An amazing 2 letter English word.
Jul 3, 2023 12:14:56 #
Going the e-mail rounds. 
An amazing 2 letter English word.
A reminder that one word in the English language that can be a noun, verb, adjective, adverb and preposition.
UP
Read until the end ... you'll laugh.
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, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.
At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UPtrouble, line UPfor tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UPexcuses.
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 UPat night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UPalmost 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, the earth soaks it UP. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap itUP, for now . . . my time is UP!
Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?
U
P !
Did that one crack you UP?
Don't screw UP. Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book . . . or not . . . it's UPto you.
An amazing 2 letter English word.
A reminder that one word in the English language that can be a noun, verb, adjective, adverb and preposition.
UP
Read until the end ... you'll laugh.
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, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.
At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UPtrouble, line UPfor tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UPexcuses.
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 UPat night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UPalmost 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, the earth soaks it UP. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap itUP, for now . . . my time is UP!
Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?
U
P !
Did that one crack you UP?
Don't screw UP. Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book . . . or not . . . it's UPto you.
Jul 3, 2023 12:26:55 #
bcheary wrote:
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And I just thought UP what you forgot to bring UP. Thanks
Bud
Jul 3, 2023 14:44:13 #
BudsOwl wrote:
And I just thought UP what you forgot to bring UP. Thanks
Bud
Bud
Jul 4, 2023 05:38:01 #
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Jul 4, 2023 10:05:04 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
The problem with our use of UP is that most of those phrases would read correctly and be understandable in meaning without using the UP in them.
Stan
Stan
Jul 4, 2023 10:07:53 #
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Jul 4, 2023 14:41:39 #
black mamba wrote:
That's terrific stuff, Brian. Educational to say the least. Thanks for posting it.
My pleasure Tom.
Jul 4, 2023 14:41:56 #
Jul 4, 2023 14:42:23 #
StanMac wrote:
The problem with our use of UP is that most of those phrases would read correctly and be understandable in meaning without using the UP in them.
Stan
Stan
Jul 4, 2023 14:42:39 #
raymondh wrote:
I was going to write a nice reply but . . my
time’s up.😕
time’s up.😕
Jul 4, 2023 14:43:13 #
Schwabo wrote:
I knock you up in the morning. Hope you are not knocked up? Ha Ha
Better be your wife!
Jul 4, 2023 15:15:35 #
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