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Cool Hand Luke got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Depends on the teacher. There is a correct usage and an incorrect usage. If he takes away points for using the correct usage of a word that has been in circulation for 200+ years and is in the dictionary as an official part of the English language then he is a bad teacher.
I've never lost points for using Ain't.
I would never use it in a speech or something professional though, because, it just doesn't SOUND professional. Sure, it's commonly used, but it's still got that stigma attached to it =\
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A sleep deprived OtakuPenguin stammered:
I've never lost points for using Ain't.I would never use it in a speech or something professional though, because, it just doesn't SOUND professional. Sure, it's commonly used, but it's still got that stigma attached to it =\
Yeah, I use it in my short stories for Fiction Writing Workshop, but I wouldn't use it in a term paper.
Dear god I wish I hadn't logged into the computer lab when I did.
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Ferret got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Alek Saege.Dear god I wish I hadn't logged into the computer lab when I did.
HE'S A RESULT OF YOU?
I HATE YOU 
I'm a result of Beaukat 
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Mr. Parcelan attempted to be funny by writing:
Despite however long he's been here, Ruvyen will always be a n00b.
And that's why they call me NOOBIE JONES~
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Bloodsage had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
"Ain't" is colloquial. As such, it has no place in formal communication. Other than dialogue--sparingly--it has no real place in written communication unless one is deliberately trying to convey extreme casualness. For the most part, it's usage should be confined--again, sparingly--to verbal usage.
*abducts Sage's pocket change!*
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Bullshit about the 'word' "Ain't"
I'm just wondering, since I never really looked too closely at this before...
"Ain't" is a contraction, yes? Yet "Ai" isn't a word by itself (Ai Not?!). So... what's it supposed to mean? Isn't? (Is Not) :/
I dunno, I look at it as an excuse for being lazy, then. 
I was always taught that "Ain't" wasn't 'proper' English, and it would make sense, looking at the almighty rules of grammar, from what I've seen.
But uh, you know, correct me if I'm wrong. [ 08-28-2003: Message edited by: Emily ]
Should've said something, but I've said it enough
By the way my words were faded
Rather waste some time with you...
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This one time, at Emily camp:
I'm just wondering, since I never really looked too closely at this before..."Ain't" is a contraction, yes? Yet "Ai" isn't a word by itself (Ai Not?!). So... what's it supposed to mean? Isn't? (Is Not) :/
I dunno, I look at it as an excuse for being lazy, then.
I was always taught that "Ain't" wasn't 'proper' English, and it would make sense, looking at the almighty rules of grammar, from what I've seen.
But uh, you know, correct me if I'm wrong.
It probably started out meaning "am not" as in, "I ain't goin anywhere." Then somewhere along the line people started spelling it with an "i" and using it in different ways then "am not."
(im just guessing)
edit: on a different note:
No one showed me EC. You have google to blame. [ 08-28-2003: Message edited by: Puggy the Squirrel ]
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Cool Hand Luke's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Depends on the teacher. There is a correct usage and an incorrect usage. If he takes away points for using the correct usage of a word that has been in circulation for 200+ years and is in the dictionary as an official part of the English language then he is a bad teacher.
It violates the rules of grammar.
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Ruv had this to say about Knight Rider:
I hate the Canadians. Yes, ALL of the Canucks. They should all be shipped off to the moon. Without spacesuits. Hey, Canadians, why don'cha get back to cuttin' down trees with yer hockey stick, eh? Bastards.
You only wish your national animal was the beaver.
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Ares thought about the meaning of life:
You only wish your national animal was the beaver.
He's Canadian, and that's where the LOL from his post comes from.
Except there is no lol.
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Quoth Warlord Darius:
You'd think the rules of grammar would change every few hundred years.
They do, and quite a bit more often than that.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
quote:Fortunately, they haven't changed enough to have us all talking like rednecks.
Bloodsage thought about the meaning of life:
They do, and quite a bit more often than that.
I welcome you all to Grammar Court. I find you all guilty of contempt and sentence you to 12 years hard labor at Taco Bell.
I like RUSH even though Geddy Lee is ugly as fuck. I can still like RUSH right?Right?
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Skaw had this to say about John Romero:
Canada has done nothing good to the world. Unfunny comedians. Hockey. The Mounties. It should be sawed off from North America, and drift to the top of the world. It can take that Eskimo infected Alaska with it too.
