All Episodes Talk: All Rise

[Brattinella]

IIRC, the landlord said that Santa had lawn ornaments or yard art, or some shit like that. I'm thinking that the 2 tons of garbage were some kind of concrete ornaments in the yard. Explains why he didn't take pics of the "trash". 

Anybody else notice the pseudo-intellectual porn star behind the plaintiff this week? I can't remember which day, but it was the brunette with glasses and I couldn't quit looking. Somebody else HAD to see her.

I have pointed out Miss Horn-rims to hubby before.  You can't miss those pneumatic lips!

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

 

He also said the camera malfunctioned.  And he had the receipts.  JJ should have let the witness testify.

Picking nits here, but he gave a couple of excuses - he didn't take pics of the trash, his camera malfunctioned and I think once he said he didn't know how to take a picture. And the dog ate his homework (the last one I just made up). He could have had rented a dumpster or had trash pickup in order to renovate the house. Two tons of trash is a LOT of trash. Why wouldn't Code Enforcement have been called? He didn't delineate what the trash was (for instance, if there was an old car on blocks, tires, lawn ornaments, garbage bags filled with rotting food, etc). We rented a two ton dumpster once to renovate our house after a hurricane - we tore out an entire kitchen, dry wall, pieces of wooden fence, lots of downed trees, vegetation, a torn up shed - and we still barely filled about a third of the dumpster. 

[BubblingKettle]

In one of today's reruns, two overindulged teen boys claimed to have their own "businesses" in which they buy horribly overpriced sneakers, wear them, and resell them (using their parents' PayPal accounts). What?  Is this a thing? First of all, it disgusts me that our society allows sneakers to be sold for $800 or more. It's shameful, really. Someone who throws money into something so meaningless should go to a kids' shoe shop, buy up a load of regularly priced sneakers in a variety of sizes, and arrange for their anonymous donation to be delivered to the local Title I school. That need is real. (Maybe my opinion is skewed, as I don't do the stereotypical 'I love shoes' act.) Secondly, if I had a child who was playing around with that amount of money, I'd kick his ass into a new hobby -- the STEM club, cartooning, piano, volunteering, I don't know. The defendant said that the value of sneakers increase even if they are worn, so he wears them. Yeah, who wouldn't want to buy something that a sweaty teen boy's foot was marinating in? The sense of entitlement in that case was over the top.

[teebax]

In one of today's reruns, two overindulged teen boys claimed to have their own "businesses" in which they buy horribly overpriced sneakers, wear them, and resell them (using their parents' PayPal accounts). What?  Is this a thing? First of all, it disgusts me that our society allows sneakers to be sold for $800 or more. It's shameful, really. Someone who throws money into something so meaningless should go to a kids' shoe shop, buy up a load of regularly priced sneakers in a variety of sizes, and arrange for their anonymous donation to be delivered to the local Title I school. That need is real. (Maybe my opinion is skewed, as I don't do the stereotypical 'I love shoes' act.) Secondly, if I had a child who was playing around with that amount of money, I'd kick his ass into a new hobby -- the STEM club, cartooning, piano, volunteering, I don't know. The defendant said that the value of sneakers increase even if they are worn, so he wears them. Yeah, who wouldn't want to buy something that a sweaty teen boy's foot was marinating in? The sense of entitlement in that case was over the top.

I haven't seen the case, but I have a large sneaker collection. There's a room in my house dedicated to my collection of sneakers, memorabilia, and sports jerseys. Most of the stuff in my collection was purchased recently, once I was able to afford to do so. When mommy and daddy were buying them, I got no-name shoes.

 

While I don't spend $800 on them, I don't think collecting sneakers is any worse than collecting any other thing people collect, as long as you can afford to do so. I think the most I've ever spent on a pair of sneakers was $200-$300. I'd never skip a mortgage payment to by a new pair of kicks.

[AngelaHunter]

Picking nits here, but he gave a couple of excuses

 

Not to mention that one ton became two tons as the story went on. I just didn't believe him. I'm sure he would have mentioned a wrecked car left there if there had been one.

