the web log entry
yes yes ya'll THE web log entry.
it's fascinating how the word the is sometimes inappropriately used. not like how i say that i'm all the awesome, that is a perfectly acceptable way of using it. as i am in fact, all of the awesome. there is no more awesome left over for anyone else (well, maybe there kind of is, as i share).
what i mean is like saying "i'm not feeling well, i have the allergies." or, "don't let her house sit, she's on the chronic. "
do not misunderstand, by saying that those are inappropriate uses, i am in no way saying "do not say that your friend is on "the chronic," she is in fact "on chronic."" on THE chronic sounds more awesome and i will invariably vote for more awesome over sort of awesome and certainly over not awesome at all.
but sometimes, man, it is just wrong. like how i heard it used last night. me and the mister were in the mcdonalds drive up lane (ONE DOLLAR BACON CHEESEBURGER HECK YES I'LL HAVE TWO AND SOME FRIES AND THAT IS WHY I'M FAT WELCOME TO AMERICA I LOVE AMERICA THANK YOU FOR MY THREE DOLLAR DINNER) and the lady talking to us on the yakkety box said "would you like to donate a dollar to the breast cancer?"
no lady. i do not. i am not a fan of the breast cancer. the breast cancer killed my mother in law. if you don't mind, my extra dollars will be spent elsewhere. like on a slurpee.
arrivederci, rebecca marie
(now nobody better be getting all up on my case about this and accusing me of being somehow insensitive about breast cancer research. anyone who knows me knows where i stand on women's health issues)
it's fascinating how the word the is sometimes inappropriately used. not like how i say that i'm all the awesome, that is a perfectly acceptable way of using it. as i am in fact, all of the awesome. there is no more awesome left over for anyone else (well, maybe there kind of is, as i share).
what i mean is like saying "i'm not feeling well, i have the allergies." or, "don't let her house sit, she's on the chronic. "
do not misunderstand, by saying that those are inappropriate uses, i am in no way saying "do not say that your friend is on "the chronic," she is in fact "on chronic."" on THE chronic sounds more awesome and i will invariably vote for more awesome over sort of awesome and certainly over not awesome at all.
but sometimes, man, it is just wrong. like how i heard it used last night. me and the mister were in the mcdonalds drive up lane (ONE DOLLAR BACON CHEESEBURGER HECK YES I'LL HAVE TWO AND SOME FRIES AND THAT IS WHY I'M FAT WELCOME TO AMERICA I LOVE AMERICA THANK YOU FOR MY THREE DOLLAR DINNER) and the lady talking to us on the yakkety box said "would you like to donate a dollar to the breast cancer?"
no lady. i do not. i am not a fan of the breast cancer. the breast cancer killed my mother in law. if you don't mind, my extra dollars will be spent elsewhere. like on a slurpee.
arrivederci, rebecca marie
(now nobody better be getting all up on my case about this and accusing me of being somehow insensitive about breast cancer research. anyone who knows me knows where i stand on women's health issues)
proclaimed by rebecca marie at 11:14 AM
15 flattering compliments:
Why would anyone want to support the breast cancer? DOWN WITH BREAST CANCER!
word.
this one time, i was at a bowl game in san diego (take THAT horns, the ducks are better at football than you) and the halftime show was "up with people."
man, that's just wrong.
I like how somehow THE gives regular things an implied importance (or sarcasm). Like, when I struggle (and don't get mad) I say that I have THE special needs. Not "I'm special needs"
And Kudos to RM. The way you think of things and spell them out for our viewing pleasure is fantastic. I have to say that you are truly our generations Gallagher. Just without the Sleg-A-Matic
I have the giggles right now. :)
Ha! I like it THE very much.
Peace.
"teh"
according to teh Urban Dictionary... 'the' is obsolete and should now be 'teh'.
teh norman
I once had a friend who would call Wal-Mart "The Wal-Mart." Drove me nuts. She didn't put "the" in front of any other place but Wal-Mart. Why give Wal-Mart, of all places in the world, an extra push of importance? I mean, really! I would much rather it be called "Freaking Wal-Mart"
I actually prefer teh. Using teh kewl. Not teh gheigh.
makes me think of how the BSC says THE herpes.
I used to work at a restaurant and we had a lady come in and talk to us about "the pot"; how it is bad and how it messed up her life and I truly wanted to be sympathetic but we couldn't help but laugh at her "the pot" stories.
Using "the" like that reminds of that old propaganda flick Reefer Madness...througout the whole movie they talked about the horrors of "The Marijuana"
Those kids were on the dope.
I, on the other hand, am not on the dope...but I am the cool.
OH OH OH! I almost forgot...I'm all up for loafing on your couch. Name the time. :-)
sorry, I got distracted by video on side of your blog.
(deleted "the" for your reading pleasure!)
; )
Still undecided about the the. There are definitely incorrect ways to use the the but I like to use the the as often as appropriate.
Maybe the the means too much easted ink. Then again, I like me the French, and it wastes all kinds of ink.
hye, I tried to hook you up on the friend list on the myspace, but I evidently ain't got the hang of the "approve button" thingy. If you want to send over the request, I'll try to push the button with the skills this time.
My beef isn't with "the". It's with the extra "s" that some people put on the end of store names.
"Fred Meyers"
"Nordstroms"
"Costcos"
... just to name a few.
or... the extra s on anyway.
there is no such thing as "anyways."
in minnesota, they pluralize innapropriately all the time. well, pluralize or infer ownership. "oh! i was wanting to tell yous guys. i was over at cubs foods and i picked up some extra ice."
someone actually said that to me and the mister. i swear, they said it so hard.
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