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English as it is spoke.
Tuxman:
English as it is spoke.
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Yo dawg?
pilgrim:
English as it is spoke.
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Yo dawg?-Tuxman (May 25, 2013, 07:53 AM)
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The English version doesn't have one. :D
pilgrim:
Rereading this thread one of the earlier replies reminded me about something I read about the person mentioned in my original post, Noah Webster.
He was evidently considered by many who actually knew him to have been a selfish person throughout his life.
One of his childhood friends was quoted as saying that while he always expected you to have time for him he rarely had time for U.
His subsequent publications would tend to confirm that view.
Stoic Joker:
By the way, I liked the jokes.-IainB (May 25, 2013, 06:08 AM)
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Just when I was beginning to think that everybody was a critic.-pilgrim (May 25, 2013, 07:06 AM)
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Just remember that the highest complement one can expect from a really good pun is an exasperated groan.
Frankly when I fist started reading some of your post I thought for sure that Douglas Adams had been resurrected ... Love your style man.
Tinman57:
And for the modern day equivalent of this story:
THE CRADLE OF ENGLISH: Police constables in England's Avon and Somerset
Constabulary say they're "baffled" by the advice given to them by
superiors ahead of the annual Problem Orientated Partnerships "problem-
solving competition" to be held in the United States. One officer
charged the document was "murder of the English language," while a
spokesman for the Plain English Campaign called the language
"Ploddledygook." Sample passage: "Coherent evaluation with sound
evidence of whether the aim was achieved along with what worked well
and why, and conversely, what didn't work so well and why How were the
outcomes of initiative shared? i.e.; if you addressed an issue arising
from PACT, how have you responded to the 'you said' by promoting 'we
did'?" (RC/London Telegraph) ...In rank they may be superior. In other
measures, not so much.
[Taken From "This Is True"]
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Hmmmm, wonder where the officer got that line from....
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