12-09-2010, 11:52 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_them_eat_cake
"Let them eat cake" is the traditional translation of the French phrase "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche", supposedly spoken by "a great princess" upon learning that the peasants had no bread. As brioche is a luxury bread enriched with eggs and butter, it would reflect the princess's obliviousness to the nature of a famine.
Although they are commonly attributed to Queen Marie Antoinette,[1] there is no record of these words ever having been uttered by her. They appear in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions,
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12-09-2010, 12:11 PM
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#102
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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"Badges, we don't need no stinkin' badges!"
Ah, The Treasure of Sierra Madre. In the most famous scene of this truly great film, (It's amazing how many great movies Bogey appeared in: The Treasure of Sierra Madre, Casablanca, African Queen, The Maltese Falcon... My favorite Bogey film is The Maltese Falcon. I love the hard-boiled dialog) what the Bandito says in full is: "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" And then the shooting starts.
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12-09-2010, 12:12 PM
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#103
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: H-Town, Texas
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Is it 'buck naked' or 'butt naked?' I always wondered that..
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12-09-2010, 12:14 PM
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#104
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Deep South
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People seem to use 'affect' and 'effect' interchangably. It bothers me from time to time
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12-09-2010, 12:21 PM
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#105
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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On track OR Untracked?
Ex. Athlete X realy needs to get his game on track/untracked.
Last edited by troutman; 12-09-2010 at 02:07 PM.
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12-09-2010, 12:45 PM
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#106
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Franchise Player
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Why did a thread about misquotes become all about grammar, pronunciation, etc. within the first reply?
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12-09-2010, 01:46 PM
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#107
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mrkajz44
People seem to use 'affect' and 'effect' interchangably. It bothers me from time to time
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I know there's a different, but I get them confused all of the time. What exactly is the specific rule?
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12-09-2010, 01:51 PM
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#108
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rubecube
I know there's a different, but I get them confused all of the time. What exactly is the specific rule?
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Generally speaking:
• affect = verb. It is also a noun, but extremely rare in use in modern English.
• effect = noun and verb.
"Affect" most commonly means to "produce an effect or result", while "effect" in its verbal usage means "to influence or cause change".
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12-09-2010, 01:51 PM
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#109
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GOAT!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rubecube
I know there's a different, but I get them confused all of the time. What exactly is the specific rule?
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Affect is a verb, effect is a noun.
Edit: Actually, Textcritic is right. I forgot about the "effect as a verb" usage.
"Today, we shall effect change!"
In the above statement, the speaker is indicating that the group will create change. Had he said, "Today, we shall affect change!" he would have been suggesting that the group will be changing change. Totally different thing.
Last edited by FanIn80; 12-09-2010 at 01:55 PM.
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12-09-2010, 02:15 PM
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#110
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rubecube
So has anyone brought up the "Luke, I am your father" error?
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I don't think so.
Another one we could add to this list would be my favourite:
"Luke, I am your father".
Vader never actually said that.
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12-09-2010, 02:52 PM
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#111
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Account closed at user's request.
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"Inflammable means flammable?"
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12-09-2010, 03:18 PM
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#112
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The wagon's name is "Gaudreau"
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I used to say "Sufficive to say" instead of "Suffice it to say". Suffice it to say that "Sufficive" is not a word. :\
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12-09-2010, 03:40 PM
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Draft Pick
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rubecube
"I could care less."
Jesus Christ, people, read what you've just written and try to explain to yourselves how it makes any god damn sense!
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"I could care less" explained but then I couldn't care less about it.
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12-09-2010, 04:15 PM
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#114
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Would of, should of, and could of. The second word is "have".
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12-09-2010, 04:16 PM
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#115
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Yen Man
I've noticed a lot of Americans pronounce "niche" as nich. I've always thought it was pronounched neesh.
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Foyer. They say it wrong. That is all.
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12-09-2010, 04:45 PM
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#116
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonrox
Would of, should of, and could of. The second word is "have".
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So just change it to 'would have, should have, could have.' Makes total sense. Even if the person is saying 'of' I'm still psychopacoustically hearing 'have.'
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12-09-2010, 04:48 PM
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#117
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Missed the bus
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How about "Luke, I am your Father" ... I heard Vader doesnt even say that. It's "Look, I am your Father"
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12-09-2010, 04:51 PM
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#118
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The wagon's name is "Gaudreau"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alltherage
How about "Luke, I am your Father" ... I heard Vader doesnt even say that. It's "Look, I am your Father"
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There's an echo in this thread. There's an echo in this thread 
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12-09-2010, 05:14 PM
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#119
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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People say "high rate of speed" all the time when they simply mean "high speed". Rate of speed is acceleration. If a car is moving at a constant 200 km/h its moving at high speed but its rate of speed is zero.
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12-09-2010, 05:16 PM
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#120
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Franchise Player
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People say the HIV virus. The V stands for virus, so it totally doesn't make any sense
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