And Chess

Originally posted by stocken
😉😳😲😛

Translation:

Heh heh, I'm such a joker. But wait, what if this isn't funny and I look silly? Would everyone hate me then?! Ah, f--k 'em, who cares...

Originally posted by stocken
No! 😠

I want my smileys. And I'm gonna keep posting unintelligible smiley stuff
until I get them, damnit! 🙁


😉😳😲😛

You should marry widget.

Originally posted by darvlay
Ah, f--k 'em, who cares...

Got that right. 😏

Originally posted by Nordlys
You should marry widget.

Ok, since you ask for an intelligible explanation (you know you did) I'll
explain it. You posted this 🙄 in response to "role my eyes", and I posted
this 😲 (your expression everytime you see something you're not used to),
in response to "I'm not used to", or something like that.

Now, if we had the proper smiley, I wouldn't have to explain my posting. 😞

😀😉😛 (F''k'em! Who cares...)

"Stocken, because you never know when you need it."

Originally posted by stocken
Ok, since you ask for an intelligible explanation (you know you did) I'll
explain it. You posted this 🙄 in response to "role my eyes", and I posted
this 😲 (your expression everytime you see something you're not used to),
in response to "I'm not used to", or something like that.

Now, if we had the proper smiley, I wouldn't have to explain my postin ...[text shortened]... 😉😛 (F''k'em! Who cares...)

"Stocken, because you never know when you need it."

Ah. But my smiley was rolling its eyes because of your spelling, so I thought your smiley was shocked about some mistake, too.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Ah. But my smiley was rolling its eyes because of your spelling, so I thought your smiley was shocked about some mistake, too.

😳

How embarrassing. As usual, I totally missed the point. And I thought my
IQ had improved in the last year or so. Seems it's never going to happen.
😞:'(

Originally posted by stocken
😳

How embarrassing. As usual, I totally missed the point. And I thought my
IQ had improved in the last year or so. Seems it's never going to happen.
😞:'(

Your spelling is still better than that of half of the native speakers here. I also don't think there's much of a correlation between spelling and intelligence. So cheer up! 🙂

Originally posted by Nordlys
That's why I said it wouldn't be the same... When I said "I use to", I meant to use the present tense of "I used to", which turns out not to exist. So "I am in the habit of" or "I usually ..." is the same as "I use to" would be if it would exist, i.e. it's the same as "I used to", only in present tense.

Permit me to further complicate your dilemma. The verb use is used in the past tense with an infinitive to indicate a past condition or habitual practice: We used to play chess. When do occurs with this form of use in negative statements and in questions, use to is correct: You didn't use to be such a risk taker, or Didn't she use to play chess? Although it's incorrect to write "I use to," we commonly say it that way because of the proximity of the consonants d and t. Conversationally, you were in the ballpark.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Permit me to further complicate your dilemma. The verb use is used in the past tense with an infinitive to indicate a past condition or habitual practice: We used to play chess. When do occurs with this form of use in negative statements and in questions, use to is correct: You didn't use to be such a risk taker or Didn't she use to play chess?

Well, of course. That's just the normal way to express the negative past tense.

Although it's incorrect to write "I use to," we commonly say it that way because of the proximity of the consonants d and t. Conversationally, you were in the ballpark.

No, because that was not what I meant.

Originally posted by Nordlys

Although it's incorrect to write "I use to," we commonly say it that way because of the proximity of the consonants d and t. Conversationally, you were in the ballpark.

No, because that was not what I meant.[/b]

"I use to walk up to people..." It's okay to say it that way but not okay to write it that way. What else did you mean?

Originally posted by HandyAndy
"I use to walk up to people..."

I would never say it like that - maybe it's different where you come from but round hereabouts you wouldn't hear it like that.

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I would never say it like that - maybe it's different where you come from but round hereabouts you wouldn't hear it like that.

You must live in a very sophisticated neighborhood. 😉

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I would never say it like that - maybe it's different where you come from but round hereabouts you wouldn't hear it like that.

By the way... I didn't say it like that, Nordlys did.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
By the way... I didn't say it like that, Nordlys did.

😞 If I'd say it, I think there would be little difference between "used to" and "use to", but I would never write or think "use to" when I mean "used to". As I have explained a brazillion times, I didn't mean "used to", but "am in the habit of".

Originally posted by Nordlys
😞 If I'd say it, I think there would be little difference between "used to" and "use to", but I would never write or think "use to" when I mean "used to". As I have explained a brazillion times, I didn't mean "used to", but "am in the habit of".

Of course. Incidentally, Brazillions, since they live south of the equator, are opposite.