I got an email from Bono tonight...

[Headache in a Suitcase]

bono sends me e-mail all the time

i wish he'd stop

 

[Azor]

I just received an email of One.org, but not Bono letter

 

[doctorwho]

How long ago did you renew? I renewed two weeks ago, I think, and my CD hasn't come yet... I'm hoping it doesn't take as long as my other orders have.

I don't recall the exact time, but it seemed to be around 2 weeks for the U2.communications to arrive. The T-shirt came quicker.

 

[Achtung_Bebe]

Well, since no one else has mentioned this yet, I guess I will...

The subject line reads: "Thanks for making an historic promise to the poor - and more"

Shouldn't it be "a" and not "an"... not that I mind terribly, I mean an e-mail from Bono with a minor grammatical error is better than no e-mail at all!

 

[GibsonGirl]

Shouldn't it be "a" and not "an"... not that I mind terribly, I mean an e-mail from Bono with a minor grammatical error is better than no e-mail at all!

I think that should be the least of your issues.

Bono hardly ever includes the apostrophe when he writes "it's."

 

[amerrydeath]

Well, since no one else has mentioned this yet, I guess I will...

The subject line reads: "Thanks for making an historic promise to the poor - and more"

Shouldn't it be "a" and not "an"... not that I mind terribly, I mean an e-mail from Bono with a minor grammatical error is better than no e-mail at all!

Doesn't it differ depending on the pronunciation of "historic"? I know there are at least a few dialects that pronounce it "'istoric." Although imagining Bono with that dialect...

 

[GibsonGirl]

Doesn't it differ depending on the pronunciation of "historic"? I know there are at least a few dialects that pronounce it "'istoric." Although imagining Bono with that dialect...

I'm having horrible visions of Bono impersonating a southern Newfoundlander. They drop their H's all the time.

"I 'opes you 'as a good time, b'y!"

 

[amerrydeath]

I'm having horrible visions of Bono impersonating a southern Newfoundlander. They drop their H's all the time.

"I 'opes you 'as a good time, b'y!"

I was imagining him having a godawful old Boston accent-- "It was 'uuuuuuuge!" and then a Cockney accent-- both were painful. But the Boston was so much easier to imagine... it's so sad that he hardly sounds Irish anymore. Larry, on the other hand...

 

[Axver]

Doesn't it differ depending on the pronunciation of "historic"? I know there are at least a few dialects that pronounce it "'istoric." Although imagining Bono with that dialect...

Yeah, it's a regional variation, though I've noticed a lot of Australians say an historic/hospital/h-whatever even though they don't drop the 'h'. It's one of the first things I noticed when I came here from New Zealand.

 

[Liesje]

Well, since no one else has mentioned this yet, I guess I will...

The subject line reads: "Thanks for making an historic promise to the poor - and more"

Shouldn't it be "a" and not "an"... not that I mind terribly, I mean an e-mail from Bono with a minor grammatical error is better than no e-mail at all!

I think it depends on how you say it. Maybe there's a rule for "h" but I don't know what it is. Would you say "this is an honor" or "this is a honor"?

 

[GibsonGirl]

I think it depends on how you say it. Maybe there's a rule for "h" but I don't know what it is. Would you say "this is an honor" or "this is a honor"?

I think you would use "an," because no one pronounces the H.

Also, I think you would spell it honour.

 

[Liesje]

I think you would use "an," because no one pronounces the H.

Also, I think you would spell it honour.

Bono would spell it "honour"; I spell it "honor" or I'd be marked down if I spelled it "honour".

 

[Achtung_Bebe]

Doesn't it differ depending on the pronunciation of "historic"? I know there are at least a few dialects that pronounce it "'istoric."

ohhh, I hadn't even considered the use in different dialects ... I failed to think outside the box

I pronounce the "h" in "history" but maybe Bono doesn't--you learn something new every day!

sings "I say 'historic' you say 'istoric' I say 'hire' you say 'ire,' 'historic,' 'istoric,' 'hire,' 'ire'... let's call the whole thing off!"

 

[lady luck]

According to you, the words in the e-mail were really written by Bono?

 

[Dismantled]

^YES! they have to be

 

[LMBLover]

YES!! To answer longing, it is CARZY AS HELL to receive a Bono e-mail!!! I myself was going to start a thread about this but alas you beat me to it Yeah this letter will sit in my inbox a llooonnggg time, like forever. It was wild seeing my friends' names and then Bono's!! Talk about doing a double take lol. I actually did reply to him and told him the usual -that I think he's wonderful yada yada. What an awesome Christmas present huh? He knows what he's doing: send 'em all an email and they'll come back, thirsty for more! I can't think of a better motivation for calling my senator!

 

[bono_212]

Don't say that Bono didn't really send that e-mail

 

[Achtung_Bebe]

According to you, the words in the e-mail were really written by Bono?

please, don't kill my delusion.

 

[lady luck]

didn't intend to kill anyone illusion...