It's Sumter NOT Sumpter

[Russ_Boston]

I know it's not a big deal and we all make spelling and grammar mistakes but the name of the location in TV is called Lake Sumter Landing Market Square (or LSL or Market Square) not SumPter.

I'm a little compulsive at times I guess :joke:

And while we're at it let's remember the There, Their and They're deal we all learned in school. This isn't a text message forum.

Anybody else have any other suggestions besides let's call Russ a jerk?

[nONIE]

hmmmmmm, anal comes to mind!

Just kidding Russ, really! ;D 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl

[graciegirl]

Russell. YOU are absolutely and completely right..........and also pre menstrual? ;) ;)

[Boomer]

Dear Mr. Russ, Sir:

R U a Anguish, er I mean English teacher?

Boomer

[barb1191]

Maybe we can call it "poetic license" in a broad sense when chatting by writing rather than speaking. That's why we have professional tech writers and editors, Russ. You'd make a good one, however, your chosen path in the medical arena is something to be proud of doing.

barb

[Rokinronda]

Russ, I appreciate that you brought this up. I cringed every time I saw Sumpter. Reminded me of the Sump Pumps in basements I had up north many years ago. GGRRRRRR Anything that reminds me of that makes me :barf:. :chillout: 1rnfl oops, sorry to all my northern friends with sump pumps!!!

[downeaster]

And never, ever end a sentence with a preposition!!!
Furthermore aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht
the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but
the wrod as a wlohe.
Lastly, to quote a former boss, "I have learned you all I know and you still don't know nothing".
No, I didn't spell check this reply.

DC

[Russ_Boston]

You're right downeaster I understood the whole thing just by scanning instead of literal reading.

[Rokinronda]

wlel dnwostaer, my elnigsh thaceer wluod not let me wtire lkie tihs, eevn tohguh I tierd, eevn tohguh it cluod be raed. BTW, waht peropistison???? :bigthumbsup: :-*

[graciegirl]

AND

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT, dangle your preposition. ::) >:( :o

[Sidney Lanier]

The correct rule is:

You must never end a sentence a preposition with.

'-)

[Boomer]

And do not dangle your modifiers either.

Boomer

[redwitch]

Okay, a chance to mention my pet peeve .. P R I V I L E G E ... there is no D in privilege. Never was. Hopefully, never will be. It rates up there with nails on a blackboard (Sumpter was just a mild irritant).

Does that mean ending a sentence with "of" is okay? I know I'm frequently guilty of that one.

[livsea2]

Let them have their fun Russ but I am with you. The misuse of their, there, and they're bugs me as well. How about two, to, and two. Two is usually okay, but to and too, Forgettabouttit. :agree:

[ojm]

My name is also Russ and it drives me nuts when people spell it 'Sumpter'. It must have something to do with our first name.
And keep in mind that half the time when someone trys to spell out my first name, they use 'Russel' instead of 'Russell'. I have never met or heard of someone with a first name of 'Russel'. But that doesn't bother me. 'Sumpter' does! And before I forget,
The Villages Florida, The Villages Florida, The Villages Florida, The Villages Florida.

Thanks, I feel so much better now that I've vented.

OJM

[Rokinronda]

:'( :'( :'( :'( >:( GUILTY, as charged I dangled my modifier. Jimmy cracked corn and I don't care ! :'( ::) :o :) ;) ;D

[barb1191]

My name is also Russ and it drives me nuts when people spell it 'Sumpter'. It must have something to do with our first name.
And keep in mind that half the time when someone trys to spell out my first name, they use 'Russel' instead of 'Russell'. I have never met or heard of someone with a first name of 'Russel'. But that doesn't bother me. 'Sumpter' does! And before I forget,
The Villages Florida, The Villages Florida, The Villages Florida, The Villages Florida.

Thanks, I feel so much better now that I've vented.

