on the cursing thing

[BYOP_mod]

i'm just wondering here but if it just shows up "EDIT" then why should we get warnings then?

[Jace]

LOL here we go again.

[iamblackbird]

Because you aren't supposed to use them in the first place.

[BYOP_mod]

lol,but uh....aren't those "sentence enhancers"?

[phraktl]

What part of speech is a "sentence enhancer"? I'm a bit confused as to what that means.

[BYOP_mod]

cursing,as a "sentence enhancer" lol

[Scooter]

President Nixon referred to them as "Expletives". He used them a LOT, as in "Expletive Deleted". That's how they read in the transcripts. But if you listen to the tapes themselves, WOW, What an attitude.

[phraktl]

Hrmmm... Cursing "enchances sentences", interesting. I think if one employs their ability to think and rationalize correctly then no further enhancement is needed.

Scoot, don't get me started on a Nixon rant. ;)

[BYOP_mod]

yea,but wat about us less fortunate un-smart ones?

[phraktl]

yea,but wat about us less fortunate un-smart ones?

Blame your parents?

[iamblackbird]

Blame yourself. If you know you're uneducated, then fix the problem.

[Jon0807]

Blame the education system, society, George Bush, the Pope, Alex Trebek, Sanjia Malakar....anyone but yourself!

[Jameson13]

Jon......you're awesome!

[phraktl]

Blame yourself. If you know you're uneducated, then fix the problem. Bird, I was being facetious. My point was that the ignorant always blame someone else for their ignorance.

[iamblackbird]

Oh, I know you were.
That was actually my response to BYOP's comment.

[BYOP_mod]

what if you're not able to be smart?(mental illness)

[phraktl]

Then you wouldn't know that you were deficient. However, that gives no benefit to those who have to deal with you.

[iamblackbird]

I'm only talking about those who KNOW that they are ignorant.

[BYOP_mod]

i'm not ignorant....i don't think.

[phraktl]

Ignorance would be predicated on not knowing. Therefore, it would seem that it requires an outside party to provide the judgment of whether or not one is ignorant.

[BYOP_mod]

do ya'll always have to place words in a sentence that makes ya sound like a friggin doctor or sumthin?lol

[iamblackbird]

BYOP: For me, it's a regular speech pattern. Words are my life (I'm a writer and english major), and therefore spend a great deal of my time reading and learning the English language.

"big words" come with the territory. I even use them when I'm drunk. :)

[BYOP_mod]

ok,just wondering.but do southern words count as big words?cuz some words i've heard i don't even know how to spell.
*woot!HelloGoodbye just came on t.v.

[phraktl]

BYOP: For me, it's a regular speech pattern. Words are my life (I'm a writer and english major), and therefore spend a great deal of my time reading and learning the English language.

"big words" come with the territory. I even use them when I'm drunk. :)

I know what you mean Bird. I have always been fascinated with language. I guess it was from being the third generation in America on both sides of my family. I was raised with great importance on language. My interest in philosophy and physics have been particularly instrumental in my development.

My wife has a degree in mass-communications/print journalism and my sister-in-law is an English teacher. I don't get away with anything! ;)

BYOP: "Big words" are nothing. No word is any "bigger" than another. English is your mother tongue, I am assuming, so there is no reason to be put off by any of it. All that is lacking is application, not ability.

[BYOP_mod]

i don't think i ever said anything about big words,just that the way u placed them confused me a little. and phraktl,theres a difference in word sizes: for example, Dioxyribonucleic is a bit bigger then "ok" don't ya think? btw,i might have mispelled it but u get it don't ya?

[iamblackbird]

"ok" is actually the truncated spelling :) It's actually "okay".

I think what Phraktl is getting at is the idea that each word conveys a meaning, making no word more important than another.

[BYOP_mod]

yea.i know that one word is no more important than another but they are bigger in size.again,where did the big word subject show up?all i was talkin about was placement

[phraktl]

Bird, you are correct. No word is more important than another. Some are simply used more often than others. I don't see why anyone should be put off by the use of "uncommon" words. Our language is capable of so much and it seems a waste to allow only five percent of it to be used regularly.

BYOP: I still am left wondering what you mean by placement of words. You are simply referring to sentences.

[Jameson13]

Perhaps I should talk in my native tongue. I bet you folks would have a heck of a time understanding Gaelic!

[iamblackbird]

...you take Gaelic, I'll take Spanish.

[Jameson13]

But as you know Birdy, I can speak Spanish as well. We'll call it......Spaelic! I also speak Italian, German, and Some Japanese (enough to get around Tokyo)

[BYOP_mod]

phraktl:i mean u like..."take the long way around" if that makes any sense
Jameson:cool,you'll have to teach me spanish,it's hard talking to anyone in america now without knowing some lol