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"i loved it when my italian friend said " i want to with you go sailing " he had all the right words as they say ,just in the wrong order !!! "He'd translated his own language into English in word order. The French do it too. I call it Yoda-ese. Only in the Englsih language can the word 'fuck' have so many different meanings: It is perhaps one of the most interesting and colourful words in the English language today. It is a magical word which, just by its sound can describe pain, pleasure, love, and hate. In language, "fuck" falls into many grammatical categories. It can be used as a verb both transitive (John fucked Mary) and intransitive (Mary was fucked by John). It can be an action verb (John really gives a fuck), Or as a passive verb (Mary really doesn't give a fuck), and as an adverb (Mary is fucking interested in John), or as a noun (Mary is a terrific fuck). It can also be used as an interjection (Fuck! I'm late for my date with Mary). It can even be used as a conjunction (Mary is easy, fuck she's also stupid). As you can see there are very few words with the overall versatility of the word fuck. Aside from its sexual connotations, this word can be used to describe many situations: 1. Greetings........."How the fuck are ya?" 2. Fraud..............."I got fucked by the car dealer." 3. Resignation......."Oh, fuck it!" 4. Trouble............."I guess I'm fucked now." 5. Aggression........."Fuck you!" 6. Disgust................"Fuck me." 7. Confusion............." What the fuck....?" 8. Displeasure............"Fucking shit man..." 9. Lost........................"Where the fuck are we?" 10.Disbelief..............."Unfuckingbelievable!" 11.Retaliation............."Up your fucking ass!" 12. Apathy................."Who really gives a fuck?" 13. Suspicion............."Who the fuck are you?" 14. Directions.............."Fuck off." It can be maternal........"Motherfucker!" It can be used to tell time......."It's four fucking twenty!" It can be used as an anatomical description............."He's a fucking asshole." Lastly, it has been used by many notable people throughout history: "What the fuck was that?" -Mayor of Hiroshima "That's not a real fucking gun." -John Lennon "Where the fuck is all this water coming from?" -Captain of the Titanic "Who the fuck is gonna find out?" -Richard Nixon "Heads are gonna fucking roll." -Anne Boleyn "Any fucking idiot could answer that." -Albert Einstein "It does so fucking look like her!" -Picasso "You want what on the fucking ceiling?" -Michaelangelo "Houston, we have a big fucking problem." - The crew of Apollo 13 | |||
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"Relevant or just total irrelevancy....you decide. Apparently the English language is the most difficult to learn. So much so that even we can sometimes find it incomprehensible to get to grips with our quirky yet quite, quaint native tongue.( Now that doesn't exactly roll of off the tongue but hey, a bit of alliteration, inadvertently, thrown in). Is it because we are quintessentially British? We are finding that 'modern technology' is allowing 'text' talk to become the 'lingo' of today. When i attended school, grammar and punctuation were of the most paramount importance but does it really matter? My literacy is far from perfect but having left school with 'O Level' qualifications in, not only English Language and English Literature but also, more bizarrely, in Spoken English i would like to thing that, at least, i do try to be coherent. We invented the English language yet the Americans tried (rather unsuccessfully) to apprehend it and gave it that awful 'twang'. They had the sheer audacity to take our words ending 're' and invert to 'er'. Theatre became theater, centre became center, metre became meter....but we truly flummoxed them when they tried to alter 'perimeter' because we'd already done it!!... thus the complexity is enough to leave most discombobulated. To add insult to injury they renamed our pavement to become sidewalk and the biggest injustice of them all was when they stole our national game and re-invented it as soccer...grrrrr!! Should we allow cruciverbalism? Our language is so vast and variable that it is veritable. Do you know your verbs from your nouns and as to what an adjective is? Does it really matter? Is your use of the English language extensive enough to know when to use the correct spelling of certain words? Simple words, such as: Of instead of off. To in place of too, or vice versa. There, their or they're. Where, wear, ware or even we're. Simple spellings like: Stationary or stationery. Formerly or formally. Dependent or dependant. Definite or definate. Principle or principal. Practise or practice. Personal or personnel. Root or route. Truthfully the list is endless. You, your, you're, and you've are all self explanatory but yet so many seem to struggle with the easiest of words. Do you know your etiquette well enough to sign off your letter as 'Yours sincerely' or 'Yours faithfully'? Many don't which is why so many applicants fall at the first hurdle with their applications being discarded almost immediately. Ultimately our capitals, colons, semi-colons, exclamation marks, full stops and question marks all have their own little piece of identity but does it really matter? The next statement looks disorientated but it is easier to read than you might think. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef but the wrod as a wlohe. So maybe, after all, our language is just piffle.... ...or perhaps the tittle is unnecessary.... ....or it's just a damn site better to be pissed off rather than pissed on. Whatever the argument our language is characteristically unique. Indubitably or mere foofaraw? The choice is yours." English s quite easy to learn, i taught it to forigners for long enough.Part of the reason it is an international language. American spellings tend to be the original ones, closer to the 18th century words than our spellings. For this reason i accept both British and US versions as correct. Complain about homophones? Try Mandarin Chinese...