[AuntiePam]

The landlord didn't strike me as shady.  "Two tons" was most likely an exaggeration, but "tons" of anything is a common overstatement.  "I have tons of work to do today", "She's wearing tons of makeup", etc. 

 

I think JJ believed that there was trash in the yard.  I wish she'd explained why she wouldn't accept the invoice, that it could have been for renovation, like others have said.  "I don't believe you" shouldn't be grounds for dismissing a case, but I guess that's what judges and juries have to do -- decide who's telling the truth, if there's no other evidence.

 

Burl Ives though -- and his wife -- obviously realized they were getting away with something.

[SandyToes]

We really, really need an insider from this show! Any producers out there willing to tell all?   I gotta wonder how much more info JJ has before the cameras start rolling. It's been mentioned she watches on closed circuit TV before the shows tape (in the green room? the alleyways?) and often seems to have more info. But i do agree that she seems to sometimes go against her own "rules" at times.  I also admit that sometimes I snooze through the shows, but race to see what you guys are all buzzing about. 

 

The teenagers and the shoes? Criminy. None of that made sense to me at all, because my mind turned off after "$800 sneakers."  Guess I'm in the wrong business. 

[EtheltoTillie]

I agree with what everyone's saying, but before she says "I don't believe you," she should have listened to something the witness said and cross examined him.  Then she could have said "I don't believe you."

[Rick Kitchen]

The decision in that shoe case was ridiculous.  "You had stolen their property!"  That wasn't what happened at all.

[BubblingKettle]

I didn't pay much attention to today's new case, but I did happen to hear this hallterview gem: "It's unicorns and fairycorn."

 

ETA: I agree Rick Kitchen. It seemed to be about goofy teens acting accordingly when they're overindulged, not yet ready to have a "business" and play with money, and have a lot of rope to hang themselves. Paying for things on time and taking things to the Post Office quickly -- those are acquired skills, and that kid isn't quite there yet.

Edited October 23, 2015 by CoolWhipLite

[Follies]

I couldn't get over how much the primary plaintiff in the DJ case today looked like Grumpy Cat.  And his partner with the weird, fake looking beard looked like that old children's toy with the iron shavings hair that you move around with a magnet!

[AuntiePam]

Follies, I remember that toy!  Don't remember what it's called.  Perfect description!

 

Another case where I disagree with JJ.  Why didn't the DJ provide some proof of insurance, if he had it?  Why would a vendor require liability insurance for a DJ anyway?  There's nothing dangerous about spinning records, or whatever DJ's do these days to make music. 

[AngelaHunter]

And his partner with the weird, fake looking beard looked like that old children's toy with the iron shavings hair

 

I was thinking I never saw a person who looked so much like a pear with a Sharpie beard drawn on. What I've learned from this show: No matter what or how much I screw up, I can surely find someone else to blame for it.

[27bored]

Here's my review:

 

1st case - Old Lady Who Lived With No Roof: This case was boring the first time I saw it. It seemed like she was trying to give the dad some work to off-set maybe the son not paying child support. I don't know. I...don't care.

 

2nd case - I got nothing: The case with the guy suing the chick with the three sons who didn't draw a picture of the dude as a cock on their wall was boring. And JJ acts like she's too big to get into minutiae, even though she's a TV small-claims court judge. If you want to save the world bitch go back to family court. Little shit that wouldn't matter to someone making $47M/year matters to average every day citizens.

 

3rd case - The Green Mile: Aye, John Coffey gotta chill, B. It's bad enough you came to court in some shit you bought at a Dots going-out-of-business sale, and you have a too-high-for-your-face beard that looks like some half-drawn blinds, but you're a grown man with no checking account who sublets but don't know what that means. And to top it all off you're particular about her "attitude"? Man, please. Go see if the swap meet you bought that hot ass shirt from still has some 8-ball jackets.

