travlincub321
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Its a Wood Grained Frizer.. Just what i wanted!!!
http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/app/1407837553.html
http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/app/1407837553.html
WTF... A "Frizer"
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travlincub321
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OOh and you must love frozen dinners
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We get a lot of interesting spelling on the sales sites in my area. The one that really got me was "vechiles." The ad was posted by someone selling multiple cars, or vehicles. He misspelled "vehicles" in that manner four different times in the same ad.
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Chekk out ma frizzle!
He was TXT'g and fgt tht it ws a comptr he ws using!
LOL
LOL
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Excuse me but your participle is dangling!
Perhaps students should be requred to take Latin (the majority of the roots of the English language) and Greek (35% +/- of the English language)so that they have some clue as to WHY words are spelled as they are.
A bit of good old-fashoned grammar wouldn't hurt either.
Perhaps students should be requred to take Latin (the majority of the roots of the English language) and Greek (35% +/- of the English language)so that they have some clue as to WHY words are spelled as they are.
A bit of good old-fashoned grammar wouldn't hurt either.
maytagbear
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fashoned?
Oh, Toggle--
Your slip is showing!
Love and laughter,
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Oh, Toggle--
Your slip is showing!
Love and laughter,
Lawrence/Maytagbear
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LOL
I cna spell, I just can't type or proof-read! LOL
I cna spell, I just can't type or proof-read! LOL
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oh hell, see what I mean!
For years I thought there was a link between intelligence and spelling ability, but my best friend taught me otherwise. He's probably the smartest person I've ever met, but when you read his online messages, you'd swear they were posted by a mentally challenged six year-old.
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Everyone gets different talents and abilites. I met a woman who was on the verge of genius but could not learn to read an analog(ue) clock. (Multiply by 5, baby!) But, hey!
I find it fascinating that ways-of-thining and talents tend to run in familes.
My mother came here to this country at 12 y.o. and by 16 was a secretary. Talk about language ability! They say my tongue is talented too.
I find it fascinating that ways-of-thining and talents tend to run in familes.
My mother came here to this country at 12 y.o. and by 16 was a secretary. Talk about language ability! They say my tongue is talented too.
panthera
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I've heard of lapsus linguae...
...no, not going there, Toggles. You just keep that tongue planted firmly in cheek and we'll pretend I wasn't thinking what I thunk.
Isn't there a corollary to Murphy's law that any post criticizing another poster's use of grammar, syntax, punctuation or spelling needs must contain at least one glaring error of equal or greater consequence?
I see the proliferation of written communication through the Internet and Cell phones as a good thing. All that nonsense my generation of teachers believed about computers leading to illiteracy has not proved true, at all.
I find it deeply troubling that my students here struggle so mightily to master the English language and yet Americans don't seem the least bit troubled that the largest immigrant group is losing their command of both Spanish and English.
...no, not going there, Toggles. You just keep that tongue planted firmly in cheek and we'll pretend I wasn't thinking what I thunk.
Isn't there a corollary to Murphy's law that any post criticizing another poster's use of grammar, syntax, punctuation or spelling needs must contain at least one glaring error of equal or greater consequence?
I see the proliferation of written communication through the Internet and Cell phones as a good thing. All that nonsense my generation of teachers believed about computers leading to illiteracy has not proved true, at all.
I find it deeply troubling that my students here struggle so mightily to master the English language and yet Americans don't seem the least bit troubled that the largest immigrant group is losing their command of both Spanish and English.
toggleswitch2
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What drives me crazy is using "foreign" prepositions, as if they were the proper English usage.
On the evening news people now die "from" cancer not "of" cancer I understand that "DE" works in Spanish for both, but in English, let's try to get it right. We've destroyed that poor language enough already.
Don't get me started. *LOL*
On the evening news people now die "from" cancer not "of" cancer I understand that "DE" works in Spanish for both, but in English, let's try to get it right. We've destroyed that poor language enough already.
Don't get me started. *LOL*
panthera
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The genitive case has
been dying in both German and English for as long as I can remember.
To correctly use our tongues is required from us, where we want we English keept.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
There is a very funny book in German called, "Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod" which looks at the decline of proper declension and case assignment in the West Germanic language group.
Personally, I find four cases quite enough, thank you. The preposition driven locative and ablatives in English and German as opposed to separate declensions bothers me not in the least.
been dying in both German and English for as long as I can remember.
