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Author Topic: "A lot" is two words Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 04-09-2009 12:15 AM                        I would go to Engrish.com but I just can't get over myself!  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-09-2009 01:12 AM                     Hey everyone, a good site to go to for some laughs is www.engrish.com. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned it yet.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-09-2009 07:52 AM                     Thanks Brad! That site is really funny!  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-09-2009 10:19 AM                        Brad, great link!  |  IP: Logged Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 04-09-2009 12:19 PM                        You mean nobody posted it? Not even Bobby? quote: Bobby Henderson I usually chuckle at misspellings and odd usage of the English language on signs, but don't have such a light hearted attitude to piss poor graphic design and common examples of "font murder." Engrish.com is always good for a laugh.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-09-2009 06:34 PM                     quote: Brad Miller I'm surprised nobody has mentioned it yet. Mentioned what? If you need a really good laugh at this sort of stuff, check out engrish.com They have lots of funny translations of the English language.  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-09-2009 07:44 PM                     Ah, this thread is alot of nothing. (Sorry, I couldn't help it).  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-09-2009 07:54 PM                     I saw one of those groaner construction signs today. "Construction workers. Please give us a brake!" Do they REALLY have to be so punny? That sort of silliness almost makes me angry...well, at least enough to speed up!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-10-2009 12:17 AM                     I laugh a little at the "My Daddy Works Here" road construction signs. Some of them have a crudely drawn picture of a little kid with some elementary school quality lettering. The sign seems a little ironic. I get the image in my head of some little kid trying to install a home made sign in a dangerous construction zone. What kind of asshole father would let his little girl do that?  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 04-24-2009 02:23 PM                        To me, there's a big difference between these two statements: 1) All hammers are not created equal. 2) Not all hammers are created equal. I believe that the second one is usually what people mean when they construct a thought this way. But I keep hearing the first one most of the time in advertising and most other situations.  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-24-2009 03:07 PM                     Greg, The statements are well chosen as you have discovered. 1. ALL hammers are not created equal. (no two are equal) 2. NOT ALL hammers are created equal. (Some may be equal) 1. requires a knowledge of all while 2. requires only enough knowledge to say that 2 or more may be equal while 1 other may not be so. I would not use 1. to describe my product as it would mean that I have NO quality control! KEN  |  IP: Logged Charles Greenlee Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 801 From: Savannah, Ga, U.S. Registered: Jun 2006 posted 04-24-2009 03:10 PM                        One seems more definitive than the other. "Not all hammers are created equal." makes you wonder "how?", where as the first statment invokes more acceptance. You just think "ok". It also affects your mental scope, or what part of the sentence you're focused on. Take the phrase "Each and every...." My Aunt hates it. She say's it's redundant. Maybe, but consider the connotation of the words. Every - encompasses all options, includes all. But connotes no individuality within the group" Each - Implies individual inclusion amongst the members in the group. So to say that "I'm going to paint each and every car I see" connotes that I am going to pain all of the cars that I happen upon, but with specific detail to each. Still may be somewhat redundant, but the difference is in connotation rather than literal meaning.  |  IP: Logged

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