<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354610961437761497</id><updated>2011-11-27T17:39:23.957-08:00</updated><category term='grammar'/><category term='word improvisation'/><category term='schism'/><category term='word substitution'/><category term='introduction'/><category term='birthday'/><category term='english'/><category term='sea'/><category term='Jerry McGuire'/><category term='stylistics'/><category term='passive voice'/><category term='see'/><category term='school'/><category term='breath'/><title type='text'>Grammar Laughs</title><subtitle type='html'>Funny little thing, that English language...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8354610961437761497/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>CC Pearce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354610961437761497.post-4957240469539348264</id><published>2006-10-11T11:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-11T11:39:17.368-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='word substitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='schism'/><title type='text'>Just a Schism</title><content type='html'>Girl 2 and 3: … (end of “Birthday Song”) Happy Birthday to you!&lt;br /&gt;Girl 1:  You guys are too nice.  Thank you so much.&lt;br /&gt;Girl 2:  We all got together and baked you a cake.  We want you to have the first piece since you’re the birthday girl.&lt;br /&gt;Girl 1:  Aww girls… wow.  That’s so nice, but I just started a new diet and I’m going to have to pass.&lt;br /&gt;Girl 3:  Come on, you don’t have to eat much… how about just a little schism?&lt;br /&gt;Girl 1:  Oh, I can’t.  Even a schism would be too much.&lt;br /&gt;Girl 2:  A harmless little schism never hurt anybody.&lt;br /&gt;Girl 1:  I’m not going to make any progress on this diet if I’m not fully committed.  Listen, thank you, but no thanks.&lt;br /&gt;Girl 3:  Listen we’re not trying to shove anything down your throat.  Just have a schism and enjoy your birthday.&lt;br /&gt;Girl 2:  Maybe you don’t understand.  I stayed up all night perfecting a hand-made vanilla icing to celebrate your day of birth.  I made three cakes and this one was the best, so I really, really think you should try it.&lt;br /&gt;Girl 1:  I’m sorry, girls.  You’ve done a lot.  OK, I’ll have just a schism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Kyle Chorpening and CC Pearce&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8354610961437761497-4957240469539348264?l=grammarlaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/4957240469539348264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8354610961437761497&amp;postID=4957240469539348264' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8354610961437761497/posts/default/4957240469539348264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8354610961437761497/posts/default/4957240469539348264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/2006/10/just-schism.html' title='Just a Schism'/><author><name>CC Pearce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354610961437761497.post-2003632456080235323</id><published>2006-10-04T22:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-04T22:05:35.581-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Primordial</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;1 In the beginning, the Singular created eternal euphoric and insipid globular.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;2 And spherically empty and formless, profoundly dark and abysmally deep existing.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Thus aquatic ebbing, saturating globular.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;3 And Singularly commanded once: “Luminous and lustrous, fluorescent and flashing, radiant and resplendent, blaze brilliantly!” And from opaque surged lambent swelling into effulgent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8354610961437761497-2003632456080235323?l=grammarlaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/2003632456080235323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8354610961437761497&amp;postID=2003632456080235323' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8354610961437761497/posts/default/2003632456080235323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8354610961437761497/posts/default/2003632456080235323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/2006/10/primordial.html' title='Primordial'/><author><name>CC Pearce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354610961437761497.post-292267360666748083</id><published>2006-10-03T01:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T21:45:47.389-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='passive voice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jerry McGuire'/><title type='text'>Jerry McGuire Scene in Passive Voice</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Jerry:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Your getting rid of me will not be allowed by me.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;How about that?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Tonight, a very big night was had by our company, our little business.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But it wasn’t complete.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It wasn’t even close to being in the same vicinity as complete because my ability to share it with you was not able to be had.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Without you, the ability to laugh about it was not had by me.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;My wife is missed by me.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;My wife is missed… by me.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You are loved by me.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I am completed by you.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Dorothy:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Your ability to shut up is demanded by me.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I was had by you at “hello.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8354610961437761497-292267360666748083?l=grammarlaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/292267360666748083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8354610961437761497&amp;postID=292267360666748083' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8354610961437761497/posts/default/292267360666748083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8354610961437761497/posts/default/292267360666748083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/2006/10/jerry-mcguire-scene-in-passive-voice.html' title='Jerry McGuire Scene in Passive Voice'/><author><name>CC Pearce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354610961437761497.post-224360633783392902</id><published>2006-10-02T10:38:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T10:39:17.423-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='word improvisation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='breath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='see'/><title type='text'>Breathless</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;1:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The sea took my breath away.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;2:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Why?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;What did you see?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;1:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I saw the sea and it took my breath away.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;2:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Can you breath?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;1:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I am breathing.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;2:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I can see you’re breathing.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I didn’t see the sea take your breath away.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;1:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I breathed.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Then the breathing was taken.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Then I breathed again.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;2:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I didn’t see it.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;1:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Had you seen me rather than the sea, you would have seen the sea take my breath, rather than seeing the sea breeze.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;2:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The sea doesn’t breathe.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;1:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I said breeze, not breathe.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;2: &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Oh, I see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8354610961437761497-224360633783392902?l=grammarlaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/224360633783392902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8354610961437761497&amp;postID=224360633783392902' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8354610961437761497/posts/default/224360633783392902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8354610961437761497/posts/default/224360633783392902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/2006/10/breathless_02.html' title='Breathless'/><author><name>CC Pearce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354610961437761497.post-4810200070302262156</id><published>2006-10-01T10:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T10:35:42.559-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='introduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grammar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='english'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stylistics'/><title type='text'>Stylistics</title><content type='html'>So there's this class.  And I'm in it.  And it's called Stylistics.  And in this class, the students manipulate the English language in a way that is entertaining to an audience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;And that'&lt;/span&gt;s what this blog is all about&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; - &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;manipulating the English language in new and innovative ways to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;entertain &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the masses&lt;/span&gt;.  Grammar, parts of speech, passive voice, etc. can be used to transform the way you think about English.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8354610961437761497-4810200070302262156?l=grammarlaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/4810200070302262156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8354610961437761497&amp;postID=4810200070302262156' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8354610961437761497/posts/default/4810200070302262156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8354610961437761497/posts/default/4810200070302262156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/2006/10/stylistics.html' title='Stylistics'/><author><name>CC Pearce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354610961437761497.post-3030482117096969620</id><published>2006-09-29T21:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T21:50:38.802-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Technorati Tester</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.technorati.com/claim/cgzs7bbr3i" rel="me"&gt;Technorati Profile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8354610961437761497-3030482117096969620?l=grammarlaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/3030482117096969620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8354610961437761497&amp;postID=3030482117096969620' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8354610961437761497/posts/default/3030482117096969620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8354610961437761497/posts/default/3030482117096969620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grammarlaughs.blogspot.com/2006/10/technorati-tester.html' title='Technorati Tester'/><author><name>CC Pearce</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
