Solar liseuse charger (or: "Enjoyable descent into unutterable silliness.") - Page 7

slayda · 03-20-2008, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

So you eat but not sleep, I see, I see!
I drink but don't think (I pee, I pee!)
What a pair we would be
on the streets of Paris
eating and drinking all night, mais oui!

A very good bilingual pun. I like it! But shouldn't the second line end with (I wee, I wee!)?

However I see I must learn a little French or quit wearing my beret to the park.

NatCh · 03-20-2008, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

perhaps someone should issue some kind of warning, like "surrealist guidance recommended."

There's no more room in title line, but that's what I had in mind when I addended the "unutterable silliness" think to the original title.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-20-2008, 06:14 PM

oh, that was you then ?

NatCh · 03-20-2008, 06:16 PM

Yup. I also habitually correct misuse of apostrophes in titles. I correct spelling errors too, but I'm less likely to notice those, owing to my own atrocious spelling (FireFox's spell-checker feature only makes it look like I can spell

)

It's one of my few indulgences in the editor/moderator powers.

And no, I don't have access to change user titles (I tried), that's one of the powers reserved to Admins.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-20-2008, 06:20 PM

you're like the apostrophe angel ! (or the punctuation police, depending on your perspective i suppose...) someone should make you a (stinking) badge.

a worthy initiative, in any case. i once saw a website whose sole purpose was to repertorie misused apostrophes. people sent them in from all over the world. the unintentional humor is sometimes almost overwhelming.

Taylor514ce · 03-20-2008, 06:23 PM

"Spell-checker". I cringe. Useful to wizards, I suppose. Say it with me, "spelling checker, spelling checker".

NatCh · 03-20-2008, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

you're like the apostrophe angel ! (or the punctuation police, depending on your perspective i suppose...) someone should make you a (stinking) badge.

Nah, just apostrophes: my wife (the English Professor -- literally (pardon the pun)) has thoroughly informed me that I wouldn't know how to use a comma correctly if it bit me on the leg.

I don't need no stinkin' badges!

Cthulhu · 03-20-2008, 09:12 PM

There are many places that I see apostrophes uses, and I find it odd. For example, in the book Eats Shoots & Leaves , the authress claims that the film "Two Weeks Notice" should have an apostrophe 'twixt 'k' & 's'. In my mind, this means that *I* am not telling my employer that I shall leave in two weeks time, but rather that my two weeks are giving their notice. Guess I learned wrong that apostrophes are used to denote possession or those nasty little contractions that really should be outlawed. If I hear one more idiot ask "where's your Cat?" rather than "where Are you?" someone is going to be awash in eldritch horror and will minus a soul.

@Natch: Mr. Moderator Man, how/where do I request that the contents of a thread be published in a format whereby all good members (i.e. English reading ones) may know what is transpiring in said thread? For all we know, they may be planning a Quebecois invasion of Amurrikha.

[Gentle Reader...]

vivaldirules · 03-20-2008, 09:41 PM

Last edited by Cthulhu : Today at 08:16 PM. Reason: forgot the passive Emotification-ignosity

Terrific. Planet Head's reply to such inappropriate verbiage should be lovely. You see, you clearly did not use your spell-checker, Cthulhu. Your emotorficationator was running excessively when you should have just gimbooed someone for the appropriate word to use. So, wait for it now.... For me, I'm off to read my lisajuice and will check back later.

[Gentle Reader: Please forgive my indulgences. I revel in the baiting of others.]

zelda_pinwheel · 03-20-2008, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

I don't need no stinkin' badges!

would you prefer a sweet-smelling one ?

Cthulhu · 03-20-2008, 09:54 PM

Spelling Checker. Can no longer abide to label it a spell-checker. Am not a freaking wizard here. No newt's tails or skunk's feet can be found in my prose, no matter how much it shifts into the indigo hue.

Further, have no intention of picking someone else's nose. Even for an evil god, some things are simply too gauche.