OJM


gotcha OJM "tries" we know you didn't spell check LOL lovehorse 024

[Russ_Boston]

OJM - In my case it would be my middle name of Russell. Real first name is *****

[Boomer]

ohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! We will all be afraid to ever write anything again.

Actually, I am really impressed with the way writing is done around here. Everybody seems to be pretty on top of what they are doing. Yeah, we all mess up once in awhile I guess. But overall this place looks good to me.

ButwhatwouldIknow?

Oh, and sometimes I split infinitives. meaculpameaculpameamaximaculpa

Boomer

[villages07]

Russ,

Your right, its irritating when people don't spell Sumter correctly.

(above includes my two pet peeves.....its vs it's and your vs you're)

[nONIE]

I think Im intimidated, I may never post again!!! :redface:

[Boomer]

I think Im intimidated, I may never post again!!! :redface:


Nonie, NO-O-O-O-O-O. Please don't go.

If I don't get out of here soon, I am going to confess more than just the splitting of an occasional infinitive.

Goodnight.

Boomer

[ConeyIsBabe]

villages07 beat me to posting my pet-peeve......... the misuse of its and it's. It's astounding how often that mistake is written and everywhere.... in newspaper articles, on advertisements, even in some books. English grammar was not one of my best subjects in school.... but nowadays even the basics are unknown by some people ::) ::) ::)

Anyway......... does it really matter :dontknow:

Don't Sweat The Small Stuff ;D

[barb1191]

Ohhh my dear Nonie.....

Please don't be intimidated at all. There has been no fingerpointing re these little commentaries on the English language. Nobody has mentioned names with these little idiosyncrasies that we all have.

You're such a pleasure to read about and with a heart as big as can be. Your innocence is refreshing and you are loved by all.

Hang in there luv....you are special.....barb

[Indy-Guy]

Also it is Cane Garden not Kane Garden. Or I can return several golf shirts and get new ones saying Kane Garden.

[Chazz]

I've, also, heard it pronounced "SumNer."

[Rokinronda]

Must I change my name to rocking rhonda??

[Muncle]

it may be of interest that the original county name was "sumpter", from the seminole word for "no gambling." around 1884, a local redneck named bubba dupre johnson was hired to paint signs delineating the borders of the county. before starting ob his job, bubba walked around to the privy behind the courthouse to relieve himself. unfortunately, the outhouse was in use, so bubba just started to go on the side of the bldg. 'bout that time, the sheriff came around the corner, saw what was happening and yelled "hey bubba, ain't no peein' here!"

well, bubba kinda misunderstood the comment and he wasn't one to argue, so the county got renamed that day.

and, no i do not think i'm ee cummings. i'm just typing with 2 or 3 fingers and it's easier noy using shift. and i'm using some ,.;'/?!

[Boomer]

it may be of interest that the original county name was "sumpter", from the seminole word for "no gambling." around 1884, a local redneck named bubba dupre johnson was hired to paint signs delineating the borders of the county. before starting ob his job, bubba walked around to the privy behind the courthouse to relieve himself. unfortunately, the outhouse was in use, so bubba just started to go on the side of the bldg. 'bout that time, the sheriff came around the corner, saw what was happening and yelled "hey bubba, ain't no peein' here!"

well, bubba kinda misunderstood the comment and he wasn't one to argue, so the county got renamed that day.

and, no i do not think i'm ee cummings. i'm just typing with 2 or 3 fingers and it's easier noy using shift. and i'm using some ,.;'/?!


Oh Munc,

Even though I fled this thread awhile ago, I just had to come back to tell you that I am so glad to see that you have come out to play. I love the Legend of Sumter (sic) County.

Thanks.

Oh, and I'll take you over old e.e. any day. Even if you are typing with your nose.

And also, I really like rednecks and I also like their music. (What that has do with anything I do not know. But that never stops me.)

B3

[Shirleevee]

OMG! While at this, YOUR...YOU'RE............HOW About the spoken words, ESCAPE/EXCAPE. LOS/LAS VEGAS.........I hear this often on television...

