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- Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:17 am
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Minnesota-isms...anyone???
- Replies: 21
- Views: 135075
What is a Yooper???
Being a Yooper myself, I'm qualified to explain what a yooper is. . . Michigan is divided into two parts. The Upper Peninsula (or UP), and the Lower Peninsula (or LP). If someone is from the UP, they are a UP-er. . .phonetically spelled YOOPER. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan, although very pictures...
- Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:52 am
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: Ending Sentences with Prepositions
- Replies: 34
- Views: 96285
Back to Ending Sentences with Prepositions. . .A Joke
Reminded me of a joke :D I saw the other day: A southern belle and a snooty New Yorker (insert your favorite city) were seated next to each other on a plane. The southern belle, in her usual friendly manner, turns to the New Yorker and asks: "so where are y'all from?" To which the New York...
- Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:41 am
- Forum: WELCOME HOME!
- Topic: Just a query about punctuation.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 50484
- Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:22 am
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: Group genitive (not sure of the name)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 49159
- Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:46 am
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: Ending Sentences with Prepositions
- Replies: 34
- Views: 96285
Ending Sentences with Prepositions
What's the opinion of our community of grammar scholars?
Is this something up with which you will not put?
or
Are prepositions ok to send a sentence with?
Is this something up with which you will not put?
or
Are prepositions ok to send a sentence with?
- Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:21 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: How do YOU say "sauna"?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 100581
- Thu Apr 13, 2006 12:29 pm
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: May I or Can I
- Replies: 13
- Views: 37148
May/Can Conundrum
When used to express permission or possibility, can and may are often used interchangably without a problem. Seems to me the biggest distinction between can and may is formality . Can appears to be less formal than may in this context. More Formal: You MAY smoke in here. Less Formal: You CAN smoke i...
- Thu Apr 13, 2006 12:10 pm
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: "to hospital" vs "to the hospital"
- Replies: 24
- Views: 66226
- Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:31 am
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Panking Snow and Cleaning Snow
- Replies: 16
- Views: 87341
Panking Snow and Cleaning Snow
Maybe this is an Upper Michigan/Northern Wisconsin/Minnesota thing---Anyone from snow country use or hear of these: 1. "I cleaned snow for two hours after that big storm the other day." (Meaning is "removed" snow, not "cleansed" the fallen snow) 2. "When I was done...