june gloom on 19/3/2010 at 17:52
I love it when people try to insist that English is not a fluid language and cannot/should not change over time.
Words are the best toys and should be played with.
Ulukai on 19/3/2010 at 17:56
Forsooth, kind intarweb knave.
R Soul on 19/3/2010 at 19:50
On the subject of words, I dislike those sites that make it hard to select and copy text. It's never impossible, just harder, and I'm usually doing it just to quote a few sentences. If someone wants to copy a whole page, they'll find a way. And they do so quite often. See my next point:
Sites that have all copied their info from one source, or those that have the keywords in their page (so it shows up on Google) but just link to the source.
ZylonBane on 19/3/2010 at 19:55
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Words are the best toys and should be played with.
Which is fine, if you don't care that nobody will be able to understand WTF you're saying.
june gloom on 19/3/2010 at 20:22
Oh for fuck's sake, can you try to not automatically resort to the worst case scenario? Obviously one should strive for clarity and comprehensibility, but that doesn't mean one shouldn't play with the language. Fucking dipshit.
doctorfrog on 19/3/2010 at 21:39
[QUOTE=]Can you try to not automatically resort to the worst case scenario? Obviously one should strive for clarity and comprehensibility, but that doesn't mean one shouldn't play with the language.A post.
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Oh for fuck's sake, can you try to not automatically resort to the worst case scenario? Obviously one should strive for clarity and comprehensibility, but that doesn't mean one shouldn't play with the language. Fucking dipshit.
A dethtoll post, with trollbait.
doctorfrog on 19/3/2010 at 21:53
Quote Posted by dethtoll
It was in response to ZB. Do you not agree that it was perfectly warranted?
(considered just saying "oh here comes the miss manners brigade again" but why add fuel to the fire)
Oh, I'm not concerned about manners, especially where Zeebs is concerned. It's just that you have a perfectly fine post without adding the same boring insults to it, which only make you look like more of an ass and threatens to derail yet another thread.
Speaking of playing with language, here's a personal challenge: each time you feel like using the word 'fuck,' think of some other word to use. I'm not averse to profanity, hell, when my girlfriend swears a blue streak it's damn near adorable, but I know you're smart enough to throw some variety in there. Spice it up a bit, man!
