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bljones Resident Wit
Joined: February 08, 2002 Posts: 2377 Location: ontario canada
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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You know that big drum shaped thing on the front of your jeep that helps you get unstuck? You know, when you're up to the frame rails in clay, and you unspool your line, secure it, hit the switch and mutter "Pull, you bitch!"? That's a 3000 lb. winch.
You know that big drum shaped thing on the back of your jeep that helps you get unstuck? You know, when you're up to the frame rails in clay, and you turn and yell, "Push, you bitch!"?
That's a 300 lb. wench.
87% of all ebay and auto trader ads get the two confused. _________________ OG JHC
Author of Original Rant #1
"It stingd itself to dead... now that is control on you"
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&Dan Samba Member
Joined: January 29, 2008 Posts: 1784
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:39 am Post subject: Cretinous underuse of the English language |
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'Alot' is not a word.
Also, what on earth does 'needs restored' mean? |
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tom84ford Samba Member
Joined: January 03, 2009 Posts: 159 Location: SoCal
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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Lets change the subject from English to math. You just made up another bull$hit statistic!
bljones wrote: |
87% of all ebay and auto trader ads get the two confused. |
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tom84ford Samba Member
Joined: January 03, 2009 Posts: 159 Location: SoCal
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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looking back on that, it was my 87th post.... random! |
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candymustang65 Banned
Joined: January 11, 2010 Posts: 1674 Location: APPLE VALLEY
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:01 am Post subject: |
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So I dont Get it ?
Does this mean that Thinga Ma Jigg is inccorrect ?
Or the Watch ya Mah Call it, isnt Proper Grammar ?
Hmmmm ?
Go Figure !
Im Miffed even ?
I alway's thought that Language was a Living, Breatheing, Evolveing, Entity ?
Example : Thomas Crash Ran 2 Steam Locomotives together as a Rail Road Publicity Stunt !
They blew up Killed half Dozen Spectator's Injured Bunch more !
Therefore we have the Word Crash !
Example #2 : Obamma called for Transparency in His Dictatorship ?
By the End of His Tyrannical Regime Im bettin Transparency will no longer mean Transparency ?
Imma a Mechanic not a Litterary Genuise !
Not to mention all I had for Freind as a Kidd livin in the Middle of the Dessert was a scrawny stick !
Till it ticked me off !
So I broke it in half just to have 2 Freind's ?
I also blame the Parent's ?
You must have been Nit Picked relentlessly by your Mother about Proper Etiquette, and Pronounciation !
Sadd that she wouldnt lett you play with other Kidds in the Mudd or Dirt for fear you'd get, dirty or hurt by us Local Ruffian's ?
I bett she even washed your mouth out with Soap for Swearin and what Not ?
Did you even have any freind's as a Kidd growin up ?
How bad was it ?
I bett you Snuck out at least a Few Time's too play outside with the other Kidd's ?
Must have been a Horrible Childhood coup'ed up in the House all day with, Bronchial Inhalers and Antiseptic hand wash ?
Afraid to say anything out of fear of havin your Grammar Corrected ?
Thank God for My Mother !
Women is a Saint !
Sean |
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fubab Samba Member
Joined: April 17, 2004 Posts: 143
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:34 am Post subject: |
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bljones wrote: |
You know that big drum shaped thing on the front of your jeep that helps you get unstuck? You know, when you're up to the frame rails in clay, and you unspool your line, secure it, hit the switch and mutter "Pull, you bitch!"? That's a 3000 lb. winch.
You know that big drum shaped thing on the back of your jeep that helps you get unstuck? You know, when you're up to the frame rails in clay, and you turn and yell, "Push, you bitch!"?
That's a 300 lb. wench.
87% of all ebay and auto trader ads get the two confused. |
When I had the boat, I would regularly lay the wench on the deck. _________________ It glared at him from his own soul, and dogged him all his days. He knew only too well the human propensity to displace the real with the illusory, which is not restricted to the individual. It operates in human systems . . . |
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Sigurd Samba Member
Joined: April 18, 2006 Posts: 2639 Location: Rockford, IL
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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candymustang65 wrote: |
So I dont Get it ?
Does this mean that Thinga Ma Jigg is inccorrect ?
Or the Watch ya Mah Call it, isnt Proper Grammar ?
Hmmmm ?
Go Figure !
Im Miffed even ?
I alway's thought that Language was a Living, Breatheing, Evolveing, Entity ?
Example : Thomas Crash Ran 2 Steam Locomotives together as a Rail Road Publicity Stunt !
They blew up Killed half Dozen Spectator's Injured Bunch more !
Therefore we have the Word Crash !
Example #2 : Obamma called for Transparency in His Dictatorship ?
By the End of His Tyrannical Regime Im bettin Transparency will no longer mean Transparency ?
Imma a Mechanic not a Litterary Genuise !