language is a form of communication,what matters is that you are comprehended by your audience, be it texting a friend or writing a formal letter. Teaching involves showing the different forms and uses of a language. | |||
"i loved it when my italian friend said " i want to with you go sailing " he had all the right words as they say ,just in the wrong order !!!
He'd translated his own language into English in word order. The French do it too. I call it Yoda-ese.
Only in the Englsih language can the word 'fuck' have so many different meanings:
It is perhaps one of the most interesting and colourful words in the English language today.
It is a magical word which, just by its sound can describe pain, pleasure, love, and hate. In language, "fuck" falls into many grammatical categories.
It can be used as a verb both transitive (John fucked Mary) and intransitive (Mary was fucked by John).
It can be an action verb (John really gives a fuck),
Or as a passive verb (Mary really doesn't give a fuck),
and as an adverb (Mary is fucking interested in John),
or as a noun (Mary is a terrific fuck).
It can also be used as an interjection (Fuck! I'm late for my date with Mary).
It can even be used as a conjunction (Mary is easy, fuck she's also stupid).
As you can see there are very few words with the overall versatility of the word fuck.
Aside from its sexual connotations, this word can be used to describe many situations:
1. Greetings........."How the fuck are ya?"
2. Fraud..............."I got fucked by the car dealer."
3. Resignation......."Oh, fuck it!"
4. Trouble............."I guess I'm fucked now."
5. Aggression........."Fuck you!"
6. Disgust................"Fuck me."
7. Confusion............." What the fuck....?"
8. Displeasure............"Fucking shit man..."
9. Lost........................"Where the fuck are we?"
10.Disbelief..............."Unfuckingbelievable!"
11.Retaliation............."Up your fucking ass!"
12. Apathy................."Who really gives a fuck?"
13. Suspicion............."Who the fuck are you?"
14. Directions.............."Fuck off."
It can be maternal........"Motherfucker!"
It can be used to tell time......."It's four fucking twenty!"
It can be used as an anatomical description............."He's a fucking asshole."
Lastly, it has been used by many notable people throughout history:
"What the fuck was that?" -Mayor of Hiroshima
"That's not a real fucking gun." -John Lennon
"Where the fuck is all this water coming from?" -Captain of the Titanic
"Who the fuck is gonna find out?" -Richard Nixon
"Heads are gonna fucking roll." -Anne Boleyn
"Any fucking idiot could answer that." -Albert Einstein
"It does so fucking look like her!" -Picasso
"You want what on the fucking ceiling?" -Michaelangelo
"Houston, we have a big fucking problem." - The crew of Apollo 13"Thus you have just proven that even just one little word has so many definitive descriptions. Your historical knowledge is also aptly applicable to your interpretation of that word. Please accept a distinction (though only on paper) and assume your position as 'top of the class'. | |||
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"i loved it when my italian friend said " i want to with you go sailing " he had all the right words as they say ,just in the wrong order !!!
