Slache Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Stop grammaring. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Slache said: Stop grammaring. That’s imperative 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 46 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said: That’s imperative Don't be punny. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Just now, Slache said: Don't be punny. Can’t help it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 1 hour ago, KrissiK said: Ok, so this is an interesting observation on the English language. Here is a line from a book I am reading, ”I mean, the person wore a fisherman’s raincoat and hat, but I suppose it could’ve been a woman. I couldn’t see exactly what they were doing, but that was almost certainly a shovel they were holding.” The antecedent for the pronoun they was third person-singular, but the prounoun they is third person plural. It is so natural to use that construction that I have never noticed it, but for some reason I did. I think it is because the neuter third person singular pronoun is “it”, which is not used with people, only things. It is proper to use "he" when you don't know the gender. I know that "they" is commonly used, but it is incorrect. In this excerpt, I would have reworded it somehow if I didn't want to use "he." I don't think "it" is a neuter third person singular pronoun. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I just realized: I had a really good day today. :) Time for bed. Maybe I'll have another good day tomorrow. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Day 272 steps Day 144 hips Day 43 bird dog. 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I am speaking to the women of about six small churches in three weeks. I guess I had better start preparing. Anyone want to write out my message? 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Good morning! Swimmeet, day 2! ????♀️????♀️ 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Good morning! Ds23 has already left for church to do sound. Dh, dd15, and ds13 are leaving in 15 minutes to do music for the services, and the rest of us will leave in about an hour. I have nursery during Sunday school. Coffee! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Go Swimmers Go! ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Good morning! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Good morning! This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Good Morning!!!! COFFEE!!!!~D Sunday!!! Church!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 9 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: “They” is often used now as a third person singular instead of saying “he or she”. 8 hours ago, Ellie said: It is proper to use "he" when you don't know the gender. I know that "they" is commonly used, but it is incorrect. In this excerpt, I would have reworded it somehow if I didn't want to use "he." I don't think "it" is a neuter third person singular pronoun. Yes, I agree it is grammatically incorrect. I think the author may have used this construct a) because it was in conversation and/or b) to emphasize that the gender is unknown or not imply a specific gender. This is a murder mystery (not a great one, but it is lightweight and I need that right now) and the person digging holes was very suspicious and it was important that the detectives not know if it was a man or a woman. We have since found that it was a woman. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 55 minutes ago, Ellie said: Good morning! This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it! Indeed!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) Buenos dias. With the Mooies situation I think we're staying home. It will be a nice way to avoid the haircut comments. Wow, it's shorter than most women keep it. Did you mean for it to look like that? You are so brave. Warning: Lotterypo. People are weird. Before I got married MIL told me that if she wins the lottery she will give us $20,000 and if we win we're to do the same. It didn't seem to matter how much we win or what the life situation was, $20,000 was the magic number. SIL said the other day that if she wins the lottery she will not give anything to anybody. If she wins a billion she will not share one cent. I do not understand either of those mentalities. I dreamt I climbed Mount St Helens and couldn't remember it afterwards and there was something about the hotel having no counters and a chocolate fountain. It was very odd. Edited October 21, 2018 by Slache 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Mary keeps asking for a sister. I think we might need to move up this kitten timeline. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I burned my bagel. I sense a pattern developing here. Slachey, we want to see your hair! You feeling OK this morning? If your MIL wins $1000 in the lottery, will she still give you $20,000? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) Things are not ok in the OK Corral. Prayers would be appreciated. Edited October 21, 2018 by Jean in Newcastle typo 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: I burned my bagel. I sense a pattern developing here. Slachey, we want to see your hair! You feeling OK this morning? If your MIL wins $1000 in the lottery, will she still give you $20,000? (((Bagel))) Feeling good. Mary's good. I think everyone is good. Matt and I were sick last night and Babiness is off. I think everyone is fine, but the baby would be miserable in church and I don't want anyone throwing up on the carpet. I wouldn't tell anyone if I won $1,000, but I think if I won $40,000 she'd expect $20,000. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 10 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I am speaking to the women of about six small churches in three weeks. I guess I had better start preparing. Anyone want to write out my message? "Women: We make things go! Go make things go! And then stop and rest. Love you." 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I cleaned the porch. We got a light frost. I'm trying to be a positive person but feel terribly depressed today for no good reason. I think I need river time. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (((Critterfixer))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 13 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: “They” is often used now as a third person singular instead of saying “he or she”. My college professors would kill me if I ever used they instead of some form of he or she. FWIW, they also highly disliked defaulting to he. It was considered sexist. You either used he or she or you could sometimes use he and sometimes use she. One was frowned upon as pretentious. 