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As rambunctious as this man

 
 
Reply Fri 20 Nov, 2015 03:08 pm
As rambunctious as this man was, he was still the envy of everyone. Most of us struggle through our petty lives, swearing and cussing at everything and everyone we get our hands on. He just chose not to do that, and instead he lived a life that even the Gods would have been envious of!

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Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Fri 20 Nov, 2015 03:39 pm
Nobody has used the word rambunctious for about 200 years.
glitterbag
 
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Reply Fri 20 Nov, 2015 04:13 pm
@Tes yeux noirs,
It's still in use, its not archaic.
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layman
 
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Reply Fri 20 Nov, 2015 04:36 pm
@kuben123,
Quote:
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None that I can spot. Good work!
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 21 Nov, 2015 12:32 am
@Tes yeux noirs,
Tes yeux noirs wrote:

Nobody has used the word rambunctious for about 200 years.



Nonsense. I alone use it on at least a weekly basis.

I have two rambunctious cats. There.
layman
 
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Reply Sat 21 Nov, 2015 12:47 am
@dlowan,

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Nonsense. I alone use it on at least a weekly basis.


Yeah, me too. I know a couple of Babes who is, like, the rambunctiousiest, know what I'm sayin?
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Sat 21 Nov, 2015 07:37 am
@kuben123,
Normally God only has a capital when it refers to the Abrahamic deity. When talking about gods it's common practice to use lower case.
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kuben123
 
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Reply Sun 22 Nov, 2015 06:13 am
As rambunctious as this man was, he was still admired by everyone. Some of us struggle through our petty lives, swearing and cussing at everything we get our hands on. He chose not to do that, and instead he lived a life that would have been the envy of the Gods!

When, out of the blue and after many years of absence, he appeared at our doorstep, we greeted him with boundless affection. Flabbergasted by the hugs and kisses rained upon him, he was speechless and spellbound. Oh! how we missed this "Goliath of Wits", without whom our lives would have been stale and lifeless!
ehBeth
 
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Reply Sun 22 Nov, 2015 04:47 pm
@kuben123,
Are you translating a very old book?
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najmelliw
 
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Reply Sun 22 Nov, 2015 04:57 pm
@kuben123,
It's an interesting writing style! I'm probably not all that qualified to talk about things like this, but in the first paragraph you mentioned that 'he lived a life' , which implies he is dead now. That clashes with the following paragraph.

Also, in this second paragraph, the last sentence mentions that you missed him, so, since he wasn't there, the state of your lives had been stale and lifeless, rather than would have been stale and lifeless (lives cannot really be lifeless though).

This last sentence also seems rather ironic, given the speechless and spellbound state he was in, but that is probably intentional.

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