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To: AZamericonnie
2 posted on
06/13/2014 6:00:42 PM PDT by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Kathy in Alaska; All
To: AZamericonnie
"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
4 posted on
06/13/2014 6:01:26 PM PDT by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: AZamericonnie
5 posted on
06/13/2014 6:01:50 PM PDT by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: AZamericonnie
Hi Everybody!
(((((HUGS)))))
6 posted on
06/13/2014 6:01:52 PM PDT by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: StarCMC; Kathy in Alaska; Bethbg79; EsmeraldaA; MoJo2001; Brad's Gramma; laurenmarlowe; ...
14 posted on
06/13/2014 6:10:22 PM PDT by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: AZamericonnie
"The Living Years"
Mike & the Mechanics
link * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door
I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my Father held so dear
I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years
Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've got
You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defence
Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye
So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts
So Don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be OK.
Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye
I wasn't there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say
I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years
Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye
16 posted on
06/13/2014 6:12:06 PM PDT by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
To: AZamericonnie
In early and (((HUGS))).
18 posted on
06/13/2014 6:14:19 PM PDT by
Arrowhead1952
(The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
To: AZamericonnie; spel_grammer_an_punct_polise; All
This week my Jukebox theme was inspired by our own Canteen FReeper spel_grammer_an_punct_polise. Being a Grammar-tard myself, it's not my intention to throw stones, but after years of Jukebox themes, I'm always on the lookout for inspiration. Grammatically Incorrect lyrics is actually a pretty good one. Besides a plethora of fine music we get to review those middle school grammar rules from Strunk and White's Elements of Style. Because there are so many rules of grammar I've limited my examples to 20 infractions:
1. Double Negatives: (We don't need no Grammar Nazis).
2. Split Infinitives: (Writers should learn to not split infinitives).
3. Dangling Participles: (After toiling in the music archive for weeks, I've brought up some incorrect grammar).
4. Sentence Fragments: (This one for example).
5. Redundant Reduntacies: (You've got to give me a break, the reason is because I'm a grammer-tard).
6. Run-on Sentences: (The song "Money For Nothing" is full of run-on sentences, Sentence Fragments are rampant).
7. Subject-Verb Agreement: (The songs in that category is questionable).
8. Incorrect Parallel Structure: (Some songs contain bad grammar, a misunderstanding of Parallel Structure, and don't work).
9. Subject/Predicate disagreement: (Clearly, this person didnt know what they were doing).
10. Place-referent connectors need an antecedent of place in the independent clause (I'm a FReeper where I can post what I want).
11. Possessive Pronouns: ("Its" is often confused with the contraction "it's").
12. Past Participle form of the Verb: (This happens less times than not).
13. "Was" vs. "Were" Disparity (subjunctive mood): If I was smarter, Id have lots more examples of bad grammar).
14. The "try and"/"try to" Disparity: (Try and stop me).
15. Made up words (Neil Diamond brung this to my attention).
16. The "You and me" vs. "You and I" Disparity (The simple rule here is to take out the you and and see if the sentence makes sense. So while Bryan Adams sings, "if she ever found out about you and I", it sounds okay, but it's not).
17. The "Her" vs. "She" Disparity (This rule is a bit more complicated, but suffice to say that when the Beatles sing, "I must be sure ... that you love me more than her," it should be, "That you love me more than she").
18. The "Lay" vs. "Lie" Disparity (This is a favorite peeve and catches two great songwriters, both Eric Clapton and 60's poet laurite Bob Dylan. Both Sally and Lady should "Lie".
19. The "Have/Have to" vs. "Got/Got To" Disparity (So common that there's got to be dozens of examples).
And finally in my Top 20, and by far the most common in popular music, the misuse of the contraction "Ain't". Merriam-Webster defines "Ain't" as a contraction of "am not". In common usage it has come to include "do not" (don't), "does not" (doesn't) and "did not" (didn't) even though each of these have their own commonly used contractions. Nonstandard definitions include: "is not" (isn't replacing the archaic i'n't), "have not" (haven't), "has not" (hasn't replacing "ha'n't") and "are not" (aren't). "Ain't" is considered a vulgarism of ignorant, informal speech and has received a barrage of criticism since the 19th century for having no set sequence of words from which it can be contracted. Used as a substitute for the formal "am I not?" or for "aren't I?" (considered by some to be ungrammatical in itself) or for the awkward "amn't I?", which is technically correct but completely unacceptable. But, despite all the attempts to ban it, "ain't" continues to enjoy extensive use in speech as well as popular music. "Ain't", even when used correctly, is a common precipitator of double negatives (Ain't no way I can ignore that).
