Holiday code...and what it says on their site now :(

[Jenzebelle]

I didn't take advantage of the code yesterday because I needed to keep my Visa clear for other uses this week.
I don't begrudge anyone else for using it. If you were able to purchase more than you normally would and your kids will have an even nicer holiday because of the deals you got, then all the power to you.

To tell people that they are stealing is awfully judgemental and quite frankly none of your business.

And as far as being the reason why TDS employees won't get a raise. Well, there are LOTS of us not getting raises this year and haven't for quite a while. To try and make people here feel responsible if TDS employees don't get a raise is pretty low. There is, afterall, a recession going on.

 

[aahmom1]

I didn't use the code, but I can tell you if Disney only wanted you to use if for one purchase they would have made it impossible to use it more than once. These aren't dummies we're dealing with. They have an entire crew of lawyers that look over ever tiny detail to make sure they don't lose money. For any person to act like others were stealing from Disney is just ludicrous.

 

[AZ JazzyJ]

Originally posted by DocRafiki
Irregardless is a double-negative. It is a one-word grammatical error! The last line of your quote says to use "regardless."

Sorry, one of my biggest grammar/spelling pet peeves.


As for the code, I felt dishonest using it. But, I will leave it up to Disney whether or not they want to honor it, and I won't get mad if they don't.

What's up Doc? I here ya on that grammer n' spelling stuff. Ain't nothin worse then when peoples use the wrong words to get there point across.

Personally, I try not to use irregardless unless I want people to hear what I am saying. That must be why they put an "ear" sound at the beginning, you think? Hey I am curious, what kind of pet do you have that peeves grammar and spelling? Please tell me it isn't a "bee". that would just be odd. Unless of course you had two of them, then it would be even I guess.

In closing, I leave you with the immortal (not to be confused with immoral or mortal which both sound very similar but aren't the words I want want to use in this context) words of Simon and Garfunkel:

Don't know much about history
Don't know much about biology
Don't know much about science books (I am curious, would conscience be scientists gone bad?)
Don't know much about the French I took (I am assuming here he was talking about a class and not an actual person)
But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you loved me too (note the extra "o", you gotta love a guy with enough money to buy an extra vowel)
What a wonderful world this would be


Jeff

 

[RoutemanDan]

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Too funny Jeff!

 

[Patrick IL.]

Jeff!!!

 

[SonjaB]

Jeff!

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

Originally posted by browneyes
No, I meant irregardless.

then you ignored the sage advice of your own dictionary -- "irregardless" is not a proper word.

 

[AZ JazzyJ]

Originally posted by Briar Rose 7457
then you ignored the sage advice of your own dictionary -- "irregardless" is not a proper word.

I am curious would sage advice come from a sage bush? Do different species of flora (not the place your feet go Briar Rose, this is a fancy word for plant) advise each other? Like would a rose ask a sage to conjugate verbs? (Don't worry, that sounds worse than it really is. It is relatively painless unless you are speaking French which contains some verbs that will tie your tongue in knots requiring you to visit the clinique. So unless you are a professional, kids don't try this at home.) I was wondering if by proper you were implying the mathematical definition, you know "Of or relating to a subset of a given set when the set has at least one element not in the subset." If that was the definition you were using, I would just further clarify that the subset of a given set is only applicable if the subset of the set is defined at sunset. Otherwise, it is irproper to use that word. Oh wait, I meant improper which is kind of a funny word don't you think? It almost looks like "I'm proper" but if you say it that way in English class, it makes people snort milk out their noses. Life would be so much easier if we went back to grunting like cave men and women, don't you think?

Jeff

 

[glo]

Originally posted by browneyes
The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose.

BR..I think you should read the definition again....

LOL...Jeff!!!

 

[kejoda]

Are we done beating the dead mouse yet?

(Go ahead and flame me I'm in Minnesota and I'm cold!!!!!!!!)

 

[AZ JazzyJ]

Originally posted by kejoda
(Go ahead and flame me I'm in Minnesota and I'm cold!!!!!!!!)

I dunno, can I use a flaming bush?

Jeff

 

[kejoda]

All our flaming bushes here have lost their leaves so how will that get me warm?

 

[EROS]

I used to think that morality "counted" and that:

CRIME DOESN'T PAY

Then BILL CLINTON made me see the light of day .......

 

[Nikole]

LOL Jeff! you crack me up!

Amazing that with all the spelling and grammatical errors I see on the DIS daily........that 1) other's feel they have the right to point it out because I'm sure they never made any and 2) that a bunch of different people all jump on this one thread instead of the other few thousand.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Originally posted by Nikole
Amazing that with all the spelling and grammatical errors I see on the DIS daily........that 1) other's feel they have the right to point it out because I'm sure they never made any

Exactly.

What I'd dash off in a post on a BB isn't exactly what I'd write in a term paper (which, thankfully, I don't have to do anymore now that I'm lucky enough to be in my 40's).

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

Originally posted by glo
BR..I think you should read the definition again....

LOL...Jeff!!!

And so should Browneyes. The word is a bast*rdization of English and should not be used. Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. It truly irritates me when people use it instead of the proper choices, "regardless" or "irrespective."

By the way:

sage

\Sage\, a. [Compar. Sager; superl. Sagest.] [F., fr. L. sapius (only in nesapius unwise, foolish), fr. sapere to be wise; perhaps akin to E. sap. Cf. Savor, Sapient, Insipid.] 1. Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.

All you sage counselors, hence! --Shak.

2. Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.

Commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counseled the general to retreat. --Milton.

3. Grave; serious; solemn. [R.] ``[Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.'' --Milton.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


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[Planogirl]

Originally posted by AZ JazzyJ
I am curious would sage advice come from a sage bush? Do different species of flora (not the place your feet go Briar Rose, this is a fancy word for plant) advise each other? Like would a rose ask a sage to conjugate verbs? (Don't worry, that sounds worse than it really is. It is relatively painless unless you are speaking French which contains some verbs that will tie your tongue in knots requiring you to visit the clinique. So unless you are a professional, kids don't try this at home.) I was wondering if by proper you were implying the mathematical definition, you know "Of or relating to a subset of a given set when the set has at least one element not in the subset." If that was the definition you were using, I would just further clarify that the subset of a given set is only applicable if the subset of the set is defined at sunset. Otherwise, it is irproper to use that word. Oh wait, I meant improper which is kind of a funny word don't you think? It almost looks like "I'm proper" but if you say it that way in English class, it makes people snort milk out their noses. Life would be so much easier if we went back to grunting like cave men and women, don't you think?

Jeff

LOL Jeff. You certainly put a grammatical error in perspective. Irregardless of what others think. (Sorry, I just couldn't resist regardless of possible flames. )

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

It would be funny if I actually made an error. I did not.

 

[JohnTBap]

Originally posted by AZ JazzyJ
but if you say it that way in English class, it makes people snort milk out their noses.

WAIT just a ding-dong minute. I am an English teacher (among other subjects) and there is NO drinking of milk in MY class.

 

[MeanLaureen]

No, looks pretty darn funny to me!