Is the word "lefts" a real word?? - This is for you Rumble Cat - [Archive] - Cincinnati Bengals Message Boards

neek

04-06-2012, 03:10 PM

After further review, it appears I was wrong. Read halfway down the page, the example you posted on this before is even used.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lefts

I apologize, you aren't nearly as illiterate as I thought you were, thank God. :lol:

I knew it all along buddy.

SunsetBengal

04-06-2012, 03:12 PM

Use it in a sentence?

I put my annoying neighbor to the ground, with a short series of devastating lefts.

CKWI88

04-06-2012, 04:03 PM

Of course it is.

"2 wrongs don't make a right but 3 lefts make a right." Is a classic example.

Steeler Eater

04-06-2012, 04:12 PM

B**** lefts my cookies in the oven too long. Now I'ma lefts you at da gas station. Hears a quarter, call someone who cares.

RumbleCat

04-06-2012, 04:20 PM

You guys are just making fun of me now, I'll start jacking people up with the Who-Dey sword, we'll see what pieces of youse is lefts!

BengalYankee

04-06-2012, 04:23 PM

You guys are just making fun of me now, I'll start jacking people up with the Who-Dey sword, we'll see what pieces of youse is lefts!

Here use this weapon an old r'tarded banned friend of mine gave me.

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff498/mikey3264/smileys/emviolent1.gif

HearUsRoar

04-06-2012, 04:26 PM

Simple question. Feel free to use sentences also.
'Tis

The examples have already been shown, but yes, definitely a word.

RumbleCat

04-06-2012, 04:26 PM

Here use this weapon an old r'tarded banned friend of mine gave me.

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff498/mikey3264/smileys/emviolent1.gif

lol

Did he look like this?

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff498/mikey3264/smileys/funny_kid.gif

neek

04-06-2012, 04:28 PM

Rumble Cat had a sure thing with those 3 hot blondes but he dropped the ball, he's all lefts today.

XenoMorph

04-06-2012, 04:29 PM

Here use this weapon an old r'tarded banned friend of mine gave me.

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff498/mikey3264/smileys/emviolent1.gif

tiger with sword >> than smiley with bullets.

BengalYankee

04-06-2012, 04:32 PM

lol

Did he look like this?

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff498/mikey3264/smileys/funny_kid.gif

Not quite. He was a loose canon and he looked like this when annoyed...

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpwiz11hE11qdf5wn.gif

RumbleCat

04-06-2012, 04:32 PM

Rumble Cat had a sure thing with those 3 hot blondes but he dropped the ball, he's all lefts today.

Okay, I admitted I was wrong! Is it GO TIME? http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff498/mikey3264/smileys/emcharacters23.gif

THEBURG

04-06-2012, 05:29 PM

How about "gots", I hear a lot of young people, using this as a word.

Even my spell check jumped on it. :lol:

Robbie Sharp

04-06-2012, 09:40 PM

Here's one: Fred is so far to the lefts he always thinks he's actually right.:eek:

RumbleCat

04-06-2012, 09:54 PM

Here's one: Fred is so far to the lefts he always thinks he's actually right.:eek:

Oh that's gonna' sting! :lol:

Jason

04-07-2012, 12:43 AM

How about "gots", I hear a lot of young people, using this as a word.

Even my spell check jumped on it. :lol:

I think that it is "got's"... As in "I got's to get it". I could be wrong.

HearUsRoar

04-07-2012, 09:05 AM

How about "gots", I hear a lot of young people, using this as a word.

Even my spell check jumped on it. :lol:

I think that it is "got's"... As in "I got's to get it". I could be wrong.
Neither are a word. "Gots" is slang. I think it usually replaces "have", but it's use is slang.

RumbleCat

04-07-2012, 01:49 PM

Neither are a word. "Gots" is slang. I think it usually replaces "have", but it's use is slang.

Oh sure, flaunt your education in our faces!<_<

CKWI88

04-07-2012, 02:35 PM

Neither are a word. "Gots" is slang. I think it usually replaces "have", but it's use is slang.