He'd translated his own language into English in word order. The French do it too. I call it Yoda-ese.
Only in the Englsih language can the word 'fuck' have so many different meanings:
It is perhaps one of the most interesting and colourful words in the English language today.
It is a magical word which, just by its sound can describe pain, pleasure, love, and hate. In language, "fuck" falls into many grammatical categories.
It can be used as a verb both transitive (John fucked Mary) and intransitive (Mary was fucked by John).
It can be an action verb (John really gives a fuck),
Or as a passive verb (Mary really doesn't give a fuck),
and as an adverb (Mary is fucking interested in John),
or as a noun (Mary is a terrific fuck).
It can also be used as an interjection (Fuck! I'm late for my date with Mary).
It can even be used as a conjunction (Mary is easy, fuck she's also stupid).
As you can see there are very few words with the overall versatility of the word fuck.
Aside from its sexual connotations, this word can be used to describe many situations:
1. Greetings........."How the fuck are ya?"
2. Fraud..............."I got fucked by the car dealer."
3. Resignation......."Oh, fuck it!"
4. Trouble............."I guess I'm fucked now."
5. Aggression........."Fuck you!"
6. Disgust................"Fuck me."
7. Confusion............." What the fuck....?"
8. Displeasure............"Fucking shit man..."
9. Lost........................"Where the fuck are we?"
10.Disbelief..............."Unfuckingbelievable!"
11.Retaliation............."Up your fucking ass!"
12. Apathy................."Who really gives a fuck?"
13. Suspicion............."Who the fuck are you?"
14. Directions.............."Fuck off."
It can be maternal........"Motherfucker!"
It can be used to tell time......."It's four fucking twenty!"
It can be used as an anatomical description............."He's a fucking asshole."
Lastly, it has been used by many notable people throughout history:
"What the fuck was that?" -Mayor of Hiroshima
"That's not a real fucking gun." -John Lennon
"Where the fuck is all this water coming from?" -Captain of the Titanic
"Who the fuck is gonna find out?" -Richard Nixon
"Heads are gonna fucking roll." -Anne Boleyn
"Any fucking idiot could answer that." -Albert Einstein
"It does so fucking look like her!" -Picasso
"You want what on the fucking ceiling?" -Michaelangelo
"Houston, we have a big fucking problem." - The crew of Apollo 13
Thus you have just proven that even just one little word has so many definitive descriptions. Your historical knowledge is also aptly applicable to your interpretation of that word.
Please accept a distinction (though only on paper) and assume your position as 'top of the class'."i tell my boys if u have to use fuck as an adjective you need a dictionary  | |||
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"English is not a hard language to learn as a second language especially if you simply want to communicate. The rules of grammar are simple compared to others -there is no set of rules to learn dpenedent on the sex of the person you are talking about no complicated future and past tense, no difference if you are talking infromally or formally as there are in nearly every other language. When we were on holiday at a party Dutch, french germans Italians Norwegians and Russians were all talking to each other perfectly using English ( and no it wasn't just for our benefit lol) English IS a hard language if you want to master literature -if you want to write a play or a book- that's because we have more words (lots of special specific words)to describe things than any other language (so it's a great language for decribing subtle little differences) but all those words are fitted into a simple system You only need about 1000 words of english to communicate effectively - deal with any situtaion that might arise in business. There are more people in China who speak 1000 words of English than there are in the rest of the world put together. We in Britain have to realise we just speak one dialect of a world language and we don't have any ownership of it." Yup, as i said its not hard, and the idea it is gets on my nerves! | |||
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"English is not a hard language to learn as a second language especially if you simply want to communicate. The rules of grammar are simple compared to others -there is no set of rules to learn dpenedent on the sex of the person you are talking about no complicated future and past tense, no difference if you are talking infromally or formally as there are in nearly every other language. When we were on holiday at a party Dutch, french germans Italians Norwegians and Russians were all talking to each other perfectly using English ( and no it wasn't just for our benefit lol) English IS a hard language if you want to master literature -if you want to write a play or a book- that's because we have more words (lots of special specific words)to describe things than any other language (so it's a great language for decribing subtle little differences) but all those words are fitted into a simple system You only need about 1000 words of english to communicate effectively - deal with any situtaion that might arise in business. There are more people in China who speak 1000 words of English than there are in the rest of the world put together. We in Britain have to realise we just speak one dialect of a world language and we don't have any ownership of it." exactly. | |||
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"i tell my boys if u have to use fuck as an adjective you need a dictionary "Unless one has a small cock, then you can adjectively use: You little fuck! | |||
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"et cetera et cetera ........ "ET was a caterer | |||
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"et cetera et cetera ........
