Bald Britney Appears at LA Tattoo Parlor
It's intervention time for Britney. Where's her family? Where's her business manager? Who would have thought that anything Britney did would make K-Fed look good? Now he looks like the person who should have physical custody of those children. It's pitiful to drag those two little boys from hotel to hotel, hopping about in airplanes, being left with nannies and not having any sort of secure home life. (Feb 17, 2007 | post #71)
I couldn't agree more. It's easy to pick fights and more difficult to have a true debate. It's easier to insult people rather than respond with thought. I appreciate the posts that are civil and show that the poster gave thought to their replies. (Feb 16, 2007 | post #44)
Short answer: because using the search engine is quicker than typing out the answer from scratch. Long answer: English literature's spelling is dicey. Chaucer's work was before the great vowel shift and doesn't even sound like anyones English today, let alone look like something we can read easily. Shakespeare signed his name with a number of different spellings. Reading old literature is liable to ruin ones spelling rather than improve it. Why is English such a mess? Why aren't there rules that are hard and fast? Why do we have 5 vowels and 16 vowel sounds? Why is an unaccented vowel always sound like "eh"? The English language is a patch quilt of Roman Latin, Low German - Anglo/Saxon/Jute, later French. I mean why do the French call the live and dead animal by the same noun: boeuf, porc, mutton? In the English language it's cow if alive, beef if it is dead. Pig if it is alive and pork if it is dead. Sheep if it is alive and mutton if it is dead. Who's the cause of that? Blame William the Conqueror. The English population were the live stock herders and the French saw the meat only after it was slaughtered and prepared. That sort of socio/economic divide effected the English language. Then once the English language was transplanted into America you can add "colonial lag". There's usage in the USA English and Canada French that are 17Th Century left overs. I'm sure there is "colonial lag" with Australian English when compared to current British English usage. The English language is evolving in different ways in different countries. Another example is the internal vowel change to signify tense is disappearing here in the States. Sing, Sang, Sung, that sort of thing. We read "He dived into the water." instead of "He dove into the water." It makes me cringe, but a language is defined by usage. Linguistics is more descriptive rather than prescriptive. Therefore, my studies in Linguistics didn't help my spelling because I'm observing different sub-culture's usage. So when I'm not entirely sure of something I'll do a search to double check. That way what I share in a public forum is not only correct, but also provide a link so anyone can further their studies. As for a "full minor" that means taking enough classes to have a second Bachelor of Arts I still feel you were Yank Bashing and you're still not amusing. (Feb 16, 2007 | post #43)
Great question, I pause with these words as well. I did a search and found... choose - (verb) to make a choice or selection. chose - past tense of verb choose. choice - (noun) choosing; selection. From: http://www.esldesk .com/common-errors -in-english/-choos e-chose-choice.asp x (Feb 15, 2007 | post #14)
I struggle with "Who/Whom and Who's/Whoes" I did a search and found an explanation that makes sense to me. Who/Whom The distinction between "who" and "whom" is basically simple: "who" is the subject form of this pronoun and "whom" is the object form. "Who was wearing that awful dress at the Academy Awards banquet?" is correct because "who" is the subject of the sentence. "The MC was so startled by the neckline that he forgot to whom he was supposed to give the Oscar" is correct because "whom" is the object of the preposition "to." WHO'S/WHOSE This is one of those cases where it is important to remember that possessive pronouns never take apostrophes, even though possessive nouns do (see it's/its). "Who's" always and forever means only "who is," as in "Who's that guy with the droopy moustache?" or " who has," as in "Who's been eating my porridge?" "Whose" is the possessive form of "who" and is used as follows: "Whose dirty socks are these on the breakfast table?" From: http://www.demeist re.com/jjs56799/en /prog/subject/ENG0 2/prog_ENG02ad.php 3?mdprnd=&subj ect=ENG02 or http://tinyurl.com /yunf7s (Feb 15, 2007 | post #13)
I have a BA in English Literature and a full minor in Linguistics. What are your qualifications, outside of lifting a can of Fosters? If you have anything useful to offer to enlighten us then please post them. If you're just posting to "Yank Bash" then please make effort to at least be amusing. (Feb 15, 2007 | post #9)
A Catastrophic Earthquake About To Occur?