This is true. People frequently replace "I have" with "I've got" or "I got." While one could argue for the legitimacy of the latter two in modern English, "gots" (treating the word 'got' as a normal verb and adding the 3rd person s to it) is a colloquialism.

Jason

04-07-2012, 11:53 PM

This is true. People frequently replace "I have" with "I've got" or "I got." While one could argue for the legitimacy of the latter two in modern English, "gots" (treating the word 'got' as a normal verb and adding the 3rd person s to it) is a colloquialism.

Really?

I thought that we were goofing around.

Before I know it someone will tell me that teef does not = teeth.

I got's to go to bed.:ninja:

THEBURG

04-08-2012, 10:45 AM

Oh sure, flaunt your education in our faces!<_<

I'll roll with it, until something better comes along. :lol:

THEBURG

04-08-2012, 10:46 AM

Really?

I thought that we were goofing around.

Before I know it someone will tell me that teef does not = teeth.

I got's to go to bed.:ninja:

CHA-CHING, GOOD ONE!:denny::lol:

XenoMorph

04-09-2012, 11:18 AM

I think that it is "got's"... As in "I got's to get it". I could be wrong.

yeah but that translates to I Got is to get it

I would say Gots' ?

i think the the slang of Gots... actually means

Have got

HearUsRoar

04-09-2012, 02:57 PM

yeah but that translates to I Got is to get it

I would say Gots' ?

i think the the slang of Gots... actually means

Have got
Even then it's improper.

The word 'got' is not needed after 'have'. Any phrase using "have got" can/should be shortened to just "have". "I have got two computers in my house" should be "I have two compluters in my house".

XenoMorph

04-09-2012, 03:10 PM

HearUsRoar

04-09-2012, 03:15 PM

no Uz Gotz 2s CPU's N Da House

man i feel dumb for typing that. couple more wasted brain cells
:lol:

That is also acceptable.

CKWI88

04-09-2012, 04:18 PM

Even then it's improper.

The word 'got' is not needed after 'have'. Any phrase using "have got" can/should be shortened to just "have". "I have got two computers in my house" should be "I have two compluters in my house".

'Improper' might not exactly be the correct word here.

'Got' is the participle of 'get,' so you're really using the present perfect to talk about an event in the past that has some sort of influence on the present. In this case the acquiring of 2 computers.

I'd say it's just a different way of saying the same thing, tomatoe tomatoh kinda deal. At worst a little redundant.

......and you know something is wrong when I'm delaying preparing lesson plans for English classes in Brazil by talking about English grammar on an American Football Message Board. Yeesh.....

HearUsRoar

04-09-2012, 04:35 PM

'Improper' might not exactly be the correct word here.

'Got' is the participle of 'get,' so you're really using the present perfect to talk about an event in the past that has some sort of influence on the present. In this case the acquiring of 2 computers.

I'd say it's just a different way of saying the same thing, tomatoe tomatoh kinda deal. At worst a little redundant.

......and you know something is wrong when I'm delaying preparing lesson plans for English classes in Brazil by talking about English grammar on an American Football Message Board. Yeesh.....
But 'got' and 'have' are two different ideas. 'Got' or 'get' means "to gain possession of" while 'have' means "to hold or maintain as a possession".

"I got two computers" implies you acquired possession of them.

"I have two computers" implies you currently maintain possession of them.

They are slightly different and using them together certainly seems improper imo.

XenoMorph

04-09-2012, 04:50 PM

'Improper' might not exactly be the correct word here.

'Got' is the participle of 'get,' so you're really using the present perfect to talk about an event in the past that has some sort of influence on the present. In this case the acquiring of 2 computers.

I'd say it's just a different way of saying the same thing, tomatoe tomatoh kinda deal. At worst a little redundant.

......and you know something is wrong when I'm delaying preparing lesson plans for English classes in Brazil by talking about English grammar on an American Football Message Board. Yeesh.....

they dont teach english in america....

not well at least.
these kids gots to get edumacated.

