This forum is pure hardball. Bring the heat in this discussion of Flames baseball.

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By BJWilliams
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LU finally gives Lafayette a good old dose of smackdown, albeit on the baseball diamond as the Flames win 12-1.

Edit: apparently the phrase I used before is lost on some people so I decided to use something a little more clear...
Last edited by BJWilliams on March 19th, 2009, 11:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.
By Hold My Own
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#244278
Yup, you read it right...and he's going to be sharing a degree from the same institution as us in a few days (if you want the exact amount check his facebook)
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By BJWilliams
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Referencing back to losing to Lafayette during football season

I guess youve never heard that before? Im pretty sure its not bad grammar, "giving someone what for" is a phrase you dont see in modern parlance
By Hold My Own
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BJ I think when you're reading it to yourself in your head your adding words that are not there...I used to do that all the time in middle school
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By qkslvrsrfrboy
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beej ive heard this phrase before many times, I understood exactly what you meant (without adding extra words to it in my head)
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By RagingTireFire
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BJWilliams wrote:"giving someone what for" is a phrase you dont see in modern parlance
Not since Leave It To Beaver went off the air, no.
By SuperJon
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BJWilliams wrote:Referencing back to losing to Lafayette during football season

I guess youve never heard that before? Im pretty sure its not bad grammar, "giving someone what for" is a phrase you dont see in modern parlance
You don't hear parlance either.

What is it with you and using words that haven't been around since you started college?
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By BJWilliams
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Hey if you got a vocabulary sometimes you might as well use it.
By SuperJon
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I have a perfectly fine vocabulary.

Knowing fancy words means nothing when the people you're using them in conversation with either a) don't know what they are or b) think you're just using them to show how much of a vocabulary you have.
By Hold My Own
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BJWilliams wrote:Hey if you got a vocabulary sometimes you might as well use it.

Quoted for an example
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By RagingTireFire
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SuperJon wrote:I have a perfectly fine vocabulary.
Vocabulary means nothing if you use phrases like "perfectly fine vocabulary."

"Parlance" is all right since it's an actual word. "Giving 'em what for" is a colloquialism best left to the wandering ghost of Judy Garland.
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By flamesfilmguy
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RagingTireFire wrote:
SuperJon wrote:I have a perfectly fine vocabulary.
Vocabulary means nothing if you use phrases like "perfectly fine vocabulary."

"Parlance" is all right since it's an actual word. "Giving 'em what for" is a colloquialism best left to the wandering ghost of Judy Garland.
you do realize that that went over the head of about 99% of the people on this board?
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By RagingTireFire
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I refuse to believe that 99% of those here don't know who Judy Garland was.
By krh44
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anyway... nice win yesterday hopefully we can keep the bats going this weekend
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