/dev/null Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Damm australians and their Queens English. 140683[/snapback] yeah, exactly! there's more americans than brits, canadians, and aussies combines we have more bombs we have bigger bombs we have more money it's OUR way, or they're terrorists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Nice catch! 142241[/snapback] I guess she forgot to put the [/sarcasm] in the subject line... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Damm australians and their Queens English. 140683[/snapback] Yea, you come too are cuntry, you speak are langage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 fingernails on a chalk board reading this stuff OVER and OVER and OVER. How anyone can get to the college level and not be able to grasp the difference is beyond me. There - meaning "over there" or in that place. They're - shortened form of THEY ARE Their - possessive - e.g. The Bills won their last game. Your - possessive - e.g. please study your English You're - shortened form of YOU ARE. After a year of reading these word misused on TSW, I just had to vent. So sue me. 140090[/snapback] Kind of tells ya the general level of intelligence on message boards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 That's the one that kills me.... when people say "COMMON MAN!" when they mean "come on man"? I mean, that's not even close! 140120[/snapback] Ask ICE where that one came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick in* england Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Damm australians and their Queens English. 140683[/snapback] Queens English?? Ozzies?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick in* england Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 yeah, exactly! there's more americans than brits, canadians, and aussies combines we have more bombs we have bigger bombs we have more money it's OUR way, or they're terrorists 142246[/snapback] Yeah but we have the moral high ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 But why is why spelled with three letters instead of one? Y? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 I only have one pet peeve....alot. Drives me nuts. TWO WORDS! A LOT. I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_BiB_ Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 It's a Wallism...kinda like stevestojan for sh*t 140122[/snapback] Not any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark VI Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Agreed. I also hate when people type stevestojan like "R U gonna B there?" 140181[/snapback] ... Then put it on their car license plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Queens English?? Ozzies?? 142305[/snapback] Write! Queens English is a dialect found east of Manhattan and sounds something like: "Eehh! Youse wanna break inna dat caaah, oar eat somma dese youge doenuts?" Ozzies are what Sharon had a few years and couple of hundred decks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Not any more. 142325[/snapback] I take it you haven't seen the people who are actually going around the filter and typing stevestojan in to keep it alive? Here are some more fun ones: irregardless is not a word, regardless of what you say. McGahee and Shelton complement each other on the field, for which McGahee often compliments Shelton. As mentioned in another thread, Butch Davis resigned from Cleveland, while the Bills re-signed Schobel this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 i like sh-- . the old way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiew Posted December 3, 2004 Author Share Posted December 3, 2004 The one I've often wondered about is flammable vs. inflammable. Any explanations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 I take it you haven't seen the people who are actually going around the filter and typing stevestojan in to keep it alive? Here are some more fun ones: irregardless is not a word, regardless of what you say. McGahee and Shelton complement each other on the field, for which McGahee often compliments Shelton. As mentioned in another thread, Butch Davis resigned from Cleveland, while the Bills re-signed Schobel this year. 142584[/snapback] Unfortunately, isntead of fighting it, you will now find authoritative voices like Websters giving validity to irregardless, despite the fact that is is a ridiculous word. It's right up there with reiterate. Reiterate means "to say or do again." Well...what the hell do you think "iterate" means? Be we're so fuggin' lazy we have to use words like irregardless and reiterate, and then make then acceptable parts of our language. Here's another one I learned in journalism 101, but that's finally been accepted for all the lazyasses. Insure used to only mean one thing: to take insurance out on something. But people use it instead of ensure, which is "to make sure or certain." Two different things. At least they used to be. Not any more. God forbid people learn the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 The one I've often wondered about is flammable vs. inflammable. Any explanations? 143877[/snapback] They mean the same thing, but to avoid confusion (some see the "in-" and think "un-") it's best to use flammable: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=flammable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Unfortunately, isntead of fighting it, you will now find authoritative voices like Websters giving validity to irregardless, despite the fact that is is a ridiculous word. It's right up there with reiterate. Reiterate means "to say or do again." Well...what the hell do you think "iterate" means? Be we're so fuggin' lazy we have to use words like irregardless and reiterate, and then make then acceptable parts of our language. Here's another one I learned in journalism 101, but that's finally been accepted for all the lazyasses. Insure used to only mean one thing: to take insurance out on something. But people use it instead of ensure, which is "to make sure or certain." Two different things. At least they used to be. Not any more. God forbid people learn the difference. 143887[/snapback] Yeah, I remember having the insure/ensure discussion a while ago. I'm on your side there (or should I say I'm on you're side their? ) I've also given up on the incorrect use of data (data is the plural form of datum, so it should be treated as plural....). Even some of the research scientists I work with are saying "the data is available..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiew Posted December 3, 2004 Author Share Posted December 3, 2004 LA & Dan - I love you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 LA & Dan - I love you guys 143915[/snapback] Shouldn't you be on a plane to Florida miss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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