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today's horseshit for Rich
richkrt99:
Can anyone explain why the word Grateful is spelled grate instead of great.
I mean grate full has entirely different meaning than great full
ArJunaZ:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Saturday December 14, 2019, 02:00:29 PM Eastern ---Can anyone explain why the word Grateful is spelled grate instead of great.
I mean grate full has entirely different meaning than great full
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Search engine is your friend.
grateful (adj.)
1550s, "pleasing to the mind," also "full of gratitude, disposed to repay favors bestowed," from obsolete adjective grate "agreeable, pleasant," from Latin gratus "pleasing" (from suffixed form of PIE root *gwere- (2) "to favor"). "A most unusual formation" [Weekley]. A rare, irregular case of English using -ful to make an adjective from an adjective (the only other one I can find is direful "characterized by or fraught with something dreadful," 1580s). Related: Gratefully (1540s); gratefulness.
Grateful often expresses the feeling and the readiness to manifest the feeling by acts, even a long time after the rendering of the favor; thankful refers rather to the immediate acknowledgment of the favor by words. [Century Dictionary]
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: ArJunaZ on Saturday December 14, 2019, 02:48:36 PM Eastern ---Search engine is your friend.
grateful (adj.)
1550s, "pleasing to the mind," also "full of gratitude, disposed to repay favors bestowed," from obsolete adjective grate "agreeable, pleasant," from Latin gratus "pleasing" (from suffixed form of PIE root *gwere- (2) "to favor"). "A most unusual formation" [Weekley]. A rare, irregular case of English using -ful to make an adjective from an adjective (the only other one I can find is direful "characterized by or fraught with something dreadful," 1580s). Related: Gratefully (1540s); gratefulness.
Grateful often expresses the feeling and the readiness to manifest the feeling by acts, even a long time after the rendering of the favor; thankful refers rather to the immediate acknowledgment of the favor by words. [Century Dictionary]
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Okay thanks smart guy.
Riddle me this then:
Why does Michael Jordan make more from Nike in one year than ALL the Nike factory workers combined in Malaysia?
ArJunaZ:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Saturday December 14, 2019, 04:03:13 PM Eastern ---
Okay thanks smart guy.
Riddle me this then:
Why does Michael Jordan make more from Nike in one year than ALL the Nike factory workers combined in Malaysia?
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Because he can and because Americans are dumb enough to spend WAY TOO MUCH money on inferior quality shoes made using slave labor.
What percentage of that shoe purchase goes to pay a tall man that can dunk a ball into a net? Sorry, I couldn't stand basketball since I had to photograph it for my high school newspaper. BORING!!
alta:
the last time I paid attention to pro ball was when the round mound of rebound had a chance at championship in Phoenix
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