turtlespeed 226 #26 September 22, 2010 Quote Quote Quote That would be poop No shit? Wendy P. make it a shi tea sandwich , and i'll take one , to go ! Don't start this shit in here!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #27 September 22, 2010 QuoteQuoteWe should! Otherwise it's undemocratic and downright Communist. Thinking that words are spelled a certain way is typical of the elitist socialist Obama-worshipers, who think only THEIR dictionary is right. One of my favorite quotes is from Andrew Jackson who said, “I have no respect for a man who can spell a word only one way.” Except it wasn't Jackson, it was Mark Twain.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreece 190 #28 September 22, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Guess I've always wondered about why a word is misspelled? Who gets to determine if it is spelled "correctly" or not? Do we get to vote? Is there a designated expert? Just curious... It seems to appear that you also reject the dictionary. uh, which dictionary? Ever go to the movie theatre to see the colour pictures? good point, but who's gonna question your intelligence for using those words? Personally I think they add character and show class.Your secrets are the true reflection of who you really are... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiverMike 5 #29 September 22, 2010 QuoteExcept it wasn't Jackson, it was Mark Twain. Except it wasn't Twain. “I have no respect for a man who can spell a word only one way.” Attributed to Mark Twain by Chicago Daily Tribune, May 22, 1932. Without attribution to Twain, this appears as early as 1880, in Marshall Brown, Wit and Humor: “A man must be a great fool who can’t spell a word more than one way.” For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #30 September 22, 2010 Quote QuoteExcept it wasn't Jackson, it was Mark Twain. Except it wasn't Twain. “I have no respect for a man who can spell a word only one way.” Attributed to Mark Twain by Chicago Daily Tribune, May 22, 1932. Without attribution to Twain, this appears as early as 1880, in Marshall Brown, Wit and Humor: “A man must be a great fool who can’t spell a word more than one way.” It's dangerous to make any claims about quotes attributed to Twain. This isn't the only one in question out there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #31 September 22, 2010 Quote Quote Except it wasn't Jackson, it was Mark Twain. Except it wasn't Twain. “I have no respect for a man who can spell a word only one way.” Attributed to Mark Twain by Chicago Daily Tribune, May 22, 1932. Without attribution to Twain, this appears as early as 1880, in Marshall Brown, Wit and Humor: “A man must be a great fool who can’t spell a word more than one way.” Sometimes the first page hit on Google isn't the most accurate. Twain appears to have used it, or at least he's credited with having used variations of it, a good five years prior to that book. However I will concede the point it may have predated Twain as a generic witticism, but that said numerous books of quotations credit Twain. In either case, it almost definitely wasn't Jackson. He wasn't exactly known for being glib. In fact, just the opposite. One of his most famous quotes being "Elevate them guns a little lower." quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #32 September 22, 2010 That has to be one of the more hesitant back peddals I have seen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #33 September 22, 2010 Quote That has to be one of the more hesitant back peddals I have seen I challenge you to look it up in any "normal" book of quotations and not find it credited to Twain.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #34 September 22, 2010 i challenge you to use "almost definitely" in a sentence that doesn't sound like back pedaling. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #35 September 22, 2010 Quotei challenge you to use "almost definitely" in a sentence that doesn't sound like back pedaling. It almost definately an absolute possibility that he might do just that!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #36 September 22, 2010 Quotei challenge you to use "almost definitely" in a sentence that doesn't sound like back pedaling. Turtle will almost definitely have something to say about this.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #37 September 22, 2010 Quote I challenge you to look it up in any "normal" book of quotations and not find it credited to Twain. I challenge you to just say you were wrong Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
