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00 Offline Mechanickal

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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #240 on: November 17, 2017, 07:05:43 AM
Have we mentioned bought/brought yet?
eg: "I brought this online..."
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That's a mistake I never hope to make.  :rofl:
I bought my sister home last night!! :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #241 on: November 17, 2017, 09:05:49 AM
Have we mentioned bought/brought yet?
eg: "I brought this online..."
:facepalm:
That's a mistake I never hope to make.  :rofl:
I bought my sister home last night!! :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:
And the other way is better?  :pok:


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #242 on: November 17, 2017, 10:31:54 AM
I'm the type of person (not "the kind") who (not "that") uses punctuation in text messages, I'm doomed


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #243 on: November 17, 2017, 11:19:26 AM
Whatever you guys are doing I think this should play while you do it:



It somehow fits the witch burnings and arcane gods of yore.  :facepalm:

Please, that's too scary! Not to scary, nor two scary...

Why not something more cheerful?

Remember Noddy?



Show content
Of course, you might prefer a more grownup version. From the portuguese group Moonspell, in a Gato Fedorento show. Gato Fedorento is like Monty Python but on a more modest scale.



 >:D >:D >:D >:D
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It is just a matter of time before they add the word “Syndrome” after my last name.

I don't have OCD, I have OCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #244 on: November 17, 2017, 11:22:39 AM
Have we mentioned bought/brought yet?
eg: "I brought this online..."
:facepalm:
That's a mistake I never hope to make.  :rofl:
I bought my sister home last night!! :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:
And the other way is better?  :pok:

It's spelt "Hand thee otter whey ease butter".

 :pok: :pok:
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It is just a matter of time before they add the word “Syndrome” after my last name.

I don't have OCD, I have OCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Eff the ineffable, scrut the inscrutable.

IYCRTYSWTMTFOT



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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #245 on: November 17, 2017, 11:23:27 AM
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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #246 on: November 17, 2017, 01:16:08 PM
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It is just a matter of time before they add the word “Syndrome” after my last name.

I don't have OCD, I have OCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Eff the ineffable, scrut the inscrutable.

IYCRTYSWTMTFOT



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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #247 on: November 17, 2017, 03:21:35 PM
I believe we are off topic now :whistle: :rofl:

I believe we're so off topic we can't see the topic anymore...


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #248 on: November 17, 2017, 03:24:40 PM
I believe we are off topic now :whistle: :rofl:

I believe we're so off topic we can't see the topic anymore...


:facepalm:


We come in peace,take us to your topic!  :angel:
« Last Edit: November 17, 2017, 03:30:45 PM by lister »
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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #249 on: November 17, 2017, 06:10:00 PM
I believe we are off topic now :whistle: :rofl:

I believe we're so off topic we can't see the topic anymore...


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It is just a matter of time before they add the word “Syndrome” after my last name.

I don't have OCD, I have OCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Eff the ineffable, scrut the inscrutable.

IYCRTYSWTMTFOT



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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #250 on: November 17, 2017, 06:12:46 PM
Remember the reference I made to Letterkenny? I actually searched Google maps for it.

Well, guess what? There's in fact a Letterkenny in Ontario, Canada, but it's only a road! The real town of Letterkenny is in Ireland! No wonder I didn't understand those canucks!

 :facepalm:

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It is just a matter of time before they add the word “Syndrome” after my last name.

I don't have OCD, I have OCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Eff the ineffable, scrut the inscrutable.

IYCRTYSWTMTFOT



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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #251 on: November 17, 2017, 06:21:48 PM
I believe we are off topic now :whistle: :rofl:

I believe we're so off topic we can't see the topic anymore...


:facepalm:


We come in peace,take us to your topic!  :angel:

All your topic r belong to us!

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Beat me to it!  :rant:
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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #252 on: November 17, 2017, 06:23:06 PM
I believe we are off topic now :whistle: :rofl:

I believe we're so off topic we can't see the topic anymore...


:facepalm:


We come in peace,take us to your topic!  :angel:

All your topic r belong to us!

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:rofl:
Beat me to it!  :rant:

Pwned!

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It is just a matter of time before they add the word “Syndrome” after my last name.

I don't have OCD, I have OCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Eff the ineffable, scrut the inscrutable.

IYCRTYSWTMTFOT



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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #253 on: November 17, 2017, 06:41:43 PM
Nate

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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #254 on: November 17, 2017, 08:00:28 PM


What is this thread's off topic level?

It's over 9000!

What 9000?


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #255 on: November 17, 2017, 08:18:42 PM
I'm also confused when I edit presentations in English and have to speak about "program(me)s"
There is more: advice or advise? Center or centre (that's Greek too and we spell it centro). Monrogue or Monrog? Archaeology or archeology (another Greek, ae is the original spelling). Counsellor or counselor? Disk or disc (we use k in the Greek original). Aeroplane or airplane (Greek original is Ae). Chamomile or camomile (Greek again, original is Ch).
My particular problem is that I learned British English at school, forgot most of them before connecting to the internet in the late '90s and then I was exposed to a mostly American English medical literature and internet information load. And I use this filtered by my own mental translator from Greek to a version of Vulgar English, enriched by a lot of internationalized Greek words and an underlying structure of Greek syntax that isn't always compatible with the English internetian lingua franca.
If we were not living the age of communication (starting with telegraph and now going through the internet age), American English would be evolving gradually to a new language after some centuries.


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #256 on: November 17, 2017, 08:32:12 PM
So you're saying we can blame some of the annoyingness of the English language on Greek?  :pok:


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #257 on: November 17, 2017, 08:33:34 PM


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #258 on: November 17, 2017, 08:37:34 PM
The American English spelling is supposed to be simpler than the British English spelling. However, introducing a supposedly better way of spelling is just another way of adding to the Babylonian confusion.


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #259 on: November 17, 2017, 08:46:32 PM
Greek, Latin, Old French, Norse, West German and, for toponymies, Celtic.
Regarding Greek words (around 5% of English vocabulary, but a larger percent in technical and scientific regimens), British are closer to written Greek and American are closer to pronounced Greek.


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #260 on: November 17, 2017, 09:01:22 PM
On the subject of grammar, I'm personally horrified about how "awl" is misused awl the time on this forum.  :whistle:


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #261 on: November 17, 2017, 09:03:04 PM
No idea what you're talking about at awl...
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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #262 on: November 17, 2017, 09:04:59 PM
No idea what you're talking about at awl...

See? Y'awl do this kind of thing constantly.  :rant:


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #263 on: November 17, 2017, 10:07:03 PM


No idea what you're talking about at awl...

See? Y'awl do this kind of thing awl the time.  :rant:

FTFY'awl


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #264 on: November 17, 2017, 10:08:38 PM
Come on guys now cawlm down y'awl :pok:
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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #265 on: November 17, 2017, 10:20:35 PM
Oh come on you awl...
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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #266 on: November 17, 2017, 10:35:28 PM
We reached that point awlready?


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #267 on: November 17, 2017, 10:41:03 PM
Took us awl long enough


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #268 on: November 17, 2017, 10:42:12 PM
No idea what you're tawlking about at awl...
FTFY


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Re: My musings on the lack of grammar nazis
Reply #269 on: November 17, 2017, 11:07:03 PM
This site is awlsome! Here anarchy isn’t an utopia anymore.


 

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