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Language question: when referring to an item, do you say "your" or "the"

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Originally posted by: Wanescotting
People who misspell interior design and home improvement terms
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About the wanescotting thing, I made that up. My (dammit) middle name is Wayne. Figure it out.
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No, THE middle name is Wayne.

Besides... wouldn't it then be "Waynescoting"? 😉
 
Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
Originally posted by: Wanescotting
People who misspell interior design and home improvement terms
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About the wanescotting thing, I made that up. My (dammit) middle name is Wayne. Figure it out.
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so which is it, you misspelled wainscotting, or your own name?
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hahah I seriously ALMOST feel bad for this guy.

But then I realize that I don't.
 
Originally posted by: Wanescotting
so which is it, you misspelled wainscotting, or your own name?
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I purposely spelled it that way to be original. I did not want to have the handle: "VIPER eleventy million" .
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Oh, so you spelled it wrong. Is there another Waynescotting?

"If at first you don't succeed, try try again"
 
Originally posted by: Wanescotting
so which is it, you misspelled wainscotting, or your own name?
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I purposely spelled it that way to be original. I did not want to have the handle: "VIPER eleventy million" .
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lol

wanescotting = 100% original
waynescotting = old and busted

 
Originally posted by: TreyRandom
Originally posted by: Wanescotting
People who misspell interior design and home improvement terms
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About the wanescotting thing, I made that up. My (dammit) middle name is Wayne. Figure it out.
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No, THE middle name is Wayne.

Besides... wouldn't it then be "Waynescoting"? 😉
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PWNED again? 😉
 
Besides... wouldn't it then be "Waynescoting"?
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Okay. Maybe you did not understand. I assumed that someone else with the name Wayne might use that name someday, so in an attempt to be original I dropped the "y".
 
Originally posted by: Wanescotting
Okay. I think you are confused. The word need has a different connotation than the word require. That was the whole point of this thread.
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Using your logic, can the inanimate word "need" actually have something? 😉
 
Originally posted by: Deeko
Originally posted by: Wanescotting
so which is it, you misspelled wainscotting, or your own name?
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I purposely spelled it that way to be original. I did not want to have the handle: "VIPER eleventy million" .
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Oh, so you spelled it wrong. Is there another Waynescotting?

"If at first you don't succeed, try try again"
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Its pronounced Wayne's cotting. Cotting being the present tense of the verb cot.
 
Originally posted by: Wanescotting
Besides... wouldn't it then be "Waynescoting"?
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Okay. Maybe you did not understand. I assumed that someone else with the name Wayne might use that name someday, so in an attempt to be original I dropped the "y".
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*uninspired golf clap*

objects can still need things, and get them.
 
Originally posted by: Wanescotting
Besides... wouldn't it then be "Waynescoting"?
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Okay. Maybe you did not understand. I assumed that someone else with the name Wayne might use that name someday, so in an attempt to be original I dropped the "y".
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I completely understood. You misspelled a word on the chance that someone might, in the future, "take your name"...

...but what is there to stop someone from using the name "Wanescotting2"? Or "Wanescottingeleventybillion", as you put it?
 
Originally posted by: Wanescotting
*puts shovel down, looks way up, and wonders "how deep is this hole I have dug for myself"?*
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YOUR hole is pretty deep, my friend. 🙂 I say, "your hole," because no one can claim ownership of this hole but you. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Wanescotting
LOL, I am always good for a laugh.
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If I were you... I'd climb up out of that hole, go ask the AT mods to change your nick to Waynescotting, and let's all go have some beers. :beer:
 
Originally posted by: Wanescotting

...I am starting to think that I should have made this a "what is your preference" type of thread instead of a rant...
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Better yet, stop posting.
 
Originally posted by: Wanescotting
that don't follow your own guidelines.
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Damn, I was hoping no one picked up on that.

I like this morning crowd, you folks fight like hell!!!!
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Morning crowd?!? I resent that remark. I'm a night crowder who is "up late" at 10:40am. 😉
 
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