4 hours ago, KrissiK said: Yes, I agree it is grammatically incorrect. I think the author may have used this construct a) because it was in conversation and/or b) to emphasize that the gender is unknown or not imply a specific gender. This is a murder mystery (not a great one, but it is lightweight and I need that right now) and the person digging holes was very suspicious and it was important that the detectives not know if it was a man or a woman. We have since found that it was a woman. I bet she used the construct because she's bad at grammaring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Baby slept for 12+ hours last night. I was convinced he must be sick but he's not. He's suddenly kicked his separation anxiety up to a 1000 on a scale of 1-10. That also convinced me he was getting sick yesterday, but when nobody else was home today, because he slept in, he was fine and happy, and when people came back and I tried to get him to play with anyone else he became insanely clingy again. He just loves his mama. I still have hickies all over my forehead. I was happy to skip church while Baby slept. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Slache said: What the carp?!? YOU did that? Get over here right now and make MY hair look good!! (i.e. Love it! How do you get that nice swoopiness?) It's the Gorgeous Slache Booya! This is the thread that never ends, It just goes on and on my friends. People started posting not knowing what it was, And they will keep on posting here forever just because... This is the thread that never ends You'd best come join it with your friends 'Cuz it will replace Facebook as the latest web-based craze And everyone will post here instead for the rest of their days This is the thread that's always there They'll cheer you up so don't despair The group is growing well as more people start checking in And we'll keep sucking them in because our cheer is addictive This is the thread that never ends It's better than a Mercedes Benz It helps with coffee withdrawal and other troubles, too Eighteen hundred pages of friends all cheering for you This thread keeps going on and on with record-setting length and fun It started twenty-four months ago from curiosity and all the fun and frolic has shown this is the place to be This is the thread that never ends... And the place where one finds special friends, the kind that have hearts that are strong and true Yes, ITT ladies, I am talking to you! This is the thread that never ends... Edited October 21, 2018 by Susan in TN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (((Critter))) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 21 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: What the carp?!? YOU did that? Get over here right now and make MY hair look good!! (i.e. Love it! How do you get that nice swoopiness?) It's the Gorgeous Slache Booya! My hair just does that. My hair does whatever it wants. I have no say. The down side is that it always looks the same, but I'll take that in exchange for it always looking somewhere between reasonable and fabulous. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) Can we pray about a SIL situation? She is trying to royally screw us over financially. And MIL's health is possibly going downhill very fast and she's very stressed. Edited October 21, 2018 by Slache 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Ok. MIL has stepped in and said SIL has to pay the almost $2K bill she didn't think she should have to pay despite signing a contract. My head hurts. I've been on and off the phone for almost 4 hours trying to fix this. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I should write down the statements like "They'll be fine" and "it's not that much" so I can remind her when she has 3 kids and no money. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Look at me. I'm all growed up and still white trash. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 You'd think with the way we hold on to things around here that I would be able to find a stray baby sock or two hiding somewhere in the house. (For a craft, not for a baby's foot.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 ::throws baby socks east:: 2 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Slache said: ::throws baby socks east:: Thanks! You have a good arm! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I know I've complained about this phone situation before and I'm trying to get out of it, we just can't afford to right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 The Rams got a TD. Yay. They’re killing the 49ers. I hate the Niners. The Rams’ uniforms are ugly. What is this? The year of ugly football uniforms?? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 For your cultural enrichment: Satie Chicken. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 The girls and I went to the Big City for a shopping trip. I love shopping with my girls. They are so pleasant. Oldest DD has very good taste in clothes, too. She’s a natural. We had lunch at In n Out. When we have the ITT Convention in California, i’ll Have them cater. We sat by a group of college kids and this one blow hard was waxing eloquently about the Borgias and late 15th Century Italy and the Pope and I’m like, “What? Seriously?” Well, my COFFEE~Dis ready. 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Slashie, Love your hair!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 59 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: For your cultural enrichment: Satie Chicken. I totally LOVE THIS!!! This guy gets me!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Knock knock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 19 minutes ago, Slache said: Knock knock. Who’s there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 30 minutes ago, Slache said: Knock knock. I'm sorry, I just reread this (NSFW) and you have cracked me up long before the punchline. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 12 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said: Who’s there? Dishes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, Slache said: Dishes. That’s not funny 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Just now, Jean in Newcastle said: That’s not funny You are supposed to say dishes who. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, Slache said: You are supposed to say dishes who. Oh. Dishes who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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