FSM Aircraft ID Quiz #7

Hell, I have a big laugh when I read the Buffalo Snooze. You'd think, of all people, that journalists would have consistently better written language skills than most. Nuh-uh...

Everywhere I look people can't spell. Oh well, I suppose I've got more pressing issues to worry about!


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QUOTE: Originally posted by Pixilater Blackwolf, I just got a headache reading (trying to read?) that post. Makes me wonder how the people who read the mail for the "Jerry Springer Show" cope. Sedatives, maybe

There's a difference between Anguish and English. Try going to grad school for two years and being paired up with hard-core engineers and foreigners. That's all I did. Translate Anguish to English. You'd think in higher education environments people would know how to write. Well, actually they are just really good at taking multiple choice tests.

So you see Pix, it ain't just the Jerry Springer types. It's our future Research and Development scientists, political leaders, and business managers. If that's not scarry I don't know what is.

This was, by far, the most active of the quizzes. Got a bit tough to keep track of sometimes, but here goes...

We had a total of twenty-nine replies with twenty being correct. (I mistakenly put the figure at 22, but after a recount it came to 20) Those who got it right:

Eagle334
Pixilater
AJACKETSFAN
shrikes
Quagmyre
midnightprowler
boybuddho
maddafinga
salbando
qmiester
Butz
wayne baker
GARYSCHURR
Dai Jones
Robertomoe
djmodels1999
albertsponson
Wild Bill Kelso
Keyworth
philp


We also had a number of replies on the golfer. Eighteen, to be exact, with nine being correct. The nine:

Pixilater
AJACKETSFAN
boybuddho
qmiester
Butz
wayne baker
Wild Bill Kelso
Keyworth
philp


The answers?

I wasn't being too picky and would have accepted any of the following, or any combination thereof, for the helo:

Sikorsky S-51
R-5
H-5
HO2S
HO3S
Dragonfly

As to the golfer, unfortunately someone posted the correct answer in the thread! (and subsequently removed it by request - THANK YOU AGAIN!) So I can only take everyone's word for this one! LOL

Although the majority of the replies were made before the answer was posted.

Anyhoo, who is it?

Jack Benny Famous star of stage, screen, radio and who only charges 25¢ to do a load of laundry...

This one turned out differently than I had thought it would, but 'tis good! I guess I'll have to come up with something a bit tougher on the next quiz...


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Stinger- Blackwolf,
I am rolling!!!!!

So, what's the answer to the quiz? I'm dying to know who that golfer is!!

Great guys.
Americans trying to teach each other English. It's too funny for words especialy as English and American are realy two different languages! (Australian is also).
Also I have some photos of some unusual aircraft that I would like to send you for use in the quiz. How do i do it?
Dai

QUOTE: Originally posted by blackwolfscd BTW, I gots a swell f/A-18 Honet model yuo might want stinger its got a real cool paintjob and lota rockets for blowing stuff up (or down) it in real good shaoe too only a little crunched on the corner boxend and most parts are off the sproos but its al there and got nice stickers which yyou can put on only asking $45 plus $10 shipping will except payPal and cashj ONLY NO ACCEPTIONS NO BIDS if under 10 fedback and no bids if not from midWest again. NO EXCPEYIONS thanx 4 looking good luck Fade to Black...

Ya know, Blakwoof, I been a lookin fer somthin like that. Thenk you for lettin me no about it. duz it come in a sealed bagy?mary Sue says she needs a nu zipperlok bag for to put my lunchin. i wuz wondrin? If'in i wuz to win it, would ya mind spreddin the paymnts out a bit? weer havin a tufff wintre heer, butt i wood relly like to hav thaat plain. may bee that i cud aks 1 of my pals to pay you like y'all sed. and hay! could you put 1 of them mints in the box like alot of othern's says they dew? mary sue relly lik's em.
tanks, stingre

hehe...

BTW, Pix, the 262's are on their way as of yesterday. I got them out later than I intended, my apologies.

To the fellas who deleted or edited their posts upon request:

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

I hope I didn't come off like a jerk, I was just a little incredulous, is all!


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Blackwolf, I just got a headache reading (trying to read?) that post. Makes me wonder how the people who read the mail for the "Jerry Springer Show" cope. Sedatives, maybe

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...that is too funny!

Dan

Well, maybe that is going a little too far...

BTW, I gots a swell f/A-18 Honet model yuo might want stinger its got a real cool paintjob and lota rockets for blowing stuff up (or down) it in real good shaoe too only a little crunched on the corner boxend and most parts are off the sproos but its al there and got nice stickers which yyou can put on only asking $45 plus $10 shipping will except payPal and cashj ONLY NO ACCEPTIONS NO BIDS if under 10 fedback and no bids if not from midWest again. NO EXCPEYIONS thanx 4 looking good luck




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I just thought about something else.....

I choose who I buy from on eBay by the grammer and spelling they use, and the way they generally present themselves and their item for sale.

Am I too picky here?

stinger

WHOA!!! Does poor grammer and bad spelling ever get me going??!!

How about when people say "other then", rather than, "other than".