Shirleevee

[The Great Fumar]

I become frustrated with folks who say fustrated...

But I still think YOU'SE guys are picky,picky,picky.

FUMAR

[Boomer]

it may be of interest that the original county name was "sumpter", from the seminole word for "no gambling." around 1884, a local redneck named bubba dupre johnson was hired to paint signs delineating the borders of the county. before starting ob his job, bubba walked around to the privy behind the courthouse to relieve himself. unfortunately, the outhouse was in use, so bubba just started to go on the side of the bldg. 'bout that time, the sheriff came around the corner, saw what was happening and yelled "hey bubba, ain't no peein' here!"

well, bubba kinda misunderstood the comment and he wasn't one to argue, so the county got renamed that day.

and, no i do not think i'm ee cummings. i'm just typing with 2 or 3 fingers and it's easier noy using shift. and i'm using some ,.;'/?!


And another thing Munc, in addendum to my above post. . .

Not only do I really like your Legend of Sumter (sic) County, and not only do I really like rednecks, and not only do I really like their music, more so I really, really, really like their music when it has bad grammar in it.

So thanks again for the little story.

And now, goodnight, for real this time, maybe.

Boomer, Lover of the Vernacular

[graciegirl]

Correct or incorrect, I love the fact that people talk to people here, open up to others and really say what they are thinking.

I like the camaraderie and even the confrontations on here. It is a real place peopled with real people with real life experience who have something interesting to say.

Many times I have read my posts and noticed that I wasn't very clear, or misspelled something or really didn't write it right. I feel that most folks here really don't mind.

Or if they do, the seem to allow me to continue and feign an interest in what I say.

So nice to be HERE. The Villages, Florida (Even if I am not physically..did I spell that right?)

[Talk Host]

Actually, there is no rule in grammar that forbids ending a sentence with a preposition. That is a fallacy. If anybody can find one, I will stand corrected.

[Russ_Boston]

You might be right TH, I found this on this site:

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/24439-ending-sentence-preposition.html

___________


The idea that you should never end a sentence with a preposition is a sort of early urban myth. It took hold in the 18th century and was formulated by a man called Robert Lowth. He wasn't a professional linguist or grammarian (in fact, he was a bishop), but he wrote a book called Short Introduction to English Grammar. It actually wasn't a very good grammar book, but one rule he invented has been insisted on by some people ever since.

Lowth said that we should avoid ending a sentence with a presposition if we could decently avoid it. Lots of people misunderstood this to mean we should never end a sentence with a preposition, but that's not quite what Lowth said. But even what Lowth said was wrong: sentences ending with a preposition have always been a feature of English.

What happened next was that educated people read Lowth's book and tried to keep to his rules, while other people, who were not so well educated, continued speaking the way they had always spoken. As a result, only the uneducated people ended sentences with prepositions, and so it came to be seen as "uneducated" and therefore "wrong".

Today, this (and other) points of grammar are being reassessed, and there is a growing feeling among educated writers that it's OK to end sentences with prepositions, as long as you don't overdo it. Text books for non-native learners of English are now more likely to teach the preposition-at-end-of-sentence construction.

Still, some people still object to this construction, so in very formal writing (such as a job application) it is perhaps wise to stick to the alternative ("...of which many businesses are not aware"). That construction is not wrong, although to many speakers it sounds a bit pompous.

[Boomer]

I think it was the warden in Cool Hand Luke who said, "What we got here is a failure to communicate."

Well, here on TOTV, we ain't got no failure to communicate.

While it is one thing to do a little run at those grammar and spelling and usage mistakes, in general, that we may individually find a little irritating or whatever, I hope we never disintegrate into taking a red pen to somebody personally. That just ain't right.

True story. . .

One of my good friends is (was?) an English teacher, now retired. When she was young and single and would meet guys at parties or in meet markets or wherever and the subject of, "And what do you do?" came up, she would lie. Yep, she would lie. She would always tell those guys that she worked for the phone company. (I never understood why she picked the phone company, but it was her lie of choice, for some reason.)

