A new punctuation mark

[CAJUNLAWYER]

commatodatop. (heard this in Court today no kidding)
Definition: used in spelling certain names to wit
La'quita
L-A-commatodatop-q-u-i-t-a
I don'T make this up-I just pass it along

Another (saw this on a state form-last name left out)
Abcd-pronounced "obesity"
I've just about given up hope

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

commatodatop. (heard this in Court today no kidding)
Definition: used in spelling certain names to wit
La'quita
L-A-commatodatop-q-u-i-t-a
I don'T make this up-I just pass it along

Another (saw this on a state form-last name left out)
Abcd-pronounced "obesity"
I've just about given up hope

 

[ingmansinc]

Originally posted by CAJUNLAWYER:
commatodatop. (heard this in Court today no kidding)
Definition: used in spelling certain names to wit
La'quita
L-A-commatodatop-q-u-i-t-a
I don'T make this up-I just pass it along

Another (saw this on a state form-last name left out)
Abcd-pronounced "obesity"
I've just about given up hope

Cajun,
Perhaps this is why the government wants to change our country. They know that a lot of the population can't take care of themselves.

Perhaps we should make people pass a test in order to belong to the republic.

 

[Joni_Lynn]

It makes me wonder where the race will be in a few years.

 

[godlessgael]

reminds me of the late great Mitch Hedburg:

I saw this girl once, and she was born without arms. I spoke with her parents, and they said she doesn't know the meaning of the word "can't." Poor girl, not only can she not wear bracelets, but she cannot embrace a simple contraction. Just take out some letters, put a comma in there, and move it up!

 

[pharmer]

Originally posted by Joni_Lynn:
It makes me wonder where the race will be in a few years.

Race? Not even walking upright. Joe

 

[Bullseye Smith]

Remember the song - In the year 2525 - if man is still alive = it is coming true.

 

[gunsmith11]

I always have to look at the name tags on clerks in the stores just for my laugh of the day

 

[Stevens]

Yesterday a girl named ADONIS was working the cash register I went through at Lowes.
Not a clue! no BS
Steve

 

[Jim Shugart]

We had a patient admitted tonight named 'Latrina'.

We figured that if she ever joins the military, the first time she comes home on leave she will murder her parents.

- Jim

 

[Spotteddog]

Or she'll think she has reserved seating, Jim?

 

[7.62foryou]

Originally posted by Spotteddog:
Or she'll think she has reserved seating, Jim?

Does that bowl have your name on it somin? Well yes it does.

 

[Alpo]

I read, years ago, that in some big city (Miami, New York, L A, I don't recall), in the white pages of the telephone directory, in the "F"s, there was a listing. "Fone Company", with the telephone company's number.

Don't know if it's true, but I like it.

 

[Gatofeo]

When I was in 7th grade, about 1967, we had to practice a new punctuation mark.
It was a combination of Question Mark and Exclamation Point.
Unfortunately, English has no succinct means to show a shouted question as in, "Where did the aliens land?"
Written above, it loses the impact of a shout.
If you place an Exclamation Point there, it becomes, "Where did the aliens land!"
Now it's no longer a question but becomes a statement.
Sooooooooo ...
In school, we were told that a new punctuation mark was being introduced that incorporated both.
As I recall, it was like a backwards 3 with a dot below it.
I still think it's a good idea, and one long overdue.

I agree, however, that the state of English today is appalling. As a former journalist and currently a writer, I am disgusted daily with what passes for English.
My latest bugaboos are the misuse of notoriety and infamous. Both mean, "bad or ill fame." They are not the same as fame, yet far too many people today think they are.
Even the latest dictionaries have waffled and included "fame" as a lesser definition. This is wrong because we lose a perfectly useful word, with a specific meaning.
Al Capone was notorious; the scar on his cheek was famous.
John Kennedy was famous, but his womanizing was infamous.
And yes, I do be dis-un-de-anti-respekting dose who be wearin' dey ignorance as a badge o' mo-fo honor.
Learn to speak, write and use English correctly. Those of us who use it so, and protect it, are not fooled or amused by such ignorance.

 

[Joni_Lynn]

there was a listing. "Fone Company",

There's probably a listing for "da fone companie" as well.

 

[ingmansinc]

If we think the use of our language is bad now just wait until the people who text on their cell phones take over the responsibility of running this country.

I get a mental image of two world leaders greeting each other with high fives, baggy pants below their boxers, and sending a text message on their cell phones.

 

[NCTexan]

Last night I watched a TV show about a group of thirty 9th grade American students who were on a tour of Paris. The European Union had funded the trip as part of a cultural exchange program.

The French tour guide had impeccable English, and was asking the kids about what they had seen that day.

Not one of the kids could complete a sentence that didn't contain at least 2-3 'likes' thrown in.

"Like there's just like no way... to like describe how tall the Eiffel Tower really is... It's like giant."

It was 'like' painful and embarrassing to watch.

 

[reerc]

commatodatop

beautiful ... just beautiful ...

You just couldn't make stuff like that up if you tried.

 

[M29since14]

I've just about given up hope

Me too.

 

[EvelMe]

Didn't some who just got elected tell the Secret Service he couldn't give up his CrackBerry?