Topic: the word UP
Duffy's photo
Wed 05/13/09 12:37 PM
Subject: Fw: IF YOU ARE
Lovers of the English language enjoy this. It is an example of why people learning English have trouble. Learning the nuances of English makes it a difficult language.


This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is 'UP.' It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].


It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends and we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has a real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.

And this up is confusing:
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UPabout UP !

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP , look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets UP the earth. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on & on, but I'll wrap it UP , for now ........my time is UP
Oh...one more thing:
What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night?

U P

Don't screw up. Send this on to everyone you look up in your address book.

Now I'll shut up







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Wed 05/13/09 12:39 PM
whats the spanish word for up crazysillygirl?

lilith401's photo
Wed 05/13/09 12:40 PM
Duffy.... hit the light on your way out. laugh

That's what my mom always said....

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Wed 05/13/09 12:42 PM

Duffy.... hit the light on your way out. laugh

That's what my mom always said....
hey girlfriend where have you been?

lilith401's photo
Wed 05/13/09 12:43 PM
Working.... good thing I love my job!

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Wed 05/13/09 12:46 PM

Working.... good thing I love my job!
ahhh well thats good have a great work week!

Duffy's photo
Thu 05/14/09 02:49 PM
well u guys just know that the light is on and goes all the way to the top...u young whippersnappers.
and if u r going to use mingle2.com for a love relationship please email each other so we don't have to read ur mush. so there.
hit the light when ya go out the door?
um well sillygirl in spanish is something like bruhahhahahaah