On an unrelated note (*gasp!*), is it wrong for someone to attempt mimicking the accent of a foreign tongue? Long away and far away, a shipmate berated me for trying to sound "Too much" like a local. On most of the islands, was asked if I was German. Either they were reacting to the long blonde hair (Oh, COME ON! Blonde is perfectly cromulent!(Okay, as a man I have blond hair, but to rob women of their own adjective is simply wrong)) or that maybe I speak Spanish with a German accent. Since I burned their villages for insulting my Slavic heritage, we shall never know.

Similar-wise, interestingly, there is speaking a language perfectly, and then there is speaking it like a real person does. In Russia, people were puzzled why I would wish to know if an incorrect phrase was a native idiom or a beginner's mistake. Sometime the "to be a better spy" retort got a laugh. Not all ways....

zelda_pinwheel · 03-20-2008, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cthulhu

@Natch: Mr. Moderator Man, how/where do I request that the contents of a thread be published in a format whereby all good members (i.e. English reading ones) may know what is transpiring in said thread? For all we know, they may be planning a Quebecois invasion of Amurrikha.

[Gentle Reader...]

damn ! he's on to us. now we'll have to kill him.

[Gentle Reader...]

Cthulhu · 03-20-2008, 10:37 PM

Bring it Lady.

Am from Chicago. My friends and I have been ready for years. Those Nike missiles we had along LSD? Not gone, just better hidden. We can still take out Quebec City if the need arises. She is quite a jewel, but she will lie smoldering on the side of the Fleuve is the mighty USA is threatened. You have all ready successfully annexed Minnesota, and we might consider the U.P. a draw.
Aw heck.

54°50' or fight!
54°50' or Fight!

[words to that effect]

Cthulhu · 03-20-2008, 10:38 PM

Am from Chicago. My friends and I have been ready for years. Those Nike missiles we had along LSD? Not gone, just better hidden. We can still take out Quebec City if the need arises. She is quite a jewel, but she will lie smoldering on the side of the Fleuve if the mighty USA is threatened. You have all ready successfully annexed Minnesota, and we might consider the U.P. a draw.
Aw heck.

54°50' or fight!
54°50' or Fight!

[words to that effect]

Taylor514ce · 03-20-2008, 11:09 PM

"Two weeks' notice" is correct. The notice belongs indeed to the weeks, just as a month of Sundays would be that month's Sundays.

Then again, it would be depend on the usage, and one could be forgiven I think, for thinking of "two weeks" as an adjective modifying the noun, "notice". What kind of notice? The "two-weeks" kind. The author compares "one month's notice", and I'm not sure that's a canonical example, as I would likely say "one-month notice", myself.

What trips me up most often is when to hyphenate and when not to, as illustrated by the above ambivalence.

For the rest... try http://translate.google.com.

Would you believe they're only talking about the weather?

03-20-2008, 09:12 PM	#98
Cthulhu Technologist Posts: 488 Karma: 585237 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I'm between Cities Device: SONY Reader PRS-500	There are many places that I see apostrophes uses, and I find it odd. For example, in the book Eats Shoots & Leaves , the authress claims that the film "Two Weeks Notice" should have an apostrophe 'twixt 'k' & 's'. In my mind, this means that I am not telling my employer that I shall leave in two weeks time, but rather that my two weeks are giving their notice. Guess I learned wrong that apostrophes are used to denote possession or those nasty little contractions that really should be outlawed. If I hear one more idiot ask "where's your Cat?" rather than "where Are you?" someone is going to be awash in eldritch horror and will minus a soul. @Natch: Mr. Moderator Man, how/where do I request that the contents of a thread be published in a format whereby all good members (i.e. English reading ones) may know what is transpiring in said thread? For all we know, they may be planning a Quebecois invasion of Amurrikha. [Gentle Reader...] Last edited by Cthulhu; 03-20-2008 at 09:16 PM. Reason: forgot the passive Emotification-ignosity

