One Liners for the English Teachers
Girl on cell: Oh my God, I am like so uncoherent today.
-Washington Square Park
Girl: I've been busy dissertationing.
--Columbia University
Drunk guy: The thing about the next big thing is that it's going to be the next big thing.
--The Gate, Park Slope
Chick on cell: I was like, 'Oh?' And she was like, 'Blah, blah, blah.'
And I was like, 'Huh?'
--79th & 1st
Teen girl: Yeah, I always have trouble with 7's for some reason...They are really hard letters.
-M57 bus
Woman: What, no English? You don't speak English? Why you say you don't speak English? You know what motherf**ker means!
--2 train
Dude: Yeah, that guy thinks he's oblivious.
--Union Square
Man: You know how when you're disappointed, you feel let down because something that you expected to happen, didn't happen; like, it didn't happen as appointed? That must be the original meaning of disappointed, how it was used in the past. Like 'ruthless'. You never hear anyone today talk about having ruth, but in the past they must have used it like that.
--R train
Teen girl: Wait, what's the intifada? Wait, do any of you speak Spanish?
--F train
Girl: I think 'y'all' is singular. 'Y'alls' is plural.
--58th & 9th
-Washington Square Park
Girl: I've been busy dissertationing.
--Columbia University
Drunk guy: The thing about the next big thing is that it's going to be the next big thing.
--The Gate, Park Slope
Chick on cell: I was like, 'Oh?' And she was like, 'Blah, blah, blah.'
And I was like, 'Huh?'
--79th & 1st
Teen girl: Yeah, I always have trouble with 7's for some reason...They are really hard letters.
-M57 bus
Woman: What, no English? You don't speak English? Why you say you don't speak English? You know what motherf**ker means!
--2 train
Dude: Yeah, that guy thinks he's oblivious.
--Union Square
Man: You know how when you're disappointed, you feel let down because something that you expected to happen, didn't happen; like, it didn't happen as appointed? That must be the original meaning of disappointed, how it was used in the past. Like 'ruthless'. You never hear anyone today talk about having ruth, but in the past they must have used it like that.
--R train
Teen girl: Wait, what's the intifada? Wait, do any of you speak Spanish?
--F train
Girl: I think 'y'all' is singular. 'Y'alls' is plural.
--58th & 9th
