Kim, please don't think that! If I was being serious when I wrote that I would have to eject myself from the board -- I'm not one of the world's great writers by any means. I was being very sarcastic when I wrote that, I actually agree with what you're saying. All I'm really interested in is hearing other peoples ideas and opinions, I'm not too bothered with how they write them.
This is why I use emoticons, people.
― Nicole, Friday, 15 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Patrick, Friday, 15 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
It's hardly fiddly to insert an apostrophe is it? And how is it an 'unnecessary' mistake? Having said that, it's weird that I was never *aware* of the issue before. I was actually blind to the absence of that apostrophe in 'correct' usage - because if I'd noticed it I would surely have ammended my own usage.
― David, Friday, 15 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Kim, Friday, 15 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 04:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
I note that Nicole offered up what I think is a crucial point here:
One reason I use emoticons: seems when I don't, I invariably get "Are you serious?!" types of responses. I've even received a couple of very angry and offended emails from people who had taken something I had written at face value. Hence the use of emoticons...
Something which I stand by constantly, of course.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 04:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Your mileage may vary"
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:30 (twenty years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:34 (twenty years ago) link
― enrique (Enrique), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:37 (twenty years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:37 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:38 (twenty years ago) link
― enrique (Enrique), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Citizen Kate (kate), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Sam (chirombo), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Sam (chirombo), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Citizen Kate (kate), Monday, 17 November 2003 11:51 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:03 (twenty years ago) link
― enrique (Enrique), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:05 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Sam (chirombo), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:10 (twenty years ago) link
(Nick, curly Jackie asked after you yesterday. She sends her love)
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:11 (twenty years ago) link
You're right - this thread is nasty.
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:13 (twenty years ago) link
i've seen nastier
― enrique (Enrique), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:14 (twenty years ago) link
N: have you been seeing a sudden upsurge in this recently? I've been seeing YMMV for about 10 years, on and off.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:16 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:16 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:20 (twenty years ago) link
― enrique (Enrique), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:23 (twenty years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:33 (twenty years ago) link
― athos magnani (Cozen), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:36 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Skottie, Monday, 17 November 2003 21:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Creepy Weirdo, Thursday, 13 October 2005 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link
why does every goddamn description of a southern (US) accent call it a "drawl"?? USE OTHER WORDS, PLEASE
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 July 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
Drawing your vowels out = drawl
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawl
They use it because it's a readily recognizable feature of a dialect and it's quick and easy to say compared to "dialect" or "way of speaking" or "he drags out his vowels"; and "southern accent" sounds weird to some people because they associate accents with other languages.
― bamcquern, Monday, 11 July 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
my point is that some - many? most? - southern accents are not drawls
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 July 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
people who call their computer a "'puter"
or a pooter
― kkvgz, Friday, 15 July 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
metaad hominem
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:00 (twelve years ago) link
(not singling out the latest post by kdt, btw. I've been tired of these two for a long while)
― grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:01 (twelve years ago) link
Today I learned on Twitter that some people call sunglasses "sunnies"
ffs why
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Monday, 24 November 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
sunglasses successor will be along shortly to explain it all.
― estela, Monday, 24 November 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
ha
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Monday, 24 November 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
"You do you"???? I've never heard anyone say this and would at least briefly contemplate hitting someone who did.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/magazine/how-you-do-you-perfectly-captures-our-narcissistic-culture.html
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyF8FiUWkAYZDdI.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 16:44 (five years ago) link
ugh
― Right column Leftist (sunny successor), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link