These people are talking funnier every day. Uptalkers, who raise their voice at the end of every statement drive me nuts. Also, verb tense seems totally alien to many Trump supporters. If I hear another Trump supporter tell reporters what they "had saw" I might shoot the TV machine.
I wonder whether "i seen it" is a case, not of getting the participle wrong, but dropping the auxiliary. In some cases.
"you see, what had happened was..." is fine if the "was" refers to something happening in the past to which "had happened" was an antecedent. If it refers to something merely in the past then it would be incorrect usage according to Standard English.
Of course, language is as people use it. There is always a tension between "correct" usage per Standard English (Saussure's "langue"), and the multifarious ways in which language is actually used (Saussure's "parole").
Ta, Rebecca. Upvote for the TERRIFIC Texas Tribune. If you run into those guys again, tell them about how I just got my electricity back after NINE DAYS and had to go to the hospital to be treated for heat exhaustion on Friday because I’m in Houston, and I have things to say about CenterPoint Energy and the GQP politicians in Texas. You know, in case they want to interview me. 🥰
Alice Cooper: Well, I'm a regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers were coming here as early as the late 1600s to trade with the Native Americans.
Pete: In fact, isn't "Milwaukee" an Indian name?
Alice Cooper: Yes, Pete, it is. Actually, it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."
"Usha and JD met at Yale Law School while part of a small group of first-year students who took all of the same classes. Both were in professor Amy Chua’s contract law course. Chua became an important mentor for JD, encouraging him to write what would become his national bestselling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” Chua has said in previous interviews she saw he was in love with Usha and encouraged him to pursue her and focus on his love life."
The lips! The labium superius oris and labium inferius oris -- not the downstairs pair -- on these here people! What are they getting onto / unto / into? The Lara, the Guilfoyle, the Melanoma, etc. Is it from beatings? From falling downs? Are they injecting Ivermectim? Gelatin? Human fat cells harvested from the poors? And the fuckin' Botticelli™ Curls! Weird, mangled alien mutants from the Renaissance...
I live in a town close to a 1% haven, aka Aspen, CO. It's a bubble. Some women have the fattest lips you've ever seen, it's weird. Like they all hang out together and try to one-up each other. "Your lips are big but I can top that!" It is a very interesting bunch of people, I've been here over 20 years. Very fun people watching, with the occasional celebrity thrown in.
They are doing this deliberately to themselves because Donald Chump likes that type, and the only way for women to advance in Chumpworld is to appear fuckable to the leader.
Naming stuff is becoming impossibly dumb. For example, I keep getting passed by a Jeep Rubicon and 1) we're nowhere near the river or 2) Ancient Rome and 3) can a car even be a river?.
That is an excellent question, and one that made me laugh, thanks! Apparently, the Jeep Rubicon is a Wrangler that's tricked out for off-roading, and is named for a famous 4x4 trail/assault on the environment in the Sierra Nevadas between Tahoe and Sacramento.
Body image seems to be a very powerful thing that makes almost no objective use of input from vision. Huge cultural differences in style preferences aside, when these people look in the mirror they are not seeing the same image that I am when I see them on TV or in still photos.
I used to think that the Real Housewives of Orange County all used the same doctor when they went to botox/juvaderm land. Now I think it is a symptom of some type of dysmorphia or mental/visual disorder.
“I thought, ‘what can I do to honor the truth? What can I possibly do?’” Neglia said. “And then I saw the bandage and I thought, I can do that. So, I put it on simply to honor Trump and to express sympathy with him and unity with him.”
Aww, THANKS so much for the super sweet compliment! 🥰🤗
HI, I’m Matt from Milwaukee! ⬆️ It was nice meeting you. Hope you’re enjoying your time here. Thank you for the drink and kind words 😁
MATT! You found us!
I was just telling my mom how great you were. She is 81, she said MATT!!!!!
These people are talking funnier every day. Uptalkers, who raise their voice at the end of every statement drive me nuts. Also, verb tense seems totally alien to many Trump supporters. If I hear another Trump supporter tell reporters what they "had saw" I might shoot the TV machine.
"I had ran" is also an abomination I sometimes hear.
They get points for "HAD" in "had saw." Hardly anyone thinks of the pluperfect anymore.
but what about "you see, what had happened was..."? and "i had saw" goes hand in hand with "i seen it".
I wonder whether "i seen it" is a case, not of getting the participle wrong, but dropping the auxiliary. In some cases.
"you see, what had happened was..." is fine if the "was" refers to something happening in the past to which "had happened" was an antecedent. If it refers to something merely in the past then it would be incorrect usage according to Standard English.
Of course, language is as people use it. There is always a tension between "correct" usage per Standard English (Saussure's "langue"), and the multifarious ways in which language is actually used (Saussure's "parole").
I've been binging Seinfeld. What's the deal with her face?
Matt reminds me of the Naked Cowboy, of Times Square.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/naked-cowboy-covid-19-new-york-city-985111/
I got my picture taken with him once and tipped him 10 dollars. No wonder he's a millionaire.
Photo in "Chat".
Biggly. Enuff said.