You see, if my friend told those guys that she was an English teacher, they would just move down another barstool or whatever because they would not want to talk to her anymore.

Or maybe even a few of those guys might hang around just to try to catch her in a mistake, thus resolving some old issue with some English teacher from the past. Either way, my friend knew, that for some, if they knew she was an English teacher, there could be "a failure to communicate." So she lied. True story.

Now granted, some of those guys, my friend the English teacher did not want to talk to anyway. But she was a wise woman who knew better than to slam the door on communication.

So while it is fine to have a little fun with those errors in grammar and spelling and usage, I hope those red pens never show up here for individual correction.

So anyway, I will say again what I said last night. This place sure looks good to me.

ButwhatdoIknow?

Boomer

[nitehawk]

Benjamin Franklin. "There can't be good living where there is not good drinking. .... "I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way. ...

[renielarson]

I am guilty of ending sentences with prepositions and am aware when I do. Many times I will even tell you I know but pointing it out within parenthesis following the preposition. However, to correct the sentence structure would result in writing that sounds very formal. Take Russ's earlier phrase "of which businesses are not aware." If you know me, you'd know that's not the way I talk. I would simply say "businesses are not aware of." Yep, I know that wouldn't be correct (or maybe it would thanks to TH) but ooooooooooh welllllllllll. ;)

Another thing...I have never been a good writer although my English grammar, most often, is to be commended. So for me to just get my thoughts down in print that is understandable (I hope) is an accomplishment for me.

Now...here are two struggles of mine....knowing when to use "affect" vs. "effect", and knowing where to put quotation marks. Should the comma have come before or after the " following the word effect?

[chelsea24]

Aren't you glad you asked the question now, Russ? 1rnfl

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In advertising we learned to throw our grammar books out the window! ;)

[sschuler1]

My mother was an english major in college, so she was forever correcting us if we made any error in our writing or speaking. It used to bug the crap out of me. And to this day it continues to bug the crap out of me, because if someone makes an error I am mentally correcting it in my head. I make a conscious effort to quell my thoughts, but the errors still bug me somehow. I have never turned into my mother (regardless of what my husband says) and corrected others, but I continue to do so in my own head.

[Russ_Boston]

I really just wanted people to stop using SumPter :dontknow:

Touchy subject I guess.

[EdV]

Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10) I did not object to the object.

11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13) They were too close to the door to close it.

14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail

18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.

19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?

One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend. If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd, or an end?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?

Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people and not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all.

That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

P.S. Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick"?

[nONIE]

In the vast realm of things, does it really matter? :dontknow:


So "proper" spelling and punctuation was determined and put forth by who? :dontknow:

So where is it carved in stone that this must be done only one way? :dontknow:

forgetaboutit!!!

[JohnN]

Russ, here in the south here are a couple other words you'd appreciate: LOL

chimley
a napple

[swrinfla]

I am entranced with Ed V's entry!

There's an old, old story ascribed to Sir Winston Churchill. He was, as is well known, a stickler for proper English (note that that's English, not American!). When told that he shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition, he reportedly said, "That is an imposition up with which I will not put!" Or, words to that effect!

My late wife taught English to 6th to 9th graders (junior high schoolers). It used to frustrate her excessively when trying to get them to write correctly, let alone speak correctly! She passed away without really knowing about today's penchant for texting, wherein grammar and spelling have long since gone the way of the dodo!

;D

SWR

[barb1191]

Russ, here in the south here are a couple other words you'd appreciate: LOL

chimley
a napple


....and.....how about julery for jewelry and relator for realtor ?

[renielarson]

Add to that list ideal for idea....drives me up a wall when people say that!

