Proper Language Usage
As I have climbed upon my soapbox many times before about the proper usage of the English language, such as the non word "co-conspirator" versus the proper "conspirator" (one can not conspire with oneself) and the especially egregious treating the word "gender" as a synonym for "sex", here is a list to help you all. Gender is a description of a word as either masculine or feminine, sex applies to the reproductive ability of living things. Most of you know that but certain "editors" miss this an awful lot. I did not create this list. It was sent to me. Enjoy! ;>) Gender of Inanimate Objects You may not know that many non-living things have a gender. For example: 1) Ziploc Bags -- They are Masculine, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them. 2) Copiers -- They are Feminine, because once turned off, it takes a while to warm them up again. It's an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can wreak havoc if the wrong buttons are pushed. 3) Tire -- Masculine, because it goes bald and it's often over-inflated. 4) Hot Air Balloon -- Masculine, because, to get it to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under it and, of course, there's the hot air component. 5) Sponges -- Feminine, because they're soft, squeezable and retain water. 6) Web Page -- Feminine, because it's always getting hit on. 7) Subway -- Masculine, because it uses the same old lines to pick people up. 8) Hourglass -- Feminine, because over time, the weight can shift to the bottom. 9) Hammer -- Masculine, because it hasn't changed much over the last 5,000 years, but it's handy to have around. 10) Remote Control -- Feminine. Ha! You thought it'd be Masculine. But consider this -- it gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know the right buttons to push, he keeps trying. Related: lilyslore's blog | login or register to post comments | printer friendly version | Tags: gender | inanimate objects
Submitted by lilyslore on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 4:03pm.
...to take a life lesson the way in which it was intended. :>) Thanks Solo! Lily's Lore "I don't ever want to be rescued And I don't ever want to be saved I got a feelin' that I'm gonna be alive forever Dancin' on the edge of a grave..." Jim Steinman Submitted by winn1955 on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 4:24pm.
I needed that; I got a hearty laugh out of that one Lilly. And beside it put my wife in a better mood after waking her up last night with all my hoopen and holerin about my blog being removed. My blood pressure is back to normal, I’m breathing easier now, and my wife is smiling again. Thanks Lilly Submitted by SoloVoce on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 4:35pm.
Winn, I hop dat dis hole episode of removin & stuf didnt get yur nickers in a not. Stuff hapens. Excrement transpires. U no. Dis, dat & de uddr tings. I think dat we al need to take a second & breed a deep bret. I dont tink dat der is any kind of conspiracy against u. Keep on trukin man. Not to menchun keepin da little woman hapy. Wa Wa Wa. JATFUR. Rich K Submitted by winn1955 on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 4:42pm.
As I said it's all good now, no harm no foul. you have go to stop talking this way it is really making mine Eyes bleed. Wa Wa Wa, back to you
Submitted by finder on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 4:57pm.
So, I go to read Fred Catchpole's answer to FTDOAAWM and lo and behold his Blog about the Beltway and the Bust is gone. ACCESS DENIED. Am I going to got in a tizzy? Not since I've been taking my blood pressure med. I can't imagine anyone doing this on purpose. I can only think that it was an accidental consequence of running a test on the explanation that Jonathan gave us. I did send Jonathan a suggestion that they make the Report Abuse button require you to be logged in and capture the user's login when they hit it. That would help prevent accidents and it would let Jonathan contact the user to see what their issue was with the blog. BTW Lily, I loved it. Especialy the remote. Mike Heemer Submitted by read44 on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 7:56pm.
That was a keeper, Lily. If you like that offering you should like "Tale of Two Brains" by Mark Gungor. Look for it on Youtube. Dont' worry, it's clean humor. I would put it on here, but I don't know how.
Submitted by Marsha on Tue, 07/01/2008 - 5:46pm.
As my girls would say, it's been a hot minute since I had a good laugh. Rich you almost sounded a little like the Governator. Testosterone twit: A man trying to pull a subway on one tire with a hot air balloon and while carrying a hammer in a ziploc bag along with his sandwich that won't ask for directions. He also has a hard time keeping up with the remote to begin with.
Submitted by FelixKulpah on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 12:48am.
Enhaunsid myn herte to seyn thou prechynge the streyt weie of English spekynge. Y am disturblid that grammar is used for vanite, and heuy of herte that spelling is syngulerli abused. Foolis should be aschamed Of hem Y say: The throte of hem is an open sepulcre, thei diden gilefuli with her tungis, the venym of snakis is vnder her lippis How long schal the yong hate kunnyng?
Submitted by TruthHurts on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 7:42pm.
In the words of well educated and respected Sen. Kennedy. "I paaked my ca in havaad yaad". Those Leter R's are very tough to pronounce. Even smart people talk differently depending on culture, region, education and so on. To assume one was not smart or poorly educated by the way one speaks would be a foolish assumption in my opinion. There happens to be many smart people that choose to speak ebonics, don't let that fool you into beleiving they are dumb. TRUTHHURTS Please go to http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer and sign the petition for the Fair Tax Bill. Tell Congress to pass this Bill. People are talking about ...Here are the recent blog postings with the most comments. |
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Lily,
Tanks 4 showin us da path to mo bettah inglish. i hope da meessege gets tru to som of da pipples. As u & uddrs hve got to shown som of us da props o da inglish speech stuff, we mite becum mo betah riters. yores truly, wit all da best intentions & stuff, like dat der & de uddr ting,
richK
PS. Please don't aks me 2 so dis again. it mak my brain hurt not feel so gud.
rk