PROPER ENGLISH And how we've fallen down

[onabanana]

hey! this is a good idea... my english isn't perfect but i try. i often get carried away by the subject, and have a tendency to write EXACLY what i'm thinking... on top of that i'm not american nor british , and where i'm from we build our sentences differently from what you do in english.... ha ha, not a great mix...

 

[FrankRizzo]

 

[h^2 O]

yo peeps chill the heck out

 

[In~Plain~Site]

I've seen some pretty bad grammar and spelling and was still able to get the "message" that was being conveyed.



Peace,

 

[Sleepy]

got this in the e-mail...

got this in the e-mail...

You think English is easy???
Read to the end . . a new twist

1) The bandage was woundaround 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 amon g the oarsmen about how to row...

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

14) The buck doesfunny 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 tosow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

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

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

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

Let's face it - English is a crazy language. 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. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
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Lovers of word play might enjoy this .

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP'

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UPand why are the officers UPfor election and why is it UPto the secretary to writeUPa report ?

We callUPour friends. And we use it to brighten UPa room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.

And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UPabout UP. To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP .. When the sun comes o ut we say it is clearingUP ...

When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes thingsUP.

When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP , for now my time is UP , so........it is time to shut UP!

Oh . . . one more thing:


What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night?


​

U-P

now go get your fuckin' shine box!
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[TrichyTrichy]

Colonel is pronounced Kernel.
How'd that happen?

 

[rambone]

I for one implore you to shut the fuck up with your self-righteous bullshit, English isn't the only form of communication. All that matters is that two people understand each other, you can take a comma and shove it up your ass.

 

[daddy fingaz]

When one has studied both English language and English literature to an A-level standard one can type how one fucking feels appropriate!

It should be noted that sometimes ones brain will work at too fast a rate for ones fingers to keep up often resulting in confudulation!

One should also note that the English language is always evolving!


Peace

 

[MoldyFrogToe]

I try to do well. Sometimes I write in shorthand, like -
Went to the shop, didn't find much, sky is green right now but I'm gonna floogle doo etc etc.

I like Lemme gonna wanna shoulda coulda...it's easier than typing
(or even saying) let me/going to/want to...etc.

There's a time and a place for proper english, sometimes it really doesn't
matter, the only thing I really try to keep in mind while posting here is keeping
it succinct and writing in a way that's easy to read/easy on the eyes

Sir Nugget is right though...I don't really bother to read stuff that's all lumped
into 1 big paragraph or run on...it just hurts my head too much.

 

[In~Plain~Site]

 

[SpasticGramps]

I tink dat's a buncha fcuking hooey. U need to chillz the f out. Get up on some more of dat herb bruh. Ya heard? Werd. Now STFU.

Seriously, if bad grammar on a weed growing website upsets you this much you have big problemos amigo. I think I can articulate myself fairly well in prose, but I'm not trying to grade ICMag posts. Get over yourself mr. smarty pants. You aren't near as smart as you think you are.

 

[h^2 O]

link please! I NEED this tshirt

 

[In~Plain~Site]

link please! I NEED this tshirt

 

[TrichyTrichy]

great shirt!!!

 

[whodair]

oh, english. the white european christian language of imperialism and oppression. i see why you are so anxious to defend it.

and american schools still offering spanish, french and german as the second language options? there is life outside of western europe. i prefer my kids learn mandarin, hindi, russian, hebrew and arabic.

 

[Kcar]

Who calls themselves "Sir" anything.

 

[cork144]

sorry, but this is a community, not school, people can speak how ever they wish.

my beleif is that the problem with IC is people with the idea that their opinion is right and therefore it must be imposed upon other members.

 

[In~Plain~Site]

Get your "DickHead" shirts right HERE !!!!

 

[Sir_Nugget]

SHEEP FLOCK TOGETHER.. STUPIDITY IS CONTAGIOUS... YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK AS INTELLIGENTLY AS THE PERSON YOUR TRYING TO SPEAK TO... DO NOT SINK TO THEIR LEVEL, MAKE THEM COME UP TO YOUR LEVEL

 

[Sleepy]

oh boy...

oh boy...

SHEEP FLOCK TOGETHER.. STUPIDITY IS CONTAGIOUS... YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK AS INTELLIGENTLY AS THE PERSON YOUR TRYING TO SPEAK TO... DO NOT SINK TO THEIR LEVEL, MAKE THEM COME UP TO YOUR LEVEL

try using an apostrophe there, chief...YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK AS INTELLIGENTLY AS THE PERSON YOU'RE TRYING TO SPEAK TO...


this is really not the site to be complaining about proper Grammar/proper 'English'...

you seem upset, it must be making you misspell now.