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[HONDO74]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Yes, indeed, and to question themselves and their own decisions, as well as to question the plethora of sumbiches that are out there ever-at-the-ready to pounce and take advantage.

And all of that applies to adults, as well as to the children.

P.S. I always enjoyed listening to George Carlin's monologues. One of my favorite remarks of advice I ever heard him say was his vehemently proclaiming that NObody, absolutely NOBODY - no guy - over eighteen, should be out in public wearing his baseball cap backwards.

I loved his pronouncing that.
My interpretation of that was that Carlin saw wearing a hat backwards as an affectation for a grown man.

[HONDO74]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

,,, NObody, absolutely NOBODY - no guy - over eighteen, should be out in public wearing his baseball cap backwards.

I wonder if we can assume that baseball catchers were granted an exception?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

,,, NObody, absolutely NOBODY - no guy - over eighteen, should be out in public wearing his baseball cap backwards.

I wonder if we can assume that baseball catchers were granted an exception?

Yup. I believe that was assumed.

[webenda]

,,, NObody, absolutely NOBODY - no guy - over eighteen, should be out in public wearing his baseball cap backwards.

I wonder if we can assume that baseball catchers were granted an exception?

"Boo!" on George Carlin. We are Americans, we have a right to be stupid, it says so on our constitution.

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References on our rights...
https://graydon.law/the-first-amendment ... be-stupid/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- ... HJ20130226
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way ... -be-stupid
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/co ... de397bdd28

[Rufus T. Firefly]

,,, NObody, absolutely NOBODY - no guy - over eighteen, should be out in public wearing his baseball cap backwards.

I wonder if we can assume that baseball catchers were granted an exception?

Yup. I believe that was assumed.

One is relieved.

[webenda]

Can you imagine anybody trying to use a term like that, publicly, nowadays!!!

I can easily imagine the Sec of Ed using that phrase daily to describe her underlings and minions

that term comes from a professor that thinks 12 words are 25 percent 100 words are 50 percent and 300 words equal 75 percent. either he is bad at math or i am.

Neither... perhaps if it was stated this way it would make more sense, "One of every four words you say or write is probably one of these: 'the,' 'be,' 'to,' 'of,' 'and,' 'a,' 'in,' 'that,' 'have,' and 'I.'"

That is, for the United States, 10 words make up 25% of the English language as spoken in the United States of America (1 out of 4 = 25%)
Apparently in the U.K. one of every four words they say is a list of twelve words.

Let's look at the two sentences I just made (in blue.)
Word count: 84
The:8, Be:1, To:1, and:2, a:2, in:4, that:2, have:1, I:1
List count: 22
Percent 100x22/84=26%.
Therefore, only 10 words make up 26 percent of my vocabulary.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

....... for the United States, 10 words make up 25% of the English language as spoken in the United States of America....

Are 2 of them, "you know"?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

....... for the United States, 10 words make up 25% of the English language as spoken in the United States of America....

Are 2 of them, "you know"?

Has to be.
And how about, "What the.."

[webenda]

Come on, come on, get to "like". What are you waiting for?

"That's, like, so unfair."
"She was like, 'you aren't using that word correctly' and I was like, 'yes I am'."
"I, like, died of embarrassment when you, like, told me to stop using 'like' so much."

Using "like" in this way is about signaling membership of a club. I suspect you guys are, like, you know, not a part of the "Like" club.. I don't see it used very much here on MTJ.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Like, totally.

(Please note final reply on p.430, in reply to Robert.)

[J. S. Bach]

Come on, come on, get to "like". What are you waiting for?

"That's, like, so unfair."
"She was like, 'you aren't using that word correctly' and I was like, 'yes I am'."
"I, like, died of embarrassment when you, like, told me to stop using 'like' so much."

Using "like" in this way is about signaling membership of a club. I suspect you guys are, like, you know, not a part of the "Like" club.. I don't see it used very much here on MTJ.

I, like, like your reply!

[webenda]

12 words= The,A, And, Um, I,You,Mean, What, No, Yes, and Huh

Robert, Does your list sound like one more for the US than the UK?

Of course, a contemporary U.S. list might also have to include: yo; yaknow; whatup; ssup; he be; whatevah; ho; dude; great; like; liketotally...? Oh, yes, and you're right, definitely "huh".

Saw that Murph. Did not realize you meant it as an overused filler.

[robert.]

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