 

4th case - Vampire in Brooklyn: Yo...for real. Did y'all see the plaintiffs, uh, "partner"? He looked like Mr. Potato Head with a beard (that was too high for his face too what the fuck is going on with these high-water, flood-insurance ass beards?!). But his teeth were...I mean...I don't really know what to...they looked like those fake vampire teeth you used to wear as a kid. I mean I know it's almost Halloween but goddamn motherfucker. Shit. And I didn't feel bad for the plaintiffs just because it seemed like DJ Guido was trying to do the right thing and they made JJ do that annoying dance around a piece of paper with her finger. We get it, JJ! They have a contract. We don't need a visual guide. And if your judgment is fair, you...don't have to be extra about it.

 

 

 

Chancess had a dramatic cascade of hair and lifeless eyes.

 

She really did! She had the bedroom sleepy eyes and Disney Princess hair.

 

 

 

The landlord didn't strike me as shady.  "Two tons" was most likely an exaggeration, but "tons" of anything is a common overstatement.  "I have tons of work to do today", "She's wearing tons of makeup", etc.

 

He wasn't shady, but obvious exaggerations need to be documented, I think. If it was worth mentioning, I think he should've taken a picture of it. I might help his credibility along with house damage as well, because people who leave their front yards a mess probably will leave the inside a mess as well.

Edited October 23, 2015 by 27bored

[Brattinella]

Wooly Willy!

[Spunkygal]

Regarding Vampire in Brooklyn, I wonder why the DJ drug his ass and never supplied the certificate of insurance. Sure, it wasn't in the sainted four corners of the contract, but he kept insisting that he had one. I have organized more private events than I can count in my business career and each and every one of the vendors provided the certificate when asked for it. In fact, I've had vendors provide one immediately when the contract was signed. So, not saying that technically JJ should have ruled in the vampire's favor, but I wish she had asked the DJ what the delay was. The wedding was July 3 and vampire pulled the plug on June 22.....that is pretty close to the event for DJ to not comply.

Wooly Willy!

Now THIS is the post of the week!! Congrats, Brattinella!

[AuntiePam]

The room sublet was strange, convoluted, and a bit scammy, maybe?  But I can't figure out the scam.

 

John Coffey (TM 27bored) rents a 3-bed 2-bath house so he'll have space for his two kids.  He rents out one of the bedrooms via Craigslist.  Guess the kids get to share a bedroom, and share their house with a stranger.

 

The rent is $350 a month.  The tenant asks if she can pay in advance for three months and gives him a check for $1,000.  Three months @$350 = $1,050.  She's $50 short.  No mention of that, except that she did end up giving him $50 cash at the same time.  He said it was because he needed some cash, but why not say that the $50 cash was the balance owing for three months rent?  If he didn't have a checking account, wouldn't he specify cash in the ad?

 

He has silly reasons for kicking her out, and no good reason for not giving her money back.  She has money to pay three months rent and be away for a week at a time but wants her Britta back? 

 

She was too calm and he was too rehearsed.  What was the real deal there?  Did they cook this up together to scam a few hundred bucks from JJ? 

[AngelaHunter]

He rents out one of the bedrooms via Craigslist.

 

He states his lease prohibits subletting. "Is renting out a room the same as subletting?" Golly gosh - who knew? Not cute, coming from a 45 year old father of two.

 

I thought he gave her the room for three months for $1,000 because she paid so much in advance and got the $50 break? And of course he has no bank account, so I think she did give him the 50$ as a loan. (As an aside, how does one rent a large home without a bank account? I remember when I was renting and the landlords always wanted my bank information before agreeing to rent to me).

 

He kicked her out because he could just tell she had an "attitude" even though she said nothing? Kinda sensitive for someone who advertises on Craigslist for strangers to live in his home. And yeah, the Britta thing seemed kind of petty and weird. If they were scamming, it was a lot of trouble for small potatoes.

[LAgator77]

Regarding Vampire in Brooklyn, I wonder why the DJ drug his ass and never supplied the certificate of insurance. 

If I understood this correctly, the venue wanted the proof of insurance within 30 days of the event. Meaning anytime from the day of the event up until 30 days before. This was so the venue could be certain the insurance was current. The plaintiffs misunderstood and thought the proof of insurance had to be given at least 30 days before the wedding, which is why they were hounding the DJ. The DJ said he tried to explain it to them, but they refused to listen. 

