      
   But I have now seen a photo of him.   
      
   --    
   Davey.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)