the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[Diomedes]

lol, yeah right

my old man just got his 8th.  did two days.

[shorebird]

Wow. Still have a license?

[rjs246]

Fighting the good fight...

[SD]

Fighting the good fight...

Every class for I've had for the past 2 years has started with an opening speech from Professor's telling the students to not use internet/texting jargon in papers or when communicating with them.

[rjs246]

Anyone who needs a professor to explicitly say that to them deserves to be hosed down with gasoline and thrown into an active volcano.

[General_Failure]

"There was a lot of license on Shakespeare's part to invent language. These kids may be at the vanguard of how our language will look in 50 years or 2,000 years. In a way, it makes more sense to spell things the way they're spelling them."

The English language is not about sense. English is about pillaging other languages for new words and spellings. William Shakespeare farged it up for everybody by making up his own words. That bastich.

[Geowhizzer]

Fighting the good fight...

Every class for I've had for the past 2 years has started with an opening speech from Professor's telling the students to not use internet/texting jargon in papers or when communicating with them.

I make the students that hand in papers with internet jargon re-do the paper.

[Sgt PSN]

"There was a lot of license on Shakespeare's part to invent language. These kids may be at the vanguard of how our language will look in 50 years or 2,000 years. In a way, it makes more sense to spell things the way they're spelling them."

The English language is not about sense. English is about pillaging other languages for new words and spellings. William Shakespeare farged it up for everybody by making up his own words. That bastich.

I believe it was Rockefeller (or some other super rich dude) who spent a lot of time and money trying to get the English language changed so that everything is spelled phonetically, but ended up failing miserably.  It makes some sense though because the English language from a spelling point is farging stupid and makes no sense.  There are ground rules and then there are rules that contradict the ground rules.  PH is F.  CH can be CH, CK or SH.  I before E except after C or if it makes an "A" sound.  Silent S, silent P, silent H.  Sometimes Y is a vowel.  Blah blah blah.  It's dumb.  But still, it's what we go on now and it's what is considered "proper" so I roll with it and consider anyone who is incapable of properly reading, writing and speaking the language as a complete and total moron. 

[Geowhizzer]

Teddy Roosevelt championed a simplified spelling as well.  Most of it did not take, but that is the main reason Americans dropped the 'u' in color, honor and other such words.

Edit:  Here's a link to an article about Roosevelt's efforts.

Double Edit:  Forgot to mention that, according to the article, the rich guy was Carnegie.

[PhillyPhreak54]

ladies and gentleman, the mayor of brownsville

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/tuesday-112032-ahumada-brownsville.html

Get Carcetti in there to clean that hole up.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Fighting the good fight...

Every class for I've had for the past 2 years has started with an opening speech from Professor's telling the students to not use internet/texting jargon in papers or when communicating with them.

I make the students that hand in papers with internet jargon re-do the paper.

Good. I hope you kick them in the ass too.

This crap angers me.

[Diomedes]

Good sign of lousy parenting, when the paper your kid turns in reads like

Pay some farging attention

[PhillyPhreak54]

Good sign of lousy parenting, when the paper your kid turns in reads like

Pay some farging attention

Exactly right.

But considering that half the parents out there butcher the language as well, it's not surprising.

[Sgt PSN]

Teddy Roosevelt championed a simplified spelling as well.  Most of it did not take, but that is the main reason Americans dropped the 'u' in color, honor and other such words.

Edit:  Here's a link to an article about Roosevelt's efforts.

Double Edit:  Forgot to mention that, according to the article, the rich guy was Carnegie.

Carnegie....that's right.  I would have taken the time to look it up myself but I knew one of yous would do the leg work for me.  So, uh.....thanks. 

[MDS]

ladies and gentleman, the mayor of brownsville

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/tuesday-112032-ahumada-brownsville.html

Get Carcetti in there to clean that hole up.

hes been re elected i think twice. everyone knows hes a boozehound but he keeps getting landslide wins. i love this town.