Pedants and Nitpickers

Remember the Holden ad years ago?

"When your hot your hot" ungrammaticl drivel.

When I spoke to the local holden dealer he told me that it must be OK because the company had approved it! :o:doh:

:rolleyes: So any grammar questions, just ask a Holden exec.:D

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Originally Posted by jmk89

Very well, I'll bite. :D
You appear to have been listening to too much football commentary. The proof isn't in the pudding, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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You appear to be wrong. Legends like me had no need to listen to commentary...they say my long arms reached up like giant testicles :D

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Originally Posted by springwater

You appear to be wrong. Legends like me had no need to listen to commentary...they say my long arms reached up like giant testicles :D

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:CI'm gonna have bad dreams now.:saddest:







:D

did you dream of giant reaching testicles? But we all know testicles can't reach. It's a terrible metaphor.

Metaphor? Hell mate I was married to a phor, then a five an now I am hunting a six...

Christopha? Who the phuc is Christopha? :?

Do you have a note from yer mum for being gone so long?

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Originally Posted by tea lady

:rolleyes: So any grammar questions, just ask a Holden exec.:D

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... and may the Lord have mercy on our souls!:C

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Originally Posted by Gingermick

did you dream of giant reaching testicles? But we all know testicles can't reach. It's a terrible metaphor.

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maybe they belonged to an octopod.:wink:

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Originally Posted by artme

maybe they belonged to an octopod.:wink:

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Naw, it's got to come from a football commentary:D

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Originally Posted by jimbur

Naw, it's got to come from a football commentary:D

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It is credited to Captain Blood, Jack Dyer, who was renowned for mangling the English language

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Originally Posted by underfoot

I'de like to start a thread for pedants and nitpickers.

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Actually by posting this you already have started a thread for pedants and nitpickers. It would have been better to say, "I'm starting a thread for pedants and nitpickers."

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Originally Posted by chrisb691

I thought a pedant was a male school teacher. So I can't see the relevance to 'nitpickers'.

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You sure it's not a priest at a seminary, ie. in training to get the rest added :rolleyes:

There's no n in pederast:D
Cheers,
Jim

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Originally Posted by Ashore

"I'm starting a thread for pedants and nitpickers."

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but I've already started one :cool:

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Originally Posted by underfoot

but I've already started one :cool:

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LMAO :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Critiquers are prone to nitpicking,
But rarely nitpick while picnicking.
So on a field day,
They picnic and play,
And forgo their nitpick critiquing.

For Fed, prized nitpicker.

I put a post in the photography section a bou a photo I din't manage to take. Got deleted for bein "off topic". :?

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Originally Posted by artme

For Fed, prized nitpicker.

I put a post in the photography section a bou a photo I din't manage to take. Got deleted for bein "off topic". :?

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:rofl:

There are quite a few typos in there that should keep us going all night.:D

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Originally Posted by underfoot

but I've already started one :cool:

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One what?

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Originally Posted by artme

For Fed, prized nitpicker.

I put a post in the photography section a bou a photo I din't manage to take. Got deleted for bein "off topic". :?

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Why would you take a pic of a topic anyway? :?

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Originally Posted by tea lady

:rofl:

There are quite a few typos in there that should keep us going all night.:D

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Nicely spotted TL. Got to keep the thread going!

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Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Why would you take a pic of a topic anyway? :?

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Don'tcha wanna know what the Topic was?

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Originally Posted by artme

Don'tcha wanna know what the Topic was?

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You must have short term memory loss - you already told us it was "Off" :D

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Originally Posted by artme

Don'tcha wanna know what the Topic was?

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The correct grammar would be, "Do you not want to know what the topic was?"

wats all this about n why wasnt i told, everyone knows im teh bestest at making typing good and proper round these parts.

ill fix all yous guys spelling and gramar right up in no time. just sit back and learn from the master.


me do ingis good now.:D

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Originally Posted by weisyboy

wats all this about n why wasnt i told, everyone knows im teh bestest at making typing good and proper round these parts.

ill fix all yous guys spelling and gramar right up in no time. just sit back and learn from the master.


me do ingis good now.:D

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Oh my stars. All the typos... *faint*

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Originally Posted by artme

For Fed, prized nitpicker.

I put a post in the photography section a bou a photo I din't manage to take. Got deleted for bein "off topic". :?

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Don't worry artme it wasn't in vain you got me HL&S if that's any consolation. Me puta's running real slow at the mo :whatonearth: so I waited for your pic to load until I noticed the "caption" below the empty mustard coloured space. I think I may have called you a bustard (x2) at the time but that got erased too :D

Bloody hell, gone OT again :-

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Originally Posted by weisyboy

wats all this about n why wasnt i told, everyone knows im teh bestest at making typing good and proper round these parts.

ill fix all yous guys spelling and gramar right up in no time. just sit back and learn from the master.


me do ingis good now.:D

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:offtopic: It's not about typo's weisy, it's about pedants and nitpickers :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by springwater

:offtopic: It's not about typo's weisy, it's about pedants and nitpickers :rolleyes:

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Capital "W" in Weisy as it's a proper name

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Originally Posted by springwater

:offtopic: It's not about typo's weisy, it's about pedants and nitpickers :rolleyes:

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What's with the apostrophe, plural of typo is typos:;

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Originally Posted by funkychicken

Oh my stars. All the typos... *faint*

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don't you mean feint:U

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Originally Posted by Big Shed

What's with the apostrophe, plural of typo is typos:;

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I believe SW was refering to the weisy that belongs to a particular typo. :cool:

Not was, is.

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Originally Posted by Big Shed

What's with the apostrophe, plural of typo is typos:;

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Where does one seek reference to when and where one puts ones's apostrophe :rolleyes:

So what's the plural of Mykonos then :?

There is no plural of Mykonos, it is an island, there is only one.
:no:

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Originally Posted by springwater

Where does one seek reference to when and where one puts ones's apostrophe

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Google :doh:

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Originally Posted by springwater

So what's the plural of Mykonos then :?

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Mykonii. :2tsup:

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Originally Posted by springwater

Where does one seek reference to when and where one puts ones's apostrophe :rolleyes:

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Sharon Colon's Apostrophe Errors Page
Purdue OWL
Capital Letters - apostrophes 101, how to use the apostrophe properly

Do you have a link for "there, their and they're" as well.

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Originally Posted by Big Shed

Do you have a link for "there, their and they're" as well.

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No wuckers. :2tsup:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3SAngtK4lg]YouTube - Confused Words: THEY'RE, THERE, THEIR[/ame]

How to Use There, Their and They're - wikiHow

& now to test what you have learned...
They're/their/there

:D