CKWI88

04-09-2012, 04:57 PM

But 'got' and 'have' are two different ideas. 'Got' or 'get' means "to gain possession of" while 'have' means "to hold or maintain as a possession".

"I got two computers" implies you acquired possession of them.

"I have two computers" implies you currently maintain possession of them.

They are slightly different and using them together certainly seems improper imo.

"have got" is a compound verb (aka our 'present perfect tense'): Auxilary verb have + past participle meaning that some time in the past you 'got' them, and usually (depending on context) currently 'have' them.

Again, same difference sort of deal I think

CKWI88

04-09-2012, 04:59 PM

they dont teach english in america....

not well at least.
these kids gots to get edumacated.

It is actually amazing how much more I have learned about the English language since becoming an English teacher. Made me feel like English class in high school taught me nothing grammar-wise. Seriously, like when to use hyphens, the precise differences between the tenses. Nothing that you really HAVE to know, but it's amazing how deep language can be.

XenoMorph

04-09-2012, 05:05 PM

It is actually amazing how much more I have learned about the English language since becoming an English teacher. Made me feel like English class in high school taught me nothing grammar-wise. Seriously, like when to use hyphens, the precise differences between the tenses. Nothing that you really HAVE to know, but it's amazing how deep language can be.

Yeah and our language is the 2nd hardest to learn in the world if I am remembering that correctly. And only behind the chinese and Their symbols.

Because so many words and so many languages all mixed in to form our slang and every day uses over the orginal use for a word.

someone learning today has to know what the word means in a dictionary isnt exactly what it means when used in different context's etc.

Texting started the bad grammar trend imo.

CKWI88

04-09-2012, 05:15 PM

Yeah and our language is the 2nd hardest to learn in the world if I am remembering that correctly. And only behind the chinese and Their symbols.

Because so many words and so many languages all mixed in to form our slang and every day uses over the orginal use for a word.

someone learning today has to know what the word means in a dictionary isnt exactly what it means when used in different context's etc.

Texting started the bad grammar trend imo.

It largely depends on your first language. For example, a German/Italian/French/etc learning English* will certainly find English much easier than Japanese.

Basically, all latin based languages are easy to catch on. Heck, I was able to learn Portuguese pretty much transfering Spanish, Italian came easy, and even without formal French lessons, I can understand it pretty darn well.

Now throw me in a Japanese classroom, and I won't get past Konichiwa, that language is hard as hell.

Same with the reverse, i.e. the somewhat related Cyrillic alphabet using languages, the (ridiculously numbered) Asian language families, and so on and so forth.

But absolutely, the slang in English makes it an absolute PAIN IN THE you know what to learn. Especially it's assumed that one needs all that slang/colloquialisms/idioms to be considered proficient in English.

*Yes I know English isn't technically a latin-based language, but considering about 60% of it has French roots, it might as well be.

HearUsRoar

04-09-2012, 05:55 PM

It largely depends on your first language. For example, a German/Italian/French/etc learning English* will certainly find English much easier than Japanese.

Basically, all latin based languages are easy to catch on. Heck, I was able to learn Portuguese pretty much transfering Spanish, Italian came easy, and even without formal French lessons, I can understand it pretty darn well.

Now throw me in a Japanese classroom, and I won't get past Konichiwa, that language is hard as hell.

Same with the reverse, i.e. the somewhat related Cyrillic alphabet using languages, the (ridiculously numbered) Asian language families, and so on and so forth.

But absolutely, the slang in English makes it an absolute PAIN IN THE you know what to learn. Especially it's assumed that one needs all that slang/colloquialisms/idioms to be considered proficient in English.

*Yes I know English isn't technically a latin-based language, but considering about 60% of it has French roots, it might as well be.
Ha, the whole time I'm reading this I'm thinking, okay, he has good points but I have to point out that English is not a Latin-based language. And then you shoot it down with your footnote!

RumbleCat

04-09-2012, 07:08 PM

Man, if you guys knew the story about why neek even posted this thread, you'd laugh at where it's gone! Off season is an interesting time.

