Comments | eldavo: Linguistically disgusted

eldavo

Linguistically disgusted

Nov 17, 2009 23:00

I hate this language. Suddenly, favoring a leg after a sports injury can now mean that you walk more on that one, or on the other one. This is bullshit. Nothing means anything anymore. Just think of all the things that can mean its own exact opposite. I'm not talking about the obvious and celebrated "inflammable." I'm talking about things ( Read more... )

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tacomonkey November 18 2009, 10:47:35 UTC

"Beg the question" argggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh.

P.S. No AIDS here.

eldavo November 18 2009, 16:11:45 UTC

"...when you say begging the question, that itself is begging the question, and then you and your opponent can kinda go back and forth like that, and eventually, the sun explodes." You remind me of things that I love. (You are included in that.)

I will have to extend my hypothetical cross-country trip to include other continents. You require snuggulations, and I have them to give.

cuntress November 18 2009, 16:42:09 UTC

Engrish is wack.

phrenia November 19 2009, 19:51:32 UTC

Dawg.

phrenia November 19 2009, 19:52:44 UTC

The people in the pods would probably get killed in their sleep.

Y'know. FLESSHHHHH.

I want more zombies in my life.

What other things bother you, oh Davey One?

phrenia November 19 2009, 20:01:53 UTC

http://www.chainsawsuit.com/20080521.shtml

AWESOME

drkflameofhavok November 20 2009, 04:15:42 UTC

After eight years of higher education focusing on the English language, I've given up on really understanding it. I just want to twist it into pretty shapes for your brain-parts.

You're sounding like an old man my friend... gregness November 23 2009, 05:37:20 UTC

Specifically, this old man:

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm

Mind you, if I had to pick an old man to sound like I'd probably pick him too. Ignoring people who are too lazy or incompetant to write proper english, you also have to accept the fact that neither you nor I actually WANT english to be completely proper. It's the little ambiguities and inconsistancies that makes most humor work. I mean, as cheesy as it is, I don't think I'd want to live in a world where the "I miss my ex..." joke falls of deaf ears.