OT God help the English language........

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I was just trolling through eBay wasting some time and I came across this description for an advert---------- do you ever have the erdge to sail a boat--------- when I presume the author means --urge--!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good grief - Where will it end??????????
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Reply By: John R (SA) - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:02

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:02
u neva reely no

I hate to think. Or rather, they hate to think.
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Reply By: troopyman - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:07

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:07
Damn those lower class cretins that carnt spell . They should be all locked away .
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 23:30

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 23:30
Why Why Meee..LOL
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Reply By: Member - Andy Q (VIC) - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:10

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:10
G'day John L G,
man! it's a disappointment to all I'm sure, but really! did you have to bring it here as well. Get with it, this site says ExplorOz not explore the english language

andy
ps no further corespondence entered into!
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Reply By: troopyman - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:10

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:10
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Reply By: Mike Harding - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:16

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:16
Some people have an IQ of 150.
Some people have an IQ of 80.
Some people received a good education.
Some people received a bad, or limited, education.

I try to judge people on the goodness of their heart - if you see what I mean? :) I don't worry if they can spell or know the difference between a semicolon and a comma.

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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 20:47

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 20:47
Mike,

A semicolon. What is that....half an bleep ?

LOLOL.

ATB,

Jim.
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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 20:49

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 20:49
It got bleeped out. I didn't think it was that bad.

I'll rephrase.

A semicolon. What is that.... 50% of a sphincter???
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Reply By: Mad Dog - Vic - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:17

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:17
Makes sense to me, he writes it the way it should be but it's not ergent for everyone to adjust.
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Reply By: Member - John L G - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:21

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:21
And with those responses gentlemen, I rest my case..................
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:34

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:34
Oh... you're just grumpy :)

Struth mate - the English language has been evolving for many hundreds of years and will withstand all attacks upon it's structure.

btw if you choose to end a sentence with an ellipsis it's four of them _not_ 18! :)

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Follow Up By: Kev M (NSW) - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 19:08

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 19:08
It is just good Aussie English, not this up tight Pommy bleep or the very wrong American attempt at English

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Follow Up By: GaryInOz (Vic) - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 19:12

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 19:12
To the "traditionalists" amongst you

Eft he axode, hu qgre ðeode nama wære þe hi of comon. Him wæs geandwyrd, gt hi Angle genemnode wæron. Þa cwgq he, "Rihtlice hi sind Angle gehatene, for ðan ðe hi engla wlite habbað, and swilcum gedafenað gt hi on heofonum engla geferan beon."

Do we really need to STILL be reading Old English script???

Language is an evolving communication mechanism.

Translliteration:
Again he [St. Gregory] asked what might be the name of the people from which they came. It was answered to him that they were named Angles. Then he said, "Rightly are they called Angles because they have the beauty of angels, and it is fitting that such as they should be angels' companions in heaven."

Notwithstanding, there is a general agreement about which version of "English" should be spoken/written in a given circumstance, and it is common manners to use the correct language at any given time.

Personally I don't have any time for "TXTers" on this or any other forum or in any formal sort of communication, other than texting someone on a mobile phone, when it is acknowledged that there is a limit of 160 characters in the message. Some abbreviations are acceptable (ppl = people, msg = message, etc) bu the "l33tsp3ak" swapping of "4" for an "A" and similar is simply rubbish as it does not even shorten the message at all.

Hidden agenda: make a language that looks like there MIGHT be some form of logic to it (in fact it is 80% random gibberish) and start posting on the "l33tsp3ak" forums (in groups of a couple of people "in the know" on the joke) so as to totally leave them in the dark :devil:
"Out"l33t"ed
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Reply By: mfewster - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:33

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:33
Spelling is much overrated.The reason the Oxford English Dictionary is regarded as the ultimate reference on English is because this dictionary (if you read its full title) is based on historical principles. The full (not those little pocket versions) OED shows all the changes in meaning and spelling of words in English over the years. The idea that there is just one way to spell a word in English is a very recent one. Shakespeare is generally regarded as being reasonably proficient in English and consistent spelling wasn't an issue for him. The only language where spelling is really ironclad is in dead languages like Latin. The strength of English is that it lives and breathes and
change is essential to this.
Having got that off my chest, I also agree 100% with Mr. Harding.
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Reply By: Member - Oldplodder (QLD) - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:45

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 18:45
Got a couple of friends who can not read. Just missed that chance to learn.
Everything is done over the phone.
Now how do they handle something like this forum?

Wy dorn wee go bak t' strine?
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Follow Up By: GaryInOz (Vic) - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 19:21

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 19:21
same as blind people do I would suspect..........
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Reply By: Member - John L G - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 19:30

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 19:30
Seems everyone is a bit tetchy today.

