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ElvisManson · 04-16-2002, 12:15 PM

This should clear things up for you.

Let?s face it?English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren?t invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren?t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don?t fing, grocers don?t groce and hammers don?t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn?t the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?
Doesn?t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that you comb through annals of history but not a single annal? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn?t preacher praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? If you wrote a letter, perhaps you bote your tongue?
Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another.
Have you noticed that we talk about certain things only when they are absent? Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown? Met a sung hero or experienced requited love? Have you ever run into someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable? And where are all those people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm clock goes off by going on. English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn?t a race at all). That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

Babaganoosh · 04-16-2002, 01:50 PM

Screw all of the complitated expressions in the English language. What bugs the fuck out of me is morons who have spoken English for their entire lives and have not learned to spell the most basic words or use them appropriately. For instance:

You're/Your

I wish I had a dime for every time I saw someone type "Your an idiot".

It's you're. Your is posessive. If you posess an idiot, the statement "Your idiot is drinking out of my toilet again" would be proper.

Their/They're/There

Their dog.
They're getting a dog.
There is their dog.

In case you aren't confused enough.

They're walking their dogs over there.

I could go on all day...

ElvisManson · 04-16-2002, 02:01 PM

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pr0 · 04-16-2002, 04:27 PM

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Turboface · 04-16-2002, 04:34 PM

Speak English - or die.

RaGe · 04-16-2002, 04:36 PM

Turboface · 04-16-2002, 04:37 PM

There's a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you." I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ass. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker 'fore you popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice. Now I'm thinkin', it could mean you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. .45 here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could be you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that. But that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin'. I'm tryin' real hard to be a shepherd.

tekart · 04-16-2002, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ElvisManson
This should clear things up for you.

Let?s face it?English is a crazy language.......

Funny ass language this thing called English!

[Labret] · 04-16-2002, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Armed & Hammered

You're/Your

I wish I had a dime for every time I saw someone type "Your an idiot".

It's you're. Your is posessive. If you posess an idiot, the statement "Your idiot is drinking out of my toilet again" would be proper.

Their/They're/There

Their dog.
They're getting a dog.
There is their dog.

In case you aren't confused enough.

They're walking their dogs over there.

I am bigtime guilty of those grammar violations.

04-16-2002, 12:15 PM	#1
ElvisManson Looking California Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 5,476	For People that have trouble with English This should clear things up for you. Let?s face it?English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren?t invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren?t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don?t fing, grocers don?t groce and hammers don?t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn?t the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn?t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that you comb through annals of history but not a single annal? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn?t preacher praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? If you wrote a letter, perhaps you bote your tongue? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another. Have you noticed that we talk about certain things only when they are absent? Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown? Met a sung hero or experienced requited love? Have you ever run into someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable? And where are all those people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm clock goes off by going on. English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn?t a race at all). That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

04-16-2002, 01:50 PM	#2
Babaganoosh ♥♥♥ Likes Hugs ♥♥♥ Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: /home Posts: 15,841	Screw all of the complitated expressions in the English language. What bugs the fuck out of me is morons who have spoken English for their entire lives and have not learned to spell the most basic words or use them appropriately. For instance: You're/Your I wish I had a dime for every time I saw someone type "Your an idiot". It's you're. Your is posessive. If you posess an idiot, the statement "Your idiot is drinking out of my toilet again" would be proper. Their/They're/There Their dog. They're getting a dog. There is their dog. In case you aren't confused enough. They're walking their dogs over there. I could go on all day... __________________ I like pie.

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04-16-2002, 04:34 PM	#5
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04-16-2002, 04:37 PM	#7
Turboface Back in Black Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,976	There's a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you." I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ass. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker 'fore you popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice. Now I'm thinkin', it could mean you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. .45 here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could be you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that. But that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin'. I'm tryin' real hard to be a shepherd. __________________ Search Engine Optimization Services for Adult Sites

04-16-2002, 02:01 PM	#3
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