To correctly use our tongues is required from us, where we want we English keept.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
There is a very funny book in German called, "Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod" which looks at the decline of proper declension and case assignment in the West Germanic language group.
Personally, I find four cases quite enough, thank you. The preposition driven locative and ablatives in English and German as opposed to separate declensions bothers me not in the least.
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I have few pet peeves about language, but one of them has to be the abuse of the word "concerning". As in, "I find it concerning". Um, concerning WHAT? Properly, it should be, "I am concerned about it", or "It is a matter of concern". But concerning is a (forgive me, I've never been good with grammar labels) verb or adverb, not a noun!
That, and the misuse of the apostrophe in the possessive case of "it".
Correct: "It's OK" (short for "It is OK")
Incorrect: "It's coat is all mangy" (Really saying, "It is coat is all mangy").
OK, all better now. Thanks for listening...
That, and the misuse of the apostrophe in the possessive case of "it".
Correct: "It's OK" (short for "It is OK")
Incorrect: "It's coat is all mangy" (Really saying, "It is coat is all mangy").
OK, all better now. Thanks for listening...
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Aqui, tenemos que hablar inlges, por favor.
Momentarily.
This means FOR a moment, not IN a moment.
"The train will be here momentarily".
This states that it will run right throught the station in three seconds.
Actually, "It will be here shortly" is the intended statement..........
"I couln't care less" means I DO NOT CARE. So when one says I could care less it really means they DO care, not they don't care!
IRREGARDLESS.
uhm WHAT IS THAT?
"With regard to" means "concerning"
"Regardless" means "without regard to" or "Despite"
"He lucked-out" still confuses me.
IIRC it means he IS/WAS lucky, not "He is out of luck".
And for you Keven:
Hearing "I should have went" instead of "I should have gone", drives me crazy.
"Our bus was late".
Often pronounced as "ARE bus was late" rather than "HOUR bus was late" UGH!!!!
Now French does not stress or accent any particular syllable; it tends to be even-flowing.
In Greek the placement of the stress/accent changes the meaning
fi-LAH-ki = little kiss
fi-la-KI - jail
g-AH-mo - wedding
g-ah-MO - well this is what the male does to consumate the wedding.
True story:
Relative who has been here 50+ years asks prspective tentant
"Are you interesting?" After all, this does look like the present tense, does it not? She was attempting to ask "Are you interesed?" OY VEY!
Ditto relative been here 40+ years, where
Sheets is pronounced sh*ts.
Beach is prounounced b*tch
and cleats is pronounced... yeah, just say "sneakers" PLEASE.. especially on a crowded sports field.
And watch your spelling. "I have a nice big deck" means someth totally different that "I have a nice big..." well you get the point.
Momentarily.
This means FOR a moment, not IN a moment.
"The train will be here momentarily".
This states that it will run right throught the station in three seconds.
Actually, "It will be here shortly" is the intended statement..........
"I couln't care less" means I DO NOT CARE. So when one says I could care less it really means they DO care, not they don't care!
IRREGARDLESS.
uhm WHAT IS THAT?
"With regard to" means "concerning"
"Regardless" means "without regard to" or "Despite"
"He lucked-out" still confuses me.
IIRC it means he IS/WAS lucky, not "He is out of luck".
And for you Keven:
Hearing "I should have went" instead of "I should have gone", drives me crazy.
"Our bus was late".
Often pronounced as "ARE bus was late" rather than "HOUR bus was late" UGH!!!!
Now French does not stress or accent any particular syllable; it tends to be even-flowing.
In Greek the placement of the stress/accent changes the meaning
fi-LAH-ki = little kiss
fi-la-KI - jail
g-AH-mo - wedding
g-ah-MO - well this is what the male does to consumate the wedding.
True story:
Relative who has been here 50+ years asks prspective tentant
"Are you interesting?" After all, this does look like the present tense, does it not? She was attempting to ask "Are you interesed?" OY VEY!
Ditto relative been here 40+ years, where
Sheets is pronounced sh*ts.
Beach is prounounced b*tch
and cleats is pronounced... yeah, just say "sneakers" PLEASE.. especially on a crowded sports field.
And watch your spelling. "I have a nice big deck" means someth totally different that "I have a nice big..." well you get the point.
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Somethings dont translate too well.
My nice as a young child was attempting to say "MONEY" and what squeeked out was the most vulgar word in Greek for the female reporoductive organ. Everyone (who understands Greek) was appalled and found it hard to beleive she had not heard the word before. Her parents beilieved it was just a coincidence. How hard it was not to react to avoid encouraging the child!