ET was a caterer "Cater - comes from the Anglo-Norman (the dialect of French spoken in England following the Norman Conquest). The word achatour, meaning a buyer or purveyor of provisions, first appears in the mid-thirteenth century as a surname, as in Robertus le Achatour. The earliest citation in the Middle English Dictionary for the word being used as an ordinary noun is in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (c. 1387), where it says in the General Prologue, lines 567–69: | |||
"et cetera et cetera ........
ET was a caterer
Cater - comes from the Anglo-Norman (the dialect of French spoken in England following the Norman Conquest). The word achatour, meaning a buyer or purveyor of provisions, first appears in the mid-thirteenth century as a surname, as in Robertus le Achatour. The earliest citation in the Middle English Dictionary for the word being used as an ordinary noun is in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (c. 1387), where it says in the General Prologue, lines 567–69:
"GC that is the most surreal punchline you have ever done. | |||
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"The real strength of english is that it's er...promiscous. English will grab any word from any language, take it, give it a new meaning alter the spelling,and use it. It's why we have such a huge number of different words all with really specific meanings. If the English language were a couple on Fab.... It would be a total tart, 1000 verifications from all sorts of random people, doing gangbangs, dogging, clubs and parties every night. But the French language... Would be one of those couples who "want to make friends first", play only when the "chemistry" is right, have a long list of dos and don'ts, have specific demands as to height weight, age, income, insist their boundaries are... et cetera et cetera... " and then still not accept you  | |||
"Below is an example of the dafter side of the English language hard at work…. or not, as the case maybe!!! "James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher" Apparently the phrase above can be understood perfectly well by adding correct punctuation and quotation marks: to which you get!!! James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher. Yet it still confuses the feck out of me !!! "bldy timewaster! tch | |||
"Theres no terminology for the word swinging in french but if you indulged you would be described as bête de scène and everyone would know what the others meant by this description. Also the word vacillement is pretty close to describing the concept. Both terms sound nicer coming off the tongue if you pardon the pun "Must tell all the échangistes we know in France that there's no word for swinging in french... | |||
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"My daughter learned more about english grammar and tenses through studying German and French at university than she ever did when being taught english at school." My children grew up bi-lingual and learnt Grammar (English in particular) through learning a third one... so, yes, I agree | |||
"Below is an example of the dafter side of the English language hard at work…. or not, as the case maybe!!! "James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher" Apparently the phrase above can be understood perfectly well by adding correct punctuation and quotation marks: to which you get!!! James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher. Yet it still confuses the feck out of me !!! "and me confused.com altho did make me think of that song Little does she know that i know that she knows that i know shes cheating on me | |||
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"et cetera et cetera ........
ET was a caterer
Cater - comes from the Anglo-Norman (the dialect of French spoken in England following the Norman Conquest). The word achatour, meaning a buyer or purveyor of provisions, first appears in the mid-thirteenth century as a surname, as in Robertus le Achatour. The earliest citation in the Middle English Dictionary for the word being used as an ordinary noun is in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (c. 1387), where it says in the General Prologue, lines 567–69:
GC that is the most surreal punchline you have ever done."Au contraire fuzzy nips.. I was the Decartes to Polo's Dali. I looked up the root of cater and liked it ... | |||
