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Post by revmichael on Jul 9, 2009 7:34:56 GMT
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is "UP."
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, 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 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 shop in the morning, but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about 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 doesn't rain for a while, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so ... Time to shut UP!
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Post by Ena BumDance on Jul 9, 2009 18:58:51 GMT
Well I am very pleased that you have done the cleaning up Rev. Good for you.
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Post by scoo on Jul 9, 2009 21:20:06 GMT
Hi RevMichael, I often feel the same way, when people use the word 'pop'. I say put it in th e oven, they say 'pop' it in the oven. I say "Call in" if you are passing, they say "Pop" in. grrrrrrr
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Post by Ena BumDance on Jul 10, 2009 8:50:29 GMT
Well you could both pop up on thursday. ( I live on a very high hill
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Post by revmichael on Jul 11, 2009 14:27:14 GMT
Well you could both pop up on thursday. ( I live on a very high hill Thank you. I'll lake sure I don't drink too much lemon pop before hand otherwise the strain might make me go off pop!
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Post by Fi on Jul 12, 2009 21:03:03 GMT
"up" is the first word I learned to read. I was so pleased, I shut myself in the toilet while I underlined it wherever it appeared in a gardening book. Prophetic eh? *grins*
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Post by revmichael on Jul 13, 2009 6:56:32 GMT
"up" is the first word I learned to read. I was so pleased, I shut myself in the toilet while I underlined it wherever it appeared in a gardening book. Prophetic eh? *grins* I wonder how many times the word UP occurs in most gardening books. On Weeds - pull them UP After heavy digging - straighten UP After a long bout of boasting about the size of your marrows - shut UP etc.
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Post by Caddi Fuller-Teabags on Jul 13, 2009 17:41:49 GMT
Potting up, earthing up, digging up, and when you see that many weeds, giving up and brewing up!
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Post by revmichael on Jul 14, 2009 6:55:46 GMT
Potting up, earthing up, digging up, and when you see that many weeds, giving up and brewing up! Caddi, You have summed up what I was trying to say. You have me down to a Tea.
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Post by Fi on Jul 14, 2009 11:37:12 GMT
"up" is the first word I learned to read. I was so pleased, I shut myself in the toilet while I underlined it wherever it appeared in a gardening book. Prophetic eh? *grins* I wonder how many times the word UP occurs in most gardening books. On Weeds - pull them UP After heavy digging - straighten UP After a long bout of boasting about the size of your marrows - shut UP etc. Hundreds of times. My mum started worrying after I hadn't come out after 10 minutes - she gave up when I still hadn't after an hour. I think it had dawned on her that she'd found the perfect way to keep a somewhat rowdy, not quite three year old quiet for hours on end. She certainly taught me how to read lots more words afterwards. *grins*
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Post by Ciara Genn on Jul 14, 2009 12:05:37 GMT
Hundreds of times. My mum started worrying after I hadn't come out after 10 minutes - she gave up when I still hadn't after an hour. I think it had dawned on her that she'd found the perfect way to keep a somewhat rowdy, not quite three year old quiet for hours on end. She certainly taught me how to read lots more words afterwards. *grins* LOL - I hadn't read your previous post, read this one and thought it was referring to your birth until I got to the bit about a not-quite three-year-old! The mind boggles!
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Post by Fi on Jul 16, 2009 12:02:12 GMT
LOL! I've retained a few memories from my early years, but not quite as far back as that.
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Post by Ewan O'Rout? on Jul 18, 2009 10:06:00 GMT
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is "UP." 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, 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 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 shop in the morning, but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about 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 doesn't rain for a while, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so ... Time to shut UP! And if we make a mistake, we **** UP. mess
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