Conjugating the verb "to dive"

[mstevens]

I failed to mention the non sequitur of the how and why someone would or could "make their paycheck add up."

It's not a non-sequitur. It's an example, and a real-life one at that. If you'll read my post, you'll see that I said "the paycheck," not "their paycheck." For several months I had to deal with an accounting department that could not make my paycheck "add up." It did not equal the proper total. This reflected problems in several areas: somebody's inability to understand my contract in that they omitted a source of income, somebody else's failure to add billable hours properly, and the second person's further inability to compute a percentage. It didn't "add up" to the correct total. It also "didn't add up" in the sense of a common colloquialism meaning that something was suspiciously incorrect.

I accept that you and many may disagree with what I think is sloppy usage. Are you truly unable to grasp that what I meant was that when others use certain forms that I think of as sloppy, I tend to wonder if they're sloppy in areas other than language?

 

[lamont]

I accept that you and many may disagree with what I think is sloppy usage. Are you truly unable to grasp that what I meant was that when others use certain forms that I think of as sloppy, I tend to wonder if they're sloppy in areas other than language?

so... in addition to not knowing anything beyond simple math, you're also bad at logic?

 

[mstevens]

so... in addition to not knowing anything beyond simple math, you're also bad at logic?

I see that you're now having to resort to ad hominem attacks to shore up whatever argument it is you're trying to make. As far as I can tell, that argument is that "dove" is the past tense of "to dive." If that's the case, then you've managed to get yourself worked up considerably beyond what's reasonable in this instance. Perhaps, when you're calmer, you may want to review the thread and see if you still interpret my postings as saying what you seem to think they do. Perhaps not.

In any event, please feel free to view yourself as the "winner" of this exchange. It clearly means more to you than to me.

 

[WarmWaterDiver]

And thus we see why Latin is a dead language - failure to be adaptable. Good thing us 'mercans don't cotton to not adapting.

 

[wardric]

And Good thing us 'mercans don't cotton to not adapting.

now where did I put my Lusyanna-English dictionary...

 

[WarmWaterDiver]

Cher, ain't no such t'ing now! A'int yet no telephone menu with a dial number choose for Cajun . . .

 

[TeddyDiver]

And thus we see why Latin is a dead language - failure to be adaptable.

Dead wrong you are!:no
Where you think spanish, portuquese, italy, french, katalan, reto-roman, provence and romania came from (there might be some more)? They adapted from Latin!

 

[Mo2vation]

"Diven" is still my fav corruption of the word.

Pronounced by the cluless as 'DIV-in

Its priceless.

---
Ken

 

[lucybuykx]

"dove" is a soap bar

"dove" is a chocolate coated icecream lolly

So I get confused when folks say "I dove", but hey its two nations divided by a common language. I've introduced another above. Our Australian dive buddies call all sweets lollys even if they don't have a stick in them. To clarify, a Dove bar has a stick in it which is why I call it a lolly.

Oh h*ll, sweet (English) = candy (Amercian) = lolly (Australian). Now look what you have started!

 

[Digger54]

We'll I certainly started a lively discussion that has somewhat deviated from scuba and in part had deteriorated into the hurling of insults .

But... It has been educational. And fun.

A dove is a bird, indeed.

I notice that a lot of people nationwide have lockjaw when it comes to using the word "saw" for anything other than a toothed device used to cut or shape materials. Living here in tornado alley the media invariably seeks out some toothless yokel to comment on the weather event and they will comment on how they, "seen Bubba's trailer just blow away." I suppose they think that if they said they "saw Bubba's trailer" someone might conclude that they were confessing to vandalizing Bubba's residence with a power tool.

Do we need to move this to somewhere besides, "Basic Scuba Discussions" Mr. Moderator??

And thanks for the Klingon quote, "It is a good day to dive!" I might just have to steal that idea and use it in my signature line.