 

John Coffey (TM 27bored) rents a 3-bed 2-bath house so he'll have space for his two kids.  He rents out one of the bedrooms via Craigslist.  Guess the kids get to share a bedroom, and share their house with a stranger.

The kids had yet to "materialize." I'm sure when they get here from outer space they're gonna be pissed to find some lady with attitude living in their home. 

[augmentedfourth]

If I understood this correctly, the venue wanted the proof of insurance within 30 days of the event. Meaning anytime from the day of the event up until 30 days before. This was so the venue could be certain the insurance was current. The plaintiffs misunderstood and thought the proof of insurance had to be given at least 30 days before the wedding, which is why they were hounding the DJ. The DJ said he tried to explain it to them, but they refused to listen. 

That's what I heard, too. And considering all the insurance shenanigans we here on this show, the venue wanting to make sure the insurance is current for that month kind of makes sense. Regardless, even if he didn't have it, I think JJ was right this time in that there was nothing in the contract regarding insurance, so if he didn't have it, the plaintiffs would have been shit out of luck anyway. One of those cases where what's legally correct is annoying, but so be it.

 

I was bored with the first case with the room for rent, but managed to get out a chuckle when the plaintiff sounded like she actually thought JJ would give a damn about her water pitcher.

[teebax]

If I understood this correctly, the venue wanted the proof of insurance within 30 days of the event. Meaning anytime from the day of the event up until 30 days before. This was so the venue could be certain the insurance was current. The plaintiffs misunderstood and thought the proof of insurance had to be given at least 30 days before the wedding, which is why they were hounding the DJ. The DJ said he tried to explain it to them, but they refused to listen. 

 

The kids had yet to "materialize." I'm sure when they get here from outer space they're gonna be pissed to find some lady with attitude living in their home.

I think if the DJ had insurance and the plaintiffs were sweating him about it, he could have produced a certificate of insurance to reassure the defendant that he did have coverage. I send out a dozen or so of those things a day, and it takes me all of a few minutes to do it. He could have given them the cert and then provided another one within the 30 day window.

Also, whoever drew up the vendor contract is an idiot. You can get a liability cert that names you as Additional Insured and provides for a notice of cancellation if the policy cancels. Making the insured wait until 30 days prior to the event in no way guarantees that the coverage will be in place on the day of the event. How many people get in accidents the day after their policy lapses? Happens all the time. Yes, some of them are lying, but it really does happen.

Alternately, the vendor can just call the insurance agent listed on the cert and verify coverage a day before the event. Either of these ways makes way more sense than how they're doing it.

Since we are on the subject, here's a little free insurance advice from Teebax. If you are getting a certificate of insurance from a vendor or from a contractor that is going to work on your house, insist that the certificate come from the agent or carrier, not from the insured. I just had a situation in which one of my clients who canceled for nonpayment 10 years ago had doctored up the dates on the ten year old certificate and was still using it as proof of coverage! The damn thing had the name of our agency, which had changed eight years ago. The insurance carrier listed on it isn't even in business anymore.

This client had been using this fake cert for years instead of buying insurance. But then she made the mistake of accepting a contract from a large restaurant chain that actually had someone who was smart enough to call me and verify that the certificate was legitimate. Once I finished laughing, I told her they haven't had insurance for ten years and the cert was fake fake fake. She promptly fired them, and I promptly reported them to the insurance commissioner for insurance fraud. Good times.

[SandyToes]

Good advice, teebax.  And score one for the good guys! I needed that tonight!

[AngelaHunter]

Excellent advice about the insurance scam thing, teebax. I'll keep that in mind next time I hire a contractor.

 

About the overly-indulged boys:

 

While I don't spend $800 on them, I don't think collecting sneakers is any worse than collecting any other thing people collect, as long as you can afford to do so.

 

These were 17 year old boys who don't have jobs. And don't know how to conduct their "business." The def., a miniature, mouthy Muppet spouting off names like Louis Vuitton, likes to take selfies of himself in the shoes he buys, trades or whatever before selling them then got pissy when someone complained that they were "used." He only wore the $800 (or $1700) shoes in his HOME! Can't blame Puppet Boy too much, because his mommy is a big-mouthed moron.

