if i hear "critical times hard to deal with" in the first five minutes of a talk again i swear im gonna puke on the guy in front of me.
i would love to see today's jdub have to live 200 or 300 years ago. then they'd know critical times!!!!1
Special Dub Words That Make You Go YUK!
by Englishman 83 Replies latest jw friends
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aTHINKING1
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picosito
SUCHLIKE ONES.
Yeah. Another peeve of mine was "these ones." I remember my grammar school teacher ranting and raving about how "this one" is correct, but not "these ones." It should be simply "these."
And Prominent Ones from the platform: "It's not for you and 'I' to decide, brothers." "I" is wrong. The preposition "for" makes it "It's not for you and ME (which means "US") to decide, brothers."
To top it off, WTS has even screwed with Spanish orthography in their "Theocratic Spanish", that came from some Very Obscure Spaniard grammarian (Madrid Bethel explained this to me some time ago, and their rationale was always schizoid and never supported by Spain or Latin-American publications). They insist on using some punctuation features from said grammarian that have NEVER found their way into everyday worldwide acceptable educated Spanish usage, not even in El Pais ( http://www.elpais.es), which WTS has made reference to on numerous occasions. The punctuation changes would be roughly akin to WTS starting to eliminate the apostrophe (') from the "it's" contraction for "it is," simply because they thought it was a cool idea [what the hell business is it of theirs anyway to be screwing with anybody's language?] That's just what they did in Spanish, being the only entity in the whole world that is screwing with Spanish punctuation.
Nerve? Mindless idiocy? Colossal stupidity??? Why not!!!
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Francois
"Arrangement" is totally overused.
One of my favorites is "stimulatingly" If the word doesn't exist, just make it up.
And I always did hate "undeserved kindness" it would kill 'em to say "grace" instead. But think about it. What father would ever think that an act of kindness to his children was "undeserved"? It was just one of those techniques used by the GB to invalidate and demoralise its members.
I say the WTBTS is a cult, and I say fuck 'em.
Francois
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jayhawk1
I don't know if it has been mentioned yet, but
Pioneer Spirit
got on my nerves.
Is this a light saber in my pocket or am I just happy to see you?
"Hand me that whiskey, I need to consult the spirit."-J.F. Rutherford
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Gopher
* Wait on Jehovah (for what --- ??)
* In our lifetime
* Spiritual paradise
* Loving brotherhood
* Independent thinking
* Spiritual aids (as in aids to our growth)
* Voluntary donations
GopherWhy shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) -
Reborn2002
OMG
"Critical times hard to deal with"
I had that phrase tossed in my face so much!
Thanks for bringing back all the reasons I left the Borg!
The true Kingdom of God is located in your heart, not an organization of hypocrites.
www.geocities.com/latinloverchicago/Jason1.html for my new webpage and info!! Im trying to live now!!
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Englishman
I must confess that one of my pet hates was the way that the WT would refer to young people as being "Youths".
The term "Youth" is actually quite derogatory, leastwise it is over here. It goes hand-in hand with "Uncouth" which basically means ill-mannered. The youth was always an "Uncouth Youth", oh yes, youths are always of the male gender in England anyway, there is no way that a lady would ever submit to being described as a "Youth", whatever strange proclivities she may have.
Author Lewis Carrol summed up "Youth" like so:
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You are old, Father William," the young man said,
"And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head -
Do you think, at your age, it is right?""In my youth," Father William replied to his son,
"I feared it might injure the brain;
But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
Why, I do it again and again.""You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before,
And have grown most uncommonly fat;
Yet you turned a back somersault in at the door -
Pray, what is the reason of that?""In my youth," said the sage, as he shook his gray locks,
"I kept all my limbs very supple
By the use of this ointment - one shilling the box -
Allow me to sell you a couple.""You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak
For anything tougher than suet;
Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak -
Pray, how did you manage to do it?""In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law,
And argued each case with my wife;
And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw
Has lasted the rest of my life.""You are old," said the youth; "one would hardly suppose
That your eye was as steady as ever;
Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose -
What made you so awfully clever?""I have answered three questions, and that is enough,"
Said his father; "don't give yourself airs!
Do you think I can listen all day to this stuff?
Be off, or I'll kick you downstairs!Englishman.
..From the scepter'd Isle kept free by 2 fins and 4 Merlins.
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termite 35
I HATE the sentence that begins with...'WHY; blah, blah, blah,then finishes with an exclaimation mark !As if they thought we all spoke that way and would answer 'WHY, of course!'with a happy sickly smug smile at our spiritual understanding.
Also,WORLDLY
BROTHERS AND SISTERS
AUNTIE(i was always 'auntie' to some poor unsuspecting kid who did'nt know who the hell i was; but who had to trust me as i was an 'auntie'i wish parents would'nt do that)
HOW CORRUPT THIS SYSTEM IS...
SATAN'S REALLY TRYING TO STUMBLE YOU IS'NT HE!?(Ar'nt you weak
compared to me)
THIS SYSTEM OF THINGS...
ILLICIT UNIONS
I feel sick now. -
ofcmad
"End Times"
"Sheeplike ones"
"spiritual food"
"at the proper time"
"1914"
"this generation"yada yada... can't stand the lingo.
ofcmad
"Noah was a drunk and look what he accomplished." The Metatron/ Dogma
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closer2fine
"heart condition"
"independent thinking"
closer
Solid stone is just sand and water, baby
Sand and water, and a million years gone by - beth nielsen chapman