PHENOMENAL 2 LETTER WORD
A word in the English language that can be a noun, verb, adj, adv, prep. 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 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 (if there is a tie, it is a toss UP). 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 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. Confused: A drain must be opened UP because it is blocked UP. We open UP a shop in the morning but we close it UP at night. To be know about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word 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 it is clearing UP. The earth soaks UP the rain then, after the rain, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but my time is UP!
Oh... A question: What is the first thing you do in the morning and last thing at night? U P!
Our thanks to Don Wade for forwarding this.
Sent in by Bill Biehler
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