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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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Hey teach, whens you gonna learn me how to spell sumptin? An dus dis course includes some kinds of grammer type stuffin it orz it just da spellin thingee? Oh ya, un do Iz need brings ya an apple to get an "a" or what? Michael oh yaz, and Chris - I just wantz to says - "Your da man!"...hehe  [This message has been edited by Michael (edited 02-12-2000).] |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Oh GOODY.... Hey Michael - wanna know howta fold them there aerodynamickly sound flyin' paper things??? I been learnin' from the best.. and I'm up on all the newest classroom tricks.... This guy's not gettin' nothin' over on us.. You an' me can fix his butt....  |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Yaz, nan, we canz put sum gum inz his chair, thatill fix hiz butt fur shures. Orz we canz um use a pensil anz just watches him scream...LOL Yaz, I thinks Iz uh gonna like dis place. Michael |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Fergit the gum.... we use one of them whoopie cushion thingies.. ya know - the ones that goes....pppplllllrrrrrrbbbbttttttt when he sits on it... then we stands up together an' sez...."ONOMATOPOEIA!!!" |
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Justin Nuendo Member
since 2000-02-05
Posts 86Ozzz |
Yoo, thiz iz better then the Stute Were can I throw my rotten fruit ? Maybe a spitball here an dare would get thoze tangles outta yar hair ? |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
Hay thar we-ins heer in Hickzvill USa ear larnin to reed and ryte in Skulle. Them teechirs air rally holpin uss owt. I larned thet enywon ken spell thangs lak Cajun end Fryed Chikkin and Cone Pone I thank weell bee eetin sum gud stuf. Thars talk in town thet weell get lecktrisikul sune tooo |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
OmiGawd..... Who let that redneck }X{ in here??? I heer tell her fam-lee tree don't even fork!! I'm not settin' neer her!!! |
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ONE FLEW OVER Member
since 1999-09-18
Posts 55Cuckoos Nest |
So's were' here t'learn how t'scribble hey dat's waaay coo' man! Right on! ah' need t'learn some eyeballin' t' I wonda' can we accomplish dat here dude! Right on! Yo! where's de little boys room ah' gots'ta go baaaad. who clocked me in de haid wid an eraser, Ill show ya' buddy! Preach it loud, bruddah!! Right on! Get out uh my face lest ya' wants' me t'pee on yo' kicker boy! Preach it loud, bruddah!! Right on! O.K. ya' ax'ed fo' it, de fire 'estin'uisha' has been released! Right on! |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
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Mistikman Senior Member
since 2000-01-10
Posts 682San Jose, CA, USA |
Mez hordin all da colorin tingeez. yuuu no tuch, dey mine! meby when mez dun makin perty piktors yuu can yuz dem, but not now! I am not a poet, I am merely one who speaks in emotion |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
The bad news is, ya'll seem to be confusing poor English with dialect (which us here Cajuns know a smidge about). The good news is, youse dialects are pretty bad, too.  |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Hey guyz...Ditz dat Ron feller just calls us derelicts? Dangz it I hate when peeples uses dem big ol' words on me likes dat. I aints recalzin just wat dat means but I knows it kaint be good.... I'll showz u Ron, Dat Chris is gonna learn us all and we'z no be derelicts anymorez. You'z dust wate n c. |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
ROTFLMAO @ RON! I AIN'T GOT NOT NOTHING ELSE TO SAY, except.....hey..since this is and english workshop are we going to work on things like punctuation proper nouns fragmented sentences run on sentences commas periods or anything like that? Wanted to know is all. Just curious, you know, putting commas, where they don't belong, well, is just plain annoying, because people just LOVE those little commas. I do. any information on these things used in prose would be nice to know of because i'd like to start writing some of that if I could one day. he he..SORRY! I just HAD to! I can't shut up for long you know just go on and on and on forever and ever always talking when I should be reading and concentrating on things like writing good poetry. LATERS!Glad this place is up. Let me know if I can help in any way at all. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Hey - who let Temptress in? - Sheez juss pretendin ta wanna lurn... She reelly juss wannsta know who's the guy in leathers 'n' cuffs.....yep |
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Brad Member Ascendant
since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705Jejudo, South Korea |
Grammar begins now. Expain each alternate spelling and each dialect you wish to command. If you can't, you are wrong. Brad |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
Munda walks into the classroom, looks around, turns a little pale and wonders; "What on earth is going on here ? This is worse than the Stute !" She looks at Brad, turns deathly pale now, heads for the door, screaming....."AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH, even Brad doesn't know how to spell anymore !!!!" ROTFLMAO Expain ! Expain ! There's nothing to expain until you get YOUR English right ! ROTFLMAO |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
Well....*blushing*..I would like to learn how to use a semi-colon properly. My English class days are long since gone and I forget. Proper sentence structure is something I would love to have a refresher course on as well. |
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Miss Behavin' Member
since 1999-06-16
Posts 84 |
Spain, Lucy.... Spain... or was that ... "Zee pain, Boss - Zee pain!!" |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I had a pain once. Took an aspirin and now I have an expain! |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
