I've never heard of that.
The done/finished thing, I mean. I have heard of rhubarb pie. And now I want some.
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Mar 14, 2014 6:46:10 am PDT #22298 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Steph L. - Mar 14, 2014 6:48:31 am PDT #22299 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
When I was in kindergarten-2nd grade-ish I remember teachers and my parents telling us that you only use the word "done" when referring to food that's baking (or cooking?). Otherwise you were supposed to use the word "finished".
I've been told that, possibly up through high school. And it still sticks in my mind occasionally when I'm about to reply "I'm done!" and I wonder if I'll be shamed for saying that and I should say "I'm finished." And then I don't give a shit, because people misuse "literally" and think that "aw" is spelled "awe" (which mean 2 TOTALLY different things).
t /bitter and tetchy
tommyrot - Mar 14, 2014 6:50:45 am PDT #22300 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I feel better now that I'm not the only one to have heard that rule.
eta: Because I was all set to travel back in time to when a teacher of mine corrected a student on the use of "done" and say to the teacher, "You're just making shit up, aren't you?" Who knows what that could have done to the time stream.
-t - Mar 14, 2014 7:00:55 am PDT #22301 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My 6th grade teacher told us you should only use "a lot" if you were saying "a lot of land". I break that rule a lot.
brenda m - Mar 14, 2014 7:02:04 am PDT #22302 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Okay, now that's insane.
tommyrot - Mar 14, 2014 7:03:50 am PDT #22303 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A lot of insane.
Jesse - Mar 14, 2014 7:06:19 am PDT #22304 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse - Mar 14, 2014 7:06:40 am PDT #22305 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, I feel like "Hay is for horses and better for cows" is somehow appropriate here.
flea - Mar 14, 2014 7:10:11 am PDT #22306 of 30000
information libertarian
My father was very strict about the varying usage of "brought" vs. "took." I fear I cannot recall the distinction myself.
My grandfather had a pet peeve about the misuse of "momentarily," which means "for a moment," not, "in a moment," and always got very annoyed when on an airplane they'd announce, "The plane will be landing momentarity."
My grandmother corrected our pronunciation of Florida and orange if we did not use a short o as in "cot."
It's a wonder I can even make myself understood, I tell you.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 14, 2014 7:25:49 am PDT #22307 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My mother was very strict about this:
When I was in kindergarten-2nd grade-ish I remember teachers and my parents telling us that you only use the word "done" when referring to food that's baking (or cooking?). Otherwise you were supposed to use the word "finished". So I dutifully followed this rule until I finished high school, at which point I stopped giving a fuck.
It made her nutty if I asked if she was done. She would say "Do I look like a cake????"
She also dislikes the phrase "graduate high school" instead of "graduate from high school"/