Ungodly
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Spongeworthy
Remember that episode of Seinfeld?
OK well I work with the writing of computer consultants, and many of them are ESL, usually Indian. One of our authors must have seen that epsiode and
thought spongeworthy was a widely-used English idiom for "good." He keeps using it in emails to us and he just put it in an article draft (I have
found this coded workaround to be quite spongeworthy...").
Cracking up ova here...
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Thats Life
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I have a guy in my office that always attached smiley faces to emails. He also has a ton of files about virtual pets and wizards on his computer.
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moron
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ungodly
He keeps using it in emails to us and he just put it in an article draft (I have found this coded workaround to be quite spongeworthy...").
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Holy shit! That's fucking great! hahahahaha
all I have to deal with are people to whom English is thier second language so they spell how they speak. I review this one lady's cases and instead
of "during" she always types "doting". I wish she would use "spongeworthy" though. God, that would brighten my day.
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Ungodly
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| Quote: | Originally posted by moron
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ungodly
He keeps using it in emails to us and he just put it in an article draft (I have found this coded workaround to be quite spongeworthy...").
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Holy shit! That's fucking great! hahahahaha
all I have to deal with are people to whom English is thier second language so they spell how they speak. I review this one lady's cases and instead
of "during" she always types "doting". I wish she would use "spongeworthy" though. God, that would brighten my day. |
Yeah, every once in a while you get a good one.
Lots of native speakers do that phoenetic/wrong spelling too. I have been editing the writing of business people who put writing on their resumes for
6 years and I am starting to think most of the population is technically illiterate, never mind the ESL.
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RomanticViolence
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hahaha... good shit!
Have you ever noticed how crayons are a lot like M&M's? All the colors tend to taste the same.
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Thats Life
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I email back and forth with a lot of middle eastern people and often times can not understand the emails at all. At least when talking to someone who
speaks broken english you can pick up on tones and hand motions etc. Emails are a nightmare.
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Ungodly
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Thats Life
I email back and forth with a lot of middle eastern people and often times can not understand the emails at all. At least when talking to someone who
speaks broken english you can pick up on tones and hand motions etc. Emails are a nightmare. |
OK, now try making those emails into something you can publish. From 9-5 my life does not usually rule.
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Neil of steel
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Remember that episode of Seinfeld?
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THAT WAS A GOOD EPISODE!!
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BDx13
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good episode and a hilarious story, ungodly, thank you.
i used to work with a bunch of indian and pakistani guys when i lived in SF. they always made great use of american slang.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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