# "I played good."

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-played-good/240332>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 16, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-played-good/240332 "2004-04-16T09:51:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-played-good/240332/21 "2004-04-17T07:43:09Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> I don’t like it when atheletes are well-spoken. They’re already stronger, faster, and more popular than me. At least they can _pretend_ to be dumber.

Possibly by misspelling “athlete” 😉

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**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-played-good/240332/22 "2004-04-17T11:53:34Z")

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I play good all the time. It’s only when nobody’s looking that I kick puppies.

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-played-good/240332/23 "2004-04-17T18:22:47Z")

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how about “you did good.”?

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-played-good/240332/24 "2004-04-17T18:33:44Z")

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> [@Really Not All That Bright](#):
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> > I don’t like it when atheletes are well-spoken. They’re already stronger, faster, and more popular than me. At least they can pretend to be dumber.
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> Possibly by misspelling “athlete” 😉

I never said it would be easy.

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**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-played-good/240332/25 "2004-04-17T21:21:03Z")

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I once saw a football player, in a post-game interview, answer a question with this response:

“Quite a much!”  
:rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Hellestal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hellestal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hellestal)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-played-good/240332/26 "2004-04-17T21:36:02Z")

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> [@monica](#):
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> Try hearing that sort of thing every other day. My history permanent substitute always speaks like this. For example, she told us that we had to take something “serious.”

Gotta say, I speak like this quite a much. Ze Germans, when they don’t have to worry about gender agreement with adjectives, don’t distinguish between adjectives and adverbs. Seems more elegant to me, so when I noticed similar constructions slipping into my English speech, I chose not to fight it.

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-played-good/240332/27 "2004-04-17T23:01:17Z")

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John Mellencamp meets Strunk & White:

“Hurts so well  
C’mon, baby, make it hurt so well,  
Then you can help me lurn how to spell  
Hurts so well”

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