I posted a picture but deleted the thread.got HFH getting pissy because I asked him in a gaz to not use my real name, to which he thought he was clever by noting that I said it sometimes. Blatently wasn't intended as banter from his side- Anyhoo sorry for deleting said thread but it kind of ruined the happy vibe.
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FIEND,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 0:35,
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YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED!Cheer up, she's almost certain to let you touch her boobs once you're hitched.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 0:39,
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As long as he keeps his hands above the waist. She's not a hussy.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 0:43,
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I see...I stuck my real name in my profile from the off so there's no big mystery.
Or did I?
*minor chord*
(Or did I?
*minor chord*
enceladus,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 0:40,
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I cunningly disguised mine...EDIT:"I'm Richard, and I'm an English teacher, and I therefore have to resist the urge to spring into pedantic action at the first sign of a crime against spelling or a misplaced apostrophe."
Use of comma before 'and' in a list. Discuss.
(Use of comma before 'and' in a list. Discuss.
da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 0:41,
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ooo! picky!I was treating "I'm Richard" as a kind of salutation - like "Hello", I suppose - a rather liberal use of the comma, I grant you.
( enceladus,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 0:53,
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Technically correct. The best kind of correct :)
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 0:57,
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It acts as a discourse marker, informing the reader that what is going to follow is about him.So yeah, perfect comma.
( Mu Dinofiddler,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 0:59,
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Unless I'm wrong. I'm good at making up something that seems right in my head that later turns out to be utter bullshit.You get away with it most of the time as long as you have utter confidence.
( Mu Dinofiddler,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:02,
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Yeah, I kind of made up that last bit about salutations and whatever...I didn't think it would fly, but I guess maybe it did. :)
( enceladus,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:05,
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Surely though as a list, it would be preferable to drop the 'and' in that case, viz:I'm Richard, I'm an English teacher, and therefore I...
( da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:05,
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Preferable shmeferable.If you're going to be like that you don't need the second I'm, which would turn it into a clause.
( Mu Dinofiddler,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:07,
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That would also force removal of the and aswell.I'm Richard, an English teacher, therefore yadda yadda
( Mu Dinofiddler,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:09,
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Fussakes man, you're an English teacher. You should know the Ultimate Defence."There is no right or wrong English, merely Standard and Non Standard."
( Mu Dinofiddler,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:11,
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very true...Like George Bernard Shaw, who decided that apostrophes were a waste of ink and so didnt use them at all...
( enceladus,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:14,
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Yeah, it's the writer's right to just say "Fuck you, I'll write how I like."
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:15,
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It was good of you to promptly change it ;)
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:12,
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Richard: Hello. My name is Richard and I'm (1.0) *voice cracks* An English teacher.Group (as one): Hi Richard!
( Mu Dinofiddler,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:14,
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BUT YOU CAN CALL ME DICK(
Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:28,
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*looks at profile*You have the most ill-behaved bananas
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PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 0:43,
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all of those posts will be lost foreverlike tears in the rain
( PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage,
Tue 24 Jan 2012, 0:40,
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