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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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So, why didn't you do more? Why did I only deserve the least you could do?
Any other stupid phrases cross your mind?
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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marc
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Needs to get a life! |
Registered: March 2003
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Reply....
Not free but we are having a special.....
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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marc
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Needs to get a life! |
Registered: March 2003
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What did you say your name was?
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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when we say we need to take something from the freezer and "unthaw" it before we put it in the oven....
excuse me, it is already "un-thawed" when it is already frozen. We need to take it out of the freezer to "THAW" it....
another whine from the midwestern u.s.
bam
Celebrate your life... embrace your love... Become intimate with your place in forever !!!
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-- from vending machines, or a restaurant or whatever:
"you mean i have to drink this hot?"
my void does not want.
-- 2.13.61.
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You know when you ask someone "how are you doing?" and they say "good?" I'm sure you've heard someone reply in such a way; heck, maybe YOU have yourself! But the truth of the matter is that unless you are currently engaged in some sort of charity work or are in the process of discovering a cure for cancer you can not answer "good" to the the question of "how are you?" "good" is an adjective and therefore should follow a noun. "doing" is NOT a noun; it's a verb, thus demanding the reply of "well" - which is an adVERB - as a reply.
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When I ask someone how they are, I ask: "How are you?" Otherwise, how would you answer "How are you doing?".... doing what????
Ahhhh... colloquial english, hmmmmmmmmmmmm?????????
Any of you across the water have any fun colloquial goofs like this?????
BamBam
Celebrate your life... embrace your love... Become intimate with your place in forever !!!
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as a result of living overseas...
"Actual question one time..."Why, in English, do you chop a tree down and chop the wood up? Why can't you chop the tree up and chop the wood down?" I didn't have an answer...
Then there's the interesting sleep-over question..."Do you want to sleep over?"
"Sleep over what, please?"
Now, go back to the header on my response.
"Couple more...?"
As opposed to coupling less, I guess.
Go figure.
"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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robert bryce
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Really getting into it |
Registered: January 1970
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the correct querry is *who are you doing*..........rob.(didnt you know that it was Americans that brought modernization to the english language)...rob;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D
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and yes, I do understand... however, I just made the mistake of moving the 'w' into the wrong position in 'who'.
See... this is what friends are for.... LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs and Smiles...
Bam
Celebrate your life... embrace your love... Become intimate with your place in forever !!!
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How about "Haven't I seen you some where before?" If you break it down, in standard written English, that phrase comes to an interrogational rephrasing of "I have not seen you some where before." Guess it's a matter of identity confusion at two levels, no?
It's not the wolf you see you should fear, but all the ones he howls with. Don't be afraid of the song, but don't piss off the choir.
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robert bryce
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Really getting into it |
Registered: January 1970
Messages: 414
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rescuing cliffhangers is all in a days work...soooooo many cliffhangers and sooooooo little time,,,,,,,rob...... and a bunch of hugs;-D
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robert bryce
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Really getting into it |
Registered: January 1970
Messages: 414
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replace the word *seen* with *done*...gives the whole thing a new meaning...
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I always thought that the phrase "Haven't I seen you before?" - when un-conjunctioned - would be translated as "Have I not seen you before?" which - while making a wee bit more sense - still manages to screw up the original INTENT of the phrase.
Afterall, "Haven't I seen you before?" would mean "I believe I have met you sometime in the past; would I be correct in this assumption?"
Whereas "Have I not seen you before?" would ask the opposite: "I do not believe I have ever met you in my entire life; would I be correct in this assumption?" Or, even more confusing still: "I believe I have noted a lack of your presence at some point or another; would I be correct in this assumption?"
You know what? I'll just stop talking; this is starting to hurt.
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ch.oo.lo
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Toe is in the water |
Location: Michigan, USA
Registered: August 2003
Messages: 49
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In terms of stupid phrases, grammatical incorrectness (is that a word?), word definition mix ups and (some) verb conjugations, ebonics is pretty messed up. Apparently it's so bad that some people can't even understand it (I'm not sure whether this is true or not). I feel bad for any person who isn't American and has to listen to it, they probably have no idea what's going on. It's kind of hard to 'type in ebonics' since the spellings are different and stuff. Words like Imma - Example: Imma go to the store, Finna - I'm finna go to the store, and a few others just don't exist in correct English.
