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reading books to each other is an amazing pastime.
My wife got cataract surgery years ago and they kind of botched it, so she could see for some time. She couldn't watch videos/TV, browse the web, or anything like that, and it was pretty terrible for her. She asked me to read to her, so it became a daily thing. It was pretty neat, I have to admit, though it sure did make me hyper aware of my pronunciation and stuff.
Until its me where my fiancée always wants me to read to her while she falls asleep but I CANT RED OUTLOUD AND UNDERSTAND WHATS GOING ON AND SHE INTERRUPTS ME WOTH "HUH? WHOS THAT? WHY DID SHE DO THAT? WAS THIS WRITTEN BY A MAN??"
William Gaddis, The Recognitions, has been a trip so far
Although I recommend it, It is obvious it isn't for everyone.
I'm sure your fiancée appreciated it.
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Read? .... what kind of pervert are you?
Corps, core and corpse
Anything containing "ough"
Tough bluff dough though.
this is bait
Political trolls
My issues prevent me from being able to read allowed without sounding stupid. But otherwise I read a few books a week, so are we sure this is evidence?
I don't believe you. Post a video.
Lol, pass
Send me a picture of you wearing mom jeans.
..."aren't". What's "ain't" a contraction of, exactly?
I agree with the sentiment though.
AI not. Ain't.
Snicker. :)
In fairness they never said they ain't stupid, they want to know if who they're messaging isn't stupid.
"Ain't" is okay, but I only use it in quotes, that is, when quoting a character. Formal writing should not include slang, unless quoting.
But this is not formal writing, so "ain't" is acceptable. It's not improper word use like "loose" for "lose", or "you're" when "your" is correct based on context. It's like writing "gonna" instead of "going to". Or "y'all", instead of "all of you", because we don't have a plural pronoun for "you".
Ain't is just a shifted dialectal pronunciation of aren't
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ain%27t
Also relevant to the topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Third_New_International_Dictionary#Treatment_of_the_contraction_'Ain't'
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