Grammer Class is Open...

[Boondox]

That reminds me of my first cruise to the Med. The navy put foreign language instructors aboard before we went to a new country. One guy was too cheap to pay for lessons himself, so he begged a shipmate to teach him how to say, "You're so beautiful and I love you!" in Italian. Tired of being harassed, the student told the cheapwad a phrase in Italian.

The cheapskate practiced the phrase lovingly in the mirror several times a day. We finally pulled into Naples and sure enough, he saw a lovely Italian girl and poured his heart into the phrase he had practiced endlessly. She hauled off and punched his lights out!

The phrase he had memorized? "You have the shape of a pig and the eyes of a cow!"

Pete

 

[GerardC]

<font color="blue">Hey, anyone notice that all the emoticons are bald except the one asking questions.... </font>

ROFLMAO! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif G

 

[MossRoad]

My wife and I met a tanslater from Denmark many years ago. She spoke seven languages fluently and was learning several more at the time. Her English was perfect.

I can read Spanish with pretty good comprehension, but can't speak it worth a hoot.

What I really enjoy is reading a technical manual in English, then reading it in all the other languages that it comes in.

 

[MossRoad]

<font color="blue">Mars probe </font>

Yeah, I recall that. Wasn't it a metric to English mistake or something like that?

 

[MikePA]

vacillate back and forth - redundant, vacillate means to sway from side to side
close proximity - redundant, proximity means close
I am wanting - Should be 'I want'

 

[Dargo]

Go Mike go! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bird]

You mean those are similar to "free gratis", Mike?

 

[johnday]

Mike; In order to be disgruntled, do you have to be gruntled first? BTW, what the h#*^ is gruntled? /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Cliff_Johns]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Mike; In order to be disgruntled, do you have to be gruntled first? BTW, what the h#*^ is gruntled? /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )</font>

I am thinking the correct accurate proper usage term is disengruntlfied.

Cliff

 

[johnday]

Cliff; Isn't that an infantry guy that went into Airborn? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif