Why Text Language Spelling Should Get a Criminal Record

Published by Atikin in Offbeat
August 20, 2009
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This is a little rant by me telling you why text language should get a criminal record. It really should and my reasons for it are good (and NOT funny) reasons! Please ditch the text speak and speak like normal people!

Five Whacky Words From Binkdonk’s Dictionary

Published by binkdonk in Offbeat
August 18, 2009
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Just because the suffix “ish” is so overused these days. It’s time for a new “age”. Have a bit of word play fun.

Illuminated Speech

Published by Darrell W Penner in Offbeat
July 21, 2009
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Words Mean So Little
Why bother swearing if it has no impact and only makes you appear less than you are?
“C’mon, it’s only a word, it don’t mean nothing”.

Blung

Published by carmedy in Offbeat
July 15, 2009
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Conspicuous consumption, including such oddities as 22″ spinning hubcaps, was considered “bling” not too long ago. Now they get a new word, introduced here: “blung”.

A Talk with God

Published by pablina in Religious
June 22, 2009
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My recent conversation with God.

A World with Just 100 People

Published by Alina Beck in Trivia
March 12, 2009
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Imagine if the population of the world was just 100 people – a representative sample of the 6.76 billion that live on the planet. What would this group of people look like?

Me Council, Me No Know No English

Published by Lucas Dié in Political
November 5, 2008
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Councillors in England have just once more shown why they are councillors in the first place. They are not only lazy and stupid, but obviously completely illiterate as well. NB: They become Members of Parliament later.

To Do List Two

Published by Kim Buck in Life
November 2, 2008
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Life is short, so they say.

Funny Engrish T-shirts

Published by Paula Mitchell Bentley in Offbeat
October 2, 2008
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Sometimes translators or translating programs make mistakes when converting a language into English. The mistakes can range from making the translation complete nonsense to something x-rated (not covered here) to something really quite funny. Check out the funny pictures of T-shirts badly or funnily translated!

English: A Mongrel Language

Published by Terri Lane in History
September 21, 2008
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English is not one of the “Romantic” languages like Italian, nor classical like Greek. So where did it originate and what is its pedigree? Or is it just the mongrel language of the world?