I agree with most regarding the english language and that it is a work in progress, however we still need a foundation to work from. Without this, we may well end up with a truly cumbersome dictionary with multiple spelling for every word to satisfy all the players and which will require further cross referencing to a thesaurus or such to unravel the meaning of the jumble of letters thrown on the page in front of us.

There is no blame to be laid here and the poor old school teachers are now in the firing line having had basic literacy ruled unneccesary some years ago by our famous educators and of course we now have the back flip.

Unfortunately, if we set low objectives in life, be it the english language or where you want to end up in the scheme of things, it may make it easier to arrive but the end result may not neccesarily be all that satisfying.

The word Urge for instance may be spelt as we discovered as erdge or erge perhaps and all permutations the old brain box can invent but somewhere amongst this we need the basic word and if we decide it should be erdge, then lets do it.

Of course I only speak of the English language, here and not the tortured nuances of that practicsed in the US.

Have a nice day
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Follow Up By: Willem - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 20:02

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 20:02
Don't feel alone, John. I am on your side.

As with most things in life, if you let your language skills slide, then you may well slide with it into oblivion.

By the 1980's the new generation of immigrants and local baby boomers were establishing themselves as the 'avant garde' of change. Our money changed, our politics ran amuck, our education system came to grief etc etc and we are now paying the price for that wonton change for changes' sake by the socialistic ideologies of that time.

By the mid 90's the social change was almost complete. The last 10 years we have suffered at the hands of another ideology, that of a World Government and the hell bent march towards the destruction of our Australian psyche by selling off the farm and by destroying our manufacturing base.

Lotusland will keep on sliding into oblivion as we march to embrace the American Way. Hopefully it will come after my time.

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Follow Up By: Member - Ed. C. (QLD) - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 22:38

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 22:38
Ahem (cough, cough),,,,,,,,

"however we still need a foundation to work from"

What was that one about glass houses and stones, again???

Sorry, couldn't resist ;-))))

Confucius say.....
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....Not necessarily mechanic!!"

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Reply By: Member - AU-2 - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 20:06

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 20:06
Twenty five years ago my son had a teacher who marked him wrong on a test when he spelled porridge correctly. She said the correct spelling was porrige. Teacher of youngest son some years later said that it didn't matter how the children spelt or wrote as long as they understood what they had written. I use a fifty year old dictionary when I want to be pedantic about spelling. In that dictionary it said that the letter 'j' was invented to take the place of 'dg' in spelling. I am still waiting to see it used this way.
'Strine' has now evolved into 'Strayan.'
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 20:59

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 20:59
If you had to read a word incorrectly spelt 10 000 times a year, I'm afraid that you'd soon start to question your own spelling, and possibly start the spell as poorly as the kids.
Good spelling is a matter of personal vigilance and constant wide reading and writing , neither of which classroom teachers have enough spare time to embrace. They are fine notions, but unrealistic for most of today's educators.



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Follow Up By: Footloose - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 21:01

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 21:01
If you had to read a word incorrectly spelt 10 000 times a year, I'm afraid that you'd soon start to question your own spelling, and possibly start the spell as poorly as the kids.
Good spelling is a matter of personal vigilance and constant wide reading and writing , neither of which classroom teachers have enough spare time to embrace. They are fine notions, but sadly unrealistic for most of today's educators.



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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 22:07

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 22:07
F'loosie, I see some have to spell it out twice to make their point. LOL

I agree with you mate, the local paper has just put in a text in section to match the letters to the editor. Pity they didn't edit the texts to make them understandable. I won't waste my time on that section of the paper.

Some of the educators really shouldn't be there for what they present.
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Reply By: Footloose - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 20:48

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 20:48
Does spelling really matter ? Yes and no. It certainly matters in formal communications, especially if you're the one asking. I once spelt technician "technitian"....and lost out on getting a job (I was young at the time).
If I email a firm asking "f u got thu part nummber xyz34", I can imagine the lack of response.
Appropriate language and spelling are the key to good communications.
That doesn't mean that we can't use colour or color interchangeably, that would be pedantic.
But it does mean that if we put an ad on Ebay for all the world to see, we should try and put our best foot forward.

"Yesterday I couldn't spell it and now I are won."
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Reply By: Member - Andy Q (VIC) - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 21:36

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 21:36
I just knew this posting would get out of hand
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Reply By: pips - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 22:01

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 22:01
hoo kares?..... (*d*)/` hehe sory dgust koodant rezizt!
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Reply By: Member - Royce- Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 23:30

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 23:30
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 23:46

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 23:46
Royce

This is untrue for a person who can't read, Like me I can not read a word but I can see a word,, (i know it's hard for a lot of people to understand)

What this man said means nothing to me "I was just trolling through eBay wasting some time and I came across this description for an advert---------- do you ever have the erdge to sail a boat--------- when I presume the author means --urge--!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the word erdge and urge I have never seen before, this means nothing to my brain, nothing, that's it, nothing....

