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Lets talk about euthanasia, suiside...
Originally posted by Unrealised
It's the code.
Every written language has it's own set of rules, and English is no different.
Also, I find it to be a good way of separating the educated from the dullards.
Originally posted by ZeroReady
Because ours is an amalgam of many different languages which had evolved over thousands of years.
Originally posted by Avgudar
The dullards are those who obey the rules established by others.
Me no dullard for exercising out of box though. You dullard for believing ignorance equals stupidity.
Originally posted by Unrealised
Originally posted by Avgudar
The dullards are those who obey the rules established by others.
Not when it comes to using something like a written language that is created so that we may converse using words.
Don't try to use your 'anti-sheeple' sentiment in a thread about words, it makes you look like a Dullard.
It just doesn't count.
Originally posted by Unrealised
If you have a problem with using our language, with all of it's inherent beauty...
Originally posted by Avgudar
Me no dullard for exercising out of box though. You dullard for believing ignorance equals stupidity.
Originally posted by Unrealised
Originally posted by Avgudar
The dullards are those who obey the rules established by others.
Not when it comes to using something like a written language that is created so that we may converse using words.
Don't try to use your 'anti-sheeple' sentiment in a thread about words, it makes you look like a Dullard.
It just doesn't count.
Originally posted by Avgudar
The dullards are those who obey the rules established by others.
Originally posted by happykat39
Then you have all the words that are spelled differently and mean different things but are pronounced exactly the same way. For example - pear, pare, pair, real, reel etc.
Originally posted by wiser3
English is quite strange threw and through!
Though
Thou
Thought
Thorough
Rough
Taught
Taut