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Posted by on July 1, 2009, 8:08 am
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>> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:10:08 -0700 (PDT), Sandy Bell
>>>I couldn't agree more - it seems past tense is just that, a thing of
>>>the past!!! Here in Australia they use a partically annoying phrase -
>>>these ones & those ones, it drives me up a wall!!!!
>> I loathe a commonly used one today "It was very fun" -
>And the same teen would tell you, "Like get a life, ok", for complaining!
>Fred
>http://www.stitchaway.com
>If nothing changes, nothing changes.
>Don't back stitch to email, just stitchit.
Truly said !
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Posted by Dawne Peterson on July 1, 2009, 12:46 pm
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> <lucretiaborgia wrote I loathe a commonly used one today "It was very
> fun" -
Here it is "That was so fun!" The "very" must be you more formal
Maritimers.
Dawne
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Posted by Dawne Peterson on June 30, 2009, 12:50 am
"Charged with driving with undue care and attention. " A few stupid
newscasters say that quite regularly. Serious crime indeed, paying more
attention than you need to.
Dawne
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Posted by Fred on June 29, 2009, 4:29 am
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> Hi Guys,
> OK -- when I was growing up & in school, the word "bust" meant bosom or
> a statue of the upper portion of the body. That's more or less from
> memory and without looking it up in the dictionary for precise info. If
> something didn't work anymore, it was broken or if you caused it to not
> work any more then you broke it. You didn't BUST down a door or BUST out
> of a locked room. About the only time you would use the term "bust" was
> when gambling and you "went bust".
> So why now is the term "broke" never used? It seems that BUST has
> taken it's place. I was watching a Modern Marvels repeat about Ice Road
> Trucking and if a truck fell through the ice it didn't break through, it
> BUST through! We were watching something on PBS last week and the voice
> over said the same thing. Instead of breaking out some windows, the
> windows were busted out.
> I'm sorry but that's just plain WRONG! I know, I know -- language is a
> living thing and changes all the time. This is one of those times when I
> just get my back up and refuse to "go with the flow" -- LOLOL. There are
> loads of other language and grammar changes that don't bother MOI. Using
> bust instead of broke is NOT one of them ;-)!!! Rant Mode off CiaoMeow
> >^;;^<
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
Sounds like you just bust a gasket! However if it's not broke don't bust it.
Fred
http://www.stitchaway.com
If nothing changes, nothing changes.
Don't back stitch to email, just stitchit.
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Posted by Lucille on June 29, 2009, 6:52 am
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> Hi Guys,
> OK -- when I was growing up & in school, the word "bust" meant bosom or
> a statue of the upper portion of the body. That's more or less from
> memory and without looking it up in the dictionary for precise info. If
> something didn't work anymore, it was broken or if you caused it to not
> work any more then you broke it. You didn't BUST down a door or BUST out
> of a locked room. About the only time you would use the term "bust" was
> when gambling and you "went bust".
> So why now is the term "broke" never used? It seems that BUST has
> taken it's place. I was watching a Modern Marvels repeat about Ice Road
> Trucking and if a truck fell through the ice it didn't break through, it
> BUST through! We were watching something on PBS last week and the voice
> over said the same thing. Instead of breaking out some windows, the
> windows were busted out.
> I'm sorry but that's just plain WRONG! I know, I know -- language is a
> living thing and changes all the time. This is one of those times when I
> just get my back up and refuse to "go with the flow" -- LOLOL. There are
> loads of other language and grammar changes that don't bother MOI. Using
> bust instead of broke is NOT one of them ;-)!!! Rant Mode off CiaoMeow
> >^;;^<
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
Sorry to start the morning with a disclaimer, but we did use bust in
Brooklyn when I was a very little kid. We did bust down a door, or bust a
window. It probably wasn't proper English, but it was used.
Good Morning
Lucille
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>>>I couldn't agree more - it seems past tense is just that, a thing of
>>>the past!!! Here in Australia they use a partically annoying phrase -
>>>these ones & those ones, it drives me up a wall!!!!
>> I loathe a commonly used one today "It was very fun" -
>And the same teen would tell you, "Like get a life, ok", for complaining!
>Fred
>http://www.stitchaway.com
>If nothing changes, nothing changes.
>Don't back stitch to email, just stitchit.