farmerlor
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I could read it easily and I AM the original spelling nazi as my children will gladly testify.
I used to have to give my father a nickel for any misspelling or misuse of grammer, or use of slang. Additionally, if i wanted to know what the definition of a word was, or the correct spelling, I had to look it up myself - those were the rules. I hated them.farmerlor said:I could read it easily and I AM the original spelling nazi as my children will gladly testify.
Are you related to me??? We had to study Reader's Digest "Enrich Your Word Power" with my dad too. We also had to do the New York Crossword puzzle with him on Sundays. (I still love to do crosswords...)The Vail Benton's said:I used to have to give my father a nickel for any misspelling or misuse of grammer, or use of slang. Additionally, if i wanted to know what the definition of a word was, or the correct spelling, I had to look it up myself - those were the rules. I hated them.farmerlor said:I could read it easily and I AM the original spelling nazi as my children will gladly testify.
Remember Reader's Digest "Enrich Your Word Power"? We had "word of the day" and had to use our word at dinner in sentences during the course of "normal conversation". It felt ridiculous and I didn't like to invite friends for dinner
My daughter, who grew up to be an editor, would gladly join us. She gets so wild about misplaced apostrophes and things like their, there, they're that we might lose control of her. I don't know how she got that way.Occamstazer said:Well I could read it with no problem, but my hair all fell out during.
Farmerlor, want to join me and form a grammar and spelling militia? We would commit acts of editing terrorism across the country. For example, we'd dress all in black, and sneak over to the barbecue place near here that has "the best wing's in town".
And we'd execute that apostrophe.
We did that too!!!! Mom had a word of the day for each of us. We had to look it up, learn it's definition and learn it's forms and use the word at dinner. My mother never came to see me sing at school. She never saw me run track and she never saw me in the school plays. She didn't care about my awards in biology or the scholarship I got to college. But she was there when I won the spelling bee every year. Weird woman.The Vail Benton's said:I used to have to give my father a nickel for any misspelling or misuse of grammer, or use of slang. Additionally, if i wanted to know what the definition of a word was, or the correct spelling, I had to look it up myself - those were the rules. I hated them.farmerlor said:I could read it easily and I AM the original spelling nazi as my children will gladly testify.
Remember Reader's Digest "Enrich Your Word Power"? We had "word of the day" and had to use our word at dinner in sentences during the course of "normal conversation". It felt ridiculous and I didn't like to invite friends for dinner
Can we do something about "12 items or less" at the checkout stand too, please?farmerlor said:My daughter, who grew up to be an editor, would gladly join us. She gets so wild about misplaced apostrophes and things like their, there, they're that we might lose control of her. I don't know how she got that way.Occamstazer said:Well I could read it with no problem, but my hair all fell out during.
Farmerlor, want to join me and form a grammar and spelling militia? We would commit acts of editing terrorism across the country. For example, we'd dress all in black, and sneak over to the barbecue place near here that has "the best wing's in town".
And we'd execute that apostrophe.
SISTAH!!!!!big brown horse said:Are you related to me??? We had to study Reader's Digest "Enrich Your Word Power" with my dad too. We also had to do the New York Crossword puzzle with him on Sundays. (I still love to do crosswords...)The Vail Benton's said:I used to have to give my father a nickel for any misspelling or misuse of grammer, or use of slang. Additionally, if i wanted to know what the definition of a word was, or the correct spelling, I had to look it up myself - those were the rules. I hated them.farmerlor said:I could read it easily and I AM the original spelling nazi as my children will gladly testify.
Remember Reader's Digest "Enrich Your Word Power"? We had "word of the day" and had to use our word at dinner in sentences during the course of "normal conversation". It felt ridiculous and I didn't like to invite friends for dinner
And we also had to look up words in the 5 inch thick dictionary that was housed on a pulpit.
None of my friends enjoyed coming over etiher. That and the fact that we weren't allowed junk food in the house kept all my friends far away.
Me to Bee, but not quite as easilyBeekissed said:I nca edar shti salo!