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Old 12-24-2015, 11:33 PM
 
Location: Illinois
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Originally Posted by aneye4detail View Post
NSFW...there is some fowl language.





bok bok bok


Don't you mean bawk?

 
Old 12-24-2015, 11:36 PM
 
Location: Illinois
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From an article in my daily paper written by a reporter from the CNHI News Service:

Jeffrey said she felt blessed as she watched her three grand kids, who had just went on a shopping spree with Oklahoma City Thunder forward Steve Novak.
Where did this even come from!!! I live in rural Illinois, and I have given up trying to correct people. I hear "had went" and "gone to" every friggin day. Don't even get me started on sale/sell (though I know it's been touched on here before).
 
Old 12-26-2015, 06:20 AM
 
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"she hooked up with an old classmate and immediately bore him two children"

Hmmm...
This sounds like something worthy of mention in The Guinness Book of World Records, under the category Shortest Period of Human Gestation...



Last edited by Retriever; 12-26-2015 at 06:42 AM..
 
Old 12-26-2015, 09:50 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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On a forum asking if one should get the adult kids of a brother's recent fiancee any presents at Christmas:

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Don't get them no gifts
Not particularly helpful advice.
 
Old 12-26-2015, 03:51 PM
 
Location: Salt Lake City
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Originally Posted by Cindiana View Post
OK, I guess there's nothing wrong with it, but it still sounds bad to me.
It drives me crazy, too, but that's accepted usage in Great Britain. I also find it more difficult to say the word "maths" than "math." It just doesn't roll off the tongue that easily.
 
Old 12-26-2015, 09:42 PM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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Originally Posted by Retriever View Post
"she hooked up with an old classmate and immediately bore him two children"...
Sounds like it was a "budding" relationship.
 
Old 12-27-2015, 05:05 PM
 
Location: The beautiful Garden State
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Originally Posted by Retriever View Post
Those of us in The US usually hear "maths" only from the mouths of those who originated on the Indian subcontinent.


They call it "maths" in the UK:

The UK needs a revolution in the way maths is taught. Here's why - The Guardian

Why our maths teachers are among the worst in the world | Daily Mail Online


Quote:
Originally Posted by Retriever View Post
"she hooked up with an old classmate and immediately bore him two children"

Hmmm...
This sounds like something worthy of mention in The Guinness Book of World Records, under the category Shortest Period of Human Gestation...


 
Old 12-27-2015, 06:31 PM
 
Location: New Mexico
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Default Vive l'amour!

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Originally Posted by Retriever View Post
"she hooked up with an old classmate and immediately bore him two children"

Hmmm...
This sounds like something worthy of mention in The Guinness Book of World Records, under the category Shortest Period of Human Gestation...


Surely you mean - Beau Geste?
 
Old 12-28-2015, 01:31 AM
 
Location: Georgia, USA
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I could have killed that woman with my bear hands.
 
Old 12-28-2015, 06:02 AM
 
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Originally Posted by suzy_q2010 View Post
I could have killed that woman with my bear hands.

No doubt!
Have you ever seen the size of those claws?


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