[Jamoche]

 

"I walked into the room and he just told me to fuck off!"

"So...he just told you to fuck off? That's all he said?"

"Yeah! All I did was walk into the room and he told me to fuck off!"

Long ago, when the Internet was young, I found a message board where emergency room workers traded funny stories. It's truly astonishing how often someone was standing on a street corner just minding their own business when some total stranger attacks them - they even have an acronym for that: "socmob"

Edited October 24, 2015 by Jamoche

[Talented Tenth]

Teebax, all you had to do was axe me. I would be glad to give you some money but if we break up you're going to have to pay me back plus pain and suffering. Actually I don't have any actual cash but I do have a couple of checks I got as a mystery shopper - if you would so kindly deposit them to your account, you can keep $500 for your trouble and give me the other couple of grand.  

 

Plus you can declare my grandkids on your tax return this year, but only if you get to the tax place before their baby mama gets to HR Block. It's all about the timing. 

 

It could have been funny if the race-specific "axe" was left out.  Transposing letters in speech is called metathesis.  It's no different than people saying "jewllery" instead of jewelry or "realator" instead of realtor.  Some words don't roll so easy off the tongue and some people naturally say them an alternate way whether it's cultural or biological.  It's not a cause for derision, in my opinion.  There are lot of crooks and morally corrupt people in the world who speak "perfect" English.  To me, the litigants who deserve bashings are the ones with poor characters.

[momtoall]

 There are lot of crooks and morally corrupt people in the world who speak "perfect" English.  To me, the litigants who deserve bashings are the ones with poor characters.

 

 

This is why so many people are easily conned.  They feel if someone speaks "correctly" dresses well and are well groomed, they are trustworthy.  On the other hand people, whose grammar isn't perfect or "ghetto" are seen as unintelligent.  Neither of these cases are necessarily true.  Some clean cut, well spoken, well groomed folks are bums and not particularly intelligent and some poorly attired, poor grammar users are intelligent people, who just can't express themselves well.  It's really a case of don't judge a book by the cover.

[Brattinella]

Why does everything have to devolve into race?  This is supposed to be about Judge Judy!

[lovesnark]

I think if the DJ had insurance and the plaintiffs were sweating him about it, he could have produced a certificate of insurance to reassure the defendant that he did have coverage. I send out a dozen or so of those things a day, and it takes me all of a few minutes to do it. He could have given them the cert and then provided another one within the 30 day window.

Also, whoever drew up the vendor contract is an idiot. You can get a liability cert that names you as Additional Insured and provides for a notice of cancellation if the policy cancels. Making the insured wait until 30 days prior to the event in no way guarantees that the coverage will be in place on the day of the event. How many people get in accidents the day after their policy lapses? Happens all the time. Yes, some of them are lying, but it really does happen.

Alternately, the vendor can just call the insurance agent listed on the cert and verify coverage a day before the event. Either of these ways makes way more sense than how they're doing it.

Since we are on the subject, here's a little free insurance advice from Teebax. If you are getting a certificate of insurance from a vendor or from a contractor that is going to work on your house, insist that the certificate come from the agent or carrier, not from the insured. I just had a situation in which one of my clients who canceled for nonpayment 10 years ago had doctored up the dates on the ten year old certificate and was still using it as proof of coverage! The damn thing had the name of our agency, which had changed eight years ago. The insurance carrier listed on it isn't even in business anymore.

This client had been using this fake cert for years instead of buying insurance. But then she made the mistake of accepting a contract from a large restaurant chain that actually had someone who was smart enough to call me and verify that the certificate was legitimate. Once I finished laughing, I told her they haven't had insurance for ten years and the cert was fake fake fake. She promptly fired them, and I promptly reported them to the insurance commissioner for insurance fraud. Good times.

I hear ya. I don't believe the DJ had insurance. Either that, or he took the job and didn't really want to do it. Mr Lovesnark is a contractor and it takes about 30 seconds to email our agent and ask him to send a certificate naming someone. I'd love to know if there are a slew of other people that hired this DJ, signed the contract, gave him a deposit and lost it when he refused to provide proof of insurance. 

