This recession is about to put me into a depression!

What took you so long?!!? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

I'm an optimist! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />

There are a few of use that can speak Knifenese and Okinese. Hmm, I can speak three languages now--but master none!

Better 'n Me, I barely unnerstan englash!

The Word of the Day for August 13, 2010 is:
ADVISE • \ud-VYZE\ • verb
*1 : to give advice to : counsel
2 : inform, notify
3 : consult, confer
Example Sentence:
Betty's doctor advised her to exercise more carefully if she hoped to avoid re-injuring her sprained ankle.
Did you know?
"Advise" was borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century from Anglo-French "aviser," itself from "avis," meaning "opinion." That "avis" is not to be confused with the Latin word "avis," meaning "bird" (an ancestor of such English words as "avian" and "aviation"). Instead, it results from the Old French phrase "ce m'est a vis" ("that appears to me"), a partial translation of Latin "mihi visum est," "it seemed so to me" or "I decided." We advise you to remember that "advise" is spelled with an "s," whereas the related noun "advice" includes a stealthy "c."

I think we have all done this at one time or another, but for those of us who NEED that, I give you this:

GENITAL = A non Jewish person! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />

I advise our current government to use their heads in spending our hard earned/paid money; however, the genitals in Washington will not heed the advice given to them--at least until election time.

That means I speak 4 total then, English, Bad English, REALLY Bad English, Knifenese, and some Redneck (far from fluent though).

I love how much I've gleaned from this forum!

OOH! Contribution!

Glean-

v., gleaned, glean·ing, gleans.

v.intr.
To gather grain left behind by reapers.

v.tr.
1.To gather (grain) left behind by reapers.
2.To collect bit by bit: "records from which historians glean their knowledge" (Kemp Malone).

predilection • \pred-uh-LEK-shun\ • noun
: an established preference for something
Example Sentence:
Aware of Kim's predilection for Italian food, Theo brought her to a quaint trattoria on the east side of town that was highly recommended by his boss.
Did you know?
Do you have a predilection for words whose histories conjure up colorful images of Wild West heroes, medieval knaves, Arabian princes, and intemperate gods, or are words with straightforward Latin roots more your style? If you favor the latter, you'll love "predilection." It's based on the Latin verb "legere," which means "to gather" or "to read." That versatile root is also the source of many other familiar English words, including "collect," "lesson," "sacrilege," and "legume."

And once again for all those "Good 'Ole Boys, this:

Hangnail. Whut ya hang yer coat on

Or is a hang nail what you hang the rope on-------------you know the rope for the guy that uses salsa from New York City.

I have a predilection for homemade salsa!

Well done Jeff! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

The Word of the Day for August 15, 2010 is:
MOIL • \MOYL\ • verb
*1 : to work hard : drudge
2 : to be in continuous agitation : churn, swirl
Example Sentence:
"Why should he toil and moil … when … the strong arm of his Uncle will raise and support him?" (Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter)
Did you know?
"Moil" may mean "to work hard" but its origins are the opposite of hard; it ultimately derives from Latin "mollis," meaning "soft." (Other English derivatives of "mollis" are "emollient," "mollify," and "mollusk.") A more immediate ancestor of "moil" is the Anglo-French verb "moiller," meaning "to make wet, dampen," and one of the early meanings of "moil" in English was "to become wet and muddy." The "work hard" sense of "moil" appears most frequently in the pairing "toil and moil." Both "moil" and "toil" can also be nouns meaning "work." "Moil" implies work that is drudgery and "toil" suggests prolonged and fatiguing labor.

And for those of us that are "Gifted" with superior knowledge, you give you this

IMPOTENT = Distinguished, well known.