All you lovers of the English language might enjoy this:
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP' .
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write-UP a report ?
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP ! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP , look the word UP
In the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP .
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP .
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so.......... it is time to shutUP !
dave06 said
07:38 PM Sep 19, 2008
well I'm up with it now
twobob said
07:39 PM Sep 19, 2008
On ya Nanna
But I will leave the research for you to look UP, because, understanding the English language , at times UP sets me.
Mind you, there are times where I am UP side down - My nose runs and my feet smell
Leave the rest UP to U
waltzing matilda said
10:21 PM Sep 20, 2008
Hi Nanny mon
It was obviously UP to you to enlighten us on that one. But - hey - have you been UP the creek without the proverbial lately? Or been totally fed UP with Telstra? Or given UP on push button 2 if you would like to speak to a consultant? Myself, I'm probably not going to be
waltzing matilda said
10:23 PM Sep 20, 2008
well that shows that techonology is not all it's cracked UP to be. I enjoyed your post. Thanks.
dave06 said
10:29 AM Sep 21, 2008
one word HAH!! HAH!!!! HAH!!! oh hell thats three, damn
JRH said
05:46 PM Sep 27, 2008
G'day all, Well we are back from up North and after reading all this I think I am about to crack up.
Best Regards and safe Travelling. John
Ps My edit as it had a spelling error.
-- Edited by JRH at 18:47, 2008-09-27
dave06 said
06:58 PM Sep 27, 2008
HEY!!! you dont get out of it that easy john, pictures, explanation, where did you go, what did you see, what would you do different, come on information PLEASSSSEEE!!!! who cares about bloody spelling tell us what you did
Basil Faulty said
08:07 PM Sep 28, 2008
Some discussion today on radio re the pronounciation of common words. Some people say Vunerable when it is vulnerable, Anesthisist is another one we seem to have difficulty with (see I can't even spell it). You have to be careful with pedofile, one smoothes your feet and the other.... Remuneration is another, most say renumeration. I think Cantonese is easier... I'll have a 9, a 21 a 37 and a 93 thanks....
drongo & wendy said
10:11 AM Oct 4, 2008
superman went up up and away wonder what ever happened to him ?
twobob said
08:36 PM Oct 4, 2008
Superman met Wonder Woman.
The meeting was not as it seemed, as with his exray vision her saw Wonder Woman in bed - it seems he did not see the Invisable Man there too!!
drongo & wendy said
09:20 AM Oct 5, 2008
sO THERE WAS NO CRIP -TO -NITE
Basil Faulty said
11:03 AM Oct 5, 2008
drongo & wendy wrote:
sO THERE WAS NO CRIP -TO -NITE
Oh dear.... BOOM BOOM!
twobob said
09:30 PM Oct 5, 2008
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMBIGUITY
1. DON'T SWEAT THE PETTY THINGS AND DON'T PET THE SWEATY THINGS.
2. ONE TEQUILA, TWO TEQUILA, THREE TEQUILA, FLOOR.....
3. ATHEISM IS A NON-PROPHET ORGANIZATION.
4. IF MAN EVOLVED FROM MONKEYS AND APES, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE MONKEYS AND APES?
5. THE MAIN REASON SANTA IS SO JOLLY IS BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BAD GIRLS LIVE.
6. I WENT TO A BOOKSTORE AND ASKED THE SALESWOMAN, "WHERE'S THE SELF-HELP SECTION?" SHE SAID IF SHE TOLD ME, IT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE.
7. WHAT IF THERE WERE NO HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS?
8. IF A DEAF PERSON SWEARS, DOES HIS MOTHER WASH HIS HANDS WITH SOAP?
9. IF SOMEONE WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES THREATENS TO KILL HIMSELF, IS IT CONSIDERED A HOSTAGE SITUATION?
10. IS THERE ANOTHER WORD FOR SYNONYM?
11. WHERE DO FOREST RANGERS GO TO "GET AWAY FROM IT ALL?"
12. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL EATING AN ENDANGERED PLANT?
13. IF A PARSLEY FARMER IS SUED, CAN THEY GARNISH HIS WAGES?
14. WOULD A FLY WITHOUT WINGS BE CALLED A WALK?
15. WHY DO THEY LOCK PETROL STATION BATHROOMS? ARE THEY AFRAID SOMEONE WILL CLEAN THEM?
16. IF A TURTLE DOESN'T HAVE A SHELL, IS HE HOMELESS OR NAKED?
17. CAN VEGETARIANS EAT ANIMAL CRACKERS?
18. IF THE POLICE ARREST A MIME, DO THEY TELL HIM HE HAS THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT?
19. WHY DO THEY PUT BRAILLE ON THE DRIVE-THROUGH BANK MACHINES?
20. HOW DO THEY GET EMU TO CROSS THE ROAD ONLY AT THOSE YELLOW ROAD SIGNS?
21. WHAT WAS THE BEST THING BEFORE SLICED BREAD?
22. ONE NICE THING ABOUT EGOTISTS: THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
23. DOES THE LITTLE MERMAID WEAR AN ALGEBRA?
24. DO INFANTS ENJOY INFANCY AS MUCH AS ADULTS ENJOY ADULTERY?
25. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A CIVIL WAR?
26. IF ONE SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMER DROWNS, DO THE REST DROWN TOO?
27. IF YOU ATE BOTH PASTA AND ANTIPASTO, WOULD YOU STILL BE HUNGRY?
28. IF YOU TRY TO FAIL, AND SUCCEED, WHICH HAVE YOU DONE?
29. WHOSE CRUEL IDEA WAS IT FOR THE WORD "LISP" TO HAVE "S" IN IT?
30. WHY ARE HEMORRHOIDS CALLED "HEMORRHOIDS" INSTEAD OF "ASSTEROIDS"?
31. WHY IS IT CALLED TOURIST SEASON IF WE CAN'T SHOOT AT THEM?
32. WHY IS THERE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON SOUR CREAM?
33. IF YOU SPIN AN ORIENTAL MAN IN A CIRCLE THREE TIMES DOES HE BECOME DISORIENTED?
34. CAN AN ATHEIST GET INSURANCE AGAINST ACTS OF GOD?
35. AFTER MOZART DIED, DID HE DECOMPOSE?
dave06 said
12:55 PM Oct 6, 2008
see what too much time on one's hands does, may i suggest needlework
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP' .
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write-UP a report ?
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP ! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP , look the word UP
In the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP .
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP .
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so.......... it is time to shutUP !
Well we are back from up North and after reading all this I think I am about to crack up.
Best Regards and safe Travelling.
John
Ps My edit as it had a spelling error.
-- Edited by JRH at 18:47, 2008-09-27
Remuneration is another, most say renumeration.
I think Cantonese is easier... I'll have a 9, a 21 a 37 and a 93 thanks....
The meeting was not as it seemed, as with his exray vision her saw Wonder Woman in bed - it seems he did not see the Invisable Man there too!!
sO THERE WAS NO CRIP -TO -NITE