Author Topic: Grammar Questions (Read 7418 times)

Pepe the Inamimated · « **Reply #25 on:** March 02, 2005, 09:41:08 AM »

Hmm. I couldn't see that until you pointed it out.

Porter · « **Reply #26 on:** March 02, 2005, 09:43:49 AM »

Jono · « **Reply #27 on:** March 02, 2005, 09:49:35 AM »

Don't worry about trying to edit them; I have a big graphics package thing for the board (complete with layers and transparency and whatnot).

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Actually, as I already noted, my motivation is that it sounds like butt to me.

I can accept that answer. I just think that the objection most people have is that it's rare in America. Well, it's probably only rare because it's edited out and sometimes stigmatized (with the rationale that it's a Briticism). Then people can say, "See? It's rare in America," even though it's artificially rare. It's just a vicious cycle.

Porter · « **Reply #28 on:** March 02, 2005, 09:51:20 AM »

"It keeps going around and around."
"That's what makes it vicious."
"And a circle."

Porter · « **Reply #29 on:** March 02, 2005, 09:51:41 AM »

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Don't worry about trying to edit them; I have a big graphics package thing for the board (complete with layers and transparency and whatnot).

Which one? I used the gimp to do what I did, and it has layers and transparency and whatnot, if only I knew how to use them.

Pepe the Inamimated · « **Reply #30 on:** March 02, 2005, 10:20:10 AM »

See, I don't think it's rare. I think it's all too common.

I wonder if it's a regional thing even within the US.

Jono · « **Reply #31 on:** March 02, 2005, 11:17:01 AM »

What's that quote from, Porter?

And actually, I meant that I have a big graphics file containing all the buttons and emoticons and stuff, and it's all chopped up into slices and layers.

Porter · « **Reply #32 on:** March 02, 2005, 11:24:37 AM »

Which quote?

My sig is from Firefly.

The one about a vicious circle is from Sports Night, a TV show that lasted about 1.5 seasons, but that had really funny dialog all the time.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #33 on:** March 02, 2005, 03:21:29 PM »

I say backwards. And towards, now that I think about it, and have never thought it odd. And I'm a hick.

Jono · « **Reply #34 on:** March 02, 2005, 03:41:41 PM »

Yeah, I meant the vicious circle quote. I saw a few episodes of Sports Night, and I remember it being pretty good.

Porter · « **Reply #35 on:** March 02, 2005, 03:50:08 PM »

I recommend netflixing the first disc.

Or maybe we could have yall over to watch it some time.

rivka · « **Reply #36 on:** March 02, 2005, 07:12:22 PM »

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"Nauseated" and "Nauseous" are not synonyms, though they are often incorrectly used as such. Somethine is "nauseous" if it induces nausea. A person suffering from nausea is nauseated.

>.< What is incredibly annoying -- other than the fact that I know this, and didn't pay enough attention to this one (it was the one I didn't bother to check -- hubris!) -- is that I correct students when they misuse it. They've corrupted me!