Northwest Dive Club

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:05 am

Two= 2.

To= "I'm going to the store."

Too= "Can I come, too?"

Peter Guy · Post by **Peter Guy** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:08 am

Too= "Can I come, too?"

MAY I come too?

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:13 am

Peter Guy wrote:
Too= "Can I come, too?"
MAY I come too?

Now I see why you and Erica get along so well!

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:53 am

Peter Guy wrote:
Too= "Can I come, too?"
MAY I come too?

No.

airsix · Post by **airsix** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:10 am

Outstanding!

This is my kind of humor.

"Can I come?" = Am I capable?
"May I come?" = Do I have permission?

Example:
{PADI.OW} May I dive?
yes
{PADI.OW} Can I dive?
maybe

scottsax · Post by **scottsax** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:19 am

Ooh-may I add some of my other favorites?

"All right" is 2 (two) words. "Are you feeling all right?"
"Where you're at," "where you at?", etcetera.... In fact, ending any sentence with a preposition spins me into schoolmarm mode. Where's my red pencil? "Just checking to see where you are. Looking for as many people as possible with whom to dive." (Crap-did I just use "whom" wrong?)
"A lot" is 2 (two) words. "There are a lot of fish out there."
"Their" is a possessive. "They're" means "they are." "There" refers to a place. "Their boat is just over there. They're bringing it over now."
"It's" is a contraction of "it is." "Its" is a possessive. "Its dorsal fin is huge! It's at least 2 feet high."

That's what I get for staring at computer code all morning....

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:25 am

scottsax wrote:Ooh-may I add some of my other favorites?

"All right" is 2 (two) words. "Are you feeling all right?"
"Where you're at," "where you at?", etcetera.... In fact, ending any sentence with a preposition spins me into schoolmarm mode. Where's my red pencil? "Just checking to see where you are. Looking for as many people as possible with whom to dive." (Crap-did I just use "whom" wrong?)
"A lot" is 2 (two) words. "There are a lot of fish out there."
"Their" is a possessive. "They're" means "they are." "There" refers to a place. "Their boat is just over there. They're bringing it over now."
"It's" is a contraction of "it is." "Its" is a possessive. "Its dorsal fin is huge! It's at least 2 feet high."

That's what I get for staring at computer code all morning....

U R bein a jerk 2 me!

scottsax · Post by **scottsax** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:32 am

Nailer99 wrote:U R bein a jerk 2 me!

As a hardcore texter, txt msg shorthand is OK with me. It's the basic usage errors of the English language that drive me crazy.

A'ight?

camerone · Post by **camerone** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:49 am

scottsax wrote: As a hardcore texter, txt msg shorthand is OK with me. It's the basic usage errors of the English language that drive me crazy.

Apostrophes. My pet peeve is people who can't use them properly, be it "it's," vs. "its", or just simple misuse to form plurals. Screw that one up, and it's hard to get me to flip off the "bozo" bit in my brain.

Me fail English? Unpossible.

scottsax · Post by **scottsax** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:51 am

camerone wrote:Me fail English? Unpossible.

Can't sentence properly!

camerone · Post by **camerone** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:14 pm

scottsax wrote: Can't sentence properly!

I sentence you to two hours of deco, as a penalty.

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:14 pm

scottsax wrote:
camerone wrote:Me fail English? Unpossible.
Can't sentence properly!

That is a perfectly cromulent sentence.

scottsax · Post by **scottsax** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:24 pm

Nailer99 wrote:
scottsax wrote:
camerone wrote:Me fail English? Unpossible.
Can't sentence properly!

That is a perfectly cromulent sentence.

Awesome. Just awesome. Sent me running to Wiktionary to look up a Simpson's word. I'm embiggened by your cromulence.

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:17 pm

airsix wrote:Outstanding!
This is my kind of humor.

"Can I come?" = Am I capable?
"May I come?" = Do I have permission?

Example:
{PADI.OW} May I dive?
yes
{PADI.OW} Can I dive?
maybe

Priceless.

dwashbur · Post by **dwashbur** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:35 pm

scottsax wrote:Ooh-may I add some of my other favorites?

"Just checking to see where you are. Looking for as many people as possible with whom to dive." (Crap-did I just use "whom" wrong?)

Nope. You used it write

scottsax · Post by **scottsax** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:46 pm

dwashbur wrote:Nope. You used it write

Damn! Blew a snot bubble I laughed so hard!

lurch · Post by **lurch** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:00 pm

Affects have effects.

cardiver · Post by **cardiver** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:16 pm

Two, to, too true!

spatman · Post by **spatman** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:45 pm

principals who have principles.

Pez7378 · Post by **Pez7378** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:59 pm

Here's (Here is) one (1) I hear (not here) everyday:

Go AXE

the C/O (Officer) where da (the?) Libary

is......... as if the C/O was POSED to know (not no).

cardiver · Post by **cardiver** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:02 pm

Do you work in a "state institution" Pez?

airsix · Post by **airsix** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:24 pm

There is no R in Washington.

The word 'February' has two Rs.

-Ben

dwashbur · Post by **dwashbur** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:04 am

airsix wrote:There is no R in Washington.

There is no R in my last name, either, even though my dad used to pronounce it with one

Zen Diver · Post by **Zen Diver** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:24 am

How about taut and taunt?

Taut: as in a rope that is stretched tightly

Taunt: to tease and egg on

kwbyron · Post by **kwbyron** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:25 am

My wife used to pronounce pecan -> Pe-Can
so my dad threatened to stand up during our wedding and ask if its
pe-can or pa-con
her response is, "it's not pronounced Con-a-da"
then I called her a Yankee

I'm proud to say we broke her of the habit. $\:D/$