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DatVu
Gym Leader
Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:35 pm Posts: 1350 Location: C-Town
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Search term used: anyways
This is unacceptable. "Anyways" is nonstandard in English, and ergo, it is not a real word. It's "anyway." Please, **** correct yourself and stop using "anyways." Thank you.
God damn.
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Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:19 am |
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Crunchy
Gym Leader
Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:09 pm Posts: 3230 Location: island of giant spiders with shooting lasers
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I'm sorry, DatVu.
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Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:56 am |
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Serpentsounds
Super Saiyan
Joined: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:21 am Posts: 697 Location: Out of my brain on the 5:15
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I understand your concern, but your message may be in vain. Who would listen to this anyways?
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Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:11 pm |
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EvilPenguin
Gym Leader
Joined: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:46 am Posts: 1554
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YO DATVU, I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU, AND I'MMA LET YOU FINISH, BUT AIN'T IS ONE OF THE WORST NONSTANDARD WORDS OF ALL TIME. OF ALL TIME!
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Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:54 pm |
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Frost
THE POWER IS ON!
Joined: Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:29 am Posts: 1581 Location: Purple Ranger
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There was a point in time that "ain't" was a contraction of "I am not" that was actually grammatically correct. "Anyways" was never more than slang, at best.
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Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:08 pm |
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EvilPenguin
Gym Leader
Joined: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:46 am Posts: 1554
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Not according to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:15 pm |
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DatVu
Gym Leader
Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:35 pm Posts: 1350 Location: C-Town
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That one sucks.
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Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:50 am |
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Galar
Gym Leader
Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:04 am Posts: 1320 Location: Sky Tower
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You guys and your language, make us foreigners confused.
I always thought that "ain't" was either used as an equivalent to "am not" (even though the correct form is "amn't", I think?) or to "is not". I still find it an awkward word and never use it, unless I think the sentence will look weird/too formal if I don't.
"Anyways", in my mind, is/was an informal use of "anyway", and "anyways" could be used all by itself (such as in "Anyways, I'm off"), while "anyway" sounded better if followed by another word (such as in "But, anyway, I'm off").
Haha, I'm so confused.
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Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:51 pm |
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Peanut-Lover
Site Administrator
Joined: Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:32 am Posts: 1917 Location: Brooklyn, NY
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We sometimes slur our speech, and it becomes "catchy" if you will. Almost like a virus.
"Ain't" wasn't proper English until the 1990s, outside of Ebonics and redneck areas, if that. Ain't is a sort-of made up conjunction of am and not.
"I ain't gonna do my homework" is actually "I am not going to do my homework"
Similar to "Injun" subbing in Indian - you speak quickly, and words slur together. Or when used in close proximity to other words like "going to to do something" - say that quickly and/or defiantly, and you arrive at "gonna do something" - to-do has little separation in sounding unless annunciated, and after doing it for a long time, it becomes second nature.
These new-age-nuances end up getting annoying if you don't speak the language - imagine my horror if/when I go to another country, and they aren't speaking like I learned, using more than bad grammar, but completely misusing vocabulary and destroying conjugation.
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Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:08 pm |
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Lawence Codye
Psypoke Maniac
Joined: Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:17 pm Posts: 2512 Location: With the 3 guides of time, deciding the fate of it...
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I will never stop using "anyways", DatVu & this is actually pointless to ask of people nowadays...
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Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:54 pm |
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DatVu
Gym Leader
Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:35 pm Posts: 1350 Location: C-Town
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Why would one resist the betterment of himself, as well as accede to arrant nescience by not only ignoring the truth, but continuing to embrace it? ):
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Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:00 pm |
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Phantasms
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:49 pm Posts: 81 Location: Over the rainbow
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DatVu wrote: Why would one resist the betterment of himself, as well as accede to arrant nescience by not only ignoring the truth, but continue to embrace it? ):
pretentious words are pretentious.
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Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:01 am |
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Holifax
Gym Leader
Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2005 6:59 pm Posts: 1039 Location: Michigan
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This is not racist by no means but..
One of my best friends is Black and My best friend (Besides Skullkid) is Mexican... I don't think there is any hope in this world of understanding anything that comes out of my buddies' mouths'.
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Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:26 pm |
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Zombie
Ace Trainer
Joined: Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:24 am Posts: 412 Location: credit goes to afonso for the avatar, and the "faceplant"
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616 is the devil's number!!!! :O (some people say it's 616 as apposed to 666) anyways....with all the internet talk, and American terminology these days, I don't think I'm going to have a hernia at the utterance of the word "anyways".....plus, it rhymes with Milliways, which is always a good thing
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Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:59 am |
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Jamie
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:42 pm Posts: 516 Location: Ontario, Canada
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DatVu wrote: Why would one resist the betterment of himself, as well as accede to arrant nescience by not only ignoring the truth, but continuing to embrace it? ):
errant*
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Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:16 pm |
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Frost
THE POWER IS ON!
Joined: Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:29 am Posts: 1581 Location: Purple Ranger
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ar·rant
/?ær?nt/ Show Spelled[ar-uhnt] Show IPA –adjective
1. downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious: an arrant fool.
er·rant
/??r?nt/ Show Spelled[er-uhnt] Show IPA –adjective
1. deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
2. journeying or traveling, as a medieval knight in quest of adventure; roving adventurously.
3. moving in an aimless or lightly changing manner: an errant breeze.
Sorry, but arrant was correct here. Enjoy the home version of our English Nazi game.
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Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:24 pm |
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Jamie
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:42 pm Posts: 516 Location: Ontario, Canada
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my bad
it was my friend that suggested he was wrong anyways.
_________________It's a story about a ninja who couldn't climb a wall.... BUT BECAME A BIG POP STAR.
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Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:55 am |
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DatVu
Gym Leader
Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:35 pm Posts: 1350 Location: C-Town
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CUT THAT **** OUT
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Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:11 pm |
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Jamie
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:42 pm Posts: 516 Location: Ontario, Canada
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<3
_________________It's a story about a ninja who couldn't climb a wall.... BUT BECAME A BIG POP STAR.
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Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:34 pm |
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Patchy
Pokemon Master
Joined: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:17 am Posts: 1018
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ksemanr
Pokemon Trainer
Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:30 am Posts: 44
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"Anyway" just sounds stupid, and doesn't feel right to say. My life is pointless anyways.
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Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:27 pm |
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DatVu
Gym Leader
Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:35 pm Posts: 1350 Location: C-Town
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And I'm sure all of you feel the same about often, now that you know the "t" isn't pronounced. That's another thing that irritates the **** out of me.
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Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:38 pm |
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Inta Xonem
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:21 am Posts: 604 Location: Ctherahrae
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datvu you're missing the point
anyways is the plural of anyway.
its like
several anyways
they come in flocks
also, i pronounce the t in often :/
its like
'off-tun'
am i doing it wrong
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Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:22 pm |
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Patchy
Pokemon Master
Joined: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:17 am Posts: 1018
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"Oftun"
soz ix ilu rly
That said, I say 'off-tin.' 'Offin' just isnt right. D:
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Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:45 am |
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DatVu
Gym Leader
Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:35 pm Posts: 1350 Location: C-Town
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Yeah, you are. You can say it like this; maybe it won't sound as weird:
"Awwwwwwwwwww fun! :D"
Perhaps that will make it more appealing. Eventually, you'll get over how weird it sounded at first, and you can say it normal from then on.
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Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:45 am |
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