Language Nazis Unite!
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AngelicAssassin
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And could get much more uncomfortable very quickly. Whipsaw anyone?Vixandra said:
Exactly, you devious witch after my own mind.Vixandra said:
Now, all you need is a suitable Nazi accent, and we're right BOT.
Schtup talk. Ve haf ways uf maykink du scream liebchen.
FungiUg
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I suspect it'd be way more comfortable to wear a "normal" bathing suit and carry around a little placard that reads "I have no public hair and almost no boobs". Those string things must be damned uncomfortable!
Of course, the humiliation factor could certainly be up there...
Of course, the humiliation factor could certainly be up there...
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AngelicAssassin said:
you have never seen me nekkid AA, trust me, You'd bitch if you saw it...
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Luna_Wolf72 said:you have never seen me nekkid AA, trust me, You'd bitch if you saw it...
I don't think he - or any of us - would bitch about seein' you nekkid.
AngelicAssassin
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If you look anything close to your av, i doubt it.Luna_Wolf72 said:you have never seen me nekkid AA, trust me, You'd bitch if you saw it...
Luna_Wolf72
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Ahhh
I do believe that AA and Sir Wiston are trying to make me blush...tis working..
(as i am just like my av..only a bit smaller since that pic)
I do believe that AA and Sir Wiston are trying to make me blush...tis working..
(as i am just like my av..only a bit smaller since that pic)
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Then flossing should take on a whole new meaning to you, correct?Luna_Wolf72 said:
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AngelicAssassin said:
and i always thought you were just supposed to floss your teeth!
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AngelicAssassin said:
EEK!!!
Somehow AA you always manange to leave me flabbergasted...
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And what is wrong with moving "floss" between a different set of lips? http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/363868/2cool2.gifarctic-stranger said:
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AngelicAssassin said:
They have teeth down there? sigh....women will always be a mystery...
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AngelicAssassin said:
Man, it has been a long time..i dont remember them looking like that!
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On a totally unrelated note...
This is not a pet grammar peeve, but it is something i do that may cause them. For some reason i insist on spelling "gray" as "grey." I dont know why, and i know it is wrong, but grey just feels better in my book.
Nor do i capitalize i but that comes from other languages. English is about the only language i know that does that....ummm russian does to, i believe.
Cry havoc, and let loose the dogs of grammar.
This is not a pet grammar peeve, but it is something i do that may cause them. For some reason i insist on spelling "gray" as "grey." I dont know why, and i know it is wrong, but grey just feels better in my book.
Nor do i capitalize i but that comes from other languages. English is about the only language i know that does that....ummm russian does to, i believe.
Cry havoc, and let loose the dogs of grammar.
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Might be, but i'm thinking more along the lines of canines. Lends a whole new meaning to "bitch with teeth" doesn't it.DVS said:
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Just checked encarta AS, says they're both right. I suspect one may be the american spelling and the other may be the british spelling, but that may require some looking in to and I just don't care enough to do that.arctic-stranger said:
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arctic-stranger said:
I only speak English, so I can't offer much of an opinion. However, I (mis?) understood that capitalisation was something inherited from Latin, where originally everything was in capitals. Over the last few thousand years, we have developed lower case (upper and lower case come from printing terms, where the letters were stored.) So I would have expected pretty much all "Romance languages" to use some form of capitalisation.
(No English isn't a Romance language, but we do inherit from Latin and French, which are.)
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Aeroil said:
Yup. Dictionary.com defines grey as a variant of gray. So both spellings are legitimate. "Grey" is the "chiefly British" variant.
So I guess it's okay to use grey, provided you spell your words with s rather than z (so that means "capitalise", not "capitalize") and throw in a few extra u's for good measure.
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Negatory good buddy. i prefer the "e" version of black/white myself, but if sounds like a bee, i'll keep using "z" don'tcha know. BTW, your "r" fell off your post. Now that i've purged the trucker speech out of my system, we return you to your regularly scheduled programming.FungiUg said:So I guess it's okay to use grey, provided you spell you words with s rather than z (so that means "capitalise", not "capitalize") and throw in a few extra u's for good measure.
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I think I may be the last hold-out on this one as even the dictionary doesn't support my peeve.
I was taught that the word "till" relates to farming as in "till the fields". If one wants to abreviate the word "until" then one uses 'til.
That is apparently not the case any longer as I see perfectly proper folks saying things like "I can't wait till Saturday night." This usage is backed up by the dictionary but it still bothers me and I will likely continue to till the fields 'til my dying day.
-B
I was taught that the word "till" relates to farming as in "till the fields". If one wants to abreviate the word "until" then one uses 'til.
That is apparently not the case any longer as I see perfectly proper folks saying things like "I can't wait till Saturday night." This usage is backed up by the dictionary but it still bothers me and I will likely continue to till the fields 'til my dying day.
-B
