[etni] the word "UP"

From: Robin <robinflam@xxxxxxx>
To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:40:09 +0300
      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 UP about 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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