Too many people just repeat what they think they heard, instead of what the words truly mean.

Maybe I'm that way because I had the best looking Creative Writing teacher on the planet when I was in High School, and boy did I ever want to please her.
She taught me many things, and one of them was the importance of good grammer and spelling (and of course,creativity).

stinger

'it's', with an apostrophe, is a contracted pronoun, ie; a contraction of the words 'it is' or 'it has'

example: "Man, this thread is taking a turn for the surreal, it's getting pretty funky..."


'its', without an apostrophe, is a possessive pronoun

example: "Man, silliness is rearing its ugly head in this thread..."

It's sometimes easy to get these mixed up, I do it all the time.


As to the caption pix, that was kind of an impulse on my part. Found that photo and had to do it. I guess I can look for more, though...


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It's is a contraction of it is, that's the only time you use the ' . Another one that really gets my goat is when people say seen, eg, "I seen him the other day." I don't mind a typo at all, I make them too, frequently, but I'm pretty anal retentive about language.

P.S. you have anymore creative captions pix lying around?????

I can't get too peaved... I spell horribley. Although sometimes they are just typos...

OK steve-o when is it : it's
and when is it : its
for the life of me I can't remember which is which.

That's one of my peeves too, 'irregardless' always struck me as being a confusion between the words 'regardless' and 'irrespective'.

Sooooo...... I did a def-search on this word (lord knows why) and I found that I may have, indeed, had the right idea:

Main Entry: ir·re·gard·less
Pronunciation: "ir-i-'gärd-l&s
Function: adverb
Etymology: probably blend of irrespective and regardless
Date: circa 1912
nonstandard : REGARDLESS
usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. 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. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.

So me thinks that it's a case of a word which ain't a word in the dictionary, but which is used in common everyday speech by those who just don't know that it ain't a word, eventually being put into the dictionary 'cuz it's used too dang much and there's no other choice. Kinda like the word 'ain't'... one of my English teachers used to yell at kids, "AIN'T AIN'T A WORD!!" But, in fact, like 'irregardless', it's been used so much that it eventually got into the dictionary and 'officially' became a word...

Main Entry: ain't
Pronunciation: 'Ant
Etymology: contraction of are not
Date: 1778
1 : am not : are not : is not
2 : have not : has not
3 : do not : does not : did not — used in some varieties of Black English
usage Although widely disapproved as nonstandard and more common in the habitual speech of the less educated, ain't in senses 1 and 2 is flourishing in American English. It is used in both speech and writing to catch attention and to gain emphasis <the wackiness of movies, once so deliciously amusing, ain't funny anymore —Richard Schickel> <I am telling you-there ain't going to be any blackmail —R. M. Nixon>. It is used especially in journalistic prose as part of a consistently informal style <the creative process ain't easy —Mike Royko>. This informal ain't is commonly distinguished from habitual ain't by its frequent occurrence in fixed constructions and phrases <well-class it ain't —Cleveland Amory> <for money? say it ain't so, Jimmy! —Andy Rooney> <you ain't seen nothing yet> <that ain't hay> <two out of three ain't bad> <if it ain't broke, don't fix it>. In fiction ain't is used for purposes of characterization; in familiar correspondence it tends to be the mark of a warm personal friendship. It is also used for metrical reasons in popular songs <Ain't She Sweet> <It Ain't Necessarily So>. Our evidence shows British use to be much the same as American.

Once again, I have NO clue as to why I'm about to post this information. I guess I'm just freakin' bored!


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A few of my language peeves are their and there being used interchangeably, as well as to and too. The one thing that really sends me over the edge though is when people say "irreguardless." If you think about that it just doesn't make any sense, like a wookie living on Endor. English would be a very confusing language to learn, plenty of irregular verbs and hominyms and synonyms. Why do we look at our watch and say 3 o'clock. If a clock is on the wall, wouldn't it be 3 o'watch when you get the time from your wrist? There are tons of things like that.

QUOTE: Originally posted by AJACKETSFAN what about: their, they're, there....

Further proof!

Congrats, dude, you spelled 'em correctly, too! All too often I see such bad grammar/spelling etc... makes me wanna hurl.

But, with a language like ours I suppose people are bound to be confused. (I always found it rather easy, actually...)

Anyhoo how 'bout some more homonyms:

sea - see

too - to- two

deer - dear

whether - weather

weak - week

threw - through

sense - cents

principle - principal

Then there's words which are spelled the same but sound different, and some of these have other words which sound the same but are spelled differently:..

Why'n'hell'm I writing this?


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"Golf is a good walk wasted."

Mark Twain

Many a golfer yells "Fore!", takes six, and writes down five.

Gip Winecoff

By the way Wild Bill, I love your signature pic! That's a great movie!

what about:
their, they're, there....

for, fore, four...

Tell me that the English language ain't screwy!?! I wish Deutsch was my native tongue...


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With me it's usually four,five,six.......
Dai

I think it's FORE...

Man, I need to get me one'a them there golf carts.

FOUR!

hahahahahahaha...good one, Adam

Dan