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shemps#1:
No one said you were Sarah. In fact, I considered the whole thing with you dropped once I took off your warning.

Now it's a whole new ballgame with an old "friend".

leandar:
What I meant was, I refuse to cause trouble.  That's all.  :)

Baggie:
ok

shempheadbat:
Oh-oh, I'd better go back and edit my first few posts...  I didn't realise that the intent was to impress anyone, I was looking for a dialogue about a comedy act which was largely based around the mangling of the so-called "King's English" and poking fun of just the sort of pomposity I have witnessed herein.  I am a 'newbie' to the board, but I am also a professional writer.  And while I agree that you must know the rules before you break them, I think you are being a little arrogant regarding your College education, and are behaving like just the sort of "Hoi Polloi" that the Stooges delighted in shredding with their amazing verbal dexterity. 

Main Entry: ver·nac·u·lar
Pronunciation: v&(r)-'na-ky&-l&r
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin vernaculus native, from verna slave born in the master's house, native
1 a : using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language b : of, relating to, or being a nonstandard language or dialect of a place, region, or country c : of, relating to, or being the normal spoken form of a language
2 : applied to a plant or animal in the common native speech as distinguished from the Latin nomenclature of scientific classification
3 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a period, place, or group; especially : of, relating to, or being the common building style of a period or place
- ver·nac·u·lar·ly adverb


"V'nackler?  That's a doiby."

Pilsner Panther:
As one professional writer to another, since when does writing clear, grammatical, and understandable English amount to arrogance, or trying to impress anyone?

 [bitchin]

"You're in a court, not in Clancy's Poolroom!"

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