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No doubt about it!MadameButterfly wrote:Sinnie would score a perfect ten out of ten!
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I apologize (over here, it's spelled with a "z," not with an "s," in case you hadn't noticed - we haven't even touched on British English vs. American English spelling yet, have we? ) for playing Princess Pedantic, but I can't help it. I'm compelled, you see.
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She's very pretty, I think, but I can't stand her music...James Blast wrote:
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You are not playing Princess Pedantic at all.SINsister wrote:Heeheehee!Almiche V wrote:Posts on this thread will be examined and marked accordingly
I apologize (over here, it's spelled with a "z," not with an "s," in case you hadn't noticed - we haven't even touched on British English vs. American English spelling yet, have we? ) for playing Princess Pedantic, but I can't help it. I'm compelled, you see.
I'm not saying this to be "nice", but I think that pedantry is really something else
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You had the platinum blonde phase too?SINsister wrote:James Blast wrote:
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Unlike the lovely Gwen, I looked ghastly as a platinum blonde - thankfully, that foolishness was short-lived!
I had it when I was very young, like 16-17...I looked like a complete junkie black cladded hooker
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a boot as cannae sing... Next!
I allas like local expressions
I allas like local expressions
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Hexe Luciferia wrote:You are not playing Princess Pedantic at all.
I'm not saying this to be "nice", but I think that pedantry is really something else
pedant
Main Entry:
ped·ant
Pronunciation:
\ˈpe-dənt\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle French, from Italian pedante
Date:
1588
1obsolete : a male schoolteacher2 a: one who makes a show of knowledge b: one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge c: a formalist or precisionist in teaching
pedantic
Main Entry:
pe·dan·tic
Pronunciation:
\pi-ˈdan-tik\
Function:
adjective
Date:
circa 1600
1 : of, relating to, or being a pedant 2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned 3 : unimaginative, pedestrian
— pe·dan·ti·cal·ly Listen to the pronunciation of pedantically \-ˈdan-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
Perhaps you're thinking of this..?
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No, I'm with Dark on this one. Genitive case also takes an apostrophe - eg. That is Sinnie's dictionarySINsister wrote:It doesn't have an apostrophe when it's not a contraction.Dark wrote:I will be honest though, I can't see the point of "its" not having an apostrophe.
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Whooopppsss!!! Sorry! Too much wine kicking in!SINsister wrote:Hexe Luciferia wrote:You are not playing Princess Pedantic at all.
I'm not saying this to be "nice", but I think that pedantry is really something else
pedant
Main Entry:
ped·ant
Pronunciation:
\ˈpe-dənt\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle French, from Italian pedante
Date:
1588
1obsolete : a male schoolteacher2 a: one who makes a show of knowledge b: one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge c: a formalist or precisionist in teaching
pedantic
Main Entry:
pe·dan·tic
Pronunciation:
\pi-ˈdan-tik\
Function:
adjective
Date:
circa 1600
1 : of, relating to, or being a pedant 2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned 3 : unimaginative, pedestrian
— pe·dan·ti·cal·ly Listen to the pronunciation of pedantically \-ˈdan-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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The dictionary? It's mine, sure...but it's so worn out from overuse that it's on its last legs...boudicca wrote:No, I'm with Dark on this one. Genitive case also takes an apostrophe - eg. That is Sinnie's dictionarySINsister wrote:It doesn't have an apostrophe when it's not a contraction.Dark wrote:I will be honest though, I can't see the point of "its" not having an apostrophe.
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Well actually...SINsister wrote: we haven't even touched on British English vs. American English spelling yet, have we? ) for playing Princess Pedantic, but I can't help it. I'm compelled, you see.
MB in this thread wrote:programs (programmes USA)
Touched on it slightly....
But I think the z thingy is better than the s thingy anyway!
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Hardly. Somehow, everyone seems to think I'm referring to child molestation...Hexe Luciferia wrote:I'm really making an ar*e of my lil self...
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SINsister wrote:Hardly. Somehow, everyone seems to think I'm referring to child molestation...Hexe Luciferia wrote:I'm really making an ar*e of my lil self...
What's wrong with people???
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...not to mention that here, there's really no such thing as "burnt," "dreamt," "spoilt," "spilt," etc. The "-t" ending might be allowable in some cases, but in American English, these words (by default) all end in "-ed."boudicca wrote:I like to put 's' even where there really should probably be a 'z' these days... Just Say No to AmericaniSation!
Pain in the arse, all of it, really.
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Talking about different spelling, I remember one fo my dearest friend at Uni was (still is) an American girl, very clever and such but she got very low marks on her essays, the first time around, because she spelled "theater" instead of "theatre"SINsister wrote:...not to mention that here, there's really no such thing as "burnt," "dreamt," "spoilt," "spilt," etc. The "-t" ending might be allowable in some cases, but in American English, these words (by default) all end in "-ed."boudicca wrote:I like to put 's' even where there really should probably be a 'z' these days... Just Say No to AmericaniSation!
Pain in the arse, all of it, really.
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"s" vs "z" stopped bothering me a long long time ago. To be honest, working in IT you tend to come across American spellings more often than you don't.
1 or 2 spaces between sentences, anyone?
1 or 2 spaces between sentences, anyone?
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