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by flatch from Da Triad

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When you, the Fox8 viewing public, read this, probably you will conclude that Flatch is in the winepress with his sour grapes again.  That aside, I must vent about the following:

 

 

 

I almost opened up a can on the person(s) who publish articles on the Fox8 website today when I saw the word “shammy” used in the Deal or Dud text.  Back when my hair was short, we would have been ridiculed and/or penalized if we didn’t spell it “chamois”.  Just to cover my glutes, I looked on-line and , Lo and Behold, “shammy” is in a dictionary!  (I have noticed other misspellings on the site in the past, but lacking the magic degree to be able to work there, I never pointed them out.)

 

 

 

Does anyone else wonder about the longevity of the English language as we once knew it, the same English in which my mom’s younger sister got her Master’s degree while she roomed with us, the same English with its many intricacies and guidelines with which we had to comply when she was in the house with us and with which I still strive to comply?  When and if my novel gets published, will it be the Beowulf of the 21ST century, since I chose to use semicolons and a thesaurus? 

 

 

 

O do share your thoughts.  I promise not to penalize for spelling and grammar - in the great scheme of things, it may not be your fault. 

 

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DW45 read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 12:40 PM

Hey, flatch.....I haven't saw one in awhile, but there IS an "official" English slang Dictionary (not counting the "Ebonic Plague")....

ShaneKSmith read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 2:33 PM

Flatch, not everyone runs their spell checker, especially in a heated argument! This should mess with you a bit though! I thought I would save it, but the thread calls for it! I guess you never heard of TYPOGLYCEMIA!


I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch taem at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the
olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs
is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod
as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia :)-

Amzanig huh? Yaeh and yuo awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.

DW45 read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 2:53 PM

You gonna take that, flatch? :D

How many Viking Points does shane lose?

flatch read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 4:28 PM

Since this is a public forum in which we can share ideas freely without judgment, by rule I can't assess any penalty. In fact, checking the Lexington Barbecue/BB&T/Wal-Mart/Microsoft rotating scoreboard high atop the Sleep Inn in Kernersville, Shane has no points to lose.

However, in the tradition of my people, I will go by his house and short-sheet his bunk beds.

DW45 read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 5:26 PM

Ahhh...OK...Sounds like fair penance for his mild INSOLENCE....

Don't lock 'im out though, he's a good 'un...

ShaneKSmith read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 5:37 PM

Typo gly what? I wondered why my feet were sticking out the covers!

DW45 read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 6:09 PM

Don't feel bad, shane...there ARE unseen benefits -

He did it to me once, and me and Wife ended up having an all-nighter!

I ain't sure exactly how it happened, but you could say I suddenly found myself "facing" the facts...

flatch read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 6:48 PM

I should be hacked off as we seem to be off-topic at this point; however, I find myself more intrigued than anything with the overtones inherent in the last few entries here.

I suppose I'd better stop typing now before the blog police storm this post.

DW45 read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 7:08 PM

You're right...sorry...lotta bored minds out here...

mrmajestic read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 8:11 PM

Man what gits on my nerves is the dad blame run on sentences and the way that sum people seem to go on and on and on then stop and go off on some deep path that has absolutely nothing to do about nuthin or put ALL CAPS AND CONTINUES THE RUN ON SOMETIMES I STEREOTYPE THOSE THAT DO. tHANkYOu

DW45 read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 7:09 AM

Youse a' HARD MAN, mrm.... :D

DW45 read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 9:36 AM

I apologze......

Let me reiterate......

You should have seen my (nude sleeping) Wife dive headfirst to investigate the SHEET situation.....she didn't know we'd been "flatched"!

Better than being "Nifonged", definitely....

No points, or a dead loss?

scari read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 9:48 AM

They said shammy because that's what the manufacturer calls the product Shamwow , sham being short for shammy.

flatch read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 10:47 AM

DW, on further review, I hereby award you a billion Viking points for the diving wife scenario.

Will she read this blog? Is she the free-thinking type, or will she give you a game misconduct and eject you from the DW house for recounting such a tale? If the latter occurs, the Viking points can be redeemed at the Sleep Inn in K-Vegas over which the Lexington Barbecue/BB&T/Wal-Mart/Microsoft rotating scoreboard dwells in neon glory.

In RE: scari's weigh-in - I know why they used "shammy" in the text; I was just blown away that it is a "real" word dwelling in a dictionary.

scari read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 10:53 AM

oh ok gotya. They do add slang words now but odd that they'd add that.

DW45 read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 11:01 AM

Cool!....Will give her the Good News as soon as she gets up off the floor and gets her breath back...

No, she didn't read it 'till just now!

flatch read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 11:50 AM

Someday I'll have to meet this lady...

Remember, it's the Sleep Inn in K-Vegas, where dining in the Mayor Swisher Room is always an experience!

(Part of this blog not affecting the outcome of my life has been edited for broadcast. Fashions by Orbach's.)

DW45 read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 1:03 PM

Heh..Have a good 'un!.....Git-er-Done!

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I was born after waiving extradition in October 1959. My mother was a goalie coach for the pond hockey team at a juvenile detention center. My father was the first to combine Doritos with Clearasil, thus causing and curing acne at the same time. Think of me as the one who pushes the Bull***t button on the game show of life. My interests are Swedish maritime hymnals, Victorian iodine bottles and four-digit numbers.

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