UP
May 2, 2023 11:17:43 #
charlykilo
Loc: Garden Valley Ca
This is a reminder that one word in the English language can be a noun, verb, adjective, adverb and preposition. UP
Read until the end ..... you will laugh.....
This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is 'UP.' It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n]or[v].
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.
At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.
To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning, but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to the task, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, the earth soaks it UP. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now . . . my time is UP!
Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?
U P !
Did that one crack you UP?
Don't screw UP. Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book...or not... it's UP to you.
Now I'll shut UP!
Read until the end ..... you will laugh.....
This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is 'UP.' It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n]or[v].
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.
At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.
To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning, but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to the task, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, the earth soaks it UP. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now . . . my time is UP!
Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?
U P !
Did that one crack you UP?
Don't screw UP. Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book...or not... it's UP to you.
Now I'll shut UP!
May 2, 2023 11:23:14 #
May 2, 2023 11:41:58 #
charlykilo wrote:
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Well now I am Up on the word Up.
Thanks Charly the nuns should have used this thought to make English class FAR more interesting
May 2, 2023 12:49:40 #
May 2, 2023 12:57:34 #
charlykilo wrote:
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Way UP over my head
May 2, 2023 13:51:13 #
charlykilo wrote:
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All this UP talk I am getting thirsty. Anyone have a 7 UP?
May 2, 2023 14:13:47 #
charlykilo wrote:
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Thanks for the explanations!
After my shoulders and arms got tired, I powered my canoe with an electric trolling motor & I christened her “Up the Creek”…
May 2, 2023 14:33:45 #
Steelhead Mickey wrote:
Thanks for the explanations!
After my shoulders and arms got tired, I powered my canoe with an electric trolling motor & I christened her “Up the Creek”…
After my shoulders and arms got tired, I powered my canoe with an electric trolling motor & I christened her “Up the Creek”…
Don't worry Mick, there is an Upside to this thread.
May 2, 2023 16:33:48 #
Foodfisher
Loc: SO. Cal coast
plumbob wrote:
Don't worry Mick, there is an Upside to this thread.
As in the Gibbs smack? "Upside the head"
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May 3, 2023 10:11:36 #
Steelhead Mickey wrote:
A stinky dyslexic?
For those who might knot get Mickey’s off center & in this case, “backwards” attempt at “humor” - pu…
On second thought, it stunk…
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