Sam sent me this. It is a refreshing break from politics.
Lovers of the English language might enjoy this......How do non-natives ever learn all the nuances of English???
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is 'UP'.
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 and we use it to brighten 'UP' a room, polish 'UP' the silver, we warm 'UP' the leftovers and clean 'UP' the kitchen. We lock 'UP' the house and some guys fix 'UP' the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir 'UP' trouble, line 'UP' for tickets, work 'UP' an appetite, and think 'UP' excuses, and tidy 'UP' the place.
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 the word 'UP' in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes 'UP' almost 1/4 of the page and can add 'UP'.
If you are 'UP' to it, 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, it wets 'UP' the earth.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry 'UP' .
... and then there's the potty-mouth that finds many ways to 'UP' the ante, and use nasty words....but I won't screw- 'UP' a clean joke!!
One could go on & on, but I'll wrap it 'UP' for now my time is 'UP' , so ....
Time to shut 'UP' ....!
Oh...one more thing:!
What is the first thing you do in the morning &; the last thing you do at night?
'U P'
I am glad I didn't mess 'UP' this post - I would have to clean it UP'. --- I wonder who thought all this UP'?
Hugs, j
1 comment:
That was interesting. I had never thought of it but that little tiny word does carry a big load of meanings, doesn't it?
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