By the way EdVinMass...I use that same homograph page to teach my 3rd grade students how words can be spelled the same but pronounced differently with different meanings. Although, at such a young age, not all can read or pronounce all the words it does make an impact. An exception would be the use of desert/dessert. I don't include that one.

[graciegirl]

I am guilty of ending sentences with prepositions and am aware when I do. Many times I will even tell you I know but pointing it out within parenthesis following the preposition. However, to correct the sentence structure would result in writing that sounds very formal. Take Russ's earlier phrase "of which businesses are not aware." If you know me, you'd know that's not the way I talk. I would simply say "businesses are not aware of." Yep, I know that wouldn't be correct (or maybe it would thanks to TH) but ooooooooooh welllllllllll. ;)

Another thing...I have never been a good writer although my English grammar, most often, is to be commended. So for me to just get my thoughts down in print that is understandable (I hope) is an accomplishment for me.

Now...here are two struggles of mine....knowing when to use "affect" vs. "effect", and knowing where to put quotation marks. Should the comma have come before or after the " following the word effect?


Who would care when you are writing. YOU are so smart and a hoot too. Two. To. Tutu.

[JohnN]

barb1191,
julery? LOLOL, you're right,

at first I thought it was a FIG-A-MENT of your imagination!

[chelsea24]

1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl Nonie! You got me again! I'm with you GF. I stand by the "who says" defense! Forgetaboutit! ;D Let's play Pictionary! ;)

[Rokinronda]

Chels? pictionary online? I used to play a game called Isketch online, but it disappeared. :dontknow:

[njgranny]

Because I was a secretary by profession, I tend to notice mispellings, too. (It's a professional curse.) They don't bother me too much unless the person is correcting someone else and makes spelling mistakes themselves.

I'm so happy that I don't have to worry about prepositions turning up at the end of my sentences any more. What a relief. It's so dang hard sometimes to change a sentence around to avoid that. ;) ;) ;)

[downeaster]

I really just wanted people to stop using SumPter :dontknow:

Touchy subject I guess.


Russ, your subject wasn't touchy. it was the hijacking by the rest of us that prolonged the ordeal. It has been fun though.
However, it was a sad day when I learned here that my long held belief in "end of sentence preposition" rule was a fairy tale. Now, don't start on Santa Clause.
and the Tooth Fairy.

DC

[JohnN]

njgranny, you were a ... secertary ? (sorry Russ, last one - SUMPTER, got it)

[Peazoup]

And while we're at it -
how about acrost instead of across, and there is no "d" in refrigerator.
Also, how about a double negative making a positive. "She don't know nothing" means she sure knows something.

[Peachie]

And then there are those who aksed questions... ???

I also had a teacher when I was in second grade who corrected me for saying "February". She advised me the first r was silent and we pronounce it Febuary.

Sorry, Russ, I'll be quiet now.

[benj]

peachie,

I'm so impressed that you can even remember 2nd grade, I can't.

Besides all you people who actually paid attention in English classes are giving me a complex. I'm lucky if I can make a sentence. I guess I shouldn't have skipped so many classes.
Besides my family comes from the south, I've been accused of not being able to speak english at different times of my life. Benj

[Mintjulep]

njgranny, you were a ... secertary ? (sorry Russ, last one - SUMPTER, got it)


And NJ, did you work near the liberry?

[Peachie]

Benj, I have no problems reading your posts. Don't stop sharing, this isn't English class 101. We're just making observations about our language and it's usage.

Don't be too impressed by my remembering 2nd grade, those long term braincells are excellent but my short term braince.... dear me, what was I saying? :dontknow:

Oh, I forgot Russ, I'm outta here!

[Russ_Boston]

How about drownDed instead of drowned? I hope everyone is OK with the rain/flooding!

[Mintjulep]

I have to admit, being EXTREMELY southern, I do occasionally say some of the things above.

My grandmother used words I've never heard from anyone else.
My husband was at a loss with her sometimes, I was always 'plainin'. :dontknow:
Her southern was almost like another language to him, Buckeye that he was...

