What made you smile or laugh today? Part III

[gracie920101]

There's also the group in the USA that uses "cut off the lights" rather than "turn off the lights".

 

[Jada59]

My phone just rang. It was my gardener. I could hear background noises but he wasn't speaking. I finally hung up and called him back.

I said, "Did you just call me?" Duh cuz I know he did.

His response was, "No. I mean I actually just called a bunch of people and I don't know how!"

 

[Misshotndeep]

Spending time with little ones.
Having a great friend base to vent to.
Being lonely but not desperate enough to take that blind date offered. Ugh no!

 

[Mei5ter]

@Seela, regarding “met” and “met with,” ask your teacher how she distinguishes between “was introduced to for the first time” and “had a meeting that included this person,” for that is the difference that we see between the two.

@cookie, not all midwesterners use that “with” thing. It has never suited my ears, but then I’m also convinced that no farms in the Midwest grow actual sweet corn as it all tastes like feed corn to me in comparison to the true sweet corn that is grown in the east.

Although anyone who uses “inside of” or - worse - “off of” is going to meet with (sic) an accident.

 

[Bramblethorn]

#haravointi

 

[AlwaysFara]

@Seela, regarding “met” and “met with,” ask your teacher how she distinguishes between “was introduced to for the first time” and “had a meeting that included this person,” for that is the difference that we see between the two.

@cookie, not all midwesterners use that “with” thing. It has never suited my ears, but then I’m also convinced that no farms in the Midwest grow actual sweet corn as it all tastes like feed corn to me in comparison to the true sweet corn that is grown in the east.

Right you are on the corn.

Do you say something “needs fixed” when it’s broken?

 

[cookiecat]

One thing I notice in the midwest is when someone gives another person a compliment, it's deflected. So, if someone says to my mom, that's a really pretty sweater - she'd say, oh this old thing? Or if someone told me they thought my hair looked good, I'd reply omg! I could barely get out the door, it was a nightmare to run a brush through it! It took forever!

Since noticing this phenomenon, I generally try to say "thanks" if someone pays a compliment.

 

[AlwaysFara]

One thing I notice in the midwest is when someone gives another person a compliment, it's deflected. So, if someone says to my mom, that's a really pretty sweater - she'd say, oh this old thing? Or if someone told me they thought my hair looked good, I'd reply omg! I could barely get out the door, it was a nightmare to run a brush through it! It took forever!

Since noticing this phenomenon, I generally try to say "thanks" if someone pays a compliment.

That’s not a Midwest thing. I do it, too. It sucks.

 

[AlwaysFara]

The cat thread.

 

[seela]

I’ve been working my ass off this year. Before 2019 I can officially say I’ve slayed my student loans. I think I’m going to celebrate in style at the end of this year.

That is amazing!!! And nice to see you around.

@Seela, regarding “met” and “met with,” ask your teacher how she distinguishes between “was introduced to for the first time” and “had a meeting that included this person,” for that is the difference that we see between the two.

@cookie, not all midwesterners use that “with” thing. It has never suited my ears, but then I’m also convinced that no farms in the Midwest grow actual sweet corn as it all tastes like feed corn to me in comparison to the true sweet corn that is grown in the east.

Ha, I'll definitely keep that in mind. She won't care, because if it's American English it's automatically wrong.

You guys don't even have manners according to her! Microsoft products automatically capitalizing "you" in some instances (sadly I don't remember the specifics) is proof of it. She has spent hours of her life uncapitalizing that "you" after it's been automatically capitalized without her consent. Hours!

It's Americans being boisterous, and no good-mannered writer who knows the elegant Anglo conventions would ever dream of capitalizing "you" unless it starts a sentence! *pearl clutch*

Last week she sent me email to remind me that "PROGRAMME is the preferred spelling" before we had to turn in our previous assignment. So I used the word programme, but spelled everything else the American way.

Thank God I don't have to teach myself, because I'm being horribly childish. I can't help it.

#haravointi

Yes!!! I did my civic duty this weekend as well! #RAGA

One thing I notice in the midwest is when someone gives another person a compliment, it's deflected. So, if someone says to my mom, that's a really pretty sweater - she'd say, oh this old thing? Or if someone told me they thought my hair looked good, I'd reply omg! I could barely get out the door, it was a nightmare to run a brush through it! It took forever!

Since noticing this phenomenon, I generally try to say "thanks" if someone pays a compliment.

I'm probably secretly Midwestern. I do the same thing, and "wanna come with" sounds like something I would say.

I'm loving this talk about English! Can we talk about pronunciations next? That's where a lot of my English headache comes from. "meenced meat and a sinking sheep"

 

[midwestyankee]

Right you are on the corn.

