RDAPS-do you have it?
by RDAPS-Do you have it?
Do you often find yourself forcing random definite articles into conversations?
When you read out loud, do you squeeze in definite articles that are not written on the page you read from?
Then you have RDAPS. RDAPS is an acronym for "Random Definite Article Placement Syndrome". What is it? Well, its when you randomly place definite articles into your sentences. Not sure you know what a definite article is?
Here is an example of RDAPS in action:
(original text would read) "then God said to Jesus, "Go, teach"
(someone reading with RDAPS) "then the God said to the Jesus, "Go, the teach"
This problem has only recently emerged, and though you can't die from it...others might kill you for it. But that's a whole different disorder. That's more like CYS-PAGOI-WHT-KYD. (Correct Your Spelling, Punctuation, And Grammar Or I Will Have To Kill You - Disorder)
There has also been a new uprising of GRS going around. That's Gender Recognition Disorder. That's another one that won't kill you, but might get you killed.
Sorry to disturb you, now back to your regularly scheduled programs.
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haha yea sometimes i do that and also i add 's' where it doesn't belong...burger kings, harmons
oh, no!
Sorry this is such a spastic journal.
eh i did not take offense-it's just funny that you probably meant this as a joke and i actually do it.
I actually made it a joke because I know someone who does this ALL the time (not one sentence comes out without an RDA, and it drives me crazy! I can't listen to her comment at meetings, or...talk...it's aggrevating. I've never heard you do it, and I'm sure it's not like every sentence. So you have nothing to fear.
Oh, and I love when people intentionally add an "s" or drop the "s" but don't change the grammar. For instance: "We all ate all the cookie. They were delicious"
mine's from years of being around italian people who speak like that.
ha im going to be so self conscious about that around you now!
no, no. You don't have to be!
i always do that with PANERA...its so paneras to me
hmm...I think I do that with Panera, too!
oh, but I might do it because of ownership. For example, I ate at Panera's. I don't know anyone named panera, but the store must own itself. So then... ow. My brain is starting to hurt
yeah, it makes more sense that it would be paneras, because its the bread of Panera...hence Panera's Bread...and for short Paneras
i had this problem recently. my sentance to mike was "the jet's are playing in new york." i conjugated it and was referring to the band. but mike says how he doesn't really like football and just plays it cuz it's a mans game. obviously the jets play in nyc all the time. why would i be that excited if it was just a football game?
i have been diagnosed with CYS-PAGOI-WHT-KYD (SO SHAPE UP PEOPLE!, hehe)
i just realized i add an "s" to Nordstrom...the higher end dept store (don't know if you guys have one out where you live) but it bugs me when others do it and i found myself calling it "nordstroms" instead of "nordstrom"
i do that ALL the time. though no one has ever corrected me on it.