Whew!!! Make me work why don’t you. And I apologize, I didn’t realize you’d seen it multiple times. (and I also hope it didn’t sound too snide!
But here’s the link to the one I’m talking about.
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=204216&highlight=intensive
Hope this works, I’m stuck at a semi remote project site with {{{shudder}}} dial-up.
Oh my goodness, I posted the “it’ses” and “itses” post COMPLETELY being a smart aleck. If I’d known I was going to confuse someone I would have looked up the proper way to write what I meant regarding those two!!!
I purposely put “it’ses” and “itses” just to be silly, and not to suggest that they were in any way correct (are they?,LOL)
I’m having one of my school nightmares again, aren’t I?
I had told the doctor they were getting better. I’ve been away from the classroom for fourteen years. No nightmares in six months. Now this one is a doozie! I hope I spelled that right. If I can make this into a lucid dream, I’m throwing hot coffee on the department chair…
that that is is that that is not is not that is it is it not
what? hey…
Did any of you see the thread the other day that had the word Christs’s? It was to weep! I think it may even have been in a thread title.
One of the most frequent offenses here is wierd. Doesn’t that look weird to them?
Spelling is part gift and part knowledge of the rules. I am quickly losing both. I feel certain that I have misspelled duel and especially atheist frequently.
I hate not being able to count on my spelling. It keeps me from being a Spelling Nazi and that is such a pleasure!
Is the word trouble maker hyphenated? one word? I knew I liked you!
Yeah, I did see that one. However, I also remember seeing it before. Can twice be “multiple times”, or do we have to restrict that to three or four times? 
Has anyone else seen:
One in the same
A tough road to hoe
Cut and dry
GAK GAK GAK
#1
“Ow!”
“Sorry, didn’t see you there, thought you were a rock”.
#2
“Looks like those grifters conned him out of everything. Even his quarry”.
#3
“Hey, Granite!”
“Huh? No, my name’s Opal”.
“Sorry, thought you were someone else”.
And if you can’t remember that, just remember ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’…
…or when it ain’t.
Oh, and…
#4
“Doctor, my head hurts. A rock fell on it”.
“Here, take two aspirin… and pay my exorbitant fee”.
Hi, I’m Mojave66. Care for a cookie? Baked them myself.
I’m from a desert. I bring dessert.
Just deserts?
“Not as pleasurable,” said the naysayer, “as being a spelling Notzi.”
“Nor a spelling Nautzi,” added the sailor.
“I think being a spelling Knotzi is more fun,” said the Boy Scout.
The whole loose/lose things drives me INSANE! It’s extremely prevalent on weight loss boards - part of me just wants to respond with “If you can’t even SPELL the word, how do you expect to do it?”
I know, it’s unfair, but it just makes my head hurt.
Ava
::groan::
You should be taken out back and stoned for that.
Forgot about “the exception.” Doh. :smack:
Um, what should it be? Cut and dried?
It’s not a phrase I see often but I always thought it was a metaphor, drawn from the tobacco industry. Meaning “finished to the point where no more can be done to it” or “ready to go”
However the more I think about it the more I am drawn into a dream-like state where no words seem to make sense. How curious.
Dreamily yours,
Redboss
Uhmmm, is this correct ? I always thought “atheist” originated from the greek word “atheos”, which breaks down to “a” (not) and “theos” (god). I’m not an expert on such things, and I would stand corrected if you could provide a cite.
By the way, I’m not a native English speaker.
That’s pretty much what Scalett said, isn’t it, assuming ‘the’ derives from ‘theos’ and ‘ist’ has the standard english meaning of ‘someone who follows whatever-ism’?
Well, “THE” is also considered to be an article, and it can get confusing…
Anyone mentioned gorilla warfare? I don’t know how long I thought that’s what they were saying.
“What’s this got to do with gorillas?”