Words and usages that get to me... 1. Supposably (brought to light in an episode of Friends a few years ago) 2. Whenever (not the traditional usage, mind: "...no rush, whenever you get around to it...", but the less traditional and becoming far more commonplace (I fear): "Whenever I was a boy back in Kansas, we used to..." to which I must respond, "as opposed to whenever you were a girl?" Grrrr...
will ---- William H. Bowen Webmaster ALSTOM's Energy Management & Markets Business "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.esca.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Stanford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:43 AM Subject: Words... > Hmmm I will not say who in my wives family but > > one of them says Home De Pot... and Cucumbers for Coupons. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Christine Lawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:26 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Bush dismisses warning > > > > > > OT: We actually have a fun family game where we keep track of > > the words my father uses in place of actual words, some of my > > favorites are "Asparagrass", "Charles Swab", "Baltamic > > Vinegar". He's 68 so I no longer bother with correcting him. > > Besides, it's pretty funny :) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 2:17 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Bush dismisses warning > > > > > > I have a hard time pronouncing words like that as well. It is > > all about > > dialect not intelligence. > > > > Some people associate a different dialect with poor intelligence. > > > > Just like saying Warsh, which I do a lot. And sometime I say nucular > > when I mean nuclear, it isn't saying that I am stupid, it is just the > > way people around me spoke when I was growing up, I still know how to > > spell the word, and what it means. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > > what do you expect from someone who cannot say nuclear. > > > > > > -- > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