Moonachie, NJ.
I can guaranty (sp?) you there are no Greek-speakers living there; you see it sounds "little c--t" So one day there was a sponsor on the Greek station advertising his business there. The announcer said "Look, this is where he is located and we are just going to say the name of the place. I don't want any phone-calls complaning. She said it; I nearly DIED laughing.
Estaba una sitation mas turbada........
We now retrun to our regularly scheduled programme!
My nice as a young child was attempting to say "MONEY" and what squeeked out was the most vulgar word in Greek for the female reporoductive organ. Everyone (who understands Greek) was appalled and found it hard to beleive she had not heard the word before. Her parents beilieved it was just a coincidence. How hard it was not to react to avoid encouraging the child!
Moonachie, NJ.
I can guaranty (sp?) you there are no Greek-speakers living there; you see it sounds "little c--t" So one day there was a sponsor on the Greek station advertising his business there. The announcer said "Look, this is where he is located and we are just going to say the name of the place. I don't want any phone-calls complaning. She said it; I nearly DIED laughing.
Estaba una sitation mas turbada........
We now retrun to our regularly scheduled programme!
panthera
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I is am certain
there are more complex languages than English, haven't encountered any, however.
We need to do some housekeeping. My pet bug-a-boo, the subjunctive mood.
Let us return to the full use of the subjunctive, that the true meaning of words might better be expressed.
Return grammar and syntax to our schools' curricula, remove all this absurd 'no child left behind' nonsense.
Require of all immigrants the exact same level of language competency which European countries demand of their immigrants: Sufficient passive understanding to obey and follow laws and regulations relevant to safety. Adequate active competence to negotiate everyday tasks such as shopping, holding a job, coping with emergencies.
Even German can be mastered at such a low level within six months of study. Such competence in English requires more than six months, I will grant that.
Nobody ever demanded I abandon my 'culture' when I came to Germany. They very rightly insisted I master the language and were more than willing to help me do so. My German and Italian (and Scottish and even one Irish grandmother) all managed to learn English and hold down jobs when they came to the US, all of them were speaking and writing in the language before they had been here for two years. None of them were given any extra help nor were exceptions made for their special needs, the Irish, in fact, often confronted 'No Irish need apply'.
there are more complex languages than English, haven't encountered any, however.
We need to do some housekeeping. My pet bug-a-boo, the subjunctive mood.
Let us return to the full use of the subjunctive, that the true meaning of words might better be expressed.
Return grammar and syntax to our schools' curricula, remove all this absurd 'no child left behind' nonsense.
Require of all immigrants the exact same level of language competency which European countries demand of their immigrants: Sufficient passive understanding to obey and follow laws and regulations relevant to safety. Adequate active competence to negotiate everyday tasks such as shopping, holding a job, coping with emergencies.
Even German can be mastered at such a low level within six months of study. Such competence in English requires more than six months, I will grant that.
Nobody ever demanded I abandon my 'culture' when I came to Germany. They very rightly insisted I master the language and were more than willing to help me do so. My German and Italian (and Scottish and even one Irish grandmother) all managed to learn English and hold down jobs when they came to the US, all of them were speaking and writing in the language before they had been here for two years. None of them were given any extra help nor were exceptions made for their special needs, the Irish, in fact, often confronted 'No Irish need apply'.
Maybe The Lesson This CL Ad Contains Is
. . . parents, don't send your kids to UNLV.
One thing I noticed after switching from Catholic school to public: Almost any word ending with an "s" deserve's an apostrophe. I mean, didn't any English teacher during the previous eight year's try to correct this? It's especially annoying to find signage or printed advertising with an unnecessary apostrophe, especially from businesses one would expect to know better.
To add to Toggle's list, one of my favorite line's to hate courtesy of various TV newsreader's is "turned up missing." Alrighty then.
. . . parents, don't send your kids to UNLV.
One thing I noticed after switching from Catholic school to public: Almost any word ending with an "s" deserve's an apostrophe. I mean, didn't any English teacher during the previous eight year's try to correct this? It's especially annoying to find signage or printed advertising with an unnecessary apostrophe, especially from businesses one would expect to know better.
To add to Toggle's list, one of my favorite line's to hate courtesy of various TV newsreader's is "turned up missing." Alrighty then.
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