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Hey, what's with all the misspelled words?
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awww…cutest in a long time! ^^
SO MANY GPS!
HOW EVAR I CHUSE?
[quote comment="3010"]SO MANY GPS!
HOW EVAR I CHUSE?[/quote]
You should really look for GPS devices that give voice feedback so you’re not taking your eyes off the road.
“Mrrrrmaoorrwwrw.”
“1234 South Broad Street.”
“mrr….mrrrr… Meowraaerrrrtwww.”
“what?”
“meowrraeerrrtwwww.”
“uh, you mean, turn right?”
“**HISS!!**”
“Oh, Left, sorry. Left?”
“mrrrwoowwwr.”
“uh… how many miles?”
“*PURRRRRRR*”
Cannot.
One word.
Can not makes no sense.
No, CAN NOT IS two WORDS!
It can be said as Can Not, Cannot, or Can’t, any of the three are acceptable.
[quote comment="3031"]Cannot.
One word.
Can not makes no sense.[/quote]
From Webster’s: “Cannot – v. – a form of can not.”
Is there actually a grammar debate happening here? Seriously?
I ARE COMFUXED??
*shrugs* I’m just sayin’ that “cannot” is actually a smooshing-together of two separate words, and sure, one can complain that English, particularly American English, is naught but a series of slang and mangled words these days, but if one were to do so, one should not insist upon a mangleslang word as being correct.
“MANGLESLANG” will be in Webztar’z dikshinarry nezt yeer.
Yeah, it’s a grammar debate. On ICHC. Over a caption on a cat in a basket. We all need hobbies, Teho. you should know that.
-E
I want to own this awesome cat.
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We all need hobbies, Teho. you should know that.
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I have no idea what you’re talking about.
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We all need hobbies, Teho. you should know that.
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I have no idea what you’re talking about.[/quote]
Teho, I ♥ you.
Can too use. Hold bunches of kippers with a large side ‘Nip.
i luvs ths cat. ths cat makes me laugh and spend time wen i shud be workn lol!
This is Kuma, aka bikecat. He’s somewhat of a meme and he is totally AWESOME. Here’s a gallery of more photos/photoshops:
http://evilzug.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1680&g2_page=3
It’s BIKECAT! And I think he *does* use that.
Somehow, someway, I MUST find a way to use mangleslang in my next conversation. So much awesum!
This cat has the best face!
[quote comment="3109"]Somehow, someway, I MUST find a way to use mangleslang in my next conversation. So much awesum![/quote]
Awwwe, FANKOO, Jennifer!!
I iz honerd.
–E
[quote comment="3130"][quote comment="3109"]Somehow, someway, I MUST find a way to use mangleslang in my next conversation. So much awesum![/quote]
Awwwe, FANKOO, Jennifer!!
I iz honerd.
–E[/quote]
I, too, thank you. Was talking this way to the Kermit bananas, as they were all totally green, in the grocery store today. I can haz no cheeznanners?
Clearly, the word “cannot” is in the dictionary as one word. But does this mean that it is incorrect to say “can not” as two words? This controversy is raging in my office and has some people very upset. What are your thoughts?
Can not or cannot, that is the question.
Useage example: I am seeking representation regarding the issues involved however, and so [?? can not or cannot ??]—at this time—state whether I would be for or against Sid Vicious being struck off.
ETA: I’m in the UK so UK English’d be appreciated.
*Cursing* Mangleslangin’ HTML. . .
Not to exacerbate this little debate… but I always feel that there are multiple sides to grammar. 1) you have the people who document the use of, and decide the proper use of grammar for the masses 2) you have the people who create new words, new uses for words, and use them in everyday language.
As for the use of “can not” and “cannot” — I think it would follow that the word cannot as a contraction of the negation of the word can. Example: I have not seen this — there’s no word called havenot. If there were, it’d probably be okay if “cannot” were seen as precedent.
I am not an english major.
People who make up the rules are called “prescriptive” linguists, and those who make up new words ( or more likely use old words in new ways ) are called innovators. Most of the time, innovators are young women, but I think that is definately changing.
Cannot is a little freak of nature, like most irregular english spellings. When you say “cannot” you don’t say the “n” twice, but in “can not” you do. English was first written down phonetically and therefore this little slip of the tongue (which is called degemination, technically) was written this way to reflect the sound. It fossilized as a traditional spelling and Goddess knows, prescriptive linguists are loathe to change any spelling to a more rational form. They also don’t like alternative spellings, so you guys would drive them insane (incidentally, George Bernard Shaw was an advocate of a more phonetic spelling system, so you’re in good company).
BTW, i think that the fact that “cannot” underwent degemination at some point in time is a good clue that english speakers treat it as one word… we usually don’t do things like that across word boundaries.
I LOVE the word mangleslang, but I hate the concept. If you understand what is meant by a word, phrase or sentance produced by a native speaker of a language, that utterance is correct. ANy other judgement is of the speaker, not the sentance.
Sorry, long post.
I think that at the time that “can” and “not” were joined on paper they were more concerned with saving space on paper. In the old days paper was not so cheap as the stuff we use today so space was at a premium and anyway and anywhere that they could save that precious horizontal space they did. I’ve noticed this on quite a lot of old bibles that I have where the “s’s” become something like an “f” just so they could save more horizontal space.
Today it’s a moot point. I know my word processor takes any of those that are being discussed.
I hope I am not too late for most in this discussion.
bike cat!!!
Personally, if I said “cannot” whilst reading the caption, it wouldn’t sound as good as “can not”. The creative use of diction in this context add to the humour of the whole theme.
I’m an English major AND an English teacher, and I think it can go either way
aww so cute lol
Basket cat hits the road.
What? Izza bukkit! What’s not to use??
” Look into my eyes, into my eyes, not around the eyes, not around the eyes…”
lolza
“full speed ahead!”
Why did they photoshop to make the eyes extra shiny? O_o I bet the cat was just a cute before, what with the ickle paws. ^_^