"calming, enthralling gems that still outshine the rest of the rubbish out there."
...but thats the opinion of an adult... not a 7 year old.
When i was that age i couldn't give a toss about how calming/educational/culturally relevant/artistically significant kids tv shows were... i wanted to see cool stuff, funny stuff, wacky stuff etc... the clangers, button moon, ivor t'engine, BLUE FUCKIN PETER etc. - all a pile of middle class, middle aged wanky ideals of what children should watch, NOT what kids wanted to watch... hence the fact that the modern, market driven kids tv landscape of today tends to go for bright, engaging shows which they know kids will love and watch, hopefully, over competing networks.
BTW you don't sound like a snob, just a bit of a knob (or was that a misspelling? :p), also what about people who start a sentence/paragraph with the word and?
After all, the concious decision to not bother pressing the shift key and the misspelling of a single word while posting on an informal message board show far less disregard, or understanding, of grammar than someone who doesn't know how to start a fuckin sentence properly!
:)
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 0:11, Reply)
Hahaha
Look up Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, widely regarded as one of the best novels ever written.You probably won't bother so I'll tell you about it.
The very first word in that fine piece of literature is "And..."
I believe the popular internet slang for this situation you have created for yourself is 'Fail'
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 1:23, Reply)
fail? erm.... no
I wasn't the one throwing around pedantic accusations of bad grammar... i was simply pointing out how rEdiculous that kinda thing is (maybe you didn't spot the smileys?). besides, as you pointed out... "the very first word", used to depict the continuation of something pre-dating the contents of the first page of a novel isn't exactly the best analogy now is it.
I'm sure I'd also be able to find literary works containing purposeful misspellings and/or a lack of capitalisation (e.e. cummings anyone?), that wouldn't make it grammatically correct in general use though would it?
If you could find a book on grammar and it's correct usage, which used and as the first word of a sentence, then i'd be impressed.
:)
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 1:57, Reply)
It doesn't matter how many times you misspell a word,
or if you decide to deploy capital letters midway through to emphasise your error, if you're wrong, you're wrong. Besides, it would be more impressive if you could make use of your apostrophes correctly.
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hubris, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 2:36,
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I can't honestly see what wrong with my apostrophes...
but then again, as shown by my poor spelling wot i dun, im shit at writing and shit.
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 4:06, Reply)
How the fuck are clangers, button moon, and ivor the engine "middle class"?
Two of them are on another planet for fuck's sake.
Anyway my 8 year old brother loves them and I loved them when I was his age. Just because adults find them awesome and creative and fun doesn't mean kids don't too. Go back to your media studies course.
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 1:32, Reply)
diddums
someone doesn't agree with your world view...
you sound like a 10 year old girl, as in "how dare you say that [insert boyband] are crap... I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOOOOOU... GO BACK TO YOUR MEDIA STUDIES COURSE YOU WAR CRIMINAL!!! *sniff* *cry*"
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 2:14, Reply)
Um,
not really. You do, though. Or maybe just someone who likes to hide behind straw men-type exaggerations. And, um, you smell. Of wee. Smelly wee.
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 3:29, Reply)
You smell of wee
And you live in a tree
With a bum for a knee
Keep away from me
Tum diddly dee.
Think I'll go to bed.
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 4:12, Reply)
fuck me
this is why I don't post stuff here sometimes
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gunkyfibbon ...acting his shoe size, not his age, since, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 20:11,
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