Random facts and confessions: Part 4

[Galeongirl]

I hate grammar. In the end it's all the same! there their they're.. like i know what is what i just stopped caring.

It's not the same. And it's really annoying for a foreigner whose native language isn't English to see this kind of stuff because it can get really confusing.

And the worst thing is that we spend years perfecting our English while native speakers like you refuse to spell properly because 'they stopped caring'. Aka because they're lazy.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

I hate grammar. In the end it's all the same! there their they're.. like i know what is what i just stopped caring.

If you came to work at my workplace, you'd be sacked in a week. 100% accuracy in spelling and grammar is expected.

 

[Total U2 Nut]

It's not the same. And it's really annoying for a foreigner whose native language isn't English to see this kind of stuff because it can get really confusing.

American isn't English anyway Who on earth wouldn't want a "u" in colour?! It's really quite sad but it does my head in when people don't get the difference between your/you're its/it's etc.

I think I am a grammar nazi

 

[Galeongirl]

American isn't English anyway Who on earth wouldn't want a "u" in colour?! It's really quite sad but it does my head in when people don't get the difference between your/you're its/it's etc.

I think I am a grammar nazi

Agreed. colour, neighbour, all the correct spelling.


It's not my fault we get taught British English at school.

If you hadn't noticed yet, I'm quite a grammar nazi myself aswell.

 

[MsPurrl]

Agreed. colour, neighbour, all the correct spelling.


It's not my fault we get taught British English at school.

If you hadn't noticed yet, I'm quite a grammar nazi myself aswell.

Add me to the list, too--I guess because that's basically what I do for a living.

In order to be taken seriously as an adult, start caring, Kayla! I'm saying that as a friend.

 

[anitram]

It's not the same. And it's really annoying for a foreigner whose native language isn't English to see this kind of stuff because it can get really confusing.

And the worst thing is that we spend years perfecting our English while native speakers like you refuse to spell properly because 'they stopped caring'. Aka because they're lazy.

English is my third language (although it's really the one I'm most proficient in and the one that is my de facto mother tongue) and so if I can learn how to communicate properly, native speakers bloody well should too. And I've always felt that way.

 

[zuropa_fit]

Anyone have any immediate advice for sleeping/getting to sleep? Ive been pretty bad this week, and cant afford to be with college.

warm tea? trazodone? (prescription - but not heavy duty - my doc gives 'em to me for when I'm really stressed and can't sleep, which makes me more stressed...) Reading a book you love and have read 10 times before?

 

[zuropa_fit]

English is my third language (although it's really the one I'm most proficient in and the one that is my de facto mother tongue) and so if I can learn how to communicate properly, native speakers bloody well should too. And I've always felt that way.

Add me to the list, too--I guess because that's basically what I do for a living.

In order to be taken seriously as an adult, start caring, Kayla! I'm saying that as a friend.

If you came to work at my workplace, you'd be sacked in a week. 100% accuracy in spelling and grammar is expected.

It's not the same. And it's really annoying for a foreigner whose native language isn't English to see this kind of stuff because it can get really confusing.

And the worst thing is that we spend years perfecting our English while native speakers like you refuse to spell properly because 'they stopped caring'. Aka because they're lazy.

qft

 

[zuropa_fit]

I don't know if I've admitted this before, but I can't read my wireless bill

 

[love_u2_adam]

But it's not all the same.

LOL Obviously eh! I have a 90% in English LOLLLOOLLOL. So i know what I'm doing. Just stopped caring, thought i could use a little rebellion in my life I STOPPED caring here. I write thesis, papers ect i know what i am doing. I'm 17 and in a collage class.... like yaa. I have a different personality here. People who know me personality or have actually sat and have a conversation with me knows I'm not an idiot.

 

[MooMoo!]

warm tea? trazodone? (prescription - but not heavy duty - my doc gives 'em to me for when I'm really stressed and can't sleep, which makes me more stressed...) Reading a book you love and have read 10 times before?

