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07-26-2012, 04:59 AM
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An amusement
A friend sent me the following, apparently from a 1948 Edinburgh student magazine (apologies to anyone who's heard it before):
Mary bought a pair of skates
Upon the ice to frisk
But all her friends thought she was mad
Her little *
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07-26-2012, 05:02 AM
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I lke it. Mind you it took me a moment to work it out.
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07-26-2012, 05:57 AM
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That makes me sad, suddenly all too aware that I live in not only the unhappiest part of the UK (recent survey) but also the least literate. Here everyone calls it an "asterix" and writes "ect." because "it's short for eck-settera, ennit".
And what makes me sad is that I keep noticing and cannot speak. A sad old Besserwisser, I go muttering about my business, my mouth full of bitten tongue.
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07-26-2012, 06:04 AM
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Once you've bitten your tongue even once, even if you don't do it again for decades, your tongue is forever a bitten one.
I'm pretty sure I thought it was "asterick" when I was a kid, but someone straightened me out fairly early and I've gotten it right ever since. It's sadder, I think, that even educated people today seem to have given up the word "me" in favor of "I" whenever another person is involved. "He gave it to Sally and I" kind of thing. I can live with astericks, but not that.
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07-26-2012, 12:44 PM
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Mary bought a pair of skates
Upon the ice to frisk
But all her friends thought she was mad
Her little *
That's amusing and clever, Brian. Like John, I have to admit to a very slight 'satellite delay' - a tech-y term I've just learnt.
Roger,
even educated people today seem to have given up the word "me" in favor of "I"
Don't even start me on this one! It's nearly always "myself" now, not even "I" or "me":
"If you have any problems please feel free to contact myself at this number..."
"Myself and my husband had a lovely meal last night." Aaaarrrgghhhh!!!!!
Jayne
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07-26-2012, 12:55 PM
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Naw, Jayne, the Welsh aren't unhappy. They're miserable gits, and they ENJOY their misery.
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