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The Soju Hoju



Joined: 29 Nov 2006
Location: Bus 26, 200 yards past Lotteria on the left
PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:43 pm    Post subject: Practice what thy preach!!! Reply with quote
What gives with these checks for fake degrees? We have already submitted our documentation to the intelligentsia hierarchy (immigration)....have things changed since we last handed them over?....it would appear that certain Korean ' professors ' need their documents checked before ours.



Anyone recognise this woman (' Kwangju Bienalle ') found guilty for pretending to have 'degrees which were (eventually) found to be fake and also recently reported to have been photographed naked in someone's house?

I'm tired of being viewed as some immoral, drug taking sexual predator. I never lied about my qualifications, I don't take drugs, get drunk and insight violence and I'm happily married and faithful. Oh and I'm not a paedophile. Are we to believe that Korea doesn't have paedophile's as well as Aids, corruption and prostitution.
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elynnor



Joined: 08 Feb 2006
PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think you mean 'thou' instead of 'thy.' And when using archaic pronouns, please change the verb ending to reflect congruence. 'Practice what thou preachest' would be acceptable.

Learn more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thee

Also, I'm not sure what can be further gleaned by yet ANOTHER thread that whines, "Why do we have to have our degrees checked again? They've already been checked." At this point, you're preaching to the choir, brother.
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
elynnor wrote:
I think you mean 'thou' instead of 'thy.' And when using archaic pronouns, please change the verb ending to reflect congruence. 'Practice what thou preachest' would be acceptable.

Learn more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thee

Also, I'm not sure what can be further gleaned by yet ANOTHER thread that whines, "Why do we have to have our degrees checked again? They've already been checked." At this point, you're preaching to the choir, brother.


Enjoy yourself at parties?
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elynnor



Joined: 08 Feb 2006
PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's not important. The question is, do other people enjoy me at parties?

Laughing

Depends . . . is it a costume party with a Shakespearean-era theme?
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babtangee



Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Location: OMG! Charlie has me surrounded!
PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wouldn't that be "an Elizabethan-era theme"?

Learn more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethan
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whatever



Joined: 11 Jun 2006
Location: Korea: More fun than jail.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:02 am    Post subject: Re: Practice what thy preach!!! Reply with quote
The Soju Hoju wrote:
I don't...insight violence and...


Yes. Please, please don't do that!
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The Soju Hoju



Joined: 29 Nov 2006
Location: Bus 26, 200 yards past Lotteria on the left
PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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At this point, you're preaching to the choir, brother


I think you mean ' preaching to the converted '

' preach to the converted ' to try to persuade people to believe things they already believe. There's no need to tell us about the benefits of recycling. You're preaching to the converted. (usually in continuous tenses).

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/preaching+to+the+converted

Or alternatively for elynnor, We know many ESL teachers in Korea are anal freaks with no life or friends...your preaching to the converted '.



Sorry it's difficult
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elynnor



Joined: 08 Feb 2006
PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
No, I meant "preaching to the choir," not "your[sic] preaching to the converted." http://www.goenglish.com/PreachingToTheChoir.asp

Regardless, my original point, which you have yet to respond to, is summed up nicely by something you so eloquently stated on another thread: Why re-post what people can already read? You braindead freak.

Anyway, thanks for your help.

...As for "anal freaks with no life or friends," well, who's the one dragging this into an egotistical flame war on a Saturday night? Rolling Eyes
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elynnor



Joined: 08 Feb 2006
PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Wouldn't that be "an Elizabethan-era theme"


Hmmm, you may be right. Although it's my understanding that King James (successor to Queen Elizabeth) is credited with helping to preserve the use of archaic prounouns such as thee, thou, thy, and thine.

All this I learned from 15 seconds' worth of checking the Wikipedia link I referenced above.

Quote:
Most modern English speakers encounter "thou" only in the works of Shakespeare and other classical writers, and in the King James Bible.


And speaking of checking facts, it's interesting that "preaching to the choir" and "preaching to the converted" are quoted by Soju Hoju's link as having the EXACT same meaning.

C'mon, boys, it ain't that hard to check your facts. At least it can't be as hard for you as being pwned by a girl.

PS Soju Hoju, I love the irony in the signature line of your PMs:
Quote:
Egotism is the anaesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

That's just awesome! You're making this too easy!
Laughing

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babtangee



Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Location: OMG! Charlie has me surrounded!
PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 5:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
elynnor wrote:


C'mon, boys, it ain't that hard to check your facts. Apparently not as hard as being pwned by a girl.


I was just pointing out to you that there is no "Shakespearean era". You're only pwning yourself. Good to hear you're reading though.
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elynnor



Joined: 08 Feb 2006
PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 5:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I was just pointing out to you that there is no "Shakespearean era".


Touche. Perhaps I should have said, "parties with the theme of the era in which Shakespeare lived," or even, "Shakespeare's era," so as to be more accurate.

However, a quick google search returns results that say both "Shakespearean Era" and "Elizabethan Era." As I previously stated, I believe that the preservation of archaic pronouns in speech was credited to both Shakespeare and King James I, which would mean that it began to fall widely into practice during the Jacobean era, not necessarily the Elizabethan.

But again, you may be right. I'm not an expert. Laughing Happy now?
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whatever



Joined: 11 Jun 2006
Location: Korea: More fun than jail.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Okay, now you've hijacked the thread, thrown down and made up. Can we get on with