Not to mention all I had for Freind as a Kidd livin in the Middle of the Dessert was a scrawny stick !
Till it ticked me off !
So I broke it in half just to have 2 Freind's ?
I also blame the Parent's ?
You must have been Nit Picked relentlessly by your Mother about Proper Etiquette, and Pronounciation !
Sadd that she wouldnt lett you play with other Kidds in the Mudd or Dirt for fear you'd get, dirty or hurt by us Local Ruffian's ?
I bett she even washed your mouth out with Soap for Swearin and what Not ?
Did you even have any freind's as a Kidd growin up ?
How bad was it ?
I bett you Snuck out at least a Few Time's too play outside with the other Kidd's ?
Must have been a Horrible Childhood coup'ed up in the House all day with, Bronchial Inhalers and Antiseptic hand wash ?
Afraid to say anything out of fear of havin your Grammar Corrected ?
Thank God for My Mother !
Women is a Saint !
Sean |
This post epitomizes the need for this thread. |
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kaiser Samba Member
Joined: June 22, 2005 Posts: 205 Location: ct
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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candymustang65 wrote: |
So I dont Get it ?
Does this mean that Thinga Ma Jigg is inccorrect ?
Or the Watch ya Mah Call it, isnt Proper Grammar ?
Hmmmm ?
Go Figure !
Im Miffed even ?
I alway's thought that Language was a Living, Breatheing, Evolveing, Entity ?
Example : Thomas Crash Ran 2 Steam Locomotives together as a Rail Road Publicity Stunt !
They blew up Killed half Dozen Spectator's Injured Bunch more !
Therefore we have the Word Crash !
Example #2 : Obamma called for Transparency in His Dictatorship ?
By the End of His Tyrannical Regime Im bettin Transparency will no longer mean Transparency ?
Imma a Mechanic not a Litterary Genuise !
Not to mention all I had for Freind as a Kidd livin in the Middle of the Dessert was a scrawny stick !
Till it ticked me off !
So I broke it in half just to have 2 Freind's ?
I also blame the Parent's ?
You must have been Nit Picked relentlessly by your Mother about Proper Etiquette, and Pronounciation !
Sadd that she wouldnt lett you play with other Kidds in the Mudd or Dirt for fear you'd get, dirty or hurt by us Local Ruffian's ?
I bett she even washed your mouth out with Soap for Swearin and what Not ?
Did you even have any freind's as a Kidd growin up ?
How bad was it ?
I bett you Snuck out at least a Few Time's too play outside with the other Kidd's ?
Must have been a Horrible Childhood coup'ed up in the House all day with, Bronchial Inhalers and Antiseptic hand wash ?
Afraid to say anything out of fear of havin your Grammar Corrected ?
Thank God for My Mother !
Women is a Saint !
Sean |
i don't understand why all of your posts are written like this, your posts gie me a headache.
whats with all the !!!!! ???? |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33991 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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tom84ford wrote: |
Lets change the subject from English to math. You just made up another bull$hit statistic!
bljones wrote: |
87% of all ebay and auto trader ads get the two confused. |
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That's no surprise given the fact that 92% of all quoted statistics are made up. |
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19super73 Hardcore Stock Nazi
Joined: October 18, 2007 Posts: 4351 Location: Cité Soleil
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19super73 Hardcore Stock Nazi
Joined: October 18, 2007 Posts: 4351 Location: Cité Soleil
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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candymustang65 wrote: |
So I dont Get it ?
Does this mean that Thinga Ma Jigg is inccorrect ?
Or the Watch ya Mah Call it, isnt Proper Grammar ?
Hmmmm ?
Go Figure !
Im Miffed even ?
I alway's thought that Language was a Living, Breatheing, Evolveing, Entity ?
Example : Thomas Crash Ran 2 Steam Locomotives together as a Rail Road Publicity Stunt !
They blew up Killed half Dozen Spectator's Injured Bunch more !
Therefore we have the Word Crash !
Example #2 : Obamma called for Transparency in His Dictatorship ?
By the End of His Tyrannical Regime Im bettin Transparency will no longer mean Transparency ?
Imma a Mechanic not a Litterary Genuise !
Not to mention all I had for Freind as a Kidd livin in the Middle of the Dessert was a scrawny stick !
Till it ticked me off !
So I broke it in half just to have 2 Freind's ?
I also blame the Parent's ?
You must have been Nit Picked relentlessly by your Mother about Proper Etiquette, and Pronounciation !
Sadd that she wouldnt lett you play with other Kidds in the Mudd or Dirt for fear you'd get, dirty or hurt by us Local Ruffian's ?
I bett she even washed your mouth out with Soap for Swearin and what Not ?
Did you even have any freind's as a Kidd growin up ?
How bad was it ?
I bett you Snuck out at least a Few Time's too play outside with the other Kidd's ?
