Comments on: Hi! 8. Us? http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/ Cantankerous commentary on what we speak and why we speak it, from Bill Brohaugh Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:11:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hanasu http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2483 Hanasu Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:32:25 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/#comment-2483 Never a moment too soon, huh? Never a moment too soon, huh?

]]> By: TalkTee Team http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2379 TalkTee Team Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:17:59 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/#comment-2379 Speak to us again soon! Speak to us again soon!

]]> By: Karen http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2269 Karen Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:05:18 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/#comment-2269 I have a rough timeframe for "soon," although an end date has not yet been reached. Bill B.: "Let's do lunch soon." That was a year and a half ago. Longer than "soonish," but shorter - so far - than "How about never?" I have a rough timeframe for “soon,” although an end date has not yet been reached.

Bill B.: “Let’s do lunch soon.”

That was a year and a half ago. Longer than “soonish,” but shorter – so far – than “How about never?”

]]> By: Bill Brohaugh http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2243 Bill Brohaugh Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:56:26 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/#comment-2243 I'll respond to that question soon. I’ll respond to that question soon.

]]> By: JohnnyB http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2242 JohnnyB Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:42:14 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/#comment-2242 First topic when this blog returns: discussion of what expectation of time interval "soon" conveys. There will be comparison and contrast between "soon", "relatively soon", "pretty soon", "soonish", "virtually soon", "literally soon", "soon as Hell freezes over" and "How about never? Is never good for you?" First topic when this blog returns: discussion of what expectation of time interval “soon” conveys. There will be comparison and contrast between “soon”, “relatively soon”, “pretty soon”, “soonish”, “virtually soon”, “literally soon”, “soon as Hell freezes over” and “How about never? Is never good for you?”

]]> By: Rob Salsman http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2218 Rob Salsman Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:43:06 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/#comment-2218 Go Johnny go. That was brutally funny. Go Johnny go. That was brutally funny.

]]> By: Bill Brohaugh http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2203 Bill Brohaugh Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:09:00 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/#comment-2203 We could only wish. We could only wish.

]]> By: JohnnyB http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2202 JohnnyB Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:58:47 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2009/02/17/hi-8-us/#comment-2202 Oh. I thought it was how Dot and Ditto, arriving in Heaven, explained their sudden demise. Oh. I thought it was how Dot and Ditto, arriving in Heaven, explained their sudden demise.

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