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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:48 PM Original message |
Pet Peeve: "irregardless" isn't a word! |
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Oceansaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. turn the asshole off....n/t |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Regardless.... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Boy, if that isn't an inflammable OP, I don't know what is! |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Heh. good one. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sure it is. Prescriptivists suck. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Here, as a bit of analogy: Have you ever said "up above?" Let's look at the etymology: |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
63. "Prescriptivists suck" |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's even worse than "comprised of." Gawd, the idiocy is limitless. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Comprised of is improper? Please explain n/t |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. The several comprise the whole. The whole is COMPOSED OF the several. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 07:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
50. Agreed. nt |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Use "composed of." |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 06:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
47. Or use "consists of." |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 03:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
46. irregardless of how it's used :) |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. You...you do accept the legitimacy of the passive tense in most terms, right? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Huh? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. If you can say, |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. No, the unit is COMPOSED of the twenty soldiers. And you're welcome to your opinion, |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. ...yes. That is one legitimate way of saying it. "Comprised" is another. There is no legitimate |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. And there's a tiring repetition of the word "prescriptivism." Anyone uses such a word |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Dear Redstone. You have just badly embarrassed yourself. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. And yet the passive is a voice, not a tense. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 07:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
51. And now, a question about the use of "troops"... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 06:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
48. From the grammar manual |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Where did you get that book and who is the author? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
81. Crap. I'm guilty of that. :( |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. For almost a decade,a Twit.. |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. No. |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Ok then...I will type slooowly... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. More importantly ... |
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Popol Vuh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Don't mean to be argumentative |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. And yet... |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. That's not argmentative |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. GDP? |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. It's a double negative. ARGGGHH! |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Yeah, but it has the same meaning as "regardless". How silly is that? nt |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Think about it and your argument unravels. |
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Popol Vuh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
88. It is silly.....but |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well whoop-dee-shit. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. thank you!! |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's a word. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. It is a unit of language, comprised of morphemes, carrying meaning and possessing phonetical value. |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. yes. I just didn't have those words ;) |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. However, in places such as New Haven, where I live, you would be |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. That's a social fact. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. *shrug.* If you want to claim social dialect, sure. Nobody can argue with, |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. OK, I'll check out what some of my Yalie friends have to say about such usage, |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Well, for one, you could tell them that you could use some help with reading. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #57 |
76. You are absolutely right. I had misread your post originally (I thought it sounded strange). |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. That one's bugged me for along time. You know what else? I hate |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I've been seeing more of that lately, too. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
61. Damn you grammar nazi's! NT |
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MadrasT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
90. That one... |
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chemp (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. I use it constantly! |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Irritating people is always a good reason to do anything |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's a great restaurant though...in Raleigh, NC! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Pictures please. n/t |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 07:04 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Sorry, I don't have any... |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
82. pics at site |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
39. Only elitists would use words correctably. n/t |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. I find it difficult to understand why one word uttered by a blockhead . . . |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
53. It's a perfectly cromulent word |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
54. then i guess that random house and webster's oughta take it out of their dictionaries... |
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sourmilk (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
56. How does anyone with such a username justify such an OP? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
58. Yeah. That bugs me alot. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
59. 'Elements of Style' should be a textbook |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Wouldn't make a difference. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Would it please the court if I added a qualifier? |
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Lifetimedem (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #62 |
73. Indeed |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
77. It was mandatory at SJSU. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
64. um, of course it's a word |
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Lifetimedem (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. You are a TEACHER? |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. yes, of English |
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Lifetimedem (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. anything can be a "word" |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. yes, that's pretty much what I said |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #74 |
83. Owned. |
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Lifetimedem (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #74 |
92. Unraveling |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. yeah, I already said that about unraveling |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #64 |
75. This is from a dictionary on my computer... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #75 |
86. I didn't say the word was standard |
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Lifetimedem (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
65. Thank you |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
67. So is "conversate" but I hear it 20 times a day and from my boss! NT |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #67 |
78. That is NOT a word. Please tell me that is not in the dictionary! nt |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #78 |
91. It's AAVE |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
68. "supposubly" he's a writer... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I cringe at that one too |
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Lifetimedem (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. How about this common error.. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
79. And there is no such thing as 'workahol', but we put the suffix -ic |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. LOL |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. I'm about to go get my workohol on :( |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
84. "Me fail English? That's unpossible!" |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Sleep, that's where I'm a viking! |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
89. Well Your Pet Peeve Is Dumb... Wrong Too... |
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pork medley (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
93. Pet Peeve: uptight bores! (n/t) |
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