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Pedants' corner

This almost deserves a special celebration...

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BarcodeZebra · 02/06/2008 22:52

So bad, it's good. From a post today:

"I am constantly baffled by the facebook finominon"

Wooo Hooo!

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Pan · 03/06/2008 00:06

again, re cod, I WAS taking the piss out of my own sense of self-importance. It's easy!!

eenybeeny · 03/06/2008 00:11

ok piss away pan! carry on self deprecating trust me you dont have to explain the british way to me. I dont think all pedants are tyrants or anything. and this is actually the first time I have ever posted here as before I have just sort of not noticed it.

gigglewitch · 03/06/2008 00:42

still chuckling at Hunker's first post ...this thread is full of pertinent points.
Eeny, we got a new sand-pit for the DC today, and we have all been to play in it. Were you calling me?

eenybeeny · 03/06/2008 08:03

LOL yes I was hey I need some spells cast for me can you help?

QuintessentialShadows · 03/06/2008 08:33

oh the fun of the English lanwitch. I think sandwedges would be more exciting to make.

sooooorreeeeee

eenybeeny · 03/06/2008 08:44

personally I would eat a sandcassle anyday

asicsgirl · 03/06/2008 14:10

atcherly people do pick on cod, there were two threads last week about whether people who couldn't type straight were lazy, stupid, etc.. iirc cod rose above it all in her usual inimitable fashion

eenybeeny · 03/06/2008 15:10

ah I missed those threads. Well I am glad she was above it. I am not surprised. Really people who have children should in theory have something better to do.

asicsgirl · 03/06/2008 15:36

hmm yes. as i am currently bf-ing a 3wk old going thru the mother of all growth spurts i can say that mn is saving my sanity! a whole lot better than watching 'cash in the attic' which is what i ended up doing with ds1. at least i know there are people out there!

eenybeeny · 03/06/2008 15:44

god I know the dreaded cash in the attic option!! I have been there. It aint pretty. MN is far more rewarding if slightly dangerous!

asicsgirl · 03/06/2008 16:02

i always feel like i should be reading something improving, but can't be arsed concentrate. so good to know there are so many others in mn-land who are similarly afflicted

FluffyMummy123 · 03/06/2008 16:51

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asicsgirl · 03/06/2008 18:12

lol cod. so you are an inverted snob after all! or did you secretly yearn for a beatbox-toting boyfriend

asicsgirl · 03/06/2008 18:12

3 buffalo girls come roun' the other side...

FluffyMummy123 · 03/06/2008 19:06

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asicsgirl · 03/06/2008 19:22

you can't get the staff, can you

BarcodeZebra · 03/06/2008 20:30

Gah! "It's"!!! After I spent half an hour reading the excellent thread on here about that very subject.

Anyway, this seems to have become a minor shit storm - a turd storm if you will.

Once again: I really am very sorry if I've offended anyone. I DO mean it and if you still doubt my sincerity you can nack off as I care very little for your opinion. It does bother me that I may have upset the poster who made the original (still glorious) error. From reading her posts, though, I think she's more than capable of standing up for herself and - blind or otherwise (how are we to know this btw?) - probably doesn't need defending. (If she knew or cared that this thread existed in the first place.)

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gigglewitch · 03/06/2008 23:07

lol @ turd-storm. must remember that one as sht hits fan at work tomorrow.
So if one may be a pedant whilst tyopooing unqiue wrods whchi cnotian all teh lettres btu ni rnadom ordre then what (politely,mind) would you call one who is pedantic in grammar, speling, typing and punctuation?

eenybeeny · 03/06/2008 23:42

oh dear barcode I wouldnt go so far as to call it a shit storm especially not in perspective with other MN threads! But as you care very little for my opinion I wont go on any more about it!

BarcodeZebra · 04/06/2008 20:00

To be pedantic eeny, I actually called it a turd-storm. In any event you're right, it's a turd in a tea cup in comparison to some threads I've witnessed.

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