A plain English mistake is, "For all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes".
Another is using 'that' in reference to a person rather than 'who'.
I can't really think of anymore at the moment...
-Ch.Oo.Lo
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Southern Dialect as viewed by the Yankee lost in the South
Fixin' = preparing to begin a task.
Yontu = Used as an interrogative. "Yontu go to the store?"
Nekkid = Berift of clothing and planning on something rude, crude, illegal, immoral or mearly kinky.
Honeydew = Command to perform an action, used in reference to a paramour.
Sensuous = Verbal phrase, Because you are.
Example =
"Sensuous up, wont you get nekkid and go into the bed room and we can do the nasty."
"Honeydew yontu?"
::-)
It's not the wolf you see you should fear, but all the ones he howls with. Don't be afraid of the song, but don't piss off the choir.
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How about "irregardless?" My old History teacher used to say that all the time!
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13800
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You mean I can't call back for them when they're done?
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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ch.oo.lo
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Toe is in the water |
Location: Michigan, USA
Registered: August 2003
Messages: 49
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Some restaurants have signs saying, "We have braille menus".
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Even some drive thru's have Braile notations.
It's not the wolf you see you should fear, but all the ones he howls with. Don't be afraid of the song, but don't piss off the choir.
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To which you reply "I'm told I already have a good one, but thanks for asking."
(\\__/) And if you don't believe The sun will rise
(='.'=) Stand alone and greet The coming night
(")_(") In the last remaining light. (C. Cornell)
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okay, when shiloh was born, we (her father and i, still together at the time) would get a lot of, "oh gosh, she's so cute!" or, "oh your baby is SO gorgeous!" and the like. i mean ... ALL the time.
obviously, we had no control over just HOW she came out genetically; we don't control the DNA combinations and what have you, we could have easily had an atrocious baby.
so anyways ... we started handling it like this:
"oh, your baby is so cute!"
"thank you. we paid the hospital extra for that; 100 dollars per ounce of cute."
"oh your baby is SO gorgeous!"
"why thank you, i believe it was the 'back of the van' session that nailed her cuteness down pat!"
and so on. hehe!  )
my void does not want.
-- 2.13.61.
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You know, I don't have a problem with that phrase.
I take it to mean "had the circumstances warranted it, I would have gone to even more trouble to help you out".
Sometimes you feel bad about asking a favour from someone you don't know very well. If they respond "it was the least I could do", it firstly serves as a reassurance that you have not overstepped the mark in asking for the favour and secondly suggests that "if in the future you need another favour from me which is of a higher magnitude than this last one, then please do not be reticent to ask".
Result: you feel a whole lot better about having asked the favour.
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marc
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Needs to get a life! |
Registered: March 2003
Messages: 4729
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When you chop a tree.... it falls down....
When you chop the wood.... you pile it up....
Seems reasonable.....
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13800
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The respect I have for you is zero. Hence this means "with no respect"
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13800
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Heck, I'm going to do it. I mean to do it. I'm just going to lie to you to lull you into a false sense of security, and then booooom!. Yup, I did it. And I meant to.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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"I'm sooo sorry that you feel that way!"
Not an apology at all, of course...being sorry for how somebody else feels is a dodge, and allows the person saying it to mean, "...But I'm not sorry I did or said whatever it was that made you feel that way..."
"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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I was in a little side-street restaurant last night for a quick supper with friends. Not touristy at all, and so I was lucky to have a menu with some of the items in English.
"Hum and cheese samwich"...I didn't have that. But at least I knew what it was they were talking about. And they did spell sandwich the way it's pronounced.
But under desserts, there was this intriguing item..."Nun on a bun".
Nobody I was with ordered it, and I may never be back there...so we'll never know what that was about...Hmmm::-) 
"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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