So if people start to change the way they wright I will have to re learn to read again...

I was able to read your post, because I could see the words but I could not see anything wrong with the SPELLING.... lol :-)

Regards

Richard
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:47

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:47
I always knew there was something odd about you, Richard....LOL
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Thursday, Feb 08, 2007 at 21:05

Thursday, Feb 08, 2007 at 21:05
Yer dumb as...

That's why everyone gets my posts wrong.. on my side they make sense... LOL
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Reply By: Member - Royce- Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 23:32

Tuesday, Feb 06, 2007 at 23:32
And then there's ....

I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough?

Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, tough and through.

Well done!
And now you wish perhaps
To learn of less familiar traps?

Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bird.

And dead: it's said like bed not bead -
For goodness sake don't call it "deed".

Watch out for meat and great and threat
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt).

A moth is not a moth in mother
Nor both in bother, broth in brother.

And here is not a match for there,
Nor dear and fear for bear and pear,

And then there's dose and rose and lose-
Just look them up - and goose and choose,

And core and work and card and ward,
And font and front and word and sword.

And do and go and thwart and cart-
Come, Come, I've hardly made a start!

A dreadful language?
Man alive, I'd mastered it when I was five!
(Brush Up your English, by T.S. Watts)
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:51

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:51
Well done Royce!! :-)
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Reply By: Hairy - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 00:38

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 00:38
Kids are no longer taught times tables , correct spelling, the difference between upper and lower case, print and cursive and there is no such thing as a pass or fail.
Teaching your kids to those in the position... is know your own problem.
All these laws WE have apparently made to save our brain dead selfs have forgotten one big thing COMMON SENSE!
Teachers are not allowed to fail!!!! Its called "Not yet competent"!
Therefore spelling and puncuation is irrelevant because if you understand what they are saying , ....they're right!
Shiit ( theres that word ill be banned for) but if people dont start doing what is moraly right instead of what s pollitically correct were all buggered! Incorrect spelling of the english language wont only be accepted but an art !!! (like text messages)
I appoligise for all the mistakes but I refuse to use spell check...Otherwise the kids win!
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Royce- Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 00:57

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 00:57
Kids are taught times tables, correct spelling, the difference between upper and lower case, print and cursive... there is such a thing as pass and fail.... when I taught in a classroom. Things changed.... so I moved on.

Hmmm If you spell check this:

Ass eye right too yew, aye am having trouble deciding weather my computer is
funtioning properly. The spell check seams two bee happy with may spelling. Butt eye
feel that their must bee sum thing wrong.

Sum over woods doner look lie cash hood. Eve end a whey the hay ah writ hen
doze knot mach incense.

A quick attempt to confuse.
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 19:45

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 19:45
>Kids are taught times tables

Neither of mine were (28 and 22)?

I well recall having to chant "4x4 is 16", "5x4 is 20"... from the 2 to the 12 times tables and disliking most of it however... I doubt many days have passed in my life since, when I _haven't_ used those tables! Want to know what 9x8 is? I can tell you in a split second....

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Reply By: mfewster - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:32

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:32
Maybe this helps. In my teaching days(secondary) this is how we approached spelling. This is very OT, so don't read any further if it isn't of interest to you. We would spend time on the history of English to show it was a mix of languages resulting in different symbols for the same sounds. We would uise the full Oxford English dictionary to explore changes in meaning and spelling of words over the years. (Kids were always fascinated by the changes in the word "silly"). We would then look at the kinds of examples others have given in this thread that show that we really understand words on context, not mainly by spelling. Having done all that we would set up an agreed policy for marking and learning spelling in the class. It would generally go something like this. Spelling is massively over-rated. There are lots of more important skills that we need to concentrate on (including grammar). BUT because so many people who don't understand language make value judgements based almost entirely on spelling, if you don't want to be dismissed out of hand by these people, you had better learn the conventions. Therefore the teacher (me) will mark spelling and we will put time into learning spelling. BUT it is only al part of English skills. When an essay is set a marking scheme will be given with the topic to show the various things that marks will be given for in this essay. Generally, out of 100 marks for an essay, 10 will be for spelling. Then marks would be allocated depending on the aims for that particular essay. An essay arguing a point for example might have a very different marking system to a creative essay.
Interestingly, while working on literacy with traditional aboriginal men in the NT, I found this approach to be amazingly successful. Most of the men had high language skills, they spoke many different languages but had always struggled to learn to read and write in English They had never understood that English was a mix of languages, which was why it has the baffling spelling system (system is too good a word for it, "chaos" is better) it has. Once the men understood this, it was relatively simple for them to start using skills they already had in dealing with multiple languages when learning reading and writing in English. But that's another story.