Do you say something “needs fixed” when it’s broken?

No, I don’t but it sounds not completely unfamiliar. “Something needs fixing” sounds a little Southern to my ear but I’m pretty sure I’ve heard a variant of this from working-class folk in New England.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Last week she sent me email to remind me that "PROGRAMME is the preferred spelling" before we had to turn in our previous assignment. So I used the word programme, but spelled everything else the American way.

https://www.smh.com.au/public-service/get-with-the-programme-public-servants-20131002-2us38.html

I'm loving this talk about English! Can we talk about pronunciations next? That's where a lot of my English headache comes from. "meenced meat and a sinking sheep"

German is giving me headaches tonight: "these prepositions always take the accusative, these always take the dative, and these depend on the verb..."

 

[seela]

https://www.smh.com.au/public-service/get-with-the-programme-public-servants-20131002-2us38.html

German is giving me headaches tonight: "these prepositions always take the accusative, these always take the dative, and these depend on the verb..."

Oh yeah, classic. I'm pretty sure that when I'm old and drooling and don't remember my own name, I can still go "an auf hinter in neben über unter vor zwischen" no problem! And "bord bordet bord borden äpple äpplet äpplen äpplena" which is how I remember the declension of neuter nouns in Swedish. Those things are lodged in my brain somewhere really deep.

I need more opportunities to speak in various languages.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Oh yeah, classic. I'm pretty sure that when I'm old and drooling and don't remember my own name, I can still go "an auf hinter in neben über unter vor zwischen" no problem! And "bord bordet bord borden äpple äpplet äpplen äpplena" which is how I remember the declension of neuter nouns in Swedish. Those things are lodged in my brain somewhere really deep.

I need more opportunities to speak in various languages.

I still remember "servus servum servi servo servo" from high-school Latin several decades ago...

 

[seela]

I still remember "servus servum servi servo servo" from high-school Latin several decades ago...

Same here, except my word was hortus. I've also thought my class was the only one in the entire world that was taught to place accusative before genitive rather than after dative like it usually is! *high five*


Laugh of the day:

"I thought you're like 26 or something!"

It wasn't even someone trying to flatter me in a twisted way or anything. The puzzlement was real when she learned my age. Too funny.

 

[KamaKamaSutra]

Same here, except my word was hortus. I've also thought my class was the only one in the entire world that was taught to place accusative before genitive rather than after dative like it usually is! *high five*


Laugh of the day:

"I thought you're like 26 or something!"

It wasn't even someone trying to flatter me in a twisted way or anything. The puzzlement was real when she learned my age. Too funny.

I must investigate your post to see if I can find out the truth of your age now. I actually figured you were around that or at least with-in 5 or so of mine.

 

[seela]

I must investigate your post to see if I can find out the truth of your age now. I actually figured you were around that or at least with-in 5 or so of mine.

Well my high school was not *decades* ago, if that's what got you confused. It was a decade and a half ago.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Same here, except my word was hortus. I've also thought my class was the only one in the entire world that was taught to place accusative before genitive rather than after dative like it usually is! *high five*

Apparently it varies by region and text: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.ph...3597#Order_of_Declension_in_Various_Curricula

I did Cambridge Latin (Caecilius est pater) so we had NAGDA. I can't remember what happened with the vocative or locative.

 

[seela]

Apparently it varies by region and text: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.ph...3597#Order_of_Declension_in_Various_Curricula

I did Cambridge Latin (Caecilius est pater) so we had NAGDA. I can't remember what happened with the vocative or locative.

That's interesting, I never knew!

I've never met anybody who wasn't in my class in high school that was taught NAGDA. People who went to the same school and started a year later or a year before me also used NGDAA, my class was the oddball. The teacher at the university also used NGDAA, when I took my mandatory Latin class.

That wiki link says NAGDA is common in Finland, but based on my experiences I have some doubts.

 

[KamaKamaSutra]

Well my high school was not *decades* ago, if that's what got you confused. It was a decade and a half ago.

Ok that puts us in the same range then XD mine was a decade plus 1 ago

I'm jealous, my school stopped offering Latin years before I got there.

 

[guyloveshotstories]

My neighbors dogs. They eagerly jump for me when I throw them treats over the fence.

 

[PrettyLilPussy19]

The Lion King trailer was so good....


But this movie with undoubtedly and without hesitation will make me cry like a little bitch...

 

[seela]

It's Christmas avatar time again!

Plus I'm very nervous, but very happy about the prospect of something. It's a nice feeling.

 

[wicked woman]

Yank's Santa AV love it.

 

[AlwaysFara]

Seela’s AV!!!