[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]

Originally Posted by 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...

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

[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]

Originally Posted by Russ_Boston

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!

[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