we're having an argument here at work, between whether or not it's eves dropping or ease dropping. so i'm relying on the monkey to settle it.
is it eves or ease dropping
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Y'all are all idiots. It's eavesdropping.
Why would you ask the monkey when you can have the dictionary answer it?
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=eavesdropping
I just noticed it's a poll.
cannondalejunky - you might consider simply deleting this thread.
Then we can't make fun of him and his coworkerscannondalejunky - you might consider simply deleting this thread.
Today's verb is from a noun that originally pointed to a person who stands in the eavesdrop of a house in order to hear what is being spoken inside. The eavesdrop (or eavesdrip) of a house is that area beneath the overhang of the roof (eave) where water drips like so many words from someone's lips (if you don't have gutters). Eaves comes from Old English yfes, a descendent of PIE *upo which also gave us over, above, and up, while providing Greek with hyper and Latin super. (Today we thank Patricia Castellanos of Uruguay for spotting the odd disjuncture of sound and meaning in today's word.)
well i've been saying easedrop for too long to be able to change...and i'm not the only one here that says it either.
while we're on the subject of my poor english when you say the word "exactly" do you pronounce the "t"
while we're on the subject of my poor english when you say the word "exactly" do you pronounce the "t"
He is from Arkansas.
yes, and we also ride horses to school, don't wear shoes to the store, and we sleep with our cousinsHe probably pronounces the "k" first when he says "ask"
No. Its axe. "Can I axe you a question?"He probably pronounces the "k" first when he says "ask"
I thought I was the only one.
The d'oh factor!
You've been saying it too long? How old do you have to be to give up on speaking properly?
Being wrong now and then is ok - being wrong because you are too stupid or lazy to change is inexcusable.
Edit: Quick, before it's gone: Someone get a screen shot of the poll and add it to the Fail thread.
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TN says wheelbarrel instead of wheelbarrow. Getting him to change has been almost impossible.
A kick in the shins every time he says it incorrectly will learn him good...
Shouldn't that be Generation "I"?
Maybe Generation ME?
Or maybe "wouldn't you like to be a retahd too?"
Irregardless of what the speling may be, this thread is disturbing
Think of all the good I could do for the world with this domain (for sale even). I couldn't loose with that domain.
No, but we'd still know that you are a lose canon.
My g/f has a funny tendency of saying word like 'button' or 'cotton' as 'but-in' and 'cot-in'. She gets pissed when I make fun of her about it but there's no use in trying to change her ways.
I nominate this thread for "Best of RM."
is there anything obstructing his airway, like a gin-soaked big toe?
This thread should be a sticky!