HMS Penelope November
UP is a big word Think about it.
UP
Read until the end.....you’ll laugh
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This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter
word, and that word is ‘UP.’ It is listed in the dictionary 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, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the
leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old
car. At other times this little word has 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 UP the
word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost ¼ 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 soaks UP the earth. When
it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on & on, but I’ll wrap
it UP, for now........my time is UP! Oh....one more thing: What is the first
thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night?
UP!
Did that one crack you UP? Don’t screw UP. Send this on to everyone
you look UP in your address book. Or not. It’s UP to you.
Now, I’ll shut UP