Considering the argument he was putting, I just loved the spelling mistake in Willem's post, which nobody seems to have picked up. I don't think it was a typo, it is a long way from an "a" to an "o" on the keyboard.
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 10:17

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 10:17
Yeah, yer right....lol

When I typed it I thought that it should have come with an 'a' but somehow I went with the flow of the brainwaves thinking that there were two varieties of the word.

If only I could remember how strict my teachers were on spelling back in the 50's.
It was a different era.

I was brought up in the Afrikaans language(a multi-faceted mix of languages) in SouthAfrica. When I was 12 I was sent to an upmarket English-speaking Boarding School to learn the language and to get an education. I think that maybe I had learned something by the time I left there. Not too long after I started my 20 year sojourn in the Northern Territory and the Tropical Australian vernacular took over...lol

Writing has helped me to gain back the losses of the English language incurred in the bush. I still make mistakes, however.

Grammar is another issue and far more complex than spelling.

All things considered, we have all gained new skills(if only with two fingers) in the typing pool of life. Hopefully we will continue to use and master the Australian English language to our best ability, and not slide into 'TEXT' abbreviations .....lol

Cheers
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Reply By: mfewster - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:06

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:06
Willem, never for a moment did I think you were talking about little Chinese soup dumplings.
Isn't it interesting how people who grow up with a couple of languages usually have a much better idea of how English works than those who only speak English. Even more so if the first language is something like Afrikaans which is already a mix of languages. It is also the cause of one of the biggest misunderstandings about"multiculturalism". We know that encouraging immigrants to remain proficient in their own language actually leads to learning English faster and better.
Willem, with your background you have to have some great stories. Are you writing them up somewhere?
Cheers
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Reply By: Redback - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:20

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:20
In the immortal words of Kevin bloody Wilson......... " DILLIGAF"

Look it up you'll laugh like i did LOL

Baz.
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Reply By: Member - John L G - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:37

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:37
I'm surprised this is still going, but it seems to strikes a chord in most of us, be it for or against the formal word.

I suppose the real truth of the matter is that because I had to suffer 2 years of Latin as a youngster in the educative process, I have the right to inflict similar pain on others, however in its defence I certainly appreciate the written word, its derivative structure and what can be achieved in literary description.

One only need to remember the mastery of the English language from the likes of Killen and Whitlam during their parliamentary debates to appreciate the fun you can have with a full and knowledgeable vocabulary
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 20:38

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 20:38
I'm a big supporter of cogent and clear English usage (in fact I chided a professor the other day for her flowery, confusing, usage) but I strongly maintain we should not judge people according to their knowledge of English - there are more important aspects to a person....

Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: Member - John L G - Thursday, Feb 08, 2007 at 10:53

Thursday, Feb 08, 2007 at 10:53
Mike,

I was unaware that any judgements were being made.
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 12:12

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 12:12
try here.

www.engrish.com/
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Reply By: Paul(ACT) - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 14:09

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 14:09
I think you all need to "Harden The bleep Up"!!
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Reply By: Wombat - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 15:36

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 15:36
Aha, I now understand why ExplorOz members are so "unqiue".
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Reply By: Member - Cruiser (NSW) - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 18:35

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 18:35
Olny srmat poelpe can raed this.

I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,

it deosn't mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm.

This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed this psas it on!!
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Reply By: Tia Maria - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 19:46

Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 19:46
yan, tan, titheri, ditheri, mimp, hareters, flareters, hovers, dovers, dick.

Cumbrian dialect counting one to ten. English??

It's a spoken language so spelling is optional.

John L.
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Follow Up By: ImEasy - Thursday, Feb 08, 2007 at 14:08

Thursday, Feb 08, 2007 at 14:08
Are you Drunk, Tia Maria?
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Reply By: Bware (Tweed Valley) - Thursday, Feb 08, 2007 at 20:38

Thursday, Feb 08, 2007 at 20:38
Recent research has found atleast two meanings for the word 'erdge'.
1) It is the currency of a remote tribe in Borneo. Therefore the sentence in the original post should be read; "Do you ever have the money to sail a boat"
2) From the Sanskrit the sentence would read "Do you ever have the (desire to have sex with a woman from reading too much Kama Sutra therefore lie about your ability) to sail a boat.
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Follow Up By: Member - John L G - Friday, Feb 09, 2007 at 10:50

Friday, Feb 09, 2007 at 10:50
BWARE
Thanks for that LOL.
Fluently spoken, grammatically correct and with a twist of wry.
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