Fusterations about the old HAZ site

[Canyon Dweller]

For some reason my computer would not load hikearizona.com. I had to go to the library to check out what was happening there, which was maybe once a week. I was quite shocked when I went there and saw it was shut down. THe main reason I went there was the message bored. Its nice to have a arizona hiking message bored I can get to on my own computer. I do miss that site, but this deffinatly works for me.
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Mountains are there to be climbed!

"Meaningless! Meaningless," says the teacher, "Utterly Meaningless, Everything is meaningless."-Ecclesiastes 1:2

[Daddee]

message "bored"? I can see as you might think that about Hoolie's posts - but I don't get bored at all!
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"Only small minds want always to be right."
- Louis XIV

"...haven't you lived long enough to know that two men may honestly differ about a question and both be right?"
- Abraham Lincoln

[Canyon Dweller]

oops, wrong word, i'm bad at spelling and always get my words mixed up. I quess I meant board.
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Mountains are there to be climbed!

"Meaningless! Meaningless," says the teacher, "Utterly Meaningless, Everything is meaningless."-Ecclesiastes 1:2

[Daddee]

[maryphyl]

They are called homonyms--words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. I had a collection for awhile of misused homonyms from all the boards I visit. You are in good company--absolutely everybody does it. Favorites I remember are steak and stake, there and their and they're--nobody can remember which is which. Board and bored is a good one. MP
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Shikekeh hozhoogo naasha.
I walk in beauty.

[Daddee]

Yes, when people get in a hurry and type fast they tend to make the occasional grammatical error - or otherwise. I think it's fun for the most part. I laugh right along with everyone else anyway...
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"Only small minds want always to be right."
- Louis XIV

"...haven't you lived long enough to know that two men may honestly differ about a question and both be right?"
- Abraham Lincoln

[Shawn]

your and you're
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The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see.

[mike]

Holly & Holy (that's a blast from the past...)
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[evenstar]

I no I used to have problems with homonyms, but finally said "Know!" to that
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When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
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[Canyon Dweller]

I could not remember which forum/bored I needed. durn dyslexia kickin in again.
Our language is freakin confusing
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Mountains are there to be climbed!

"Meaningless! Meaningless," says the teacher, "Utterly Meaningless, Everything is meaningless."-Ecclesiastes 1:2

[Daddee]

As far as complexity - our language is the hardest in the world. Mostly because we are such an amalgomation of so many other languages. We have so many exceptions to rules it's ridiculous - and in fact, it is the highest rate of any language in the world.

The sounds and nuances of our language are middle of the road difficult - but structure and spelling is a nightmare. Ask any ESL person.
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"Only small minds want always to be right."
- Louis XIV

"...haven't you lived long enough to know that two men may honestly differ about a question and both be right?"
- Abraham Lincoln

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[ck1]

Or you could ask any kid with a learning disability...I teach English to high school kids with learning disabilities....

I'd say these are the ones I see most often:

there/their/they're
know/no
your/you're
it's/its
accept/except
affect/effect
good/well
than/then
to/two/too
bored/board
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-Colin

"The Journey is the Destination"

[evenstar]

[Shawn]

Sorry, just received this and it fit here.



For all you lexiophiles (lovers of words):


1. A bicycle can't stand alone because it is two-tired.

2. What's the definition of a will? It's a dead giveaway.

3. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

4. A backward poet writes inverse.

5. In democracy it's your vote that counts; In feudalism it's your count that votes.

6. She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but broke it off.

7. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

8. If you don't pay your exorcist you get repossessed.

9. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.

10. Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat minor.

11. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.

12. The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.

13. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

14. You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

15. Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.

16. He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key.

17. Every calendar's days are numbered.

18. A lot of money is tainted. 'Taint yours and 'taint mine.

19. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.

20. He had a photographic memory which was never developed.

21. A plateau is a high form of flattery.

22. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

23. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.

24. When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.

25. Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.

26. When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.

27. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.

28. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

29. Acupuncture is a jab well done.

30. Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat.
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The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see.