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existentialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 12:10 PM
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"On this date in 1780,
"the future US president John Adams proposed that the Second Continental Congress create an academy for the 'fixing and improvement' of American English."

taken from the September 5, 2011 page of the calendar of forgotten English

I posted this just because I can't imagine teabaggers trying to get their heads around such an idea--and yet here it is, expressed in the throws of the American Revolution by one of the rock solid founding fathers.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 12:11 PM
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1. Ah yes, something that does not exist for the English language
:-)
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 12:14 PM
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2. wut?
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 12:17 PM
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4. Ain't right, izit?
They wanted to cut the balls off the English language? Eg, "Fix"?

Gawd, what wood we do if'n it didn't make babies?

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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 12:15 PM
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3. OMG are you series??!!!1111!!11
I feel like such a looser! (wtf is a looser?)
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