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Message 1704075 - Posted: 22 Jul 2015, 18:25:35 UTC
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That is better than backing talkwards,
and getting one's murds wixed up.


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Message 1704077 - Posted: 22 Jul 2015, 18:30:10 UTC

I remember one time when I was working, a
train patron got angry with me. She told
me to "Go buck a fuffalow!"




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Can I say that?
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Message 1704084 - Posted: 22 Jul 2015, 19:12:22 UTC

But she also said: "..and my whole fan damily!"


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I'll go now....
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Message 1704189 - Posted: 23 Jul 2015, 6:25:15 UTC - in response to Message 1704084.  

But she also said: "..and my whole fan damily!"


edit:
I'll go now....

not just the horseshoe row dinon, eh?
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Message 1704227 - Posted: 23 Jul 2015, 10:32:35 UTC

Reminds me of "What's the officer here problem?"
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Message 1704521 - Posted: 24 Jul 2015, 4:16:59 UTC - in response to Message 1704076.  

A grammatical error.


Let's eat, Grandma.

Let's eat Grandma.

GRAMMAR SAVES LIVES!!!
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Message 1704581 - Posted: 24 Jul 2015, 10:33:07 UTC
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It's a test, designed to provoke an emotional response.


Would the above be considered as a slip of tongue?

[edit] Quote comes from a Sigue Sigue Sputnik song.
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Message 1704751 - Posted: 24 Jul 2015, 23:41:18 UTC - in response to Message 1704521.  

A grammatical error.


Let's eat, Grandma.

Let's eat Grandma.

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Message 1704769 - Posted: 25 Jul 2015, 1:22:01 UTC

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.
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Message 1704835 - Posted: 25 Jul 2015, 6:25:53 UTC - in response to Message 1704769.  

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.

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.......
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Message 1705367 - Posted: 26 Jul 2015, 20:25:02 UTC

The late Dr.William Archibald Spooner (22 July 1844 – 29 August 1930) has a lot to answer for....
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Message 1705378 - Posted: 26 Jul 2015, 21:11:41 UTC

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."
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Message 1705384 - Posted: 26 Jul 2015, 21:20:07 UTC - in response to Message 1705378.  

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."

I read it as most men would...........
"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

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