I usually play my DS in bed (which kinda substitutes a book). But lately, I dont know why, I just cant get to sleep. Its the getting there. Im tired and whatever, but I end up lying there till all hours.

I have prescription tablets, but they arnt like the ones Ive had before, they make me groggy and it lingers the next day, so Im loath to take them. The ones I had last time just sort of knocked you out. :/

 

[BoMac]

I hate grammar. In the end it's all the same! there their they're.. like i know what is what i just stopped caring.

LOL Obviously eh! I have a 90% in English LOLLLOOLLOL. So i know what I'm doing. Just stopped caring, thought i could use a little rebellion in my life I STOPPED caring here. I write thesis, papers ect i know what i am doing. I'm 17 and in a collage class.... like yaa. I have a different personality here. People who know me personality or have actually sat and have a conversation with me knows I'm not an idiot.

So says you, but telling us that you have a different personality here is a cop out and may very well be a defense mechanism, since you seem to be in the minority.

You write thesis, papers? Well done. You go to collage? More power to you. Just remember: you may be articulate through spoken word, but once you put pen to paper, or tap that keyboard, people can see through that. Start caring, and maybe people will take you more seriously.

And you never stopped caring here. A search of your posts will reveal that you never cared to begin with, which implies that you probably stopped caring in "real life" as well. "There" and "their", same number of letters and keystrokes. How hard is it to substitute two letters? It takes the same amount of time. It just speaks to your laziness when it comes to this, because you most certainly are not an idiot.

 

[zuropa_fit]

I have prescription tablets, but they arnt like the ones Ive had before, they make me groggy and it lingers the next day, so Im loath to take them. The ones I had last time just sort of knocked you out. :/

Bummer. Have you tried taking 1/2 of your tablet? That's what I do.

 

[love_u2_adam]

Ha probably is a defence mechanism, I'd say rationalization?! We're you doing college course at 17!? (it's a big deal for me!!!) I can't spell that is for sure, i don't have great grammar skills i know, But the way I'm perceived on here and real life is two different things. I got my first computer when i was in grade 8, four years later i think I've improved quite a bit. I CAN keep a job, I've been doing secretary work for the local government. In psych I'm learning about social psych. It's pure attribution theory.

 

[coolian2]

fact: if you're planning a wedding, 10 months is not as long as it seems.

 

[Purplereign]

^ don't stress though, it'll all be good as gold . . .

 

[No spoken words]

Here's a confession:

I want to instigate a KNIFE APOCALYPSE that encompasses many different threads and posters on this site. And, I dislike Canada.

 

[Purplereign]

^

 

[coolian2]

Here's a confession:

I want to instigate a KNIFE APOCALYPSE that encompasses many different threads and posters on this site. And, I dislike Canada.

you can make it a fact if you try harder.

 

[Sicy]

fact: if you're planning a wedding, 10 months is not as long as it seems.

That's not a very long engagement at all. Especially considering the facts. What's the rush?

 

[Cin]

fact: if you're planning a wedding, 10 months is not as long as it seems.

By the end of it you'll be sooo sick of discussing flowers and colours that you'll just want it over and done with.

 

[coolian2]

That's not a very long engagement at all. Especially considering the facts. What's the rush?

sometimes you just know. once you know you want to make that big step, why wait? given we'll be living together next year, why not do it? every minute was great, even doing mundane things. plus we didn't feel the need to fill in the silence. i wish i could appropriately say what a girl in one of my classes said...it doesn't make sense to have the potential to be that happy and to not do it. i knew pretty quickly i love her just that damn much, i'd regret not asking.

By the end of it you'll be sooo sick of discussing flowers and colours that you'll just want it over and done with.

:nod:

 

[RedRocksU2]

Engagement??!!
Congrats guys!