So, sit back, crank it up and enjoy a completely Grammatically Incorrect Jukebox.
I open with a real favorite of mine which reached the number three position in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1965.
However, when Frankie Valli sings the opening line, "There ain't no good in our goodbye-ing." he commits grammar suicide. First of all, "ain't" is nonstandard and "ain't no" is a double negative. It should be "There IS no good." Second of all, "goodbye" is an interjection and can also be a noun, usually in the plural, but it is not a verb. It should be "There is no good in our saying goodbye," goodbye-ing is not a word.
Let's Hang On
~ The Four Seasons ~
23 posted on
06/13/2014 6:20:22 PM PDT by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: AZamericonnie
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Rock-Solid
June 14, 2014
Read: Psalm 34:15-22
It was a sad day in May 2003 when The Old Man of the Mountain broke apart and slid down the mountainside. This 40-foot profile of an old mans face, carved by nature in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, had long been an attraction to tourists, a solid presence for residents, and the official state emblem. It was written about by Nathaniel Hawthorne in his short story The Great Stone Face.
Some nearby residents were devastated when The Old Man fell. One woman said, I grew up thinking that someone was watching over me. I feel a little less watched-over now.
There are times when a dependable presence disappears. Something or someone weve relied on is gone, and our life is shaken. Maybe its the loss of a loved one, or a job, or good health. The loss makes us feel off-balance, unstable. We might even think that God is no longer watching over us.
But the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry (Ps. 34:15). He is near to those who have a broken heart (v.18). He is the Rock whose presence we can always depend on (Deut. 32:4).
Gods presence is real. He continually watches over us. He is rock-solid.
The Rock of Ages stands secure,
He always will be there;
He watches over all His own
To calm their anxious care. Keith
The question is not where is God, but where isnt He?
Psalm 34 was written during a difficult time for David, as the superscription indicates: A Psalm of David when he pretended madness before Abimelech [Achish], who drove him away, and he departed. Recorded in 1 Samuel 21:1-15, those dark days were not Davids best as a person of faith. First, he had joined Israels enemies, the Philistines, as he fled from Saul. Then, when things in Gath (Philistine country) became threatening, David pretended madness to escape. Fear and deceit may not be characteristics of great faith, but they are normal human responses to dangerreminding us of our great need for God.
28 posted on
06/13/2014 6:25:46 PM PDT by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: AZamericonnie; All
This lyric should win a bad grammar award. Besides the redundant "The Heat was Hot" in the first verse, it's chorus contains one of the most ungrammatical lines in popular music: " 'cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain." There's enough of a quadruple negative there to make your English professor's head explode.
A Horse With No Name
~ America ~
35 posted on
06/13/2014 6:37:47 PM PDT by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: AZamericonnie; All
38 posted on
06/13/2014 6:41:19 PM PDT by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: AZamericonnie
A Father's Day music thread would be incomplete without this song:
Daddy--Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra
To: AZamericonnie; All
45 posted on
06/13/2014 6:51:36 PM PDT by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: AZamericonnie; All
51 posted on
06/13/2014 6:58:18 PM PDT by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
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53 posted on
06/13/2014 7:05:14 PM PDT by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
To: AZamericonnie; All
55 posted on
06/13/2014 7:06:04 PM PDT by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: AZamericonnie
August 4th 2004 my father passed away ~ 10 years later I still tear up when hearing Luther Vandross' "Dance with My Father".
There are times that this 50mumble, mumble, mumble year old woman just needs to talk to her Daddy.
56 posted on
06/13/2014 7:07:58 PM PDT by
TheMom
(Stressed spelled backwards is Desserts!)
To: AZamericonnie; All
57 posted on
06/13/2014 7:10:28 PM PDT by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: AZamericonnie; All
Why brother Stevie didn't go all the way and sing "You Ain't Done Nothing" is a mystery. I guess the double negative was enough to get the "Do not pass "Go", do not collect $200" card.
You Haven't Done Nothing
~ Stevie Wonder ~
59 posted on
06/13/2014 7:15:03 PM PDT by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
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