So so true.
BTW what dialect is that?
of German I mean not your English.
ha-ha
Rutabaga ees verra goot. ¿Comprende usted?
is there a Rutabagayeti lurking here?
Well, I allus rooted for them.
No, no! I mean 'cheered'. not dug in the earth wif me snout.
Sheesh.
maybe, it depends on my affect at any given moment
No se. What's a rutabaga lurk like?
eh, here's lurkin' atcha, kiddo.
Or, to quote the most underrated poet in American letters:
Hurk, hurk the lurk.
(Ogden Nash)
The best affect is a special effect.
Late reply here(c'mon, gimme a break; I'm a newbie here), and of little real consequence, but in the matter of rutabagas, that particular tuber is the raison d'etre of an eponymous annual festival hereabouts ... The Cumberland Rutabaga Festival is known as one of the premiere summer social events in the entire 4-County Area! Why, there are Carnival Rides and Games, a Kids-and-Pets Parade, Volunteer Fire Department Water Fights, Church-Group Bake Sales, Corn-'n-Brat Roasts, a Street Dance (with a REAL BAND!), Fireworks, and of course, TRACTOR PULLS!!! At the height of the festivities, its not at all unusual for there to be several hundred folks downtown. Its simply not to be missed ... unless the barn needs cleaning.
timber
timber, sounds like my kinda do - i'm fond of maple syrup festivals, tractor pulls and the like. you can take the girl out of the valley, but you can't get the valley outta the girl.
(Ottawa Valley, that is)
To produce a change in, To influence, to have an effect on?
I don't know where the definition of "affect" came from but the dictionary definition is (and it has nothing to do with influence or change):
af·fect2 v. -tr. af·fect·ed, af·fect·ing, af·fects. 1. To put on a false show of; simulate: affected a British accent. See Synonyms at pretend. 2. a. To have or show a liking for: affects dramatic clothes. b. Archaic. To fancy; love. 3. To tend to by nature; tend to assume: a substance that affects crystalline form. 4. To imitate; copy: "Spenser, in affecting the ancients, writ no language" (Ben Jonson). -af·fecter n.
mm..i just think
effect - "e" for
end result, and affect...well, if i remember effect, i can sort it out
Affect is ALMOST never a noun; in certain cases when affect is used in a sentence dealing with signs of emotion, usually lack thereof, it IS a noun
"Jimbob exhibited no affect when I explained how his dog was killed by a rabid horse fly."
"He affected a happy smile.."
he he
Welcome Yesh!
affectations are effective in certain circles
"The affection one effects will affect the effect one is attempting to affect."
I heard that "affect" and "effect" came from the same root word with the same meaning, and that one of the two branches never came to be dominant, so we still use both.
There is absolutely no fuss here ladies and gentlemen.
To-may-toes, to-mah-toes and po-ta-toes.
They're all the same.
They all have toes....
