Verb tense

[reactive]

It's a win win situation. Try it in buffet lines. Works best there.

[Largo]

Dude! Get out of my head! Shoney's Sunday Buffet is the best place to meet girls.

[reactive]

Be careful you don't wind up with a chick that has a mullet. Or that may be local to New Orleans.

[Largo]

In Homer Simpson's voice...

Mmmmm...Smoked Mullet....

[ChrisC]

Originally Posted by Phil

I've had enough! I'm just going to speak Latin from now on. To heck with the rest of the world. That's right, to heck with them.

What's that in Latin?

"illegitimus non carborundum" although not technically correct, gets to the scope and nature of what you are trying to say!

[hoobascooba]

Originally Posted by Phil

I get the feeling of how it works.

"We went diving this weekend. We dove right in. We dived all weekend long."

But, what are the rules???

I didn't realize this until I learned German, but in American English - there are no rules, it just is. You learn it that way, and then forget all the rest-like why it's so. We don't know.

[RikRaeder]

Originally Posted by ChrisC

"illegitimus non carborundum" although not technically correct, gets to the scope and nature of what you are trying to say!

Hey! Here's one for your snappy comeback thread!

I've read that many irregular English conjugations have all ready fallen by the wayside, and that in Jolly Old (England) more and more "American" spellings and conjugations are being accepted such as dived v. (irregular) dove (or even diven!)

[Sounder]

I have a hard time with "I dove that site" versus "I've dived that site." I may never figure it out.

[moosicman]

Originally Posted by reactive

I before E except after C and when sounding like A as in NEIGHBOR and WEIGH and on weekends and holidays and all throughout May and you'll always be wrong no matter what you say!!

I before E exept when it AIN'T!!!

[DiverBry]

Is the process of diving "divination"??