It might be useful to point out to newcomers to the Stockin' that, as far as I know, the phrase 'Foucault Addled Grievance Gerbils' was the origin of all the cute little furry creatures appearing around these parts.
I don't know who said it first, but somebody on here knows everything, so I'll soon find out.
And I believe that there should be a hyphen between 'Foucault' and 'Addled' otherwise it means that Foucault confused some rodent malcontents. I'm sure he did, I wouldn't put anything past him, but the hyphen makes it mean something else. That's why we have hyphens. Duh.
You'll find me in Pedantry Corner, loudly complaining that proper punctuation is just proper punctuation, not pedantry.
And then I'll leaving in a huff when somebody says, 'Well if it's not pedantry, why are you making a fuss about it in Pedantry Corner?'
And then I'll say 'Yeah? Want to make something of it?'
And then somebody will say 'Want to step outside and say that to my face?'
And then somebody else will sit down at the old Joanna and strike up the first notes of
Bluestocking nights, where the women are free,
Raising our voices in harmony.
and we'll hug each other instead.
Crikey it's only 9am and I've been through all that already😧