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01-16-2008, 02:02 PM
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Anyone else here is or was an English major? Do/did you enjoy it? If you majored in English, what did you go on to do for a career? Does it have anything to do with the English field? |
01-16-2008, 02:10 PM
| | You can't plagiarize yourself. | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Elgin, IL | | | I think it should be:
English Majors Untie!
I became a writer. I write TV commercials. WEEE!
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01-16-2008, 02:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: berkeley, ca | | ah, so now we can make fun of you all in one place!   |
01-16-2008, 02:22 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | I was an English major. I post masterpieces on TB. |
01-16-2008, 02:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: PR of Greenbelt, MD | | | Another English major here. It was helpful for getting a Library Science degree, much like a dulcimer is useful as kindling if you want to burn an Autoharp.
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01-16-2008, 02:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Vince S. If you majored in English, what did you go on to do for a career? Does it have anything to do with the English field? | Well, I guess a good understanding of English can help you out when applying for McDonalds! 
(Come on, someone had to say it) 
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01-16-2008, 02:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Port Saint Lucie, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Latimour Well, I guess a good understanding of English can help you out when applying for McDonalds! | Clearly you've not been to California, Arizona, New Mexico or Texas lately.
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01-16-2008, 02:58 PM
|  | My favorite songs were never heard on the radio | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tulsa, OK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by OctoberMooN Clearly you've not been to California, Arizona, New Mexico or Texas lately. | Up until last October, you could have added Oklahoma to that list. |
01-16-2008, 03:02 PM
|  | One lab accident away from being a supervillain | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | | Why is it that they have the guy who speaks very limited english working the cash register and the caucasian teenager making the burritos? Seems backwards to me.
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01-16-2008, 03:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Leeds, UK | | | I've got an MA in English Lit.
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01-16-2008, 03:11 PM
| | One lab accident away from being a supervillain | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Toasted I've got an MA in English Lit. | So, you're unemployed, right?
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01-16-2008, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by PSPookie Why is it that they have the guy who speaks very limited english working the cash register and the caucasian teenager making the burritos? Seems backwards to me. | Because the white teenager can't figure out how to make change. 
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01-16-2008, 03:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Barker ah, so now we can make fun of you all in one place! | /me points and laughs.
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01-16-2008, 05:15 PM
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Applications Engineer, QSC Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Costa Mesa, Calif. | | | I'm not an English major, but my brother used to be an American petty officer 2nd class. |
01-16-2008, 05:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan | | | ...Teach English? |
01-16-2008, 05:26 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rochelle, Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by disenchant
I became a writer. I write TV commercials.
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I take back anything good that I've said about you in the past.
And I condemn you to hell.
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01-16-2008, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob Lee (QSC) I'm not an English major, but my brother used to be an American petty officer 2nd class. |
Good one, Bob....next time you're out here, we will need to hook up (I think The Funny Bone at the Beach has Open Mic night on Tuesdays). 
Anyway-
B.A. in English Lit 1980...1986-1990, went back for a degree in Engineering Technology. FWIW, I write the most scathing e-mails in my department.
Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" is a favourite. I like Dickens & Kafka is cool.
I still recall some girl reading Rimbaud's "Vowels" aloud in Freshman English class-
"A E I O U"...the sounds of sex when enounced in a 'short vowel' sound. Trust me, it sounded pretty hot.
...college is cool, huh-huh-huh.
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01-16-2008, 06:26 PM
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Applications Engineer, QSC Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Costa Mesa, Calif. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimK Good one, Bob....next time you're out here, we will need to hook up (I think The Funny Bone at the Beach has Open Mic night on Tuesdays).
Anyway-
B.A. in English Lit 1980...1986-1990, went back for a degree in Engineering Technology. FWIW, I write the most scathing e-mails in my department.
Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" is a favourite. I like Dickens & Kafka is cool.
I still recall some girl reading Rimbaud's "Vowels" aloud in Freshman English class-
"A E I O U"...the sounds of sex when enounced in a 'short vowel' sound. Trust me, it sounded pretty hot.
...college is cool, huh-huh-huh. | Didn't Sylvester Stallone make a few films about Rimbaud? |
01-16-2008, 06:43 PM
| | | | BA in English, concentration in writing.
I was a newspaper reporter and editor (just a small step above working at McDonald's, really). I do Web design work now.
I don't remember anything about all the books I had to read- except for the Deerslayer, and all I remember about that is that it sucked. |
01-16-2008, 07:26 PM
|  | NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada | | I'm currently taking my BA with a major in English. Will probably go on to get my MA in English too. If I am feeling particularly ambitious enough (i.e. unemployed long enough), I'll go for the PhD, too.
To be quite honest, I have no idea what I am going to do with my degree.  But I'll figure it out. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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