"In stead" .eq. "instead"

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Post #149,634 by pwhysall 3/31/04 11:38:15 PM Reply	"In stead" .eq. "instead" Speakers of English For Simpletons may not have happened across this. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #149,672 by mmoffitt 4/1/04 8:52:23 AM Reply	Or those not accustomed to using obsolete forms in modern speech. bcnu, Mikem The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism. - Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"
Post #149,683 by pwhysall 4/1/04 9:48:26 AM Reply	Not necessarily obsolete in Actual English. What you merkins choose to do is up to you :-) Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #149,709 by Ashton 4/1/04 2:18:25 PM Reply	er__________{cackle}___Home Sweet Home Stead
Post #150,079 by mmoffitt 4/5/04 12:02:30 PM Reply	Because. We're in charge of everything. Haven't you been paying attention? I thought you, especially, would know that since your PM is our lap dog. :-D bcnu, Mikem The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism. - Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"

It's a wonder you're alive... - (CRConrad) - (40) - March 30, 2004, 12:36:08 AM EST

Ah, so sorry I missed that - (Nightowl) - (38) - March 30, 2004, 02:07:39 AM EST

NNNGH. - (pwhysall) - (37) - March 30, 2004, 02:32:21 AM EST

Oops - (Nightowl) - (34) - March 30, 2004, 02:42:19 AM EST

It WASN'T EVEN IN the Subject: line, you stupid FUCKING cow! - (CRConrad) - March 30, 2004, 03:05:11 AM EST

Owl, be very forgiving, this one knows not what he doth - (dmarker) - (32) - March 31, 2004, 04:23:06 AM EST

I know EXACTLY what I'm doing, fuckwit. - (CRConrad) - (30) - March 31, 2004, 08:45:46 AM EST

"instead" not "in stead". HTH. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (22) - March 31, 2004, 08:52:56 AM EST

oh shit, duck -NT - (boxley) - (2) - March 31, 2004, 09:30:10 AM EST

Fire in the hole! -NT - (inthane-chan) - March 31, 2004, 10:48:59 AM EST

Wrong simile - (jake123) - March 31, 2004, 10:49:27 AM EST

You really sure on that? I think I've seen both... - (CRConrad) - (18) - March 31, 2004, 03:09:46 PM EST

Goose, as in poke: "Don't goose the testy Swede" -NT - (drewk) - March 31, 2004, 03:11:42 PM EST

From what I remember - (Arkadiy) - (11) - March 31, 2004, 03:39:48 PM EST

If it's good enough for Chaucer, it's good enough for me... - (CRConrad) - (9) - March 31, 2004, 03:54:21 PM EST

Geoffrey Chaucer (ca.1343-1400) - (Arkadiy) - (8) - March 31, 2004, 03:57:57 PM EST

Why would he? - (jake123) - (7) - March 31, 2004, 04:00:55 PM EST

Because it isn't really in our language? - (ben_tilly) - (6) - March 31, 2004, 06:50:49 PM EST

Weird - (jake123) - (5) - April 1, 2004, 12:26:21 AM EST

You wouldn't understand Chaucer speaking it, though - (ben_tilly) - (4) - April 1, 2004, 12:31:16 AM EST

I dunno - (jake123) - April 1, 2004, 12:35:15 AM EST

The Knight's Tale, in "Middle English" - (Ashton) - (2) - April 1, 2004, 05:04:29 AM EST

Of course we can read Middle English, Ash. - (pwhysall) - (1) - April 1, 2004, 06:06:12 AM EST

No dice.. that's Advanced. - (Ashton) - April 1, 2004, 02:16:10 PM EST

No, stead is still a word - (jake123) - March 31, 2004, 03:57:31 PM EST

"In stead" .eq. "instead" - (pwhysall) - (4) - March 31, 2004, 11:38:15 PM EST

Or those not accustomed to using obsolete forms in - (mmoffitt) - (3) - April 1, 2004, 08:52:23 AM EST

Not necessarily obsolete in Actual English. - (pwhysall) - (2) - April 1, 2004, 09:48:26 AM EST

er__________{cackle}___Home Sweet Home Stead -NT - (Ashton) - April 1, 2004, 02:18:25 PM EST

Because. - (mmoffitt) - April 5, 2004, 12:02:30 PM EDT

A definition... - (danreck) - (1) - March 31, 2004, 03:34:32 PM EST

Here ya go: - (CRConrad) - March 31, 2004, 03:49:22 PM EST

A challenge - (dmarker) - (4) - March 31, 2004, 03:45:34 PM EST

Let's see YOU show ANYTHING, first. - (CRConrad) - (3) - March 31, 2004, 04:05:56 PM EST

Stopped your foul mouth for once - (dmarker) - (2) - March 31, 2004, 04:17:39 PM EST

Stalling, stalling, stalling... - (CRConrad) - (1) - April 1, 2004, 01:04:03 AM EST

WTF is this [anti-] Chinese fetish? - (Ashton) - April 1, 2004, 05:34:58 AM EST

I'm always very forgiving, as a rule. - (Nightowl) - March 31, 2004, 10:23:53 PM EST

is the lesbian or the bike black? -NT - (boxley) - (1) - March 30, 2004, 08:33:06 AM EST

you choose :) -NT - (pwhysall) - March 30, 2004, 10:59:33 AM EST

Gads... yew r so californicationious. - (folkert) - March 30, 2004, 09:55:10 AM EST

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