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There is a two-letter word that perhaps
has more meaning than any other two-letter word ..
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and that is "UP." If you are not confused after reading this
you must really be messed "UP."
It's easy to understand UP, meaning
toward the sky or at the top of the list but when we waken 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, 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
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 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 of the proper
uses of UP, look UP the word in the dictionary. In a desk
size dictionary, UP takes UP almost 1/4th the page and
definitions add UP to about thirty.
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 doesn't rain for a while,
things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap
it UP, for now my time is UP , so I'll shut UP...
Submitted by Linn, Hagerstown, Md.
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