ROTFLM'D'O... For Marilyn... Semicolons are used to separate independent clauses within the same compound sentence, when they are not joined by conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, for); the clauses should be closely related. Semicolons are particularly appropriate if there are commas within the clauses, or one clause begins with a parenthetical expression such as "for example". They are also used to separate items in a series if the items contain commas; for example, we'll post special poems on Saturday, January 1; Monday, February 14; and Sunday, April 23. YIKES!!!.. Don't be makin' me think on a Sunday; it's my R&R day... btw - I always use that silly dash instead - using my poetic license here... and stuffing a rag in my mouth (not on my Toe) - this Ain' My Forum...!!! [This message has been edited by Nan (edited 02-13-2000).] |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Hey.. Did I mention that I just LOVE English?  Okay, I had to express that. I'm just excited about this forums. THANKS RON AND CHRIS! |
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sweetcollege_girl Senior Member
since 1999-12-03
Posts 872just about where I want to be |
cool....it actually came to pass that Chris got a forum! GO CHRIS!! need some help just holler! Oh...where is he anyway? is he absent? stay cool  ~~Lavada~~ "For every beauty, there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth, there is an ear somewhere to hear it For every love, there is a heart somewhere to receive it".--Ivan Panin |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Whoa boy... what a bunch we have here! Michael... quit drawing on the wall and go stand in the corner! Misticman, you do the same... no Misticman, the other corner, you two obviously can't play well together! Nan, please leave my butt out of this and worry about your own! As far as this not being your class... well in a way it is! Please see the thread "Do I Know How To Ramble Or What?" Umm... who let the Justin's in here? Hmm? Who told them? It was supposed to be kept secret from them! I haven't got my Psychology degree yet, so I'm not authorized to give them an electrical shock treatment yet! Oh great! And we have to deal with one of 'dem foreign Cajun people's too! Geesh! They're sure to warp everyone in here! Next thing you know, we'll all be running down the bayou chasing alligators for breakfast or sumthin'! Ouch Brad... that hurt!!! Temptress, calm down hun... no one's going to hurt you I promise... And finally, SCG - I already had a forum! Geesh, some people!  Now I have two...hehe, I get to warp twice as many people!!! I love having the ability to abuse power!!! Hahaha |
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Mistikman Senior Member
since 2000-01-10
Posts 682San Jose, CA, USA |
Its da thurd day uf klass an da teach still kant say me name rite! MistiKman, not Misticman |
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Dusk Treader
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Senior Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 1187St. Paul, MN |
¡Hola Clase! ¿Come estas? ¡Estoy muy bien! El profesor es aburrido.. Estoy cansado... Buenos Noches! A writer's soul is on paper etched. In flames I shall not be consumed, but reborn. -- Abrahm Simons |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
You expect us to write good poetry and use good English, too..? I think, sir, that you have teetered well over into the boundaries of lunacy, even compared to your somewhat eroded norm ... Well, while ya'll are in here sweating and swearing over proper use of language, I'll be in the corner misplacing my modifiers and dangling my participles -- hehehe. PS: ya'll (n): Contraction of "ya" and "all," used primarily to refer to a person or group of persons in the southern United States. (just in case you wondered)  --Me Full fathom five thy father lies, Of his bones are coral made, Those are pearls that were his eyes; Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange... --William Shakespeare, from The Tempest |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
*needs a bathroom pass* |
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Brad Member Ascendant
since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705Jejudo, South Korea |
Well, I'm glad everyone enjoyed my little joke there. Next time, I'll try to do something like that on purpose. I guess no one is afraid of correcting my mistakes, now, are they? Or making fun of me? Or hurting my feelings? Thank God, no one is afraid of doing these things to me. Attack, attack, no holds barred and that kind of thing. Now, we can have some fun. Brad |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Brad We wouldn't be pickin' on ya if'n we din't luv ya...... |
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Brad Member Ascendant
since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705Jejudo, South Korea |
Nan, I knew you cared. But really my point (I've had a very bad joke week, I admit.) is that grammar and spelling are far more difficult than a simple rule book. Grammar and spelling are dependent on logic and convention (and the two don't mix very well). We must admit this, we must accept the fact that nobody knows it all, we must accept the fact that we all make mistakes (and given my ego, you have no idea, how hard that is.). We have to talk and not be afraid of making mistakes. I was talking to a fellow teacher of mine who was arguing 'delagable' versus 'delegatable' and the fact is both are logically possible (he was arguing logic on this one and I eventually showed him that on that level, both are possible but on a 'feel' level we agreed.). Grammar is a vague and for the most part unknown subject. The only way to discuss this is to talk and talk and talk (without egos -- God, it hurts to say that) and take our lumps the only way we can. The more honest, the more we lean towards true learning, the more we gain from these discussions. And that means all of us, Brad |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
 I'm sorry Brad. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. Still friends ? |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
You're absolutely right, Brad - We're all fallible - and can learn a great deal from each other... |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Exactly Nan! And with that said, I think we should close this thread... heaven only knows how many minds we've warped with this terrible grammar and these painful dialects! |
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