Must have been a Horrible Childhood coup'ed up in the House all day with, Bronchial Inhalers and Antiseptic hand wash ?
Afraid to say anything out of fear of havin your Grammar Corrected ?
Thank God for My Mother !
Women is a Saint !
Sean |
Musta beeeeen margarinally retureded.... _________________ 1970 Campmobile [url=https://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate-47260.png]Click to view image[/URL]
1970 Fastback 1600 TL
1971 Doka [url=https://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate-14845.png]Click to view image[/URL]
1973 Super Beetle
1973 Westfalia [url=https://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate-31892.png]Click to view image[/URL]
1974 412 Variant
1975 La Grande Bug
1984 Vanagon |
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Bob Loblaw Samba Member
Joined: August 17, 2008 Posts: 865 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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coad wrote: |
Besides, VW's are German, and the German word is "Motoren" as in BMW, so motor is more respectful to the Mothership. |
I always thought that stood for Bavarian Manure Wagon _________________ sent from a phone using poor grammar and spelling |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33991 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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19super73 wrote: |
Russ Wolfe wrote: |
And from Wikipedia.
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Gage is an alternative spelling of the word gauge |
Depends on which side of the pond you are on.
I also notice, that Firefox spell check was done by a Brit.
Many of their spellings are the Queens English. |
So Firefox's spellings are correct then...
I can't tell you how many times I am "corrected" on my spelling of
Colour
Neighbour
etc.
It's bad when Word does it because it is American based. |
Don't worry, we know you are a fine spellour. |
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Russ Wolfe Samba Member
Joined: October 08, 2004 Posts: 25187 Location: Central Iowa
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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We can just write a cheque. _________________ Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up, you end up with a lot of scum on the top!--Edward Abbey
Gary: OK. Ima poop. |
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19super73 Hardcore Stock Nazi
Joined: October 18, 2007 Posts: 4351 Location: Cité Soleil
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Ken J Samba Member
Joined: January 02, 2009 Posts: 331 Location: Charlotte
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:07 am Post subject: |
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mlhsquared wrote: |
This entire thread is an encapsulation of the difficulties of learning the English language, there are an extreme number of variants within the language itself with more added all of the time. It's amazing to me that, in this country, if a slang term gets used enough times to be deemed "common usage", it gets added to the dictionary. This, I think, is the largest source of the frustration illustrated in this thread. I am glad that English is native to me and that I didn't have to learn it as an immigrant. It is a very difficult language to master... apparently, even for those of us who were born here. |
Most of the English words we use in the U.S. are mistakes of pronunciation and/or spelling by our forefathers who were illiterate. Only priests and the elite could read or write originally. American English is a mish-mash of errors.
By the way, it's not a "perspective customer," it's a PROspective customer." _________________ More Hot Lighting Products are here!
www.VWlights.net
www.BullysPulleys.com |
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ChuxBus Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2005 Posts: 297 Location: East Atlanta, GA
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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Just trying to find out how hard it is to remove a cargo floor. I have a doner bus with a good floor that I need to swap into the bus that I'm restoring. I also need to know the easiest way to remove the entire front nose panel of the doner bus as well. Any info would be great. Thanks |
always cut the doner in a downward motion, shaving from the thickest part
_________________ -Chuck
1978 Bus & 1969 Bug
"Don't make a fuss, just get on the bus" -Frank Zappa |
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Ken J Samba Member
Joined: January 02, 2009 Posts: 331 Location: Charlotte
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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ChuxBus wrote: |
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Just trying to find out how hard it is to remove a cargo floor. I have a doner bus with a good floor that I need to swap into the bus that I'm restoring. I also need to know the easiest way to remove the entire front nose panel of the doner bus as well. Any info would be great. Thanks |
always cut the doner in a downward motion, shaving from the thickest part
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Good one. I can only say that because my wife is from Greece and I've eaten many a doner while visiting there. _________________ More Hot Lighting Products are here!
www.VWlights.net
www.BullysPulleys.com |
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letthemusicflow Samba Member
Joined: January 05, 2010 Posts: 1092 Location: NC
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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Dunebubby wrote: |
I hate prolly............ It's Probably folks.
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I take offense to that I spell it 'prolly' in most cases, because that's how it comes out of my mouth when I say it. _________________ 74 Super Beetle w/1500SP - project.
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Patty B. Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2005 Posts: 2181 Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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Noah Webster--Americanized the English language in his school lessons books before his dictionary.
From Wiki: "...he changed the spelling of words, such that they became "Americanized." He chose s over c in words like defense, he changed the re to er in words like center, he dropped one of the Ls in traveler, and at first he kept the u in words like colour or favour but dropped it in later editions. He also changed "tongue" to "tung."
(funny--spell check wants me to fix 'tung')
I spell Canadian coz that's how I was taught. (I used 'coz' because it's cute and meant as an embellishment to a boring sentence---like most of my stuff! ) |
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