 

[Sicy]

sometimes you just know. once you know you want to make that big step, why wait? given we'll be living together next year, why not do it? every minute was great, even doing mundane things. plus we didn't feel the need to fill in the silence. i wish i could appropriately say what a girl in one of my classes said...it doesn't make sense to have the potential to be that happy and to not do it.

Well, more power to you then. I am old. I'm 36 and I've had my share of long relationships over the years. 4 years, 5 years, etc. I guess I've come to the conclusion that I'm just not the marrying kind. It takes a really really long time and lots of time spent together to fully get to know someone. I can say that for sure. I have had a couple where I felt like they were the 'one' after a short period of time. I thought I 'knew' too.. but living together for a long period of time, spending 24/7 with someone etc. proved that things change. The most exciting time in every relationship is the beginning, and its really easy to fall quick and think that that person is the one. I guess I'm just a stickler for really getting to know someone before jumping into something so permanent. Not trying to crash your party or anything, just sharing a point of view from an old experienced gal.

 

[Cin]

good one Sicy, you kill joy

 

[HyperU2]

Here's a confession:

I want to instigate a KNIFE APOCALYPSE that encompasses many different threads and posters on this site. And, I dislike Canada.

Count me in.

 

[coolian2]

Well, more power to you then. I am old. I'm 36 and I've had my share of long relationships over the years. 4 years, 5 years, etc. I guess I've come to the conclusion that I'm just not the marrying kind. It takes a really really long time and lots of time spent together to fully get to know someone. I can say that for sure. I have had a couple where I felt like they were the 'one' after a short period of time. I thought I 'knew' too.. but living together for a long period of time, spending 24/7 with someone etc. proved that things change. The most exciting time in every relationship is the beginning, and its really easy to fall quick and think that that person is the one. I guess I'm just a stickler for really getting to know someone before jumping into something so permanent. Not trying to crash your party or anything, just sharing a point of view from an old experienced gal.

to be fair, it isn't like we first spoke to each other two months ago. we have known each other as friends for over a year. i understand your perspective, and we bof know there will be times where we want some solitude or whatever, and i'm aware of the bigger picture that one argument or whatever doesn't change a relationship.

i do know what we're doing is pretty out of the ordinary, but based on everyone i've talked to, this kind of relationship and marriage seems to have a better success rate than the traditional long term relationship followed by a proposal. but i know i'd have regretted it if i hadn't asked.

 

[Gluey]

to be fair, it isn't like we first spoke to each other two months ago. we have known each other as friends for over a year. i understand your perspective, and we bof know there will be times where we want some solitude or whatever, and i'm aware of the bigger picture that one argument or whatever doesn't change a relationship.

i do know what we're doing is pretty out of the ordinary, but based on everyone i've talked to, this kind of relationship and marriage seems to have a better success rate than the traditional long term relationship followed by a proposal. but i know i'd have regretted it if i hadn't asked.

Yep I'm a believer in that you know when somethings right. Like I've said before, my man and I got engaged after only knowing and dating each other for 5 months. We were 19 & 22 when we got married 14 months after meeting. We will celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary in April. Marriage and relationships are never easy. Giving up is easier. But sometimes you love each other enough to fight hard for the bigger picture. We believe that what doesn't break you, makes you stronger. We've both grown, both 'up' and 'together' over our 14 years together. Neither of us are the same person we were at the beginning and we've learnt a HELL of a lot about each other. And the biggest thing I've learnt is that Mr G is the best damn thing that's ever happened to me, and I can't imagine not having him in my life, walking beside me sharing all our wonderful experiences together.

Ian, you've only got one shot at life. Be happy and don't put off something because of 'what ifs'.

 

[coolian2]

great post kim. exactly my thoughts.

and don't worry, i'm living with no regrets.

 

[Gluey]

great post kim. exactly my thoughts.

and don't worry, i'm living with no regrets.

This Mama Bear's proud of her wee Samosa!!!