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OCT 28, 2003 08:39 PM
OCT 28, 2003 08:44 PM
themadking said:
...I guess I could see where the differing dialects come in: you know, the "real" dialect and the "stupid" dialect. But then, stupid people mess up a lot of the English language.
That must be a crack at my expense. Captain Fucking Obvious, that's me. 
themadkind said:
Either way it's a pointless discussion. Obviously I'm never going to agree with the wrong side, and you're never going to agree with the right side.
I never said I didn't agree "champing at the bit" is correct. "Champing" sounds odd to me, but then again I'm retarded. 
I just like arguing a moot point with a shaky basis (chomp [dial. var. of champ]) before I go to bed.
OCT 28, 2003 08:49 PM
Separate - not seperate.
But the one thing that irks me above all else is nauseaous.
If you feel like you are going to throw up, you are nauseated.
The thing that is making you nauseated is nauseaous.
So if you say something makes you nauseaous, that means that it is causing you to make other people to throw up.
er
I'm lost
June 2003
OCT 29, 2003 10:58 AM
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OCT 29, 2003 02:20 PM
kleek or click (either is accapetable)
It's french, so if you stick your pinky out while drinking your champagne, say kleek.
If yer like the rest of the world and hate the french, say click.
Also, the derivation is from a french word that means "a clicking sound.'
[Edited on Oct 29, 2003 by lil_tuffy]
OCT 29, 2003 02:22 PM
The English language changes because how a word is spelled isn't as important as communication. Whether or not you have heavy amounts of non-ass compatible things up your ass regarding spelling shouldn't interfere with your ability to understand what a person is trying to say. If spelling was the most important element of language, then we'd all still be speaking Latin. I know many of you won't back me up since I don't have tits, but that didn't stop well known tit-less educator Socrates from trying his best to pull people's cherished objects out of their asses.
OCT 29, 2003 02:24 PM
OCT 29, 2003 03:17 PM
er
I'm lost
June 2003
OCT 29, 2003 03:45 PM
OCT 29, 2003 04:29 PM
er said:
Gwendolyn: i'm with you all over the place today, girlie. i have never heard it pronounced clique. we don't say hors d'oeuvres right, why should we say clique right? or filet mignon? or frere jacques? i could keep going...
my point being, lots of pronounced wrongs make english.
and UnnecessaryZ is just getting worked up because he can't spell, nothing to do with not having tits.
I'm all about correct spelling and grammar and vocabulary, don't get me wrong. I have a dictionary.com toolbar on my browser. But, as long as people make sense and don't go out of their way to use obnoxious mispelling and mispronunciation, I think they're doing pretty well by today's standards. I always attempt to type/write/speak properly myself, but most people aren't all that concerned with it. I blame the internet. But then again, I blame the internet for a lot of things. Especially the rumor that I've become a porn star, which is popular amongst former high school classmates.
OCT 29, 2003 08:14 PM
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OCT 29, 2003 11:26 PM
fuin said:
I used to go on a murderous rampage over the incorrect use of "their", "there", and "they're"... as well as "your" and "you're" but I eventually stopped caring.
Yeah, I hate it when people do that too. Oh and how about this:
they try to say "could have"
it is supposed to be shortened to: "could've"
but so many idiots do it like this: "could of"
WTF????????????? 
OCT 30, 2003 12:15 AM
This is great stuff - I learned English as a second language and ended up studying it and was always wondering why they actually bother us with sooo many rules and spelling exercises at uni when in fact nobody seems to care any longer
sacred
Canada
September 2003
OCT 28, 2003 08:14 PM