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Posted on 08/11/2005 3:49:11 PM PDT by SandRat
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To: Fresh Wind
Just as do 'flammable' and 'inflammable'. Go figure, eh? (g!)
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posted on
08/11/2005 4:16:56 PM PDT
by
SAJ
(`)
To: Tax-chick
Hey, I resemble that remark. See you at the bar.
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posted on
08/11/2005 4:17:49 PM PDT
by
speedy
To: SandRat
And a destitute swordsman had to sell off the walls of his practice pen.
That's right. He had to fence the fence fence.
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posted on
08/11/2005 4:22:31 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: SAJ
F'rinstance, the following words can be punctuated to make exactly one grammatically correct sentence: Mary where John had had has had had had had had had had had had the teacher's approval
Care to have a go? ;^)
That's too much for me to handle!
To: Fresh Wind
More importantly, how is it that a male sheep is a ram, a donkey is an ass, but a ram to the ass is a goose?
45
posted on
08/11/2005 4:23:52 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: SandRat
But learning English is more than a rite of passage, and immigrants do need to learn to read and write. Even some of the manual professions, such as being a millwright, require such skills. Right?
46
posted on
08/11/2005 4:24:38 PM PDT
by
Coyoteman
(Is this a good tagline?)
To: Bob
Why do we park in the driveway and drive on the parkway? Why do they call them "apartments" when they're so darned close together?
Why do they call it a "fast" when it goes so darn slow?
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posted on
08/11/2005 4:27:11 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: SAJ
How about a clue; like what forms of punctuation?
48
posted on
08/11/2005 4:28:04 PM PDT
by
Friend of thunder
(No sane person wants war, but oppressors want oppression.)
To: speedy
Hey, who are you calling a homophone? You some kind of thespian or something? I masticated with a thespian once. I think I liked it.
49
posted on
08/11/2005 4:28:29 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: Tax-chick
Isn't it common knowledge that whereever you find four Freepers, you'll find a fifth?
;o)
50
posted on
08/11/2005 4:29:30 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: Tax-chick
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert, but received his just deserts when he found he was hungry later. 'Eunice King Kitchens'.
'Nuff said.
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posted on
08/11/2005 4:30:08 PM PDT
by
Riley
(STOP CASTING POROSITY!!)
To: SandRat
I unthinkingly pronounce "route" to rhyme with "bout." I know it's not the standard pronunciation, and it drives my wife crazy. Does anyone else say it this way? I'm wondering if it's a regional thing.
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posted on
08/11/2005 4:32:36 PM PDT
by
untenured
(http://futureuncertain.blogspot.com)
To: untenured
Does anyone else say it this way?Yes
I'm wondering if it's a regional thing.
I'm sure it is.
53
posted on
08/11/2005 4:43:35 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Liberals: Too stupid to realize Dick Cheney is the real Dark Lord.)
To: untenured
I unthinkingly pronounce "route" to rhyme with "bout." I know it's not the standard pronunciation, and it drives my wife crazy. Does anyone else say it this way? I'm wondering if it's a regional thing. 26. route (as in, "the route from one place to another")
a. rhymes with "hoot" (29.99%)
b. rhymes with "out" (19.72%)
c. I can pronounce it either way interchangeably (30.42%)
d. I say it like "hoot" for the noun and like "out" for the verb. (15.97%)
e. I say it like "out" for the noun and like "hoot" for the verb. (2.50%)
f. other (1.40%)
(11137 respondents)
Surprisingly, it doesn't look very regional. More "roots" in the Northeast. It not nearly as regional as pop/soda/coke for fizzy sugar water.
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posted on
08/11/2005 4:43:42 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Bork should have had Kennedy's USSC seat and Kelo v. New London would have gone the other way.)
To: Riley
Indeed, what could one say after that?
55
posted on
08/11/2005 4:43:55 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Liberals: Too stupid to realize Dick Cheney is the real Dark Lord.)
To: untenured; All
Three times, real fast...
One smart fellow, he felt smart.
Two smart fellows, they felt smart.
Three smart fellows, they all felt smart.
To: Friend of thunder
All English punctuation is permitted, standard usages only. ! () - -- , . ? ' '' ; : and maybe some I've forgotten are all legal here.
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posted on
08/11/2005 4:48:22 PM PDT
by
SAJ
(`)
To: Prime Choice
Those thespians will do anything. I've even seen them ululate in public.
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posted on
08/11/2005 4:52:55 PM PDT
by
speedy
To: SandRat
Hurry up and come down here!
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posted on
08/11/2005 4:53:50 PM PDT
by
rockabyebaby
(What do you like best about your life?)
To: SandRat
And, isn't it odd that an ASteroid can wreck an entire HEMisphere...
while a HEMorrhoid can only wreck... well never mind.
60
posted on
08/11/2005 5:14:44 PM PDT
by
neverhome
(If Michael Jackson eats a fruitcake... izzit cannilbalism???)
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