Its completely off topic, I know.

some how this reminds me of that sene in Istar where Dustin Hoffman is trying to teach Warren Batey how to say schmuck
shhhh
muck
shhhh
much

shuck
smoook

shhh
muck

>and I'd ask her what her fucking problem was<

Her problem was that she went to North Salem High.
Poor thing.....

(I'd almost forgotten the pure joy of dumping on the Vikings!)
;-)

Wait! Where???

*panicked*
Did I miss the boobies?????

It makes me nervous when people in positions of power say "nucular." People make fun of Bush all the time for the stupid stuff he says, why not make fun in public of everyone who can't read?

Speaking of Iran...whatever (everwhat) happened to the word "run"? I hear the phrase "that was ran" or "who did you ran with" all the time - ^$#* stupid people!!

their pod people. giggles

wow overreact much? lol. ya i read alot, like tons. however i read to myself quietly. and when i was in school (elementary) because i was shy, and couldn't spell my teachers decided i couldn't read either, though i read amazingly well. so they stuck me in "special" reading. so i continued to read several grades advanced but on my own. which resulted in me having a very large vocabulary that i can't spell and often can't pronounce outloud properly. i also read fast, often speed or skim reading, so i end up really butchering the proper pronunciation of things.

example. i love herbs and use them all the time. when i first started dating my hunny who studied years to be an herbalist. i was talking about echinacia (misspelled sigh). but kept saying ex sen tia. he kept thinking i was talking about some herb he had never heard of. but nope. i was just lame and had no clue how it was pronounced. sigh. so embarrassing. thankfully he's a doll and just thinks its cute and i'm adorable no mater how i say things. and would never freak that i said something wrong.

Coming from New England and the eastern seaboard to cajun country has been an experience. Especially working with, for the majority, undereducated construction workers. I've actually had to have them write down what they are saying before, they usually get frustrated, but when I tell them I'm a damned yankee they laugh. Yes there is a difference between a yankee and a damned yankee. :)

This is so timely...and worthy of getting foul, drunk and/or hostile over.
Recently a local dancer who "has a degree and works full time" posted some things that I SO wanted to go over with a red pen. I know I make mistakes (run on sentences anyone?), BUT...well, here goes:
"like mined people" = "like MINDED people
" i don't mine " = I don't MIND
"for there post" = for THEIR post
"your self" = yourself
"even thou" = even THOUGH
"irked me the wrong why" = either "irked me" or "rubbed me the wrong WAY"
"People she hold themselves" = people SHOULD hold themselves
"It a pretty snobish thing to do" - It IS a pretty SNOBBISH thing to do
"I don't know you and I don't care too" = I don't know you and I don't care TO
"I can do with out" = I can do without
"Al I ask" = All I ask
"before i even moved hear" = before I even moved HERE
"I have tryed to ask" = I have TRIED to ask
"look at things from all angels" = ANGLES, not angels
"popularly contest forum" POPULARITY
"can't speck up" SPEAK!
"Everybody mikes mistakes" MAKES
...and there are SO many more. Tons of long grammar mistakes, too. It was at times difficult to understand her point with all the mistakes.
I think the weirdest one was that someone called her a "twit"- and she got SO offended because she got "called a curse word". She didn't know the different between "twit" and "twat".
Where I grew up, these mistakes would be considered remedial middle school English. Not even high school. How are colleges awarding degrees these days?