[One Tough Cookie]

she should have cared about ripoff report

 

 

You expect Judge Judy to INTERNET?????

 

 

 

Thanks for the snark people.  I've been really sick and have 9 episodes to catch up. 

 

Teebax, I'd gladly borrow you some money except my Section 8 check hasn't come yet.  Wanna use my SNAP card instead?

Edited October 24, 2015 by One More Time

[teebax]

Why does everything have to devolve into race? This is supposed to be about Judge Judy!

Thank you for this.

Also, "axe" is not race-specific. I've heard people from all different backgrounds say it. The only common denominator is ignorance.

This black, female, gay, atheist, left-handed* boardie isn't a bigot. I lament that we live in a society in which willful ignorance is tolerated, if not celebrated. Then we decided it was impolite to correct someone's grammar. Well, I'm really glad someone corrected mine, or I'd still think the plural of you is youse, which is commonly heard in Philly and not at all race-specific.

I was picked on mercilessly in high school for "talking white," as if I had to sound like an ignorant fool because I was black. Well, fuck that. Every successful person I'd ever met spoke well, regardless of race. I wanted to speak well, too. If that made me a snob or a wannabe or whatever else they decided to call me, that was their issue, not mine. I was too busy trying to make something of myself and get out of the hood to give a damn what they thought about me, anyway.

*I like to add being a lefty to the list of minority groups to which I belong because when I first came out to my parents my mom said, "Don't you have enough challenges as a left-handed black lesbian?" She was dead serious, but I couldn't help but crack up laughing. I thought it was hilarious that she included my left-handedness, as if I would face extra hatred because of it. I could picture someone talking shit about me and saying, "and that heffa is left-handed, too!"

Edited October 24, 2015 by teebax

[Spunkygal]

Why does everything have to devolve into race? This is supposed to be about Judge Judy!

That's what I'd like to axe! Sorry...couldn't resist.

Edited October 24, 2015 by Spunkygal

[khyber]

 

It could have been funny if the race-specific "axe" was left out.

My 70 year old white, racist ,moronic sister-in-law says "axe" and can't conjugate a verb to save her life. Careful up on that high horse it might turn around and Cosby you.

Edited October 24, 2015 by khyber

[momtoall]

My 70 year old white, racist ,moronic sister-in-law says "axe" and can't conjugate a verb to save her life. Careful up on that high horse it might turn around and Cosby you.

 

 

 Now that's funny.

 

This black, female, gay, atheist, left-handed* boardie isn't a bigot. I lament that we live in a society in which willful ignorance is tolerated, if not celebrated.

 

 

I'm black female, left-handed, old than dirt and fluffy.  I too have been told I talk "white".  This is a term I find offensive.  Correct grammar isn't color specific.  My concern is that people who talk less than perfect English of thought to be less and I never considered for one minute this was a "black" issue.  Just watch a couple of episodes of Judge Judy and you will see English mangled by a variety of litigants.

Edited October 24, 2015 by momtoall

[Spunkygal]

I am an equal opportunity teaser. I don't care what you look like, but if you mangle and butcher proper grammar and word pronounciation, it's fair game and I'm laughing and shaking my head. Back to "axe," I have several cousins who are on the country side of the family and they pronounce "wash" as "warsh." We never laughed in front of them, but that has been a running joke in my immediate family.

[speac]

An enlightening article about ax vrs ask

 

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-saying-ax-instead-ask-1200-years-180949663/?no-ist

[Dahlia]

So while one horse was getting raped the others just stood around and waited their turn? Why not attack him while his pants were down, and kick the shit out of him?

This? Some very funny shit.

Since I could not stop laughing out loud for real I had to just point so my husband knew I was not losing my mind. thanks! I needed that

Edited October 25, 2015 by Dahlia

[Talented Tenth]

The plaintiff in the first case blamed a hairstylist of 30 years for her alopecia and wanted $5000. However, she didn't call the stylist or seek medical advice for sores on her head and hair loss until three weeks after her hair appointment.

