Lovers of the English language might enjoy this.....How do non-natives ever learn all the nuances of English???

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is "UP." It is listed in the dictionary as being used as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP , and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends and we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

At other times the little word has a real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special. And this up is confusing:
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP !

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP , look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP , you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains , it wets UP the earth. When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.

One could go on & on, but I'll wrap it UP for now ....my time is UP, so time to shut UP!

Oh...one more thing:
What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night?
U P


Don't screw up. Send this on to everyone you know so they can laugh too.

..........Now I'll shut up

hey kojack...whats UP?

not much unlike you who is probally UP to something devious

I just woke UP

I think I am upside down now,

Humm came in to see what is UP with this thread seems it is on the UP and UP!!

OK, I think that just messed UP my head.

Not looking DOWN on your essay - it's great - but immigrants should STF UP and just pick UP the language. They decided to come here, nobody made them do it. BTW I am a retired language teacher for what it's worth and my specialty was TESOL, teaching English to speakers of other languages.

Good one Bro Kojack... Did you think UP this one on your own..????

(Now You got me doin' it..!! Guess I'd better get UP from here, before I think UP something big)

MOI?

Seems like the topics in this forum are looking up

Now that I think about it, 'Up' used in most of those contexts, is unnecessary..... except that it seems to imply 'completely or definatively'. Your drain can be 'clogged' but if it's 'Clogged UP' it's REALLY REALLY clogged. Also, it's odd that when we say 'Closed up' we mean just temporarily closed.. but if we say 'closed down', it's permanent.

I heard your name used to be lilangel1 one then you repented and came back as lilangel2

LOL...I might need to change to 3 real soon

Sounds to me like the patter of tiny feet...................

I bet !

Let's get f##k up and party up till whenever.

uhhhhh.............no!

No wonder some people up & quit English class.