040 And when playing pool (billiards) I still love to get the StriPed balls.

But Russ, SumPter did drive me nutz too!

[njgranny]

My husband is a "double negativer." He also thought "ain't" was a proper word because his father used it. Of course, English is his second language, so he doesn't do so bad.

The important thing is if we can understand what we're saying. Sometimes, I can't understand what I'm sayig. ::) ::) ::)

[renielarson]

1rnfl I always understand what I'm saying. The problem is others don't. crap

[chelsea24]

Russ, you're in the medical field. Can my dangling participle be fixed??? ;D

[Sidney Lanier]

Russ, I'm with you. Those little annoying errors just jump off the page/screen at me. Particularly notorious on professional websites of significant businesses is the misspelling of 'canceled.' Yes, there should be only one 'L' (at least in this country; in Great Britain it has two). And we see it all the time.... Now be honest, everyone; did I EVER mention silly stuff like this before? I'm mentioning it now in the context of the thread!

Back in the '60s, when I had briefly ventured into the 'ed biz,' I had to go off periodically for 'war games,' and the mail clerk didn't like me much because of dozens of letters and boxes of goodies I'd get from my students. I once got a very funny (too funny, thinking back...) card from one of my brightest students who wrote a letter on the back of the card, at the end of which she had written, "Are you mentally correcting my mistakes?" At that moment I realized that that was exactly what I was doing! With everything I read!!! The errors would just catch my eye!

Bright, if the punctuation is a comma or period, it goes BEFORE the quotation marks; if it's a semicolon or colon, it goes AFTER. And if it's a question mark or an exclamation point, it goes before OR after, depending on whether it applies to what's INSIDE the quotes or to the whole sentence.

End of lecture. There'll be a quiz next week....

[renielarson]

Chels

You have something danglin' that needs fixin'? Oh my girlfriend...you in trouble!

[chelsea24]

Bright: I know! And I'm also searching for a rascally German Shepard! (other post :joke:)

[Barefoot]

Russ, I'm with you. Those little annoying errors just jump off the page/screen at me. Particularly notorious on professional websites of significant businesses is the misspelling of 'canceled.' Yes, there should be only one 'L' (at least in this country; in Great Britain it has two). And we see it all the time.... Now be honest, everyone; did I EVER mention silly stuff like this before? I'm mentioning it now in the context of the thread!
Back in the '60s, when I had briefly ventured into the 'ed biz,' I had to go off periodically for 'war games,' and the mail clerk didn't like me much because of dozens of letters and boxes of goodies I'd get from my students. I once got a very funny (too funny, thinking back...) card from one of my brightest students who wrote a letter on the back of the card, at the end of which she had written, "Are you mentally correcting my mistakes?" At that moment I realized that that was exactly what I was doing! With everything I read!!! The errors would just catch my eye!
Bright, if the punctuation is a comma or period, it goes BEFORE the quotation marks; if it's a semicolon or colon, it goes AFTER. And if it's a question mark or an exclamation point, it goes before OR after, depending on whether it applies to what's INSIDE the quotes or to the whole sentence. End of lecture. There'll be a quiz next week...

OMG Sidney, and I thought I was OCD about the English language! I pale by comparison. In Canada we spell a lot of things differently. Honour, neighbour, etc. But we still send our sons to fight wars along side the US troops.

I've just managed to combine political with girl talk with Russ' spelling lesson. Too late at night for me, good night moon.

[renielarson]

Sidney

I am a poor test taker...now what?

[ejp52]

Russ,is sumpting bothering you? ;D :bigthumbsup:

[travelstiles]

Let's not go nucular about it :o

[F16 1UB]

And it's FISCAL court no PHYSICAL court. Although I guess you could say that it may be PHYSICAL in court - but only oncet .