Chunks of tar are washing up on the beaches from San Francisco to Monterey. These are belched up from the ocean floor. There's some movement going on. It's been quiet for a while so we're due for a big one. My bet is on the Hayward fault. The The Loma Prieta earthquake, 7.1 on the Richter scale, actually. A 5.6 would just have me checking on elderly neighbors to make sure they didn't fall down. (Feb 14, 2007 | post #19)
There - Location Their - plural possessive They're - contraction of "they are" Two - one plus one Too - as in also, or "in excess" To - all other uses Where - location question We're - contraction of "we are" Weather - climate Whether - introduces a possiblity or choice Wether - castrated sheep, probably didn't have a choice in that. (Feb 14, 2007 | post #2)
British youngsters get worst deal, says UN" http://www.telegra ph.co.uk/news/main .jhtml?xml=/news/2 007/02/14/nteens14 .xml I don't think that someone from the UK should be casting aspersions about the care of children. Looks to me that the UK has its own hands full with dealing with their own problems. Can we say "Chav Culture"? Blimey! Got a problem with the USA, talk to Blair. Tony's sudden interest in global warming is just a smoke screen to divert attention from the cash-for-peerages investigation and his own involvement in Iraq. What UK gross domestic and gross national product in 2006? ... Roughly that of California. That's just one state out of 50. As much as some in the UK would love to bash the Yanks, I don't see many refusing our money. "The USA is Britain's largest single export market, taking 28.5bn Pounds of UK goods in 2004. The UK is the sixth biggest exporter to the US, after Canada, Mexico, China, Japan and Germany. The USA is also the leading overseas destination for British investment." Ian, you still with me darling? A clue, get one, it's free. UK superiority complex towards America is a sad delusion. Get help, quick. (Feb 13, 2007 | post #147)
Michael Moore's letter to George Bush
Michael Moore... I don't take the advice of someone who can't stop eating. Michael, move away from the buffet and put that fork down. As for Wiley's comment...Mass media is the cultural glue of a highly technological society and the pop cultural icons will effect more change than politicians, the clergy, or philosophers. To be free of the influence of pop cultural icons one would have turn off the TV, stop watching main stream news, and control the intellectual input for the family. We see this sort of media avoidance with some fundamentalists sections of Christians, Jews and Muslims. The less affluent, by the very nature of their pillar to post life, did not have the time to research political issues. Mass media and technology has changed that. Researching political issues has be made easier. For the most part they did not vote because they didn't feel they are the target of politician's attention. With the next presidential election slated to be the first billion dollar election, tax breaks for the rich, cuts in medicare, education, vet benefits, etc. The less affluent were not far wrong. But political landscape is changing. Pop icons are influencing people. Beware of the hip hop mogal who goes out to "rock the vote". Beware of the actor or actress who rallies their fans to attend a meeting, show up for a protect, to boycott specific industries because of political reasons. If the 'great unwashed' is only watching TV or going to movies, listening to the radio, it stands to reason that someone is going to take advantage of those media outlets to get people to register to vote. MySpace and text messaging are the newest methods to increase the youth vote. Voters registration drives are targeting the junior colleges and universities. As the old guard dies, the boomers totter into their dotage, there's a generation coming up who are mad as heck and they are technologically savy. They are getting organized. They are using mass media to get their point across. This is not to say I agree with Michael Moore or not. I'm saying that pop culture icons do have influence, like it or lump it. Here's a bit of Latin for Wiley. "omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis" Translation: "all things change, and we change with them" (Feb 13, 2007 | post #27)
Trenchcoat-Wearing Gunman Kills Five at Utah Mall
Can't do that, he's dead. I think the larger question is granting visas for people who are from war torn countries and bringing them to the USA without follow up for post traumatic shock. I remember when gang fights in LA esculated from fists and knives to machine guns when Mexican gangs faced off with Vietnamese gangs. Who can deny the rise of the Russian mafia in the states, organizations which have been skirting the law since the time of the czars? I'm all for allowing immigration of people who bring added value to America with skills and education we can use, people who would obey the law. I'm questioning the practice of bringing in people who are shell shocked and mentally ill, due to the horrors they experienced elsewhere. If they come, because we're humane, then they need mental health follow up to make sure they don't perpetrate those horrors here. (Feb 13, 2007 | post #5)
Is 'CSI' big enough for these two?
My husband and I were disappointed that Keppler was killed off. We both really liked him even though his short time there did set the team on edge with the "reversed forensic" episode. We kept on hoping there would be a way to keep him on the show but we saw he was getting painted into a corner and there was no way out. (Feb 13, 2007 | post #11)
Trenchcoat-Wearing Gunman Kills Five at Utah Mall
Sulejmen Talovic, Bosnian refugee. (Feb 13, 2007 | post #2)
Zsa Zsa's Hubby To Go To Court Over Baby
The Body Guard and now a Canadian Lounge Singer, with a struggling career, both have come forward saying "I'm the baby daddy!" Last night, Jay Leno called ZsaZsa's husband "Prince Von A-hole", which me howl with laughter. My husband goes, "What? What did I miss?" LOL So the count for viable breeders claiming paternity is now up to 4. Prince Von A-hole doesn't seem at all viable, to say the least. (Feb 13, 2007 | post #20)
Zsa Zsa's Hubby To Go To Court Over Baby
He's gay, impotent and a know practical joker. Known in the Gay Community as "Uncle Freddy". Owned a Gay Bathouse. So says German News. http://www.pr-insi de.com/anna-nicole -smith-why-gay-lyi ng-r50405.htm (Feb 13, 2007 | post #3)
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