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3 Aug 2004, 04:55 AM | #1 | |
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Silly site!
I've just done a Google search for the phrase "in onion there is strength" (a parody, of course, of "in union there is strength" — I think it was Abraham Lincoln who first said this), and one of the first results returned is <http://www.mistupid.com/people/page020.htm>, a page of schoolkid howlers apparently taken from real school essays!
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The others are just as funny. |
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3 Aug 2004, 10:48 PM | #2 |
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Check your dictionary
There is no such word as "schoolkid"
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4 Aug 2004, 12:26 AM | #3 | |
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Pedantic, eh?
Mister, as I remember it "School" and "Kid" happen to be in the dictionary. Go back and take a look. Now what Robert has done is to link two different unrelated words together to create a compound that becomes idiomatic in its meaning..... Still with me? Like this one, Robert: Quote:
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4 Aug 2004, 04:14 AM | #4 |
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Good work prof,boy is my face red.Glad to see you're still awake.
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4 Aug 2004, 04:16 PM | #5 |
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Re: Check your dictionary
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Mind you, the word "mondegreen" has been in use for nearly 50 years, and to my knowledge has never yet appeared in any dictionary; so the non-inclusion in a dictionary is not proof that a word doesn't exist. |
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5 Aug 2004, 04:58 AM | #7 |
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Check your logic!
Lack of proof is not itself proof (in particular, even the full Oxford English Dictionary — which is said to cost upwards of £3000 and require a lot of very sturdy shelf space — is unlikely to contain every word in the English language)...
From the logical fallacies thread. |
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Nice One!
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6 Aug 2004, 07:28 AM | #9 |
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It's a matter of propriety; the English language expects a lengthy engagement, chaperoned by a respectable hyphen.
The fact that they appeared together in a dirty book like Schoolkids Oz (without even an apostrophy to cover their shame) only makes matters worse. |
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Although I shouldnt talk.I cant do much better!!!!!! |
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