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So now we'll all be *extra* paranoid. Especially while typing under the influence.



Ya'll know we'd never do anything like that here.B|

Sorry, gang, but I have to use proper English at work and it is nice to sometime NOT agaonize over everything I type. We all know I speak in proper English.:P



proper english has to do w/ the company you keep and the situation. I speak like a dum ass rednek, but wen the situation requires it, I will speak to the best of my ability, and follow as many grammatical rules that I can remember.

I say, dammit to hell... this aint that place for me!
Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD
"What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me
"Anything you want." ~ female skydiver
Mohoso Rodriguez #865

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I do a damn good job of it too. Wanta try?



Well being stuck up here in Seattle.. I need some remedial training.. can yall help me while we'is at Eloy??



holy pig on a stick! yall women folk gotta get it right now. It aint "wanta" its "wanna" and again its not "we'is" its "us' " or " we's"
Remember the easier to slur the better!
Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD
"What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me
"Anything you want." ~ female skydiver
Mohoso Rodriguez #865

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Lose and Loose....:|


1. Loose with its two "o's" should remind you that there is too much space so something is "loose" as in a pair of loose (or roomy) pants. Loose also can refer to a handful of coins that are unrestrained as in "loose change." Similarly, a person may be described as "loose" if he or she functions with few rules or boundaries.

2. Lose with only one "o" should remind you that something is missing as when one loses or becomes unable to find or keep something or fails to achieve, as in "to lose" a game

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You should add:

CYPRES: An electronic automatic activation device that is intended to deploy a reserve parachute in the event that no parachute is opened at a preset altitude while falling at a preset speed.
Cypress: Whaaa?



Cypress: A city in California... or a type of tree... take your pick



And Cyprus, the island in the Mediterranean that the Greeks and Turks are forever fighting over.

Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

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One of my favorite scenes from The Life of Brian, where the Roman guard corrects the grammar/spelling of the graffiti Brian is writing on the wall....

http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/brian/brian-08.htm

Romanes Eunt Domus

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[scary music]
CENTURION:
What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'?
BRIAN:
It-- it says, 'Romans, go home'.

CENTURION:
No, it doesn't. What's Latin for 'Roman'? Come on!
BRIAN:
Aah!
CENTURION:
Come on!
BRIAN:
'R-- Romanus'?
CENTURION:
Goes like...?
BRIAN:
'Annus'?
CENTURION:
Vocative plural of 'annus' is...?
BRIAN:
Eh. 'Anni'?
CENTURION:
'Romani'. 'Eunt'? What is 'eunt'?
BRIAN:
'Go'. Let--
CENTURION:
Conjugate the verb 'to go'.
BRIAN:
Uh. 'Ire'. Uh, 'eo'. 'Is'. 'It'. 'Imus'. 'Itis'. 'Eunt'.
CENTURION:
So 'eunt' is...?
BRIAN:
Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, 'they go'.
CENTURION:
But 'Romans, go home' is an order, so you must use the...?
BRIAN:
The... imperative!
CENTURION:
Which is...?
BRIAN:
Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, 'i'. 'I'!
CENTURION:
How many Romans?
BRIAN:
Ah! 'I'-- Plural. Plural. 'Ite'. 'Ite'.
CENTURION:
'Ite'.
BRIAN:
Ah. Eh.
CENTURION:
'Domus'?
BRIAN:
Eh.
CENTURION:
Nominative?
BRIAN:
Oh.
CENTURION:
'Go home'? This is motion towards. Isn't it, boy?
BRIAN:
Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the... accusative! Accusative! Ah! 'Domum', sir! 'Ad domum'! Ah! Oooh! Ah!
CENTURION:
Except that 'domus' takes the...?
BRIAN:
The locative, sir!
CENTURION:
Which is...?!
BRIAN:
'Domum'.
CENTURION:
'Domum'.
BRIAN:
Aaah! Ah.
CENTURION:
'Um'. Understand?
BRIAN:
Yes, sir.
CENTURION:
Now, write it out a hundred times.
BRIAN:
Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
CENTURION:
Hail Caesar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.
BRIAN:
Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar and everything, sir! Oh. Mmm!

Finished!

ROMAN SOLDIER STIG:
Right. Now don't do it again.
[CENTURIONS chase BRIAN]

MAN:
Hey! Bloody Romans.
People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

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