Language Nazis Unite!

[Kajira Callista]

I think it comes from the mispronunciation "Eck Seterra" like the mispronunciation eXpresso.


-B

hmmm i say eckseterra but i say essssssspresso ( i actually only wanted BBs attention )

 

[DVS]

I think it comes from the mispronunciation "Eck Seterra" like the mispronunciation eXpresso.


-B

Or, my friend axcted me a question?

 

[bridgeburner]

Ah, but your family would disown you if you mispronounced Espresso. Your grandmother would strip you of her gravy recipe. ;->

and of course you get my attention always!

-B

 

[graceanne]

How about your snowy white bum?

LOL Well, I'm gonna bet that both Satan and God are dom's (hence why they don't get along), so I bet that'd be a good bargaining chip.

 

[snowy ciara]

How about your snowy white bum?

Oh dear!

How about some other part of me and we'll work up to the bum?

 

[graceanne]

Oh dear!

How about some other part of me and we'll work up to the bum?

Dunno. Is it snowy white?

 

[snowy ciara]

Actually, I'm sort of pinky pale right now (a bit too much sun across my nose today) and freckled.

 

[graceanne]

Actually, I'm sort of pinky pale right now (a bit too much sun across my nose today) and freckled.

Then I'm afraid it's gonna have to be your snowy white bum! (Dom's like snowy white - so they can make it pinky pale. )

 

[DVS]

Then I'm afraid it's gonna have to be your snowy white bum! (Dom's like snowy white - so they can make it pinky pale. )

...a pinky tail?

 

[graceanne]

...a pinky tail?

You perv. Of course you'd see tail in that sentance. *shakes head*

Question, do you see tails everywhere you go?

 

[Kajira Callista]

Ah, but your family would disown you if you mispronounced Espresso. Your grandmother would strip you of her gravy recipe. ;->

and of course you get my attention always!

-B

 

[DVS]

You perv. Of course you'd see tail in that sentance. *shakes head*

Question, do you see tails everywhere you go?

Yeah, pretty much. The most fun is when I can get close enough to lift those tails up and look at the puckered little hole underneath.

 

[snowy ciara]

Oh dear....

 

[Marquis]

Irregardless.


Why not just say "regardless"?

It means the same thing, and isn't a bastardized mixing of two words that's barely allowed in the dictionary. Some dictionaries.


Taken from Dictionary.com:

Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Irregardless.

Why not just say "regardless"?

It means the same thing, and isn't a bastardized mixing of two words that's barely allowed in the dictionary. Some dictionaries.

Taken from Dictionary.com:

Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.

Excellent post, Marquis - informative, as well as on topic. Must be the teacher in ya - let's hope you remember all you've seen and posted in this thread when you become a lawyer, since they're known (among other things) for completely bastardizing language every chance they get.

 

[DVS]

Irregardless.


Why not just say "regardless"?

It means the same thing, and isn't a bastardized mixing of two words that's barely allowed in the dictionary. Some dictionaries.


Taken from Dictionary.com:

Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.

Irregardless of whether it is correct usage or not , people, being the creatures of habit they are, will continue to use it, as they use so many other words incorrectly. A case in point...we Americans have been making up our own words for a long, long time. Someone in Congress even attempted making Ebonics a valid language.

Slang slowly makes its way into the main stream to where the English language is the most difficult language for someone to learn. With all of the slang and shortcut terms that have blossomed with the computer age, I can just imagine the dictionary entrys in another 30 years.


EDITED to clarify...I do hope you know I used the word incorrectly, just for fun, hence the ====>

 

[babiesmiles]

true ! being myself a not English mother language speaking , sometimes when I read a book from Uk and one from US they seem to be written in different languages . Obviously I'm talking about novel and similar not academics books or essays . But I like both the languages and personally I find the American English a very fresh and pratical language under certain sides more easy to get at first glimpse . b.

Ps . OMG I 'm writing on the "language nazis unite" thread!!
I must be really masochist

 

[AngelicAssassin]

Irregardless.


...

It means the same thing, and isn't a bastardized mixing of two words that's barely allowed in the dictionary.

Actually, it doesn't. The proper (and correct) spelling means

adv.
In spite of everything; anyway: continues to work regardless.
adj.
Heedless; unmindful.

Put "ir" in front of regardless, and you have the antonym.

Not: inarticulate. Before l, in- is usually assimilated to il-; before r to ir-; and before b, m, and p to im-.

The user (not a cheap shot DVS, speaking of the general population) of such a bastardization either doesn't understand usage of prefixes, or (in the rare case of a true wordsmith on the bleeding edge) plays mind games with little regard for the listener or reader.

Regardless, i'd rather not hear/read either.

 

[DVS]

...The user (not a cheap shot DVS...

I understand completely. And, just for the record..I'm not cheap. Wouldn't the antonym be uncheap? Yes, I'm uncheap.

 

[AngelicAssassin]

Yes, I'm uncheap.

Negative. You're sexy in a huge cock, ass-bludgeoning kinda way. Speaking of which, when's the next intallment?

 

[Marquis]

I believe the word is inStallment, but I'll let that go as I'm sure it was merely a typo.

Irregardless, the two words we've been debating have the same meaning and I defy you to prove otherwise.


*draws line in the sand*

 

[AngelicAssassin]

I believe the word is inStallment, but I'll let that go as I'm sure it was merely a typo.

Irregardless, the two words we've been debating have the same meaning and I defy you to prove otherwise.


*draws line in the sand*

Probably, but then again, not not.

 

[Marquis]

Probably, but then again, not not.

*and the assassin gracefully turned his king on its side, as the crowd breaks out into an uproar*

 

[nightdancer2876]

One thing I havent seen

How about the utter destruction of the English language as perpetrated by "L33t"? For example: Hy U. Jst 1 mre day til I C U" It's painful.

On another site, I have the Grammar Nazi reputation, and it's no wonder I do. This is an actual line taken from a post: "When the pain is serring and you feel like your head will exsplowd and you just whant to screen yell and unlowd do what you must to make you feel fit but plz I begging you dont you qwit"

Is it too much to ask for spell check? One does not have to be able to spell, one just has to be able to copy and paste into Word, Works, etc and right click.

My pet peeves, other than sloppiness are the ones that have been mentioned. Thier/there, dominant/dominate, and so on. Marquis, you are a teacher, whats up with the educational system? Or is that why you are leaving it to pursue law??

Dancer

 

[Marquis]

When the pain is serring and you feel like your head will exsplowd and you just whant to screen yell and unlowd do what you must to make you feel fit but plz I begging you dont you qwit

What an odd example.

Marquis, you are a teacher, whats up with the educational system? Or is that why you are leaving it to pursue law??

What is this?

*head whips around at the sound of a tire screech*

No more details about my life!