Thanks for the grammar lesson, I'm sure we all appreciate it and could use the refresher.
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > Ok, my inner pedant is coming out. > In the sentence "The used car sales really gave him the Shook." Shook is > the object of the verb gave, objects by definition are nouns. To use as a > verb, you could say "The used car salesman Shooked him real good." Or "Look > at that used care salesman shooking him real good." Like many words in the > english language you can use them as nouns and verbs and other parts of > speech interchangeably with just a few small changes to the root word. To > wit: > > Do you really think you can Shook me like that and get away with it? [verb] > See that poor Shook over there?. [noun] > Get that Shooking thing away from me, I don't know where it's been. > [adjective] > He Shookily emailed me and I was quite disturbed.. [adverb] > Shook! That's nasty! [interjection] > > It's not quite as versatile as another word you may know about or even use > regularly, but you get the idea. I don't think you could use Shook as a > preoposition, conjuntion and certainly not a pronoun. > > -Jonathan > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I consider Shook to be more of a verb than a noun (as in, “The price of >> gas went up today and really made me feel like I’d been Shooked.” Or “The >> used car salesman really gave him the Shook.”). >> >> TVK >> >> >> >> - Problems become opportunities when the right people join together. >> >> >> >> *From:* David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 07, 2009 3:22 PM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter >> >> >> >> Marines = men >> >> Army = Shook >> >> >> >> *From:* Weatherford, Chad [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 07, 2009 12:08 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter >> >> >> >> Hey now, the Marines may go in first but they wouldn’t hold the ground >> without the Army coming in behind them! >> >> >> >> *cw* >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 07, 2009 2:00 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter >> >> >> >> The Grunt I meant was Army (slang <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slang>for an >> infantryman <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry>) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* David W. McSpadden [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 07, 2009 2:54 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter >> >> >> >> I think that was actually someone in the Army or Navy. >> >> We don't have time to change the channel. >> >> :-) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> *From:* Brumbaugh, Luke <[email protected]> >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> >> >> *Sent:* Friday, August 07, 2009 2:50 PM >> >> *Subject:* RE: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter >> >> >> >> I give you that one. Wasn’t it the grunts who tried the find out where to >> change the channel. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* David W. McSpadden [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 07, 2009 2:21 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter >> >> >> >> Luke, >> >> Understanding that you might be able to use a computer and maybe even help >> load a bomb or two on a plane. I have to ask who it is that is 'lighting >> up' the target for ya'. I think it is a forward observer. You know those >> dumb jarheads that are catching bullets for you flyboys to sleep tight every >> night. >> >> You might think we can't operate a computer but if you think about it they >> all make good tire blocks for the jets... >> >> :-) >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]> >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> >> >> *Sent:* Friday, August 07, 2009 2:14 PM >> >> *Subject:* Re: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter >> >> >> >> It prolly just a front. >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Brumbaugh, Luke < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Wow that’s shocking, being ex-Air Force, I always thought that Marines >> couldn’t operate a computer. >> >> >> >> *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 07, 2009 1:58 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* FYI: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter >> >> >> >> The U.S. Marine Corps has slapped an immediate ban on the use of social >> networking sites on its network, warning that sites like Facebook, MySpace >> and Twitter are a “proven haven for malicious hackers and content.” >> >> The ban, contained in an order issued Monday, will last for a year. It >> specifically mentions Facebook, Twitter and MySpace although it applies to >> what is described as “Web-based services that allows communities of people >> to share common interests.” >> >> >> http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3907 >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> >> >> >> >> ********************************************************************** >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is >> intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may >> contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, >> dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other >> than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, >> please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. 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