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Re: English, innit?

#151 Post by Beate » Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:58 am

Worst wrong use of apostrophe EVER.

"We currently supply many other business’s in the area"
:wall: :wall: :wall:
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Re: English, innit?

#152 Post by ejwrank » Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:04 am

Beate wrote:Worst wrong use of apostrophe EVER.

"We currently supply many other business’s in the area"
:wall: :wall: :wall:

There are plenty more. Husband flickrs (or should I type flickr's??) loads (load's??) of them in our area!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/apostrophes/
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Re: English, innit?

#153 Post by valda » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:54 pm

The Sparrow wrote:
Beate wrote:"Totes amaze"? Twitter speak makes me sick sometimes.
Quite amazeballs even lol

And a lot of these are being entered in the English Oxford Dictionary along with, LOL OMG Muffin Top Wags, etc 8O :confused:
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Re: English, innit?

#154 Post by teddybear1 » Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:34 pm

OMG...... wit yeez aw aboot oan here ... dissin the way i talk LOL
BOOM ...... deal wi that



p.s sorry guys couldn't help myself
before you go "dissin"
this took me absolutely ages
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Re: English, innit?

#155 Post by Octopus » Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:07 pm

If I use the apostrophe the wrong way (which probably already happened), are you gonna whip me?
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Re: English, innit?

#156 Post by Beate » Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:25 pm

What with, the apostrophe?
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Re: English, innit?

#157 Post by stuartboy » Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:26 pm

You are at a definite advantage as far as whipping goes....what with having 8 arms after all.
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Re: English, innit?

#158 Post by Octopus » Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:35 pm

You both :rofl2:
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Re: English, innit?

#159 Post by steve » Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:59 pm

Thought you might enjoy this:
Teens have theirs, now seniors have their own texting codes, I thought the following list was appropriate... after all the kids have all their little codes like BFF, LOL, etc ... so here are some codes for seniors.

ATD - At the Doctors
BFF - Best Friends Funeral
BTW - Bring the Wheelchair
BYOT - Bring your Own Teeth
CBM - Covered by Medicare
DWI - Driving While Incontinent
FWBB - Friend with Beta Blockders
FYI - Found Your Insulin
GGPBL - Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low
GHA - Got Heartburn Again
HGBM - Had Good Bowel Movement
IMHO - Is My Hearing-Aid On?
LMDO - Laughing My Dentures Out
LOL - Living on Lipitor
OMMR - On My Massage Recliner
OMSG - Oh My, Sorry, Gas
GGLKI - Gotta Go, Laxative Kicking In!
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Re: English, innit?

#160 Post by McG » Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:01 pm

:rofl2:
Good one, steve!
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