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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
That is better than backing talkwards, and getting one's murds wixed up. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I remember one time when I was working, a train patron got angry with me. She told me to "Go buck a fuffalow!" edit: Can I say that? |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
But she also said: "..and my whole fan damily!" edit: I'll go now.... |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
But she also said: "..and my whole fan damily!" not just the horseshoe row dinon, eh? Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
James C. Send message Joined: 19 Jul 06 Posts: 640 Credit: 18,352,758 RAC: 11 |
Reminds me of "What's the officer here problem?" -"Young" James "To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like." -Steven Hawking |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
A grammatical error. Let's eat, Grandma. Let's eat Grandma. GRAMMAR SAVES LIVES!!! |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
A grammatical error. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Oxford comma - LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Must confess that I'm so American that I tend not to use it, but my eyes have been opened and I now see the light. |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
Oxford comma - LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess I've used the Oxford style for as long as I can remember. Now if I can just purge the mental image of JFK and Stalin as strippers, I might be able to sleep tonight....... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22190 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
The late Dr.William Archibald Spooner (22 July 1844 – 29 August 1930) has a lot to answer for.... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29819 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
How do you interpret this: "A woman without her man is nothing." Most Me read it: "A woman, without her man, is nothing." Most Women see: "A woman: without her, man is nothing." |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
How do you interpret this: I read it as most men would........... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
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