Ta, Rebecca. Upvote for the TERRIFIC Texas Tribune. If you run into those guys again, tell them about how I just got my electricity back after NINE DAYS and had to go to the hospital to be treated for heat exhaustion on Friday because I’m in Houston, and I have things to say about CenterPoint Energy and the GQP politicians in Texas. You know, in case they want to interview me. 🥰
Guy looks like a model for Maplethorpe,
Wayne: So, do you come to Milwaukee often?
Alice Cooper: Well, I'm a regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers were coming here as early as the late 1600s to trade with the Native Americans.
Pete: In fact, isn't "Milwaukee" an Indian name?
Alice Cooper: Yes, Pete, it is. Actually, it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."
Wayne: I was not aware of that.
—Wayne’s World
Sergei Lavrov welcome friend JD Vance. For American people all is now fine and merry!
this is my cat
https://substack.com/@theblessedreverend/note/c-56662902
Ugh, Amy Chua.
"Usha and JD met at Yale Law School while part of a small group of first-year students who took all of the same classes. Both were in professor Amy Chua’s contract law course. Chua became an important mentor for JD, encouraging him to write what would become his national bestselling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” Chua has said in previous interviews she saw he was in love with Usha and encouraged him to pursue her and focus on his love life."
https://www.ksby.com/politics/who-is-usha-vance-things-you-should-know-about-the-wife-of-trumps-running-mate
I honestly the other evening when I read about JD VANCE BROWN WIFE
I thought
"Well, obviously Amy Chua is going to have something to say"
And now, here we are
😑
Ta, Rebecca. WTF is cornhole? Sounds GROSS.
It's what they play in the midwest because pickle-ball is too challenging.
Stupid game played by drunks and iditos. Toss bean bags at a hole
True, but it's also fun for grandparents and grandkids. Level of skill required is flexible, let's say.
There is, believe it or not, a professional cornhole league.
"Leave your wristwatches at the door!"
Is that how they determine who's THE GREAT CORNHOLIO?
Not without a few rolls of TP.
For one's bunghole, natch.
The lips! The labium superius oris and labium inferius oris -- not the downstairs pair -- on these here people! What are they getting onto / unto / into? The Lara, the Guilfoyle, the Melanoma, etc. Is it from beatings? From falling downs? Are they injecting Ivermectim? Gelatin? Human fat cells harvested from the poors? And the fuckin' Botticelli™ Curls! Weird, mangled alien mutants from the Renaissance...
I live in a town close to a 1% haven, aka Aspen, CO. It's a bubble. Some women have the fattest lips you've ever seen, it's weird. Like they all hang out together and try to one-up each other. "Your lips are big but I can top that!" It is a very interesting bunch of people, I've been here over 20 years. Very fun people watching, with the occasional celebrity thrown in.
They are doing this deliberately to themselves because Donald Chump likes that type, and the only way for women to advance in Chumpworld is to appear fuckable to the leader.
Liver lips. Good for kissing and other indoor sports.
I have used that epithet on my dogs for a good long count of years…
We call ours 'poophead.'
Nice. Buts lacks alliteration!
Sadly, I didn't pick the nickname.
Someone has actually trademarked Botticelli as the name of a cannabis plant tissue culture platform. I don't really like it here in 2024.
https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/43598/Next-Green-Waves-Nursery-BotticelliTM-Research-Development-Program-Begins
Naming stuff is becoming impossibly dumb. For example, I keep getting passed by a Jeep Rubicon and 1) we're nowhere near the river or 2) Ancient Rome and 3) can a car even be a river?.
Sounds dicey.
That is an excellent question, and one that made me laugh, thanks! Apparently, the Jeep Rubicon is a Wrangler that's tricked out for off-roading, and is named for a famous 4x4 trail/assault on the environment in the Sierra Nevadas between Tahoe and Sacramento.
You make my point for me! Now, a boat called Rubicon…
I choose to believe that this is a free ferry, like the one to Staten Island.
Now we’re talking coins for the ferryman and the all-new-for 2025 Dodge Styx!
And dear leader likes him some spring chicken.
Body image seems to be a very powerful thing that makes almost no objective use of input from vision. Huge cultural differences in style preferences aside, when these people look in the mirror they are not seeing the same image that I am when I see them on TV or in still photos.
I used to think that the Real Housewives of Orange County all used the same doctor when they went to botox/juvaderm land. Now I think it is a symptom of some type of dysmorphia or mental/visual disorder.
Side effect of the slimming mirrors...
What do you / can we expect from a cluster of reality-averse bell ends?
Mirrors lie, mine adds 20 pounds and loses all my hair.
My mirror seems to have some very weird ideas about how old I am.
Looks like an escapee from Joe.My.God's Blue Bear late-nite postings.
I did not know that professional cornhole leagues had uniforms like this.
This is hilarious:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10233293456138091&set=gm.2706375992876504&idorvanity=188977487949713
Is that the right link?
https://time.com/7000028/ear-bandage-fashion-trend-republicans-convention-rnc-trump-shooting/
More than you ever wanted to see (lower case the "com").
“I thought, ‘what can I do to honor the truth? What can I possibly do?’” Neglia said. “And then I saw the bandage and I thought, I can do that. So, I put it on simply to honor Trump and to express sympathy with him and unity with him.”
Yes, if you are seeing the picture of the couple with child wearing a bandage on their right ear.
It's not coming up. But OMG.