re: quiz
Oh, and the fact that it didn't say "whaling on," just said "whaling." I'm killing and skinning the other boxer for his subcutaneous fat? Violent, granted. But also seems way weird.
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re: quiz
Oh, and the fact that it didn't say "whaling on," just said "whaling." I'm killing and skinning the other boxer for his subcutaneous fat? Violent, granted. But also seems way weird.
That was EXACTLY what I thought. Ha! Now I am emboldened. To correctness, I say FEH.
To correctness, I say FEH.
We reject their reality and substitute our own!
Epic, dear, "sorta" is how some Easterners pronounce "so to" . Those would be the sort of Easterners who say things like, "Aunt Linder pahked her cah. In Hahvahd Yahd."
I got 110/111, missed the sow/sew one... not because I do not know the difference, but because I was having a backwards moment.
ETA: whitefont. Sorry.
That was actually Beej's example, but thanks for joining in.
And you got the two that we missed!?!? Or did you read the whitefont before you took the quiz?
not because I do not know the difference, but because I was having a backwards moment.
Hate when this happens! That's how I missed (only) one on the written portion of the driver's license test. Left decided to be right that day.
Ok, re-reading stuff? I am all confuzzled. What was I making a fuss about? Nothing makes sense to me now. Please do not hold my weird incoherence against me.
Obviously I have not spent enough time lazing around in bed today. 1pm was wayyyyyyy too soon to be awake.
And you got the two that we missed!?!? Or did you read the whitefont before you took the quiz?
I got 'em right on my own. I think there may be some regional variation on bare-faced lying by way of bald-faced lying. In fact, I believe that I have mostly heard it as bald-faced, so bare-faced would be a logical synonym, yet I would view bold-faced as Not. Right.
I just threw up at work. As far as fun goes, that was just a whole barrel of monkeys.
Aww. The little sprog is renovating!
I think there may be some regional variation
Interesting. That one I actually paused over. But the other one? Have you seen that usage, or are you just very, very clever?
I got 109 out of 111.
Regarding the two I missed, the quiz reports: *
50. they are one in the same ... INCORRECT... the correct phrasing is they are one and the same
74. those are all just bold-faced lies ... INCORRECT... the correct phrasing is those are all just bare-faced lies
I believe the quiz is incorrect about #50. Re #74, I've never heard either expression, and instead, have always heard: * bald-faced lies, which is probably closer to "bare-faced" lies, but I've never heard either bold or bare.
Epic, dear, "sorta" is how some Easterners pronounce "so to" . Those would be the sort of Easterners who say things like, "Aunt Linder pahked her cah. In Hahvahd Yahd."
It must be other Easterners. We Hahvahd Yahd easterners use "sorta" for "sort of." The "o" of our to might get bitten off, but the "o" of our so, is long. When we smush "so to" it smooshes more to something like "soda".