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Post by ACCC on Aug 20, 2012 9:18:49 GMT -5
Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Aug 20, 2012 19:05:37 GMT -5
Bra is the plural word.......... for Slingshot ;D ;D Now why Panties is plural I have no idea. underwear isnt plural (for men) yet Boxers are? you have a good question ACCC Things that make you go... Hmmmmm....
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Post by Yogisd1 on Aug 21, 2012 0:55:22 GMT -5
Because they are dainty? It might be because there is always someone else trying to get in there too, therefore the plural. (Pardon me Tom, I tried to keep it as clean as possible.) Briefs is a plural isn't it?
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Post by ACCC on Aug 21, 2012 7:44:41 GMT -5
Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?
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Post by Yogisd1 on Aug 21, 2012 23:53:40 GMT -5
This one I do know.You are in a movie when you appear in the camera's field of view, as opposed to behind the scenes. (The term also applies to stage shows.) You are on TV when you are on camera in a TV broadcast. I have a drag racing question for you. Where do the terms "Holeshot" and "Out of the hole" come from? This is not another lame attempt at humor, it's a serious question.
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Post by myles on Aug 22, 2012 8:14:55 GMT -5
It might be because there is always someone else trying to get in there. Good answer.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Aug 22, 2012 10:51:46 GMT -5
This one I do know.You are in a movie when you appear in the camera's field of view, as opposed to behind the scenes. (The term also applies to stage shows.) You are on TV when you are on camera in a TV broadcast. I have a drag racing question for you. Where do the terms "Holeshot" and "Out of the hole" come from? This is not another lame attempt at humor, it's a serious question. I am gonna be curious for this answer. Not deeply into Drag racing so I dont know, but whenever I heard the words holeshot was in motocross racing. However they do drag race to that 1st corner. I will await your answer.
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Post by ACCC on Aug 22, 2012 14:25:03 GMT -5
While waiting for Yogi's explanation here is another question to ponder.
How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
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Post by Yogisd1 on Aug 22, 2012 17:28:22 GMT -5
First off let me say I am not trying to be a know-it-all, I am very far from that. But the English language has been a hobby of mine since the third grade. My answers are just opinions with the exception of the film-TV answer.( That one was told to me by my high school photography teacher.) As for the hole shot question I was hoping for some additional info to to determine if the story I was told is true. An old drag racer friend of my Father told me that in the early days when drag racing moved from city streets out into the desert, a guy was teaching his son the finer points of how to race. His son was kind of leisurely off the line so his dad used the jackrabbits that were all over the place then, as an analogy for the starting line. He says "See those jackrabbits?" "When they come out of their holes, they look like they have been shot out of a cannon." "And that's the way you should be leaving the line." It must have worked because the other racers gave the kid the nickname "Holeshot" because he got to be very quick "Out-of-the-hole." I was never sure if the guy was pulling my leg or not, just like I'm pulling yours right now. (Just kiddin') But that's the story he told me and I always wondered if it was true. Now the assassination question. The word itself is a corruption of the Persian word for a group of men that were killers for hire that murdered tribal leaders in Persia. Before they would carry out their deeds, they would get high on hashish. (No kiddin'.) They were known as hashishians. The word was corrupted through time to what the English language now recognizes as assassins. So I would assume that an assassination is any murder for political or family power. But this is only a guess.
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Post by Yogisd1 on Aug 22, 2012 20:58:13 GMT -5
If the plural for mouse is mice, and louse is lice, why isn't house, hice?
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Post by ACCC on Aug 23, 2012 10:50:36 GMT -5
Yogi you are a great instructor. My silly questions are just for fun and you are actually teaching us some interesting stuff. The hole shot thing was interesting and well as the Hashish / hassasin / assassin. I am just surprised you did not come up with a scientific study saying women should avoid wearing the dreaded bra!
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Aug 23, 2012 10:55:04 GMT -5
If the plural for mouse is mice, and louse is lice, why isn't house, hice? Its monopoly's Fault.
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Post by ACCC on Aug 23, 2012 10:58:21 GMT -5
If the plural for mouse is mice, and louse is lice, why isn't house, hice? Its monopoly's Fault. Hmmm I thought it was Trivial Pursuit's fault.
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Post by Yogisd1 on Aug 23, 2012 12:28:36 GMT -5
Do you think maybe, just maybe I've got too much time on my hands? I just love the English language. I would swear it was invented for the purpose of being able to change the terms of written contracts in order to rob people legally. What other language has six or seven different words that mean the same thing, only to different degrees. Ex. Cry, Sob, Grieve, and Wail. They all mean pretty much the same thing, only the perceived intensity is different, Or as my third grade English teacher (Miss Byrd) would say "The difference is the state of being." It wasn't until about twenty years later that I really understood what she meant. God bless her. If anyone else has heard anything different about the "Holeshot" thing, weather real or imagined, please pass it on. I would appreciate it.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Aug 23, 2012 15:11:05 GMT -5
Hmmm I thought it was Trivial Pursuit's fault. Nope! Monopoly was around 1st. You need 4 houses before you can get a hotel ;D
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