Lots of small victories (sorry)

(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 15:14, 23 replies)

Apostrophe grrrrrs
You know, I honestly admire people with a lassez-faire attitude to other people's spelling mistakes. I'd much rather be the type who thinks that every wrong-way-round "IE" or misplaced comma is some sort of right-on protest against totalitarian spelling regimes than one of those sad, bitchy pedants - but that apostrophe made me want to burn the world.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 15:56, closed)

Chill Winston.

(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:09, closed)

You are the Fourth Horseman of the Apostrophe
And I salute you.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:13, closed)

Cheers Moon
Right back at you sir!
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:16, closed)

you still gets won of these

(waxdart hello., Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:13, closed)

I like this
It never fails to make me simile.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:19, closed)

To be a grammar nazi effectively is very, very difficult, not to mention pompous, self-important, and very sad.
It means you can make no mistakes of your own, and splitting an infinitive in a phrase such as "I honestly admire" seem to display an awful lack of self-awareness.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:19, closed)

Splitting an infinitive is perfectly acceptable in English
The only reason people think it isn't is because of Grammar Nazis in the 18th century, who a) thought Latin was in some sense "better" than any other language, and b) who wanted to sell more grammar books, so made up a whole load of arbitrary rules.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:34, closed)

I agree.
It's part of my point.

lol
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:35, closed)

I thought split infinitives were all the rage these days
But you're right. So very right.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:34, closed)

Wouldn't that be
'To' honestly admire? After all, the infinitive is 'to admire'.
( Ghoti Fingers, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 18:24, closed)

Depends how far you want to take it - I were taught that it ain't not proper to split no verb, which is what the phrase "split infinitive" refers to:
So it should be "I admire ... honestly", or "Honestly I admire ... "

Mind, I'm from Somerset. It's different there.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 8:38, closed)

I wish I was one of those people that could let it go, but...
I believe it's spelt 'laissez-faire'.

I'll fuck off now for a bit.
(Tighthead, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 17:20, closed)

It seems this is a popular discussion. Why not buy the T-shirt guys? -

www.zazzle.co.uk/its_split_infinitive_tshirt-235172360039823084
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:47, closed)

Let us be honest bROKEN,
it is quite refreshing to have a good-humoured bit of banter about some dodgy punctuation compared to a lot of the inane and pointless invective in some of the other threads recently. Your errant apostrophe has freed us from the shackles of nested bickering. I was beginning to think about abandoning QOTW (clearly this would represent a crushing blow to everybody) seeing as every other post seems to turn into a pissing contest.

Moral crusade over, return to your lives everybody. Good work b.a.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Tue 15 Feb 2011, 18:17, closed)

Cheers Number5
I too was trying to avoid all that hand bagging, as it does get tiresome, seems to be every week for the last like 4 weeks, lets face it, if a lot of it was funny we wouldn't have an issue. Baiting + un-funny makes b.a sad :( I won't mention names as I don't want to draw them/him to this thread.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 9:27, closed)

Would you both like a cuggle?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 10:08, closed)

Cuddle + Hug.

This has a sexual content to it.
to lay next to someone in bed usually after sexual interactions.

Wasn't sure what that was but now I do, you're o.k, besides I wouldn't want to make anyone jealous.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 11:21, closed)

Wtf? Are you an alien learning about our feeble earth culture through messageboards?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 11:44, closed)

Kronos
Start up the ship, he's on to us! :O
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 12:05, closed)

Klaatu barada nikto!

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 12:15, closed)

Ignore him Gort
commence with the invasion!!!
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 14:26, closed)

HURRAH FOR THE BLACKSHIRTS!
^c The Daily Mail
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Wed 16 Feb 2011, 12:51, closed)