Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Well that’s how a reporter just described some 28-30 foot sports fishing boats beached in Ft Myers. Yeah. Giant Ships!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Why do we keep pointing out the stupid reporters. Let's point out the bright ones. It will be a MUCH shorter list and the aggravation BP ratings would drop way down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Why do we keep pointing out the stupid reporters. Let's point out the bright ones. I will be a MUCH shorter list and the aggravation BP ratings would drop way down. I just saw mother one say the CALVARY had arrived. Too hard to find the bright ones. I think they all retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 33 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Let's point out the bright one. He only works the local station at 0300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Our local "bright one" left in frustration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Mandatory evacuation ordered for everyone except reporters with a single cell brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 5 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: I just saw mother one say the CALVARY had arrived. Too hard to find the bright ones. I think they all retired. Been correcting people saying that for about seventy five years. Two other that bug me are "chimbly" and 'libary". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 27 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Been correcting people saying that for about seventy five years. Two other that bug me are "chimbly" and 'libary". And drownded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 8 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: And drownded. Supposebly… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Damn, it's hard to be educated in a world full of those who aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 14 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Supposebly… Ex Cetera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 our education system was infiltered back in the 60s- 70s , you cant fix what they gont want fixed or expect much better than what we are getting , , before 1960 we advanced education , after 1970 we retarded it , we can only hope some in the future will see the difference between educating and indoctrinating , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Orientated. And normalcy. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 gifted ........... ........... damnit it's given or gave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 ....... not talking about Gifted children neither ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 " All intensive purposes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 Impactful. It’s a bonified word but I hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Axe you a question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 It's dark, grabs me a flat lite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: Axe you a question. Nope. That one is perfectly good English. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-saying-ax-instead-ask-1200-years-180949663/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 14 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Nope. That one is perfectly good English. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-saying-ax-instead-ask-1200-years-180949663/ Okay, so I'm picky 'bout my English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 25 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Nope. That one is perfectly good English. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-saying-ax-instead-ask-1200-years-180949663/ Still ghetto talk in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Cypress Sun said: Axe you a question. In one of Lewis Grizzard's books, he tells about his mother who was a school teacher. She taught black children, and they all would axe a question. So she taught them how to say ask. First she had them say ass. They really liked that. They got to say a dirty word in front of the teacher and not only did they not get in trouble they were being praised for saying it. And once they had ass down pat she worked on them making the k sound. Then the two sounds together - ass k. Once they could do both sounds she had them say it faster until she had them saying it is one sound - assk. You would not believe how much trouble I had writing that story. otto did not want me to write what I was writing, and I had to go back and rewrite it three or four times before he finally gave up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Lately, the one that truly infuriates me is “should of”!! ABSOLUTELY IDIOTIC!! ”OF” is a possessive!! The phrase that is correct is “SHOULD HAVE”!!! or the contraction “SHOULD’VE”!!! “Should of” is just blatantly wrong!! For some, this indicates ignorance. They obviously weren’t taught the correct words and misunderstood what others were saying. They were never required to write the phrase or weren’t corrected by some lazy teacher who was just there for the paycheck and the summer vacation. For others, it just exposes their stupidity!! They were taught better!! They’re just too lazy or they choose to be a part of the dumbing down of the public!! Get it right!! I apologize for the rant!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Alot. Sometimes even further botched into Allot. As in, "I had alot of birds in my mulberry tree." And it's use a LOT right here in this here Saloon. [ACS] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 5 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Alot. Sometimes even further botched into Allot. As in, "I had alot of birds in my mulberry tree." And it's use a LOT right here in this here Saloon. [ACS] Otto changed alot to slot on me or sometimes two words. I despise Otto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 All right There is no such word as alright. That's right up there with irregardless. The word does not exist. People use it anyhow. Morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Nook-youler. It's NUCLEAR. My wife is a medical radiographer and the only one in her department who can spell correctly ... this mispronunciation is her pet peeve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Wyatt Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Damn! Tough crowd here. Better keep my thesaurus handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Alpo said: All right There is no such word as alright. That's right up there with irregardless. The word does not exist. People use it anyhow. Morons. Merriam Webster disagrees with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Alpo said: All right There is no such word as alright. That's right up there with irregardless. The word does not exist. People use it anyhow. Morons. And again Merriam Webster disagrees. Is irregardless a word? Yes. It may not be a word that you like, or a word that you would use in a term paper, but irregardless certainly is a word. It has been in use for well over 200 years, employed by a large number of people across a wide geographic range and with a consistent meaning. That is why we, and well-nigh every other dictionary of modern English, define this word. Remember that a definition is not an endorsement of a word’s use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 20 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Nope. That one is perfectly good English. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-saying-ax-instead-ask-1200-years-180949663/ That's an NPR cultural apology. Do you know any educated person who says "ax" when they mean "ask"? Of course, if you can recite the Canterbury Tales in the original Middle English, I'll accept that you intended to use "ax" as an ancient equivalent of modern "ask"; otherwise, I call BS. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 14 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: Merriam Webster disagrees with you It does not surprise me that Merriam Webster disagrees. I'm sure that they also say that both gift and disrespect are verbs. And that dis is an actual word, instead of being a sloppily pronounced this. "That mofo dissed me. I'm gonna cap his ass!" All that means is that the people that write dictionaries are foolish. Abby would routinely use a word - hinky. McGee lost it one day and jumped her. "Why do you keep saying that? That's not even a real word - that's a made up word!" And she looks at him like he's a completed idiot and says, "All words are made up words". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 9 minutes ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: That's an NPR cultural apology. Do you know any educated person who says "ax" when they mean "ask"? Of course, if you can recite the Canterbury Tales in the original Middle English, I'll accept that you intended to use "ax" as an ancient equivalent of modern "ask"; otherwise, I call BS. LL Since it has an unbroken history of being used for 1,200 years I think it is established as standard English. Any source I cite will be from something you will dismiss out of hand because it's from the press or academia, so I won't try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 35 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: Merriam Webster disagrees with you So does oxford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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