phrases that puzzle me
12-01-2009, 05:22 PM
#121
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Originally Posted by gaigai
We moved to Texas from Pennsylvania just before I started third grade. Mom was helping me with my homework, and just about blew a fuse. I still remember her calling my teacher on the phone at home and saying:
"I don't care WHERE we are living, "TIN" and "TEN" and "TAN" are NOT homonyms!"
You see, with a proper southern or texan accent, they are all pronounced "Tayen"! LOL
"I don't care WHERE we are living, "TIN" and "TEN" and "TAN" are NOT homonyms!"
You see, with a proper southern or texan accent, they are all pronounced "Tayen"! LOL
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!
12-01-2009, 05:29 PM
#122
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Originally Posted by jojo47
LOL, BNC! I also get (more than) a little irked when I see mispelled words, odd uses for punctuation marks, and poor grammar, to name a few. I've threatened that, in my next life, I'm coming back as an English teacher with an emphasis on grammar, spelling, and punctuation! (Currently, I'm a nurse, and it bugs the h*** out of me to see many of the medical terms mispelled...you get my drift. I'll quit venting...
12-01-2009, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Lisanne
So is it still that way, and why on Earth do people use "frightful" and fearful" when talking about things that aren't scary?
Although, I have never heard anyone use frightful or fearful when they're not talking about scary things. Not around here anyway :)
12-01-2009, 05:43 PM
#125
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One time a lady I worked with (not real educated) signed a card wrong. This lady was sending her man friend a plant because they were doing the United Way thing & kept having each other put in jail (all in fun). It is a fund rasier. Well the coworker signed the card . "This is a piece offering" It should have been a "peace offering." Well the guy's wife nearly went thru the roof. She wanted to know what kind of piece it was. Caused quite a lot of friction in an already troubled marriage. Owner had to do a lot of apologizing for employee's mistake. It really was funny. I guess we can understand how hard it is for people to learn the english language.
12-01-2009, 06:06 PM
#128
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for some unknown reason, Idahoans use the word came in the worst way! "I would have came over if I knew you were there," or "I worked on everything that had came across my desk today." Ugh!
The other one that gets me is untighten. "Untighten the screw." Uh, does that me unloosen? :-P I've heard some pretty funny stuff doing tech support!
The other one that gets me is untighten. "Untighten the screw." Uh, does that me unloosen? :-P I've heard some pretty funny stuff doing tech support!
12-01-2009, 06:09 PM
#129
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hehehe, I had a girl friend say to the male sears worker today at the checkout, "Do you have a big hose?" What she wanted to say was "Do you have the bigger shopvac hoses?" Needless to say, she cracked up the entire population in the tool department at sears :mrgreen: and I nearly wet my pants... DH just shook his head and walked away muttering something about taking girls places.
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