It's not like you've produced anything good 
[ 08-29-2003: Message edited by: Liam ]
SKAW SPECIFCALLY HAW HAW
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Haxxor had this to say about Pirotess:
Think, before you type.
Irony.
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This insanity brought to you by Haxxor:
Id make it 12 more years in school. First off, this post actually caught my attention. The reason it did was that Canadians were being verbally bashed like a Pimp would do to his bitch. Is it me, or are all Americans, susceptable to stereotyping, racism, and ethnic slurs. It sure as hell sounds like it to me. You may be thinking, wait, that guys like nOOb central, but I don't care about you or what you think, its all a bunch of bullshit anyway. Back to subject, Ruv, your a fucking faggot dude. I have friends that are Canadians, and its people like you that have an inferiority complex, and are scared to death of someone being different from you, that they really hate showing their proudness for their country. Wait a minute, this almost sounds like a Nazi persecuting a Jew, except not with gas chambers, or with knifes, or with ovens, or bullets, etc...... This is with words. Those tiny little things that enunciate speak and language into all mankind. When someone abuses the right to use words, I take offense. Especially if its some god damn Nazi like you. If your not careful, I kill you in the face, with my pinky, until you die from it, and then your dead.
Think, before you type.
So.. if Ruv doesnt like canadians, that makes him a Nazi? Dude, sit the fuck down.. this isn't canuck genocide, although some of em on the board may need some gene pool cleansing...
"Is it me, or are all Americans HUMAN FRIGGIN BEINGS, susceptable to stereotyping, racism, and ethnic slurs"
Oh wait.. made a correction
Ever been around the world to see how other countries treat us?
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Haxxor thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
Id make it 12 more years in school. First off, this post actually caught my attention. The reason it did was that Canadians were being verbally bashed like a Pimp would do to his bitch. Is it me, or are all Americans, susceptable to stereotyping, racism, and ethnic slurs. It sure as hell sounds like it to me. You may be thinking, wait, that guys like nOOb central, but I don't care about you or what you think, its all a bunch of bullshit anyway. Back to subject, Ruv, your a fucking faggot dude. I have friends that are Canadians, and its people like you that have an inferiority complex, and are scared to death of someone being different from you, that they really hate showing their proudness for their country. Wait a minute, this almost sounds like a Nazi persecuting a Jew, except not with gas chambers, or with knifes, or with ovens, or bullets, etc...... This is with words. Those tiny little things that enunciate speak and language into all mankind. When someone abuses the right to use words, I take offense. Especially if its some god damn Nazi like you. If your not careful, I kill you in the face, with my pinky, until you die from it, and then your dead.
Think, before you type.
Yet you called him a "fucking faggot" and you have an alt account that says you're in the Third Reich. Tell me, were you born stupid or was it inherited?
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Haxxor had this to say about Knight Rider:
Attention users of EC, my account was somewhat hijacked from me. One of my friends-unknown to me at this time, used my account on this forum to create chaos. He/she will be found, and im sorry for the inconveniance. Also the whole thing about the guy named German, he was probably created using my e-mail adress, and password, by the same friend of mine who hijacked this one earlier.
Uh-huh.
I don't think I have ever heard about that kind of thing happening before!
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The Nae (tm) had this to say about Pirotess:
ONOES!!![sarcasm]I don't think I have ever heard about that kind of thing happening before![/sarcasm]
Fixed it for ya. 
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ACES! Another post by Haxxor:
If your not careful, I kill you in the face, with my pinky, until you die from it, and then your dead.
Think, before you type.
YEAH YOU'RE COOL!!!!!! I'll kill you until you're DEAD!
wtf 
Should've said something, but I've said it enough
By the way my words were faded
Rather waste some time with you...
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Emily attempted to be funny by writing:
I'll kill you until you're DEAD!
Faz? [ 08-29-2003: Message edited by: Mr. Gainsborough ]
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Mr. Gainsborough had this to say about Pirotess:
Fixed it for ya.
haha
AHHHH I hate myself.
Never leave your computer logged into EC during a bathroom break or anything liek that.(thought my sister does lurk EC so it might have been her)
Thankfully he's banned, bastard flamed nem for posting a picture. I hate him more now.
