I know two people named Josh. I call them Joss by mistake everytime I say their name.
I do this with my son's friend Josh, and have for the past two years. I mostly do it when talking to my son. I tend to call the kid "um" a lot.
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
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Topic!Cindy - Sep 08, 2004 9:27:20 am PDT #2189 of 10001
What is even happening?
libkitty - Sep 08, 2004 4:45:30 pm PDT #2190 of 10001
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I know two people named Josh. I call them Joss by mistake everytime I say their name.
I love this sooooooo much! I have a good friend that always calls him Josh. I keep trying not to correct him, but I just can't not.
Tamara - Sep 08, 2004 5:48:23 pm PDT #2191 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Is it possible to not correct people? I need to learn how to do this.
Pix - Sep 08, 2004 5:49:32 pm PDT #2192 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
If you figure that out, please teach me. I also need to learn that skill.
Tamara - Sep 08, 2004 5:54:07 pm PDT #2193 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
I correct my mother every time we talk. I have just recently taught her to say Firefly rather than Fireflies when talking about the show.
DavidS - Sep 08, 2004 5:58:44 pm PDT #2194 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If you figure that out, please teach me. I also need to learn that skill.
You're a teacher. It's your calling.
Tamara - Sep 08, 2004 5:59:31 pm PDT #2195 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Wouldn't be harder for a teacher to not correct people?
Allyson - Sep 08, 2004 6:01:03 pm PDT #2196 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My mother knows nothing of Firefly. I brought the DVD to show her the ad on the extras, but she was so not interested, she could have fallen into a coma and kept picking on me for spending my time promoting rich people.
Pix - Sep 08, 2004 6:15:47 pm PDT #2197 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Actually, I'm really good about not correcting people (other than my students in class) when it comes to English. For some reason, I've never had that temptation--maybe because people are often already paranoid that I proofread their email and such, and I never want them to feel uncomfortable. After all, I make dumb writing errors all the time, and I would hate to constantly be corrected about them.
Outside of the classroom, I have a tougher time letting other types of errors go, like the whole Wheldon/Whedon thing. I'm really not sure why. I'm really working on it, though, because I know I'm a total hypocrite. I can't even get the simplest lyrics right in a song.
DavidS - Sep 08, 2004 6:28:41 pm PDT #2198 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I can't even get the simplest lyrics right in a song.
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