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-   -   a language peeve (https://www.bikeforums.net/commuting/521994-language-peeve.html)

noteon 03-21-09 07:37 AM
Originally Posted by unterhausen (Post 8570121)
I hate myself for this. I have a brooks on my commuter, and I have some proofide for it that I can't find. I'm too cheap to buy another tin since I know the first tin will show up as a result. I'd rather buy another saddle.

I figure online forums are an informal venue where we can all let a few lazy sentences go without comment. I used to get all worked up when I saw they're in place of their. They're (sic) was a sign at work that had that mistake, and it used to annoy me to no end.
Signs at work annoy me too, but I let online errors pass unless they appear in grammar cop posts. Some people spell or construct sentences better than others, but the result doesn't correspond reliably with the value of a post's content.

BA Commuter 03-21-09 07:48 AM
Fo shizzle!

ItsJustMe 03-21-09 10:14 AM
Originally Posted by rumrunn6 (Post 8570949)
a colleague at work dislikes my usage of bullets but I find them so helpful because I dislike writing complete sentences and because I have a personal quest for speed and clarity
You dislike writing complete sentences? You've got at least two, possibly three sentences worth of words in that sentence.

noteon 03-21-09 10:15 AM
Originally Posted by ItsJustMe (Post 8571603)
You dislike writing complete sentences? You've got at least two, possibly three sentences worth of words in that sentence.
Unless it's a Chabon sentence, in which case you've got a good fifty still to go.

f4rrest 03-21-09 10:24 AM
The who / whom thing confuses many.

noteon 03-21-09 10:30 AM
Originally Posted by f4rrest (Post 8571633)
The who / whom thing confuses many.
Whom is the Black Rhino of English. It'll be gone soon.

f4rrest 03-21-09 10:37 AM
As will him, presumably.

MNBikeguy 03-21-09 11:11 AM
Sorry, I'm always impressed with a good word smith. (Noteon)

I just get irritated when used to nitpick or condescend completely unrelated to the content to the post. (Note, These are two completely unrelated observations)

fredgarvin7 03-21-09 11:11 AM
"What you are hearing is a fine example of 'frontier gibberish'" -Blazing Saddles.

capejohn 03-21-09 11:36 AM
Nerds

f4rrest 03-21-09 02:22 PM
Originally Posted by capejohn (Post 8571911)
Nerds
Not until someone drops an equation or two.

noteon 03-21-09 04:49 PM
Originally Posted by capejohn (Post 8571911)
Nerds
And doing a damn fine job of it.

noglider 03-22-09 01:35 PM
The best badly worded sign at work:
November safety slogan: Use the right tool for the job, and keep your hands out of tight places. Remember, you only have two.
:lol:

I am not kidding. I really saw this sign at work.

noglider 03-22-09 01:36 PM
And yes, this is a nerdy pedantic wordsmith's thread. If you don't feel comfortable here, that means it's not for you.

DataJunkie 03-22-09 01:38 PM
Bigot. :p

noglider 03-22-09 03:36 PM
I'm not a bigot. I love inarticulate people, too. Well, some of them. Anyway, I'm a nerdy pedantic wordsmith.

noteon 03-22-09 04:02 PM
Originally Posted by DataJunkie (Post 8577035)
Bigot. :p
Fuchsiacoiffeurist.

DataJunkie 03-22-09 04:32 PM
You broke google. Fuchwhatscoiffeuriwhatchamakalit?

noteon 03-22-09 04:55 PM
Fuchsia = pink
Coiffure = hairdo, usually female

Plus a nod to "derailleur" with the extra "e."

A neologism, but one not sans fundament.

We now return to your regularly scheduled geekery, already in progress.

neilfein 03-22-09 05:04 PM
How can a thread be off-topic when it was never on? Love this thread!

CigTech 03-22-09 09:27 PM
I hate this post LOL

aley 03-22-09 10:54 PM
Originally Posted by noteon (Post 8577987)
A neologism, but one not sans fundament.
It's a great word, to be sure, but please leave your fundament in your cycling shorts, and out of the conversation. Well, unless it's those Michelangelo shorts in the Spandex-bashing thread. :D

(For those unfamiliar, see Merriam-Webster's definition.)

mickey85 03-23-09 05:42 AM
Originally Posted by noglider (Post 8577016)
The best badly worded sign at work:
November safety slogan: Use the right tool for the job, and keep your hands out of tight places. Remember, you only have two.
:lol:

I am not kidding. I really saw this sign at work.
There's a sign at a parking lot I pass every day on my way to work.


POSTED
NO PARKING
Violators will be towed at your expense!



At MY expense? hmm...

Pig_Chaser 03-23-09 06:51 AM
No mention of excessive exclamation marks!!!!

OR CAPS LOCK ABUSE?!?!

chipcom 03-23-09 07:28 AM
Originally Posted by noisebeam (Post 8560920)
On Bike Forums/Commuting - 'commuting' is short for 'bicycle commuting'
You'd think this thread would have been over right here, with perhaps a closing DOH! by the OP...but nooooooooooooo....

noglider 03-23-09 07:33 AM
Oh, I forgot to provide my "D'oh!" or mea culpa for my error in my opening post. Sorry about that. But clearly, these language peeves are entertaining to a few of us. I predict this thread won't die for a long time.

Long live the language peeve thread!

chipcom 03-23-09 07:37 AM
I hereby commute your sentence.

noglider 03-23-09 07:54 AM
Originally Posted by chipcom (Post 8580807)
I hereby commute your sentence.
:thumb:

RogerB 03-23-09 10:42 AM
Oh, I love stupid work signs.

At parking lot entrance: "Smoking Prohibited. Smoking in designated areas, only." Which is it?

"Excellence Everyday!" (or at least every day that they're not coming up with slogans.)

baron von trail 03-23-09 12:20 PM
Work BS slogan of the year: "Our best resource is our people."

What it really means is that they chew em up and spit em out as fast as possible.


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