Date:         Sat, 7 Dec 2002 13:30:30 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Friday... english lessons...
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>It's Friday... it's list related... it's not mentioned with any ill harm...
>it just bugs me... there are more, but these hit me quite frequently.
>
>Definition:
>
>looser - opposite of tighter... i.e. the nut got even looser thought I was
>turning it clockwise.
>
>loser - someone who does an engine transplant in a fully loaded Westy with a
>1.3 liter NA Renault engine.
>
>lucifer - someone from texass.
>
>========================================================
>
>to - a place to go... I am going to the Westy Porta Potty.
>
>too - also... My significant other is going there too.
>
>two - number... one less than three, one more than one.

Dead-on so far...

>tu - Franch for 'you' if you know them real well.

Franch??


Oh, english should have a capital E...

I can add:

could care less: means you DO care, at least a little

shock absorber: springs, NOT gas &/or oil damper units

How about there/their/they're...

Some folk on this list would have trouble spelling "a".

Another:

a lot (often or much), NOT "alot"

(not targeting you, Aristotle).