What common misconceptions would you like people to know-

[Stinger]

Irregardless is not a word. :-0?>

Haha! Good one!

The word "gullible" is not in the dictionary.

[mike]

What about the high-end HDMI cables for TV's and game consoles?

Same deal.
The cheap stuff works as well as the 100 dollar cables the retailers attempt to push on you.

[bannination]

Correct me if I'm wrong medical professionals; but you can still have a heart beat when dead.

[Stinger]

Only in the past few years I have begun hearing this...."I was woken" by a loud noise....woken? What happened to "awakened"? You hear that a lot, on TV by supposedly well-educated people.

Different verbs:

Wake: (present tense) Today, I wake. (past tense) Yesterday, I woke. (Also: Yesterday, I waked.) (past participle) I have woken, or I have waked. (Also, I have woke.)

Awake: (present tense) Today, I awake. (past tense) Yesterday, I awoke. (Also: Yesterday, I awaked.) color=#FF0000](past participle) [/color] I have awoken, or I have awaked. (Also, I have awoke.)

Awaken: (present tense) Today, I awaken. (past tense) Yesterday, I awakened. (past participle) I have awakened.

The one I used to hear on TV years ago was the female detective on Hunter saying "just between you and I." Between is a preposition and takes the objective form -- "just between you and me." I think she said it at least once an episode.

[gongoozler]

Correct me if I'm wrong medical professionals; but you can still have a heart beat when dead.

Not only that, you can be alive without one.

[Stinger]

Impeachment is conviction.

How many pages of explanation was wasted on that one?

[Stinger]

That saying or writing something does not make it so. Example most of the post on this board.

As in repeatedly saying that something is true without posting and corroborating support?

Or maybe repeatedly posting "It has been proven ..." when not one shred of supporting evidence has been supplied?

I do wish everyone on this forum could grasp that concept.

[Stinger]

On the other hand, I've been hearing a lot of supposedly literate people say "I had went" which I doubt is correct by any definition.

It's not. Went is the past tense and can't have a helping verb.

Today, we go. Yesterday, we went. We had gone.

[mike]

Spelling and grammar matter in 2012.

It should ... still, far too many otherwise intelligent posters seem to be reticent in understanding proper grammar and spelling.

[gongoozler]

Correct me if I'm wrong medical professionals; but you can still have a heart beat when dead.

Not only that, you can be alive without one.

That I can think of, only:

On a heart-lung machine.
For 4-6 minutes, a bit longer with CPR.
For a while longer in cases of cold water immersion.

None are consistent with life for long without successful intervention.

Dick Cheney doesn't have a heartbeat - seriously. There's some device he has to wear that moves blood. Cue the jokes...

[gongoozler]

Dick Cheney doesn't have a heartbeat - seriously. There's some device he has to wear that moves blood. Cue the jokes...

You were correct, sort of...

That couldn't have been easy. Respect.

[scooter]

Scooter, you never looked so good.

I wouldn't bet the farm on that statement. What you don't know..

Irregardless is not a word. :-0?>

Is gasoline flammable or inflammable? If something appears to be the same, is it the 'same difference'?

[Tertius]

Irregardless is not a word. :-0?>

It is a colloquialism for regardless.

[scooter]

People used to "sit up with the dead", which they called a "wake".
Why was it called a "wake"? (try to figure it out before you Google it)

Correct me if I'm wrong medical professionals; but you can still have a heart beat when dead.

Not only that, you can be alive without one.

Medically and legally, yes - brain death.....None are consistent with life for long without successful intervention.....
Are zombies "alive" and do they have a heartbeat? If so, why do you have to shoot them in the head?

Either no body knew the answer to my question, or no one cared to bother to answer it; but since you all sort of touched on it with your various replies to each other, I'll answer it.

If what I've long been told is true, (see below) people used to sit up with the dead because there weren't modern diagnostics back then to accurately verify death, nor was embalming a popular way of sending off one's remains. There have been cases of people lying in a coffin who suddenly revived, (came awake, woke, woken, whatever) and so somebody was left to sit in the event the 'deceased' needed assistance.

This is still practiced in some areas, but is no longer common.

"While the modern usage of the verb "wake" is "become or stay alert" meaning, a "wake" for the dead harks back to the antiquated "watch" or "guard" sense. This is contrary to the urban legend that people at a wake are waiting in case the deceased should "wake up."

[mama]

censorship means foeing naked people pictures. LOL

[billy.pilgrim]

about?

NO NAME CALLING, stay on topic, post interesting stuff.

Mine:

The size of the Universe; most people are told that it's 13.7 billion light years across, but that's not true. While that is the *age* of the universe the *size* of the *observable* universe is about 47 billion light years across. The total size of the universe is thought to be about 10 to the 23rd power larger than that.

One more: Bulls are not enraged by the color red. It's the threatening attitude and naturally self defense.

re: size

check this out


http://htwins.net/scale2/

[billy.pilgrim]

People used to "sit up with the dead", which they called a "wake".
Why was it called a "wake"? (try to figure it out before you Google it)

Correct me if I'm wrong medical professionals; but you can still have a heart beat when dead.

Not only that, you can be alive without one.

Medically and legally, yes - brain death.....None are consistent with life for long without successful intervention.....
Are zombies "alive" and do they have a heartbeat? If so, why do you have to shoot them in the head?

Either no body knew the answer to my question, or no one cared to bother to answer it; but since you all sort of touched on it with your various replies to each other, I'll answer it.

If what I've long been told is true, (see below) people used to sit up with the dead because there weren't modern diagnostics back then to accurately verify death, nor was embalming a popular way of sending off one's remains. There have been cases of people lying in a coffin who suddenly revived, (came awake, woke, woken, whatever) and so somebody was left to sit in the event the 'deceased' needed assistance.

This is still practiced in some areas, but is no longer common.

"While the modern usage of the verb "wake" is "become or stay alert" meaning, a "wake" for the dead harks back to the antiquated "watch" or "guard" sense. This is contrary to the urban legend that people at a wake are waiting in case the deceased should "wake up."

carnivore/tango/several other names at upstate and greenville said that dead people breathe

[Tertius]

Vrede is a town in the Free State province of South Africa that is the agricultural hub of a 100 km² region. Maize, wheat, mutton, wool, beef, dairy products and poultry are farmed in the region.

The town lies 60km south of Standerton and 216km south-east of Johannesburg. It was founded on the Krynauwslust farm in 1863 and proclaimed a town in June 1879. The name is Afrikaans for ‘peace’, which refers to the settlement of a dispute over the proposed site of the town.

[mike]

Vrede is a town in the Free State province of South Africa that is the agricultural hub of a 100 km² region. Maize, wheat, mutton, wool, beef, dairy products and poultry are farmed in the region.

The town lies 60km south of Standerton and 216km south-east of Johannesburg. It was founded on the Krynauwslust farm in 1863 and proclaimed a town in June 1879. The name is Afrikaans for ‘peace’, which refers to the settlement of a dispute over the proposed site of the town.

Try a bit harder, Tertius, I know much of this "Vrede" fixation you have is over your head ...

[mike]

One misconception about my avatar ... my cat Ace has green eyes, like most cats. The pic I took of Ace was a chance happening with a blue-flash camera.

However, I do have blue eyes so I use the pic as my avatar.

Oh, and, doc (Wneglia), Green Bay spouse, eh? Ace used to play quarterback for Green Bay before Aaron Rodgers took his number ...





True story ...