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#60162 - 02/24/05 01:57 AM
Pet Peeve
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Registered: 12/21/04
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Loc: North Carolina
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Does this bug anyone but me? When you go to the store, should the change go on the TOP of the bills, or on the BOTTOM? I have cashiered and I always put the change on the bottom so it didn't go sliding around while you are doing the hand-jive trying to keep it from flying all over. Drives me crazy!! Why do they put the change on the top? The bills go in the wallet (that's usually in your other hand, DUH) and the change goes in the pocket.Is there some kind of training rule I missed out on somewhere?Should I go back to just being peeved about SPAM? LOL. Sorry, just hadda w-h-i-n-e about this today.
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#60163 - 02/24/05 02:19 AM
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Registered: 01/27/04
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Loc: Warrenton, Virginia
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#60168 - 02/24/05 05:35 AM
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Registered: 01/17/05
Posts: 152
Loc: Kansas City Kansas
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yes leathel weapons 1-3 are my favorites. Never go threw the drive through , you get screwed at the drive through" sorry most people find my remembering interesting tid bits like that a pet peeve.
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#60169 - 02/24/05 05:38 AM
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Registered: 02/24/04
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Loc: Nevada
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#60171 - 02/25/05 08:13 AM
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Registered: 05/24/04
Posts: 6123
Loc: Arizona
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#60173 - 02/25/05 12:23 AM
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Registered: 12/21/04
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Loc: North Carolina
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well, that was one thing about being a cashier...I sure got a lot better about doing math in my head! But a penny!! Dotsie, you must have been appalled! I would have been.
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#60182 - 02/25/05 07:56 PM
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Registered: 12/21/04
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Loc: North Carolina
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Yep. That's why I'm fixin' to home school - starting this September. I kin talk right if'n I want to, or I can speak correctly if I so desire; I kin write kinda off the wall if'n I want to, or I can't write in grammatically correct sentences (no diagramming, please!) Kids should be taught English correctly - so they can decide which way to use - not leaving bad grammar to default. JMHO
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#60183 - 02/25/05 07:57 PM
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Registered: 12/21/04
Posts: 483
Loc: North Carolina
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see can't? Cantoo, cannot, cantoo...can't blame all bad English on typos, can we?
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#60185 - 02/26/05 12:02 AM
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Registered: 01/24/05
Posts: 1550
Loc: Colorado
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I homeschool two teenagers - whom I've homeschooled from the begining. (DON'T LOOK AT MY GRAMMER OR SPELLING!!!)
It has been quite a journey. One that is sometimes difficult, but yet I know it is what is best for my family.
Danita
p.s. Unique, what grades will you be homeschooling?
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#60188 - 02/26/05 12:21 PM
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The Divine Ms M
Registered: 07/07/03
Posts: 4894
Loc: Orange County, California
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Stupid people are a real pain in all areas of life. I get them at craft fairs: "How much are those earrings?" "They're $5. Everything on this board is priced by the row." "Then how much is this pair?" "$6. Everything on this board is priced by the row. See the label-maker tags on both ends of the row? $5 this row. $6 that row. Everything on this row is the same price." "Well, what about that row?"
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#60189 - 02/26/05 07:07 PM
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#60191 - 02/27/05 12:42 AM
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Registered: 01/26/05
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Loc: Prophetstown, IL
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For the most part people live in their own worlds, I think. It's unusual to find a cashier that actually looks at you or even addresses you when they "serve" you. I think they are 1) bored or 2) self-absorbed. I am continually amazed at the numbers of people I meet that the first thought that crosses their mind when a situation comes up is "how is it going to affect or benefit me?" If it doesn't serve their needs, they're not interested. Stepping outside themselves to consider how it would benefit someone else is outside the scope of their abilities. That's why, I think, that service is becoming a rare commodity. Unique, I got a good laugh from your "fixin to". Being from the South myself, I say that in day-to-day conversation, which gets some strange looks where I live now. However, like you, I too know the difference between the vernacular and formal business, social, or written English. Interestingly, I have found in some of my civic club experiences that some of the people who have been so reactive to my Southern slang couldn't write a proper sentence if their lives depended on it!
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#60192 - 03/22/05 02:52 AM
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Registered: 12/14/04
Posts: 40
Loc: Cape Cod Massachusetts
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Having been an English teacher in an earlier incarnation, I am forever correcting the TV. It just comes out when I hear an error. One of the common drive-me-crazy ones is hopefully. I realize that popular usage now has sway, but I can't get past the adverb thing. The other day someone asked me how I was. I answered, I'm good." When asked the same question from me, the woman smugly replied, "I'm well." I didn't stop to explain about the verb to be and adjectives, but I was sorely tempted!
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#60194 - 03/22/05 09:12 AM
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Registered: 12/14/04
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Loc: Cape Cod Massachusetts
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I'd be happy to help. What would you need from me? Kat
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#60196 - 03/22/05 10:59 PM
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Registered: 12/14/04
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Loc: Cape Cod Massachusetts
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I'm thinking after reading your comment that I might just stick to the TV!
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#60198 - 03/23/05 07:52 AM
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Registered: 12/14/04
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Loc: Cape Cod Massachusetts
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I'm more of a grammar tech and wordsmith. If that's needed, I'll give it a go.
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#60201 - 03/26/05 09:04 AM
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Registered: 12/14/04
Posts: 40
Loc: Cape Cod Massachusetts
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I don't think there is any difference between the two except for personal preference. To go missing just means to disappear. Went missing or gone missing are, I think, just variations.
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