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Post by future on Sept 4, 2005 14:32:49 GMT -5
Pretty much every time Mr. Bush speaks
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2005 17:28:14 GMT -5
Romeo and Juliet a tragedy?? With all those jokes? Getoutahere!
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Post by FloridaPerson on Sept 4, 2005 21:26:12 GMT -5
People using wherefore to mean where. It makes me froth at the mouth.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2005 19:40:31 GMT -5
"Free reign."
Although it's better than free rain...
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Post by Tootiepang on Sept 5, 2005 22:58:18 GMT -5
One I've noticed quite a bit lately....
"Looser"
It's "loser", people.
Also, "I COULD care less".
Well I couldn't. So there.
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Post by 7thWoman on Sept 6, 2005 10:12:13 GMT -5
People using wherefore to mean where. It makes me froth at the mouth. Do we know for a fact that Shakespeare wanted "wherefore" to mean "why" or is that just every English Lit teacher's best guess? Seems to me if she wanted to know why, she would have set something along the lines of "Whatfore art thou?" |
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Post by FloridaPerson on Sept 6, 2005 14:20:45 GMT -5
The first bad assumption is thinking Shakespeare invented the word. Just because that's the first place you've seen it, doesn't mean he made the word up. It's been in use since Middle English(~1100-late1400s), where Shakespeare was writing in the late 1500s through the early 1600s.
Just going on this one play alone, the word was used several other times, and from context it can clearly be seen as meaning "for what reason," or, simpler, "why."
Whatfore was never a word.
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Post by 7thWoman on Sept 6, 2005 15:02:59 GMT -5
The first bad assumption is thinking Shakespeare invented the word. You're right, it was a thousand monkeys or something like that, my bad. I admit it has been a very long time since I read that play, but I really don't remember wherefore else I saw that word except in that scene. Therefore, I didn't realize it was so common among the silly Middle English. Pitty, it maketh more sense. |
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Post by romeo on Sept 8, 2005 16:57:24 GMT -5
I think it's wrong to omit the use of capitalization and proper punctuation when writing a formal email. I was doing business with a high school today, and was shocked by the emails that were sent to me. These from a high school. No wonder our kids can't write when they graduate!
now when i write with my family - who gives a hoot? i just type awaywithnopunctuation or regard for spelling
hahah it drives them NUTS
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Post by Wolfgang on Sept 8, 2005 17:03:59 GMT -5
Yeah, the "hahah" always incurs their wrath.
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Post by sunset on Sept 9, 2005 20:44:24 GMT -5
anyways
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Post by J.S. Bach on Sept 11, 2005 1:38:53 GMT -5
"kerryokey"
or, more correctly, ka-ra-oke.
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Post by Wolfgang on Sept 11, 2005 1:56:10 GMT -5
I kinda laugh at people who pronounce karaoke, KAH-RAH-OH-KEH.
KAH as in Ma and Pa Kettle
RAH as in "She's wearing a brah" but the R is rolled, as in the Spanish.
OH as in "Oh, boy!"
KEH as in Quesadilla.
I don't know why I laugh at them. It's probably the correct pronunciation but it seems like they're trying too hard. So when I hear it, I do a double take.
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Post by J.S. Bach on Sept 11, 2005 3:39:42 GMT -5
True. Most people from the mainland either over anglosize (have no idea how to spell that word) or over pronounce.
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Post by UCSBVball on Sept 12, 2005 19:42:33 GMT -5
YOU KNOW the pet peeves are cute, YOU KNOW most people use them YOU KNOW.
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