Why is it that language threads make us crazy? - Page 2

03-31-2007, 08:16 PM

You really think so, I mean, I could be... I'm not sure, I'll have to look at it some more, perhaps later.

Cloud · 03-31-2007, 10:31 PM

Gee, "grammar nazi" and a fuck, within 10 posts, and there's not even a point in contention. See what I mean?

elSicomoro · 04-01-2007, 12:43 AM

Hey, I'm all for arguing just to hear myself and others talk.

zippyt · 04-01-2007, 12:50 AM

What the HELL am I doing in this thread ?????

limey · 04-01-2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by zippyt

What the HELL am I doing in this thread ?????

Someone else must be using Zip's log-in - that was all spelllllt corectley!

elSicomoro · 04-01-2007, 12:52 AM

Hearing yourself talk.

piercehawkeye45 · 04-01-2007, 01:10 AM

You always got to love the...

"God, your grammer is absoultely terrible"

DanaC · 04-01-2007, 11:47 AM

yeah.....but strictly speaking that last example shows, not bad grammar, but poor spelling.

lumberjim · 04-01-2007, 12:47 PM

i dare you to criticize my grammar or spelling. i'll treat you to an ass whooping, the likes you;ve never seeeeeen. and my apostropholon is my trademark, so don;t fuck with that either.

Trilby · 04-01-2007, 06:14 PM

Why is everybody being such a dick lately?

BTW, I like

coz, hey, who doesn't love a dragon on a flag? and

coz it's got a pot leaf on it.

Urbane Guerrilla · 04-02-2007, 02:53 AM

Some of us are experts at performing a semicolonoscopy, and others of us can't see it for shit.

04-02-2007, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud
Why is it that language threads make us crazy?

Nice play on words (i.e. threads = clothing)! While "dressing up" even one's informal writing has its advantages, it's still the person (content) that makes the clothes (writing), not the clothes that make the person.

A fundamental of sociology and principle of effective communication is that it's the responsibility of the person trying to communicate an idea to make themselves understood and not the responsibility of the person receiving the message to somehow understand it. If you can accomplished that, I don't particularly care how you write, more power to you.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-02-2007, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by NoBoxes

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A fundamental of sociology and principle of effective communication is that it's the responsibility of the person trying to communicate an idea to make themselves understood and not the responsibility of the person receiving the message to somehow understand it. ~snip

Exactly.

Shawnee123 · 04-02-2007, 11:27 AM

I think we are talking about two different things. A thread about grammar and language is by definition a discussion about that topic presumably for those who are interested in the art and mechanics of the language.

Correcting another's post outside of such a thread is a different matter completely.

I admit I'm O-C about language, and had my own a-ha moment this weekend when I was thinking about something I had posted and realized I had used the wrong word! (Maybe this belongs in "You know you spend too much time in the Cellar when..." thread.) I try not to jump on others, though, unless they're jerks and I feel like screwing with them, or if the typo or error is just really funny in some way and I can't resist.

I am not even close to perfect either, but I do love the art and science of our language.

Trilby · 04-02-2007, 05:17 PM

I think none of youse here has a sense of humour at all.

03-31-2007, 10:31 PM	#2
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Gee, "grammar nazi" and a fuck, within 10 posts, and there's not even a point in contention. See what I mean? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-01-2007, 12:50 AM	#4
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	What the HELL am I doing in this thread ????? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

04-01-2007, 12:47 PM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i dare you to criticize my grammar or spelling. i'll treat you to an ass whooping, the likes you;ve never seeeeeen. and my apostropholon is my trademark, so don;t fuck with that either. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-01-2007, 06:14 PM	#10
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Why is everybody being such a dick lately? BTW, I like coz, hey, who doesn't love a dragon on a flag? and coz it's got a pot leaf on it. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

04-02-2007, 11:27 AM	#14
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I think we are talking about two different things. A thread about grammar and language is by definition a discussion about that topic presumably for those who are interested in the art and mechanics of the language. Correcting another's post outside of such a thread is a different matter completely. I admit I'm O-C about language, and had my own a-ha moment this weekend when I was thinking about something I had posted and realized I had used the wrong word! (Maybe this belongs in "You know you spend too much time in the Cellar when..." thread.) I try not to jump on others, though, unless they're jerks and I feel like screwing with them, or if the typo or error is just really funny in some way and I can't resist. I am not even close to perfect either, but I do love the art and science of our language. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-31-2007, 08:16 PM	#1
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	You really think so, I mean, I could be... I'm not sure, I'll have to look at it some more, perhaps later.

04-01-2007, 12:43 AM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Hey, I'm all for arguing just to hear myself and others talk.

04-01-2007, 12:52 AM	#6
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Hearing yourself talk.

04-01-2007, 01:10 AM	#7
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	You always got to love the... "God, your grammer is absoultely terrible"

04-01-2007, 11:47 AM	#8
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	yeah.....but strictly speaking that last example shows, not bad grammar, but poor spelling.

04-02-2007, 02:53 AM	#11
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Some of us are experts at performing a semicolonoscopy, and others of us can't see it for shit.

04-02-2007, 05:17 PM	#15
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I think none of youse here has a sense of humour at all. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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