Six Flags search for hero's
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Antuan....who finds it absurd trying to prove yourself to people you dont even know.
Besides, maybe the coaster will fail with guests, leaving him stranded upside down for hours while blood rushes to his head....with the constant scream of the judges daughter on the ride in his ear....
but hey, congradulations!
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RACE FOR THE SKY!!
TOP THRILL DRAGSTER
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SRM 2003-Look for the guy with my name on his chest
Composed, broken down, and jettisoned/
Reformed on Mark W.'s screen/
He will be deemed "a jackass."
-NostraDenus
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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.
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It's Giant, it's Inverted, it's a Boomerang, Beeyatch!
"Envious" means you want something that someone else has.
Despite that, I'm pretty sure no one here is envious of Derrick's essay. ;)
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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.
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SRM 2003-Look for the guy with my name on his chest
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- GeaugaDog
Ain't Nuthin but the Dog in me..
Don't believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see...
you're both right.
You can be jealous of something you have, as den says (i.e., He was JEALOUS of his reputation and protected it at all costs)
but it is also a synonym for envious (I am jealous of Billy's ice cream.)
Den's usage is the original meaning of the word, but as we know language changes in its meaning through the years.
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Pun is the death of wit.
*** This post was edited by ThemeDesigner 3/6/2003 2:33:36 PM ***
You don't need to use the word "jealous" to mean "envious;" we already have the word "envious" for that! ;)
Den, who has at least 1,000 more grammatical pet peeves...
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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.
There's a guy here at work (I'm a 3-D animator) who comes from a 2-D background. It bugs the crap out of him when we say 'Do you want to see my animations'. To him, animation is something you DO and animation CLIPS are something you watch. Common use beats dictionarial accuracy every time.
Besides, envious originally meant 'eager to emulate', so perhaps you should use 'covetous' if you're worried about original meanings.
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Pun is the death of wit.
Jargon is a whole other thing... here at the newspaper we say "graf" for paragraph, but I'd never spell it that way in "real life."
I don't think common use beats what's in the dictionary. If that were the case, there'd be no point in the dictionary or even trying to be correct... although in general conversation, most anything is acceptable. I was just trying to get into the spirit of this thread with the corrections. :)
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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.
"Uhh...hey, u should try and writer better grammer."
I wouldn't go as far as saying that common use beats dictionarial accuracy every time. Ever try getting a decent score on an SAT with common usage?
What it all comes down to is communicating clearly and effectively. The fellow who claims that he won the prize leaves us all wondering how in the world he won an essay contest. It doesn't speak well of our public school system.
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"Know thyself!"
*** This post was edited by janfrederick 3/6/2003 3:16:54 PM ***
Fierce Pancake said:
I got selected too! I wrote about a tasty sandwhich!
Now that seems like an idea that would win. So is Derrick lying, or did the letter really say that?
JohnG2095 said:
I appologize good fellows, I must merely have a greater appreciation for the correct usage of the english language than some people.
You appologize? I think you should apologize. Lay off the kid. He's excited (and he should be) about winning a contest and all you can do is rip his grammar. What a bunch of jealous (or envious if that suits you better) fools. Congrats Derrick, I hope you have a good time while the rest of the english majors on these boards are sitting in front of their computers waiting to rip on someone else.
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"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
*** This post was edited by Yirmaum 3/6/2003 4:58:30 PM ***
A Back on topic one liner: So Mr. Whitsett, I guess you aren't going to show us any of your essay?
However....
I whole-heartedly agree with JohnG and company. I believe the purpose of the contest was for the contestants to write an essay about their hero, am I correct? Now, if the winners of this contest were picked solely from the content of their essay, it seems only fair that the essays chosen would be of the best quality possible, doesn't it? I'm not knocking Derrick, I have not seen his essay-writing abilities. However, from what I have seen here, it seems as if he *ain't* (if I may borrow a phrase) the best candidate.
Perhaps Derrick will settle this feud, and just let those of us who have "nothing better to do but sit around and pick apart poor grammar" read his winning essay?
-Stayc
p.s. since I am a first-time postee, before sending this post I had to agree to the Forum-Posting Rules of Coasterbuzz. I almost fell off my chair laughing at rule number one...."You agree to use proper grammar and spelling in the forums." I guess some people neglected to read the rules!
*** This post was edited by Stayc314 3/6/2003 11:40:26 PM ***
Cheers in the background, "Aye"!!
Before you all comment on it, I know, I can't spell, so I should be kicked off as well, blah blah blah, but now that I am aware of this rule, I promise to be more weary of my spelling.
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