 

Well, she said she immediately made an appointment, but couldn't be seen until weeks later.

 

I felt kinda bad for the lady with the bad hairdo. She shouldn't have gone to the Damn Bitch What The Fuck salon with Claude who's been out, I mean doing hair, since Taylor Swift. I believed her story. I don't think she had been trying to color her hair just because she had in the past. It's possible he just fucked up her hair. And she was saying she didn't call him the next day. What was Claude gonna do besides throw shade at her? Alopecia is just mother nature taking it's course, girrrrl. JJ sucks sometimes.

 

I don't understand why Judy was so fixated on the woman calling the stylist.  Her calling him wasn't going to make the hair magically be put back on her head.  

[One Tough Cookie]

I am an equal opportunity teaser. I don't care what you look like, but if you mangle and butcher proper grammar and word pronounciation, it's fair game and I'm laughing and shaking my head. Back to "axe," I have several cousins who are on the country side of the family and they pronounce "wash" as "warsh." We never laughed in front of them, but that has been a running joke in my immediate family.

 

My former SIL used to say ellamentary for elementary school, and 15 years later we still laugh remembering. 

As an educator of 20 years experience, I can assure everyone  that bad grammar is not race specific.

[AuntiePam]

 

My former SIL used to say ellamentary for elementary school, and 15 years later we still laugh remembering.

 

That's how I say it.  What's the correct way?

[Brattinella]

My former SIL used to say ellamentary for elementary school, and 15 years later we still laugh remembering. 

As an educator of 20 years experience, I can assure everyone  that bad grammar is not race specific.

That's how I say it, too.  What is the correct pronunciation?

[AuntiePam]

One More Time needs to tell us where SIL put the emphasis.  On the last syllable, maybe? Or no emphasis at all?  ella-men-tary?

 

 

[DoctorK]

 

This black, female, gay, atheist, left-handed* boardie

You are Left Handed? OMG!!!!!! I won't tell anyone. LOL.

[Rick Kitchen]

The emphasis is on the middle syllable, el-EMEN-tahree or el-EMEN-tree.

 

Yeah, no.

 

Click on the little speaker to hear the pronunciation - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/elementary?s=t

Edited October 25, 2015 by Rick Kitchen

[Spunkygal]

Yeah, no.

 

Click on the little speaker to hear the pronunciation - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/elementary?s=t

Cool site! Thanks!

[AuntiePam]

I hear emphasis on the "men".  ??

[Brattinella]

That sounds (and looks) EXACTLY how it is posted above!  Why is stewedsquash wrong? 

[One Tough Cookie]

She pronounced it  el uh ment tairy {rhymes with fairy}.  I have always heard it pronounced el uh mentree.

Edited October 25, 2015 by One More Time

[seacliffsal]

To me it seems like we've had several one case per half hour episodes which really drags the show and I really quickly lose interest. If the full episode cases were interesting it would be one thing but they all just seem...boring. It can't be that people are no longer suing everyone can it? Or, are some people refusing to go on the show? Oh well. Hopefully we'll get some interesting cases before too long.

[speac]

I think the poster who said the plaintiff didn't plan like a woman who was building a case was correct, in the hair loss case. I think she was reasonably intelligent, while still being relatively dense, if that makes sense. She knew she needed medical help, knew she needed to talk with the stylist, new she needed to get some compensation, but she just did not connect the dots correctly to get relief from the courts. Everything she said made sense, it just didn't make a case. 

 

The point is that it wasn't she didn't make her case, she didn't prove that her hair loss was caused by chemical damage.  Chemical damage causes hair to break because it is weak but it doesn't stop the hair from growing.  Alopeica is going to look and feel very different from hair loss from chemical damage.

[One Tough Cookie]

I was watching an oldie last night and came upon a case here the plaintiff had co-signed for a loan and was suing the defendant and was SURPRISED  and even moreso OUTRAGED  that she was expected to pay when the defendant defaulted. Why the hell sign for a guy who can't get credit and then sue.  I was hoping JJ said "you signed, you gotta pay".

 

Sometimes her reasonings leave me baffled

Edited October 26, 2015 by One More Time