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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 Login to Reply 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!" Login to Reply 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. Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

Sharon Keely Date: 8/24/2020 7:19:00 PM haha - I always tell my girls I should have named them shoulda, woulda, coulda! Login to Reply 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. Login to Reply Sigrid Ermine Date: 8/25/2020 6:27:00 AM .. Painful start to puberty! You wooda tried to glue it back on!