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Old 01-10-2014, 06:14 AM
 
Location: USA
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"Maybe......but, know one will know it."

Knowthing knows like the knows knows.

 
Old 01-10-2014, 12:55 PM
 
Location: near bears but at least no snakes
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I need to get a route canal.

huh?
 
Old 01-10-2014, 01:01 PM
 
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I need to get a route canal.

huh?
Apparently neither the Suez Canal nor the Panama Canal provide the route that he/she desires...

 
Old 01-10-2014, 01:20 PM
 
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Well what do ya know about that? Thanks!

I grew up on BB too, just don't remember that. Thank God it's not yet another idiotic misspelling.
 
Old 01-10-2014, 04:01 PM
 
Location: USA
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Well what do ya know about that? Thanks!

I grew up on BB too, just don't remember that. Thank God it's not yet another idiotic misspelling.
I'm sure I heard Bugs say it many times, but am glad Dirt cleared it up and refreshed my memory.
 
Old 01-11-2014, 01:53 AM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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"and you know what your eating"

That was in one of my recent posts - go ahead, I deserve it. "Release the Kraken"
 
Old 01-11-2014, 06:14 AM
 
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"Anywho" for "anyhow". "Anywhos" is an even more exasperating variant.

"Carmelized" for "caramelized"

E.g. I made some carmelized onions. I didn't know onions were religious!
 
Old 01-11-2014, 07:04 AM
 
Location: The Hall of Justice
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"and you know what your eating"

That was in one of my recent posts - go ahead, I deserve it. "Release the Kraken"
It would be correct if you were using a gerund.

And you know what your eating all that raw cookie dough will give you: a stomachache.
 
Old 01-11-2014, 07:39 AM
 
Location: USA
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It would be correct if you were using a gerund.

And you know what your eating all that raw cookie dough will give you: a stomachache.
hmmm.... what?
 
Old 01-11-2014, 08:01 AM
 
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hmmm.... what?
"eating" in this context is a gerund, as opposed to a present participle. In the case of "you're eating" , eating is a pp.
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