03-20-2008, 09:54 PM	#101
Cthulhu Technologist Posts: 488 Karma: 585237 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I'm between Cities Device: SONY Reader PRS-500	Spelling Checker. Can no longer abide to label it a spell-checker. Am not a freaking wizard here. No newt's tails or skunk's feet can be found in my prose, no matter how much it shifts into the indigo hue. Further, have no intention of picking someone else's nose. Even for an evil god, some things are simply too gauche. On an unrelated note (gasp!), is it wrong for someone to attempt mimicking the accent of a foreign tongue? Long away and far away, a shipmate berated me for trying to sound "Too much" like a local. On most of the islands, was asked if I was German. Either they were reacting to the long blonde hair (Oh, COME ON! Blonde is perfectly cromulent!(Okay, as a man I have blond hair, but to rob women of their own adjective is simply wrong)) or that maybe I speak Spanish with a German accent. Since I burned their villages for insulting my Slavic heritage, we shall never know. Similar-wise, interestingly, there is speaking a language perfectly, and then there is speaking it like a real person does. In Russia, people were puzzled why I would wish to know if an incorrect phrase was a native idiom or a beginner's mistake. Sometime the "to be a better spy" retort got a laugh. Not all ways.... Last edited by Cthulhu; 03-20-2008 at 09:59 PM. Reason: did not realise that hair colour had different suffixes

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03-20-2008, 06:14 PM	#93
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	oh, that was you then ?

03-20-2008, 06:16 PM	#94
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Yup. I also habitually correct misuse of apostrophes in titles. I correct spelling errors too, but I'm less likely to notice those, owing to my own atrocious spelling (FireFox's spell-checker feature only makes it look like I can spell ) It's one of my few indulgences in the editor/moderator powers. And no, I don't have access to change user titles (I tried), that's one of the powers reserved to Admins.

03-20-2008, 06:20 PM	#95
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	you're like the apostrophe angel ! (or the punctuation police, depending on your perspective i suppose...) someone should make you a (stinking) badge. a worthy initiative, in any case. i once saw a website whose sole purpose was to repertorie misused apostrophes. people sent them in from all over the world. the unintentional humor is sometimes almost overwhelming.

03-20-2008, 06:23 PM	#96
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	"Spell-checker". I cringe. Useful to wizards, I suppose. Say it with me, "spelling checker, spelling checker".

03-20-2008, 09:41 PM	#99
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Last edited by Cthulhu : Today at 08:16 PM. Reason: forgot the passive Emotification-ignosity Terrific. Planet Head's reply to such inappropriate verbiage should be lovely. You see, you clearly did not use your spell-checker, Cthulhu. Your emotorficationator was running excessively when you should have just gimbooed someone for the appropriate word to use. So, wait for it now.... For me, I'm off to read my lisajuice and will check back later. [Gentle Reader: Please forgive my indulgences. I revel in the baiting of others.]

03-20-2008, 10:37 PM	#103
Cthulhu Technologist Posts: 488 Karma: 585237 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I'm between Cities Device: SONY Reader PRS-500	Bring it Lady. Am from Chicago. My friends and I have been ready for years. Those Nike missiles we had along LSD? Not gone, just better hidden. We can still take out Quebec City if the need arises. She is quite a jewel, but she will lie smoldering on the side of the Fleuve is the mighty USA is threatened. You have all ready successfully annexed Minnesota, and we might consider the U.P. a draw. Aw heck. 54°50' or fight! 54°50' or Fight! [words to that effect]

03-20-2008, 10:38 PM	#104
Cthulhu Technologist Posts: 488 Karma: 585237 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I'm between Cities Device: SONY Reader PRS-500	Am from Chicago. My friends and I have been ready for years. Those Nike missiles we had along LSD? Not gone, just better hidden. We can still take out Quebec City if the need arises. She is quite a jewel, but she will lie smoldering on the side of the Fleuve if the mighty USA is threatened. You have all ready successfully annexed Minnesota, and we might consider the U.P. a draw. Aw heck. 54°50' or fight! 54°50' or Fight! [words to that effect]

03-20-2008, 11:09 PM	#105
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	"Two weeks' notice" is correct. The notice belongs indeed to the weeks, just as a month of Sundays would be that month's Sundays. Then again, it would be depend on the usage, and one could be forgiven I think, for thinking of "two weeks" as an adjective modifying the noun, "notice". What kind of notice? The "two-weeks" kind. The author compares "one month's notice", and I'm not sure that's a canonical example, as I would likely say "one-month notice", myself. What trips me up most often is when to hyphenate and when not to, as illustrated by the above ambivalence. For the rest... try http://translate.google.com. Would you believe they're only talking about the weather?