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"Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes [criticizes people's improper use of grammar and bad spelling]
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Posted on 07/16/2014 9:45:48 AM PDT by grundle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: blurredlines; parody; video; weirdal; weirdalyankovic; wordcrimes; yankovic
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posted on
07/16/2014 9:45:48 AM PDT
by
grundle
To: grundle
This was magnificent!
Wierd Al is da man! (Yup, I know...but I just had to type it that way.)
Mike
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posted on
07/16/2014 9:48:29 AM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: grundle
Brilliant as usual from Weird Al.
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posted on
07/16/2014 9:48:53 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: grundle
To: grundle
And he really really likes hardware stores.
My favorite is “Bob”.
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posted on
07/16/2014 9:50:44 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: grundle
To: grundle
I highly recommend going to see him live. Took my kids, and it was one of the best shows I’ve ever been to.
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posted on
07/16/2014 9:51:33 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: grundle
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posted on
07/16/2014 9:52:57 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
( "1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - Schlemiel! - Schlemazel! - Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!")
To: grundle
In my book ...
“in the future” still applies, but the lazy are using “going forward”
“affect” (verb) still applies, but the lazy are using “impact”
“physical properties” still applies, but the lazy are using “physicality”
and, the problem with references - example:
“Susan met Sally, and she went swimming.”
To whom, does the “she” refer? The writer knows, but failed to convey who went swimming.
Lazy ... lazy ... lazy ...
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posted on
07/16/2014 10:00:52 AM PDT
by
First_Salute
(May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
To: Da Coyote
Think of it as an updated version of “Schoolhouse Rock.”
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posted on
07/16/2014 10:01:28 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: grundle
It should be “poor spelling.”
To: dfwgator
Yankovic lyrics probably not found in Schoolhouse Rock tunes:
"Cunning linguist" and "has a big dictionary"
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posted on
07/16/2014 10:10:29 AM PDT
by
Dagnabitt
(Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
To: grundle
Nice / Thanks for posting.
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posted on
07/16/2014 10:14:49 AM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: dfwgator
I truly believe that Weird Al should be the Super Bowl halftime performer. He would be 1000 times more entertaining than the dance pop or ossified classic rockers that are paraded out each year.
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posted on
07/16/2014 10:42:13 AM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
To: grundle
Another decade or so of texting is going to destroy this language anyway, Al.
To: grundle
Excellent video....this and his video “Bob” show him to be a true song and wordsmith.
Pure genius.
“Bob” is also on YouTube and is a song that is entirely made of palindromes....done in the style of Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues”.
To: grundle
To: grundle
I haven’t watched, yet. Is the about the spelling and grammar police here on FR? Je’s aksing.
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posted on
07/16/2014 12:30:19 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: Safetgiver
And I ain’t gonna watch if I have to install a video converter tool.
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posted on
07/16/2014 12:32:44 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: Dagnabitt
“Speak clearly, and carry a big Dictionary...”
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posted on
07/16/2014 1:13:33 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
("Aloha-Hola" from the Palindrome Convention!)
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