How nerdy are you?This week Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died. A whole generation of pasty dice-obsessed nerds owes him big time. Me included.
So, in his honour, how nerdy were you? Are you still sunlight-averse? What are the sad little things you do that nobody else understands?
As an example, a B3ta regular who shall remain nameless told us, "I spent an entire school summer holiday getting my BBC Model B computer to produce filthy stories from an extensive database of names, nouns, adjectives, stock phrases and deviant sexual practices. It revolutionised the porn magazine dirty letter writing industry for ever.
Revel in your own nerdiness.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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Quite Nerdy....I am a grammar and spelling Nazi. I can't help it. If I see a sign in town that has a comma or an apostrophe in an incorrect place, I have an intense and immediate desire to get out a red pen and circle it.
It could be worse, though. How, you say?
Well, I have a friend who looks through every book she reads for errors. When she finds them, she makes a note of it and files it away to write to the publisher later.
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errorsI like pulling the letters that my kids bring home from school.
Also, the "5 items or less" signs in Asda really tick me off.
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sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sun 9 Mar 2008, 22:12,
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We get departmental weekly news lettersThe person who writes them should not be allowed near a keyboard. I've seen sentences merging, punctuation completely missing....
I recently joined a forum and alienated myself by laughing at their lack of typing skills. Now they all hate me. It was worth it though.
It was a forum for writers.
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vix0r was not Matthew on, Sun 9 Mar 2008, 22:34,
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I have been knownto rub superfluous apostrophes from pub 'specials' blackboards, and the like.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 8:25,
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...There's enough of us out there to form an army and make a difference.
I also see red when people on the radio use the phrase "beg the question" when they mean "raise the question", and "refute" when they mean "reject" or "rebut". Everyone on the Today programme, this means you.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 11:18,
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Once, on an advert for some crappy £1.50 per shot night or summat like thatI highlighted all the grammatical errors with a red pen, and scored "5/10 see me after class" into the lamination.
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The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 11:32,
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When I was at school in the 1980sAt some point the teachers went on strike. Around 1985, as I remember. Anyway, the more militant teachers were hanging around the buses one day as we were leaving to go home, handing out leaflets imploring our parents to support the teachers in their cause. It appeared that the striking teachers were actually worried about what would happen to our education were the dispute not resolved. On the leaflet was written:
"What will be the affect of this action on your children?"
I took great pleasure in pointing out the error!
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 12:41,
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I've done thatWritten to the publishers because of a mistake. I got a free book, yay!
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...I believe affect and effect can be used interchangeably.
Unless I've completely missed the point...
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If you affect something...... it produces an effect.
Dictionary:
Affect is to act on, produce an effect in
Effect is the result, consequence
Thus, not the same nor interchangeable.
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vix0r was not Matthew on, Tue 11 Mar 2008, 0:05,
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