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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: hypercorrection #83771 10/18/02 06:53 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Me and him; we went fishing I don't think so, Rhuby. Even if this sort of ellipsis were going through the heads of those who use this sort of grammar (and I seriously doubt that it is) it wouldn't be correct by SWE rules. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hypercorrection #83772 10/18/02 07:14 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Since when did we need any steenkin' SWE rools?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hypercorrection #83773 10/18/02 07:36 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 steenkin' SWE rools Hey, Rhube, I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hypercorrection #83774 10/18/02 08:56 PM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina S sjm old hand sjm old hand S Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina In reply to: Max straightened me out and you, my dear ASp, welcomed me. Max didn't welcome you? How grossly discourteous of him! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hypercorrection #83775 10/18/02 09:01 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... In reply to: Max didn't welcome you? How grossly discourteous of him! I do love irony. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hypercorrection #83776 10/18/02 09:52 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England The abuse of "myself" knows no bounds. It's a form of myself-abuse ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word from grammar class #83777 10/19/02 01:21 PM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 11 I inuodie OP stranger OP inuodie stranger I Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 11 Thanks, everyone! Now I can sleep at night. Now that I see the word, I know that it's the one I was trying to think of. Boy, it makes such sense. How could I not be able to think of it? It seems like the simple, logical words are the ones that escape me sometimes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Grandma's class? #83778 10/19/02 07:06 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago ...the simple, logical words are the ones that escape me sometimes. Enjoy it while you can, cuz it's a rare thing to have a "simple, logical" word (escaping or not). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,318 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 775 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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