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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 7:38 pm
Hey what's wrong with the word "got"?! It's a proper word. Or do you mean people misuse it? Gotten is a weird one for me, we stopped using it about a century ago, so it is very weird to hear it used so commonly here.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 8:15 pm
Actually, the musical instrument is a "vee-oh-la." I used to play one up through high school. 
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 8:38 pm
Haha, Kitt... nothing is 'wrong' with it, per se. My grandmother is an English teacher, and a very proper British woman, and she's instilled in all of us that "got", while a proper word, is not a classy one, and any time you use the word "got", you can find an alternative. I got a gift = I received a gift. I got to go = I have to go. Things have gotten out of control = Things have become out of control. This has got to stop = This must stop. etc., etc.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 9:56 pm
How about ill begotten gains? Affect/effect and lie/lay also bug me if used incorrectly. So many dogs are told to "lay down".. ACK. But I believe in cutting slack. I used to type so accurately but my fingers and my brain seem completely out of synch these days.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 11:15 pm
Ah, Karen, well I'm a very improper British woman, and use "got" quite extensively .
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Friday, March 30, 2007 - 5:00 am
Years ago, my mother took an English course. When I checked her "homework", I noticed a lot "have-gots" and informed her, that I would not use that term in certain circles and thought it wrong to be actually taught. Well, Mum promptly passed that on to her teacher who was miffed for the rest of the course.LOL My personal bugaboos are "their, there, they're" being used interchangeably, as well as the wrong pronunciations of Iran, Iraq, esp. by politicians and so-called "experts". If they don't know these basics, what else don't they know about these countries on which they are "experting" and making decisions concerning them?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, March 30, 2007 - 7:07 am
I guess my biggest bugaboo is people who use the term 'these ones'. Arrrggg!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 8:47 am
Has anyone see the Kleenxex commericials where people are sort of having therapy sessions in the middle of the street or park? There is one where a girl is talking about her wedding and how there was a makeup artist who did her makeup and she looked so pretty. She didn't want to cry and ruin the makeup. She then starts saying "dead puppies, dead puppies" and laughing. I think she is saying that so she won't cry..but that makes no sense!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 10:09 am
Yeah! Wouldn't "dead puppies, dead puppies" make you want to cry?
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Bookworm
Member
12-18-2001
| Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 10:27 am
That commercial drives me nuts! It seems to be on all the time too.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 12:31 pm
OMG, I'm so glad someone brought that up! I hate that commercial! Dead puppies KEEPS you from crying?? Then you are one sick, twisted individual!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 1:56 pm
Truly, I did not know what the commercial was hawking, except she was getting married and didn't want to ruin her makeup.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 7:49 pm
hmmmm...is that kinda like saying "Watermelon" when you're about to sneeze? My grandpa used to tell me if you say watermelon right as you're about to sneeze...you won't sneeze.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 8:58 pm
Nick, does it work?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 11:05 pm
I never heard of that commercial but I'm STILL bugged by the whiney, pouty GEICO cavemen and I read somewhere that they were actually going to have a show featuring them.. that's one I'll have no trouble skipping 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 02, 2007 - 4:31 am
I think the Kleenex series is a clever idea. I have seen other commercials. They are also real people's stories. I just don't get dead puppies! I like the cavemen! LOL I especially like the ones where he is in therapy.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, April 02, 2007 - 6:31 am
I love the cavemen. I like the main guy who says in the airport, 'Well, apparently so, I'm looking right at it.'. Now, for the frustrating thing, they aren't using him in the tv show. Why? He's so cute!
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Bookworm
Member
12-18-2001
| Monday, April 02, 2007 - 7:44 am
I don't mind the kleenex series in general. That specific one grates on my nerves. I think it's a combination of the 'dead puppies' and the fact that it seems to be on all the time. I like the caveman commercials too.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, April 02, 2007 - 8:12 am
I can't stand the caveman commercials! I find them very annoying and can't believe they would actually base a whole show around them.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, April 02, 2007 - 8:18 am
The caveman, IMO looks like val kilmer. My pet peeves in grammar and english "I gots to go" "Worsh" or "Worshington" There is no R in wash or Washington. Also I hate when people say "Don't it" And I do it all of the time. When the shortened version is Doesn't it, but I am lazy.... However if I were to unshorten "don't it" it'd be do not it. That "don't" make sense. LOL
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, April 02, 2007 - 10:51 am
Is there a train that travels between Chicago or Indianapolis and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina?
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Monday, April 02, 2007 - 11:16 am
Julie....go and check the Amtrack website
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 02, 2007 - 12:39 pm
Do energy efficient light bulbs come in anything lower than 25 watts or something other than "soft" white?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, April 02, 2007 - 1:54 pm
YEs war, I saw some that were 7 watts. I think that was equivalent to 15 watts??? You'll see a ton at Menards, Walmart or wherever they sell 'em... Scooter, thanks. Amtrak doesn't go to MB. Bummer as I think that is the only passenger train around...
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 02, 2007 - 2:04 pm
We picked up the 25 watts at Costco (4 bulbs for 2 bucks and some change, they were having an Edison rebate for like 5 bucks off.) I like that they are supposed to last for years and they are energy efficient, but the soft white light is freaking bright! 25 watt is supposed to be equivelant to 100 watt regular. They hurt my eyes though and I feel like I'm living in a store with the bright lights, so we're going to have to change, either back to regular light bulbs or a lower watt energy efficient bulb.
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