Comments | maeglin: Understanding, at last.

maeglin

Understanding, at last.

Jun 12, 2003 15:13

For every person who finds me irritating (ahem, Kyla), there is another misinformed soul out there who finds me amusing. Because I enjoy self-promotion as much as the next vain snob (though I have no problem criticising this behavior in others), allow me to introduce neuromantik, who has the following lovely things to say about me.

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No, I'm sure you didn't see this coming erislover June 12 2003, 12:30:10 UTC

I detest when people use "their" as if it were some sort of neuter singular pronoun.

I don't know, I leave it up to each individual... it's their choice.

Re: No, I'm sure you didn't see this coming maeglin June 12 2003, 12:40:35 UTC

I thought you didn't believe in choice, or something like that.

Re: No, I'm sure you didn't see this coming erislover June 12 2003, 12:49:07 UTC

Oh don't make me get all philosophical on a bad joke!

Re: No, I'm sure you didn't see this coming maeglin June 12 2003, 12:50:45 UTC

"Making" you get philosophical? Is that a liberty and necessity thing? ;)

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hamadryad June 12 2003, 12:31:05 UTC

Your bile gets me hot.

maeglin June 12 2003, 12:36:10 UTC

But it doesn't stir your kettle.

Re: hamadryad June 12 2003, 12:47:19 UTC

No; no, it doesn't.

sistercoyote June 12 2003, 12:32:44 UTC

You realize that the use of "their" is absolutely grammatically correct. Or, more to the point, no less correct than "he" - "their" is simply numerically incorrect, whereas "he" is incorrect on the gender axis.

The rule about not using "their" or "they" was an act of errant pendantry by 18th century grammarians who assumed (incorrectly) that Latin was the parent of English, and that therefore English should use the Latin rules of grammar.

Since we're being nitpicky.

maeglin June 12 2003, 12:34:53 UTC

I didn't say it was wrong, I just said that I hated it. Since we're being nitpicky.

Oops - sistercoyote June 12 2003, 12:37:12 UTC

I forgot to indicate a certain level of teasing in my last post.

Lots of people hate it, actually, including the instructor who gave me the information in my last post.

You're not alone. But I think you knew that.

(insert wink here.)

Re: Oops - maeglin June 12 2003, 12:39:40 UTC

We live, as we dream, alone.

The man who wrote that couldn't speak a fucking word of English until he was 21. JEALOUS.

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maeglin June 12 2003, 12:41:48 UTC

You just split a fucking infinitive.

daerlyn June 12 2003, 17:36:28 UTC

And why do I know that particular rule of grammar? That's right, boys and girls, because of people who criticise Star Trek. ("To go boldly . . . ")

Extra special cruelty, just for you! mrblue92 June 12 2003, 13:34:05 UTC

So really what you're saying here is that bad grammar has driven you to a existence full of ire and malice.

I hope this is a lesson to each and every one of youse.