Comments on: by way of example http://www.beautifulfunnysadandtrue.com/by-way-of-example/ Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://www.beautifulfunnysadandtrue.com/by-way-of-example/comment-page-1/#comment-871 Eric Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:30:24 +0000 http://www.beautifulfunnysadandtrue.com/?p=1095#comment-871 Both of those examples were quite funny--and things I'd be prone to saying, too. I suppose I'm somewhere near where you were, personality wise. I take pride in people calling me jackass. It means you know where I stand. And a lot of people know where I stand. To be contrary: Due to my writing, I've become very lax on vocabulary. I prefer hearing that flavor in speech, "drug" rather than "dragged." I'm very fond of ain't, inappropriate uses of lay, etc. It's technically wrong but people say things that way for a reason. They sound right, feel right. Both of those examples were quite funny–and things I’d be prone to saying, too. I suppose I’m somewhere near where you were, personality wise. I take pride in people calling me jackass. It means you know where I stand. And a lot of people know where I stand.

To be contrary: Due to my writing, I’ve become very lax on vocabulary. I prefer hearing that flavor in speech, “drug” rather than “dragged.” I’m very fond of ain’t, inappropriate uses of lay, etc. It’s technically wrong but people say things that way for a reason. They sound right, feel right.

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