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# 'ning
A guy who looked very similar to this once told me I was like a 'modern oscar wild'.


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(I helped save b3ta! rduke "you can buy most things in most shops", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:52, archived)
# He could be very silly mid off
(I helped save b3ta! The Twisted Omentum vidi vici veni, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:53, archived)
# He's a bad ass spin bowler
(I helped save b3ta! rduke "you can buy most things in most shops", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:58, archived)
# I bet he's a top sledger!
(I helped save b3ta! The Twisted Omentum vidi vici veni, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 18:13, archived)
# trust me
this is one maiden* he isn't going to bowl over!




*may not technically be a maiden any more
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:58, archived)
# A double pun!
(I helped save b3ta! Jimbuktu See? Right here, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:58, archived)
# oo er missus!
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 18:08, archived)
# zing!
(I helped save b3ta! rduke "you can buy most things in most shops", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 17:59, archived)
# you can get ointment for that
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 18:09, archived)
# phoar

(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 18:07, archived)
# "Modern" as in
"Has no ability to spell proper nouns correctly"?

/Angry proof-reader blog
(I helped save b3ta! kitaro is all, like, "Nifty Biscuits" 'n that..., Mon 18 Jan 2010, 18:26, archived)
# I'm not sure you know what a proper noun is.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 18:30, archived)
# I am.
www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-proper.htm ;)
(I helped save b3ta! kitaro is all, like, "Nifty Biscuits" 'n that..., Mon 18 Jan 2010, 21:07, archived)
#
A "proper noun" is a grammatical entity. It is not a class of words. To say someone can't spell proper nouns makes about as much sense as saying they can't spell the accusative case. The individual words that make up a proper noun may have a spelling, but they aren't necessarily English words, or even words in any language at all. This is why they aren't allowed in Scrabble.

In any case, he's written "oscar wild" (sic) not only without capitalisation, but also with the indefinite article, so there's a case to be made for it not being a proper noun anyway.

[edit] I'm also not all too impressed by a website with such pedantic leanings that gives as an example "My favourite movie is Greece."
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 21:26, archived)
# I peaked after the capital A
(I helped save b3ta! rduke "you can buy most things in most shops", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 18:47, archived)
# Hehe!
:)
(I helped save b3ta! kitaro is all, like, "Nifty Biscuits" 'n that..., Mon 18 Jan 2010, 21:04, archived)