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Here's another thing that's been bugging me. People are leaving off the "s" when when using words ending in "ist" that should be plural.
"Are you afraid of terrorist attacking your city?"
"Do the Baptist hate the Catholics?"
"Where are good places in your city for tourist to visit?"
Or they go to the other extreme: Baptisses, tourisses. Or the classic David Allen Grier leitmotif from "In Living Color"---"Does she have big bressisses?"
Ah, memories! ..... (He pronounced Henry as Enery so shouldn't line 5 be "an Henry?")
I'm Henry the 8th I am,
Henry the 8th I am, I am,
I got married to the widow next door,
She's been married 7 times before,
And every one was a Henry (Henry),
She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam (no Sam)
I'm her 8th old man I Henry,
Henry the 8th I am
I just noticed that you are in Richardson, TX. I was in Dallas 30+ years, moved back to Florida last year. I'm kinda missing Dallas, especially my friends.
We miss you too. You are missing some incredible weather right now.
[quote=jtur88;19334379]Or they go to the other extreme: Baptisses, tourisses. Or the classic David Allen Grier leitmotif from "In Living Color"---"Does she have big bressisses?"[/quote]
I'm reading this thread for the first time and cannot stop laughing. Had to take a break for water after reading yours. If I saw that sign, I would be tempted to ask the market manager if the special included the chicken's thing or some other thing.
I intended reading more of RUNNER by Thomas Perry after watching The Mentalist. But I checked email and somehow I started reading these posts. My laughter is disturbing the cats and I'm only on page 15 of the thread. Nothing better than a good laugh!
I spent hours reading this thread when I first found it. My husband kept asking what was so funny, but really, grammar isn't his thing.
Neo was wake from sleeping and he shout at Trinity "Help you I think your dead"
"No I am not" she said and she gotted some water drink.
Morpheus walking into the bedroom "Good morning Neo we must kung fu"
So they trained the jiu jitsu and martia larts.
Neo kick him "Good job"
"Morpheus we got a distress signal it is from Niobe"
So they ran into the ship and they found Nioba and she was okay but there was a sentinal.
Neo punched it. His hand was hurting very badly.
"Neo you must be careful" Morphus said and shot the robot.
"Wait" Neo said and he downloaded how to kill the sentinels. But it was too late and cause the machines created a new matrix.
"No, we cannot our powers in the new matrix"
Then Neo disconnected but he was looked dead, and they all told Niobe the sad news.
"What happen in the first matrix" "They are all dead"
"tihs is too much" Morphus shotted quietly "help me fight to save this"
"i illh elp you" Trinity say with the cry she was sad cause thoughts neo was dead but it was matrix trick!
Neo try to say help but his body wads frozedn
"sOh no!" Merpheus say at teh radar screen "more matrix is attack us"
"we will have to jug in" Trinity hooked her up
Wehn they entared teh place was filled with Smiths because the matrix was curroopted with the matrix virus.
"I'll fight this 500" Morpus said and he sworded out his katana at great attack.
Trinity watch in amazing! "You are so good"
"What's this" Morpeud read a data becauz he was fight agents and make them run, but the data said some information!
"It say Neo is alife! We shuld wait go back to seak to him" and they tooks off by using phone interface.
Neo was okay they finds because of mediskel equipmont.
"The matrix is virused wso they cans not control the people any morR,. We arm not win yet but shall continue of the fight!"
They aggreed and formed for strewngth so they could fight the matrix one other day
"gentalmen the fight goes on" Neo said with fist and the crews cheered with new hope.
Yesterday I heard on the BBC, "He is softly spoken."
HALP!!??
Soft-spoken is a single, hyphenated, English word:
soft-spo·ken
–adjective
1.
(of persons) speaking with a soft or gentle voice; mild.
2.
(of words) softly or mildly spoken; persuasive.
To say "He is softly spoken" would be incorrect, since he is not "spoken", softly nor in any other way. His words can be softly spoken, but he cannot be.
Soft-spoken is a single, hyphenated, English word:
soft-spo·ken
–adjective
1.
(of persons) speaking with a soft or gentle voice; mild.
2.
(of words) softly or mildly spoken; persuasive.
To say "He is softly spoken" would be incorrect, since he is not "spoken", softly nor in any other way. His words can be softly spoken, but he cannot be.
Thank you very much for the explanation. Gone are the days when we could trust the announcers on radio and tv to be role models for good speech. Sheesh, now you can't even trust the BBC. The beeeb. Of all things. Hyper-correction.
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If I saw that sign, I would be tempted to ask the market manager if the special included the chicken's thing or some other thing. 