[tucson]

I really just wanted people to stop using SumPter :dontknow:

Touchy subject I guess.
Hey Russ, Who axed you anyway?? ::)

[chelsea24]

Tucson! Hahahaah 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl Yah Russ, who axed you? Shup! Don't you be talkin' no trash to us mofo. Don't care if it's Sumter or Sumpter, we think it's buck! :a20:

[islandgal]

Another addition for the list.

Using "was" when it should be "were"
If I were in your shoes (conditional)
I've heard it misused numerous times on television.

The one that really bothers me is someone ending a question with "at". I was once told that was a regional thing, but I don't know if that is true.

Chelsea - I love the dangling participle note to Russ! 1rnfl

[Russ_Boston]

I'm not a dangling participle kind of nurse (or guy).

"If it ain't broken - don't fix it!" (was the exclamation point in the right location?)

[Boomer]

I'm not a dangling participle kind of nurse (or guy).

"If it ain't broken - don't fix it!" (was the exclamation point in the right location?)


Russ, your punctuation is correct, but you should have said, "If it ain't broke..."

You know, it's like that old thing I say sometimes when describing a floozie who looks like she might hang out with Mr. Midnight. What I say is, "That ol' girl looks like she's been rode hard and put away wet." (Somehow "ridden hard" just don't git it.)

Boomer, Lover of the Vernacular

Addendum: Uh oh. Should I explain that the allusion is to horses?

[graciegirl]

Russ, your punctuation is correct, but you should have said, "If it ain't broke..."

You know, it's like that old thing I say sometimes when describing a floozie who looks like she might hang out with Mr. Midnight. What I say is, "That ol' girl looks like she's been rode hard and put away wet." (Somehow "ridden hard" just don't git it.)

Boomer, Lover of the Vernacular

Addendum: Uh oh. Should I explain that the allusion is to horses?



Naw. We'uns got it.

At least Mom n 'em got it.

[KayakerNC]

And while we're at it -
how about acrost instead of across, and there is no "d" in refrigerator. **Snip**

But...a refrigerator is often called a "fridge" for short(see Wicipedia). I assume it is due to the popularity of the Frigidaire refirgerator.
And, for those of us with LONG memories, a refrigerator is sometimes referred to as an "icebox".

[tony]

I always have used " . . . rode hard and put up wet."

[KayakerNC]

I always have used " . . . rode hard and put up wet."

Rode hard, and put up muddy.
Maybe just the NC variation.

[Peazoup]

This is too funny. I should have "went" off line ages ago, but this has given me the late afternoon giggles.

[uujudy]

These are a hoot! Thanks for sharing them!

There was an episode on Designing Women when one of them asked, "Where are you from?"
The other one said, "I'm from a place where we don't end our sentences in prepositions!"
Naturally, the first one replied, "So, where are you from, *itch?"

Tee hee! 8)

[Muncle]

I guess this fits here as well as in the funny stuff forum:

9 Things I Hate About Everyone

1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time........ I know where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I ask where the toilet is?

2 People who are willing to get off their ass to search the entire room for the T.V. remote because they refuse to walk to the T.V. and change the channel manually.

3 When people say 'Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too'. Damn right! What good is cake if you can't eat it?

4 When people say 'it's always the last place you look'. Of course it is. Why the hell would you keep looking after you've found it? Do people do this? Who and where are they? Gonna Kick their asses!

5 When people say while watching a film 'did you see that?'. No Loser, I paid $12 to come to the cinema and stare at the damn floor.

6 People who ask 'Can I ask you a question?'.... Didn't really give me a choice there, did ya sunshine?

7. When something is 'new and improved!'. Which is it? If it's new, then there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, then there must have been something before it, couldn't be new.

8 When people say 'life is short'. What the hell?? Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever does!! What can you do that's longer?

9 When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks 'Has the bus come yet?'. If the bus came would I be standing here, dumbass?

[chelsea24]

1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl Muncle! These are wonderful! Thanks for posting them. :bigthumbsup:

[islandgal]

Muncie............

How True......How True 1rnfl 1rnfl :chillout: :chillout: