[591] in Humor
HUMOR: It's a doggie-dog world
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Tue Dec 6 12:34:31 1994
From: abennett@MIT.EDU
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Cc: ljr@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 1994 12:29:04 EST
Dedicated to Quiche. ;)
-Drew
Date: 6 Dec 1994 10:47:42 +0500
From: "Sharalee Field" <sharalee@planning.mit.edu>
Minimalist Mail FWD>doggy dog world
amusing...
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Anyone who uses electronic mail can appreciate this. A couple of
guys on InterNet have collected examples of malapropism (humorous
misspelling of words). These are phrases that are heard often in
conversation, but when they appear in print, they take on a whole
new meaning. Here are some examples:
for all intensive purposes
since time in memorial
it's a doggy-dog world
a set of chester drawers
an old wise tale
a sieze-fire
an escape goat
too one-track mined
a new, clear war
under-line meaning
a mute point
low and behold
don't take a fence
has a stigmatism
just my too cents worth
all for not
statue of limitations
a partial of land
a social conscious
willfully inadequate
I'm uphauled
increases expidentially
a sledge and reindeer
supposably
Just as soon as this list was posted, someone on the network wrote this:
I'm uphauled! This display of ignorance is just the kind of thing
that anyone with a social conscious is ashamed of. Education today is
clearly willfully inadequate, and has been since time in memorial.
People are always ready to blame things on an escape goat, but for
all intensive purposes, it's a doggy-dog world. Complaints about the
school system are all for not. And the problem seems to be increasing
expidentially.
These are the sort of people that could start a new, clear war, and
you can just forget about a seize-fire then. Some may say that the
decline of education is just an old wise tale, but they're too
one-track mined.
If you don't believe me, look at the warning on an AutoShade someday.
It says that the shade must be removed before driving the car. Supposably
people can't figure this out for themselves. Maybe the warning is just
for those with a stigmatism. Or maybe it's to protect the manufacturer
from the statue of limitations.
The under-line meaning of all this is clear, but don't take a fence;
this is just my too cents worth. Anyway it's a mute point.
