Gave up on winning his school spelling bee.
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I had a tech once who asked me what "kooks" were. I had to ask for more info.
Turns out she had never heard of cucumbers called "cukes" and she thought it was pronounced "kooks".
Ben, did you heard dueling banjos as you drove by that produce stand? Bet you did!
Turns out she had never heard of cucumbers called "cukes" and she thought it was pronounced "kooks".
Ben, did you heard dueling banjos as you drove by that produce stand? Bet you did!
35 shooter
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By the time you've slowed your car down enough to figure out what it says, you may as well stop and buy some lol. Could be brilliant plan?....NOT!
35 shooter
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OK, what's really bothering me now is that i'm actually reading this stuff and understanding it before i realize it? Bolied peanuts...now that's a good one!
smokeywolf
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Reminds me of the old joke about people (folks) who speak in letters...
M R mice!
M R not!
S A R! C DiM E D B D Is?
L I B, M R mice!
Of course you have to say it with the stereotyped hill folk drawl.
Illiteracy is not exclusive to the South or Midwest. I spent about 6 years playing mechanical engineer/maintenance engineer/machinist at one of the major motion picture film laboratories. There was a fellow there who performed building maintenance and much of the forklift driving. He was in his late 50s and could not read. He did however, possess a very broad knowledge of building maintenance and repair and was nothing short of a magician with a forklift.
Whenever I catch myself feeling a little superior to someone with a poor command of the English language, I think of some of the people I've met who while functionally illiterate, had knowledge and skills that I did not possess and were every bit as productive as I.
M R mice!
M R not!
S A R! C DiM E D B D Is?
L I B, M R mice!
Of course you have to say it with the stereotyped hill folk drawl.
Illiteracy is not exclusive to the South or Midwest. I spent about 6 years playing mechanical engineer/maintenance engineer/machinist at one of the major motion picture film laboratories. There was a fellow there who performed building maintenance and much of the forklift driving. He was in his late 50s and could not read. He did however, possess a very broad knowledge of building maintenance and repair and was nothing short of a magician with a forklift.
Whenever I catch myself feeling a little superior to someone with a poor command of the English language, I think of some of the people I've met who while functionally illiterate, had knowledge and skills that I did not possess and were every bit as productive as I.
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smokeywolf
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How's that for irony. Just had to go back and correct grammer in my post #9
smokeywolf
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Not spelling.
I removed "was" at the end of my sentence. Although not a preposition, because I had already used the word "were", "was" became a redundancy.
I removed "was" at the end of my sentence. Although not a preposition, because I had already used the word "were", "was" became a redundancy.
Ian
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GrammAr. 
The east Texas piney woods area has a particularly high density of, um.... "simple" people. Conroe area especially. I avoid the whole east half of our state like the plague. That said, I'll bet whoever painted that sign was hamming it up a bit for fun. I saw a similar sign near Hico once advertising "wartermellon's".
The east Texas piney woods area has a particularly high density of, um.... "simple" people. Conroe area especially. I avoid the whole east half of our state like the plague. That said, I'll bet whoever painted that sign was hamming it up a bit for fun. I saw a similar sign near Hico once advertising "wartermellon's".