We think that's pretty awesome. In our experience, so few people are aware of the word "wont" - some put an apostrophe between the 'n' and the 't' for some bizarre reason - and anyone who not only understands that "wont" is not a contraction but in fact knows what it means is a noteworthy individual indeed.
C- I have been very fortunate with my word-loving men. (Can you see my grin all the way from where you are?)
Anon- I don't think he's the very last -- but they're certainly becoming the minority.
J&J- I giggled a little at your comment because I had briefly fantasized there might be someone looking at my word and thinking, "Well, you spelled it wrong yourself, woman! You left out the apostrophe!"
The thing that really gets my goat is when someone writes, "As is my want..." I have to give up reading those people then because it exacerbates my TMJ... ;-p
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No, you've been out for a while, as is your wont.
Um, er, that's sexy as hell :)
That is fantastic! When I use the word wont, I get a sidelong glance and a "You and your big words."
Admittedly, that's an in-joke. But still.
OMG--i think i'm jealous. BG speaks real English. You must have found the last of a dying race. . .
We think that's pretty awesome. In our experience, so few people are aware of the word "wont" - some put an apostrophe between the 'n' and the 't' for some bizarre reason - and anyone who not only understands that "wont" is not a contraction but in fact knows what it means is a noteworthy individual indeed.
Tom-
Ah, Tom...
You never disappoint me!
(swing, batter, swing!)
;-D
SW-
Welcome!
And yeah, I think so, too... ;-)
C-
I have been very fortunate with my word-loving men.
(Can you see my grin all the way from where you are?)
Anon-
I don't think he's the very last -- but they're certainly becoming the minority.
J&J-
I giggled a little at your comment because I had briefly fantasized there might be someone looking at my word and thinking, "Well, you spelled it wrong yourself, woman! You left out the apostrophe!"
The thing that really gets my goat is when someone writes, "As is my want..." I have to give up reading those people then because it exacerbates my TMJ... ;-p
The thing that really gets my goat is when someone writes, "As is my want..."
Goes along with the people who write "For all intensive purposes."
Hooooboy, yeah!
"vessel virgin"? Another one guaranteed to make my teeth gnash...
NERD!
;p
guilty as charged, I'm afraid...
:-\
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