CKWI88

04-09-2012, 07:15 PM

Man, if you guys knew the story about why neek even posted this thread, you'd laugh at where it's gone! Off season is an interesting time.

I feel like an absolute dork....but I f*in love this stuff.

Fan_in_Kettering

04-09-2012, 07:33 PM

"Tiger Woods has been hooking and pulling the ball all day. It looks like he has a case of the lefts."

"Go down Main Street then take two lefts at First Street and Elm Street."

However, I cannot think of how to use lefts as a verb. I never heard Tony Bennett sing, "I Lefts My Heart in San Francisco."

XenoMorph

04-10-2012, 09:31 AM

It largely depends on your first language. For example, a German/Italian/French/etc learning English* will certainly find English much easier than Japanese.

Basically, all latin based languages are easy to catch on. Heck, I was able to learn Portuguese pretty much transfering Spanish, Italian came easy, and even without formal French lessons, I can understand it pretty darn well.

Now throw me in a Japanese classroom, and I won't get past Konichiwa, that language is hard as hell.

Same with the reverse, i.e. the somewhat related Cyrillic alphabet using languages, the (ridiculously numbered) Asian language families, and so on and so forth.

But absolutely, the slang in English makes it an absolute PAIN IN THE you know what to learn. Especially it's assumed that one needs all that slang/colloquialisms/idioms to be considered proficient in English.

*Yes I know English isn't technically a latin-based language, but considering about 60% of it has French roots, it might as well be.

lots of germanic in there too...

Ball is Ball in german lol

CKWI88

04-10-2012, 10:30 AM

lots of germanic in there too...

Ball is Ball in german lol

No doubt. I teach English to native Portuguese speakers, so I tend to focus on the latin roots to make my students' lives (and subsequently my own) easier. However, I have contacts in Germany that teach and they do the exact opposite.

XenoMorph

04-10-2012, 11:09 AM

No doubt. I teach English to native Portuguese speakers, so I tend to focus on the latin roots to make my students' lives (and subsequently my own) easier. However, I have contacts in Germany that teach and they do the exact opposite.

lol yeah all the german i know comes from the rosetta stone...

they added it to my HS my last year and said i couldnt take it for just 1 year.

RhythmicGeek

04-10-2012, 11:20 AM

lots of germanic in there too...

Ball is Ball in german lol

English is such a mutt of a language.

I think one of my favorite things is when people think that the language spoken in the Colonial era in the states is "old English." I often hand them my copy of Beowulf with the original text side-by-side with the translation and say "not even close."

HearUsRoar

04-10-2012, 11:38 AM

English is such a mutt of a language.

I think one of my favorite things is when people think that the language spoken in the Colonial era in the states is "old English." I often hand them my copy of Beowulf with the original text side-by-side with the translation and say "not even close."
Had to read Beowulf in Old English in college. Good grief. :lol:

RhythmicGeek

04-10-2012, 11:41 AM

Had to read Beowulf in Old English in college. Good grief. :lol:

I have some of Chaucer's works in Middle English that I love. Most people look at it and get this befuddled look on their faces. :lol:

XenoMorph

04-10-2012, 12:01 PM

I have some of Chaucer's works in Middle English that I love. Most people look at it and get this befuddled look on their faces. :lol:

man i just stick with Poe Tolkien and now George Martin

RhythmicGeek

04-10-2012, 12:30 PM

man i just stick with Poe Tolkien and now George Martin

Oh, I love all of those, but Chaucer is not just an outstanding poet, but he allows to understand so much about medieval England that would have been lost to time without him.

XenoMorph

04-10-2012, 12:40 PM

Oh, I love all of those, but Chaucer is not just an outstanding poet, but he allows to understand so much about medieval England that would have been lost to time without him.

Will have to pick up some works of his im sure theres a giant collection of works to get.

RhythmicGeek

04-10-2012, 12:47 PM

Will have to pick up some works of his im sure theres a giant collection of works to get.

There is, but the quintessential work of his is The Canterbury Tales. You can find an inexpensive copy of it almost anywhere. Oxford Press or Barnes & Noble Classics are great places to look.