Loose = Not Tight

[AvaJoy]

I don't peruse many threads due to time contraints, but apparently spelling and grammar errors run rampant.

When I do post, I pride myself on attempting to use proper grammar, and refrain from the popular abbreviations, i.e. IMHO (gee . . . might you be expressing someone ELSE'S opinion, other than your own?? So unnecessary! )

I do tend to use " . . . " just to convey my continuity of thought; lazy, and probably incorrect, no doubt. And I am also guilty of not paragraphing as I should.

Not everyone has as an ability to express themselves in writing, and I do not dismiss a posting because there are blatant errors.

As long as the heart is in the right place, even if an apostrophe is not, I can overlook and still relate.

This is an informal pet talk forum where all should feel free to contribute as best they can; not English 101.

[Denyce]

I find some words to be just laziness. Prolly is one of them. I detest prolly. I have heard people use it when speaking. Another is "slippy". I heard that horrid word by a newscaster when she was discussing the condition of a parking lot. She said it was SLIPPY. I about choked on my drink.

Denyce

[Killearn Kitties]

I'm not sure that I have ever posted on one of these threads before (although there are a few posting habits that make me grind my teeth) but I had to comment on "slippy". What's wrong with it? I have always said slippy. That has been a perfectly reasonable word to use my whole life. Is it new to you, Denyce? Do you think os it as an abbreviation of slippery?

[Edwina's Secretary]

I'm not sure that I have ever posted on one of these threads before (although there are a few posting habits that make me grind my teeth) but I had to comment on "slippy". What's wrong with it? I have always said slippy. That has been a perfectly reasonable word to use my whole life. Is it new to you, Denyce? Do you think os it as an abbreviation of slippery?

Two countries separated by a common language....

This is the first time in my life I have ever seen (or heard) the word "slippy"!

Does it mean the same as "slippery"?

[JenBKR]

Funny Karen, I always thought that 'slippy' was native to western Pennsylvania. You hear it quite a bit around here. And to those who have never heard it before, it does mean slippery

[Killearn Kitties]

Funny Karen, I always thought that 'slippy' was native to western Pennsylvania.

Perhaps that explains it, since so many Scots settled in Pennsylvania.

[JenBKR]

Perhaps that explains it, since so many Scots settled in Pennsylvania.

I bet you're right - I have a lot of Scotish blood in me. And, there are still lots of other decendants of Scots here too. Funny how something like that would carry over and stick, several hundred years later!