Whats UP !!!

Lovers of the English language might enjoy this. It is yet another example of why people learning English have trouble with the language. Learning the nuances of English makes it a difficult language. (But then, that's probably true of many languages.)


There is a two-letter word in English 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 UPabout 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 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 , 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 look up in your address book.

Now I'll shut up

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Upstate NY Hammered With More Heavy Snow

SLIDESHOW: Snowy Blast Hits Northeast

The heaviest snowfalls have ended, but upstate New Yorkers were advised to beware of below freezing temperatures and blowing snow Thursday.

While an upstate blizzard warning was canceled, blustery piles of snow left behind by a storm system that swept across much of the Northeast this week were expected to make driving conditions less than favorable. Forecasts warned of windchills dipping as low as 10 to 20 below zero.

Big chill follows big snow in upstate N.Y.

After the big snow comes the big chill.

The National Weather Service has issued wind chill and blowing snow advisories for parts of upstate New York, where Wednesday's storm dumped varying amounts of snow, from 16 inches north of Buffalo to 42 inches in Stratford in the southern Adirondacks.

Forecasters say Thursday's major issue will be the below zero wind chill in many upstate areas.

Scores of schools are closed again in the Capital Region.

In Oswego County, there's more lake-effect snow in the forecast. The city of Fulton got hit with more than two feet of new snow Wednesday.

All the shoveling and snowblowing I've been doing and I feel like I'm getting nowhere...

You Might Live In Upstate New York If...

Jeff Foxworthy on Upstate New York,"

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 inches of ice and sitting there
all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Upstate New York.

If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights a year because Saranac Lake is the
coldest spot in the nation, and Syracuse gets more snow than any other major city in the US, you might live in Upstate, NY.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from October through May, you might live in Upstate New York
If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year, you might live, bundled up, in
Upstate New York.

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance, and they don't work there,
you might live in Upstate NY.

If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Upstate
New York.

If you have worn shorts and a parka on the same day, you might live in Upstate New York.

If you have had a lengthy phone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in
Upstate New York.

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE UPSTATE NEW YORKER WHEN:

"Vacation" means going South past Syracuse for ! The weekend.
You measure distance in hours.

You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.

You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.

You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend/wife knows how to use them.

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.

You can identify a southern or eastern accent.

Down South to you means Corning.

Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new shed !

You go out for a fish fry every Friday.

Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.

You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

You find 10 degrees "a little chilly."

You actually understand these jokes, and you forward

them to all your Upstate New York friends and to those

who used to live here and left. -- (chickens!)