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I Coulda, I Shouldn'Ta, But I Woulda

illusion, allusion affect and effect irregardless, regardless precede and proceed alright and all right maybe and may be Can I or May I? Could he? You wanna? -- I'm gonna Didn't you use to Ought you not to I have got to, 'cos I got to You don't gotta, 'cos you don't hafta I coulda, I shouldn'ta, but I woulda snuck or sneaked lotsa stuff like this if I knew how to address you Mrs., Ms., or Miss?

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Judy Ball

Date: 8/25/2020 2:48:00 PM

Hmmmmm I woulda, coulda, shoulda, didn. This one was fun Gershon. God Bless, JB

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/25/2020 8:19:00 PM

Fun in the hot, hot sun! (We shoulda moved to Greenland this summer, eh?!) ~ gw

Jenna Logan

Date: 8/25/2020 8:48:00 AM

I wouldn'ta missed readin' this for nuttin. If I don't respond to ya, next time just say, "Hey you!"

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/25/2020 2:39:00 PM

'Nuttin doin there, Jenna. You will always be 'Your Graciousness, Ms. Jenna Logan, to me. ~ Sir Gershahad, Knight of King Arthur's Round Table (Hey you, pass the pitcher of ale, would ya?!).

Sigrid Ermine

Date: 8/25/2020 6:31:00 AM

.. Yah, you reminded me I needta dig through the grammar book my mother just bought/brought me.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 8/25/2020 2:18:00 AM

Strange how some of these words that get used so often become the norm and eventually end up in the English dictionary. Tom

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 8/24/2020 11:08:00 PM

Hello Gershon ... ain't the English language strange. For somebody learning it must be really confusing - I enjoyed this satire Gershon - Lindsay

Sharon Keely

Date: 8/24/2020 7:19:00 PM

haha - I always tell my girls I should have named them shoulda, woulda, coulda!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/25/2020 2:43:00 PM

You mean that you named them Gotta, Lotta, and Nada?! lol. Thanks, Sharon! :) gw

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/24/2020 6:26:00 PM

Itiseven more confusing when you are unsure if it is Miss or Mister. A barber shaved my head when I was 12 thinking I was a boy.

Sigrid Ermine
Date: 8/25/2020 6:27:00 AM

.. Painful start to puberty! You wooda tried to glue it back on!