tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252605.post8227138032363114026..comments2023-10-01T05:53:35.160-05:00Comments on The Cleft of the Rock: Language LessonSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02967745278090623772noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252605.post-81638969263236746862009-04-04T21:57:00.000-05:002009-04-04T21:57:00.000-05:00Nathaniel, this is regularly heard at my gym from ...Nathaniel, this is regularly heard at my gym from a VERY well-educated woman that is an instructor: "Pull your arm acrosst". I think she uses it in place of 'across'. I don't know -- it just BUGS me!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02967745278090623772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252605.post-74269296625472312712009-04-04T14:18:00.000-05:002009-04-04T14:18:00.000-05:00Another favorite: "loosing" for "losing."Another favorite: "loosing" for "losing."Janahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12194121714368617993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252605.post-13182321681904159352009-04-04T13:47:00.000-05:002009-04-04T13:47:00.000-05:00I don't think I'm familiar with that non-word, wil...I don't think I'm familiar with that non-word, will you use "acrossed" in a sentence?Nathanielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252605.post-15628546256172468822009-04-04T09:36:00.000-05:002009-04-04T09:36:00.000-05:00Well, yuh know. . .ya'll do sometimes have to go a...Well, yuh know. . .ya'll do sometimes have to go acrosst the crik to get an edjumucashun, but I axed, and supposably they's buildin' a bridge, so's that'll help.<BR/><BR/>(Said TOTALLY tongue in cheek as my mother tried relentlessly to break some of Daddy's colloquial language issues.)Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03483570734127165995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252605.post-57829547426642635542009-04-04T08:49:00.000-05:002009-04-04T08:49:00.000-05:00LOL! My dad and my hubby! That's all I'm going to ...LOL! <BR/><BR/>My dad and my hubby! That's all I'm going to say!Lolosbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570743174148424126noreply@blogger.com